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Gertrude Lippincott collection of ballet music.

Title
  1. Gertrude Lippincott collection of ballet music.
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  1. [ca. 1944-1964]

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Additional authors
  1. Lippincott, Gertrude, 1913-1996
  2. Ballou, Esther Williamson, 1915-1973
  3. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
  4. Fetler, Paul
  5. Gilbert, Ralph
  6. Horst, Louis
  7. Janowitz, Otto
  8. Miller, Freda D
  9. Nowak, Lionel, 1911-1995
  10. Spong, Paul
Description
  1. 16 items of ms. music; 36 cm. or smaller.
Subject
  1. Ballets
  2. Ballets -- Piano scores
  3. Piano music
Call number
  1. JPB 98-26
Note
  1. Chiefly photocopies with emendations in ink and pencil.
  2. Chiefly for piano ; contains works for piano and voice (with English words) and for piano and percussion.
  3. Music commissioned and choreographed by Gertrude Lippincott.
  4. Each item is accompanied by "A note from Gertrude Lippincott" giving information about the dance and the music.
  5. Includes 4 works by Louis Horst, 3 works each by Henry Cowell and Freda Miller, 2 works by Lionel Nowak, and 1 work each by Otto Janowitz, Paul Spong, Paul Fetler, Esther Ballou, and Ralph Gilbert. One of the Henry Cowell pieces, Madman's wisp (a holograph in ink), was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as JPB 82-5.
  6. Complete contents list available.
Title
  1. Gertrude Lippincott collection of ballet music.
Imprint
  1. [ca. 1944-1964]
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  2. Finding Aid
Added author
  1. Lippincott, Gertrude, 1913-1996.
  2. Ballou, Esther Williamson, 1915-1973.
  3. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
  4. Fetler, Paul.
  5. Gilbert, Ralph.
  6. Horst, Louis.
  7. Janowitz, Otto.
  8. Miller, Freda D.
  9. Nowak, Lionel, 1911-1995.
  10. Spong, Paul.
Research call number
  1. JPB 98-26
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