Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Arma, Paul, 1905-1987.
2. Biscardi, Chester
3. Bonnemere, Eddie, 1921-1996.
4. Brooks, Richard, 1942-
5. Cage, John
6. Chenoweth, Gerald, 1943-
7. Cone, Edward T.
8. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
9. Cowell, Sidney Robertson
10. De Kenessey, Stefania Maria, 1956-
11. Einbond, Aaron, 1978-
12. Godfrey, Daniel
13. Hagen, Daron, 1961-
14. Halac, José.
15. Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003.
16. Ito, Reiko
17. Kolb, Barbara
18. Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.
19. Maggio, Robert
20. Maroney, Denman
21. Martin, Henry, 1950-
22. Mason, Lucas
23. Owen, Richard, 1922-
24. Phillips, Peter, 1930-
25. Post, David L.
26. Rakowski, David
27. Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994.
28. Rush, Loren, 1935-
29. Salzberg, Marvin, 1931-
30. Sembret, John
31. Sendak, Maurice
32. Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
33. Temperley, Davy
34. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
35. Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965.
36. Wilson, Brian
37. Ziffrin, Marilyn J., 1926-2018.
38. Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-

Description

1. 23.75 linear ft. (95 boxes)

Summary

1. The Frank Wigglesworth Papers document Wigglesworth's life and career. The collection was assembled by Wigglesworth over the course of his lifetime, and includes musical scores, correspondence, clippings, programs, miscellaneous papers, iconography, and books. Correspondents include Henry and Sidney Cowell, Lou Harrison, Otto Luening, Virgil Thomson, and Edgard Varèse among many others. Maurice Sendak and Adlai Stevenson are represented by one letter each. Lou Harrison's letter of February 12, 1952, contains the autograph score of his Serenade for Guitar, spontaneously composed for Wigglesworth. Series A/4 contains other autograph scores by Harrison and by Otto Luening, a manuscript score by Vittorio Rieti, and reproductions of manuscript scores by Paul Arma, Chester Biscardi, Edward V. Bonnemere, Richard Brooks, John Cage, Gerald C. Chenoweth, Edward T. Cone, Stefania M. De Kenessey, Aaron Einbond, Daniel S. Godfrey, Daron Aric Hagen, Jose Halac, Reiko Ito, Barbara Kolb, Robert Maggio, Denman Maroney, Henry Martin, Lucas Mason, Richard Owen, Peter Phillips, David L. Post, David Rakowski, Loren Rush, Marvin Salzberg, John Sembret, Davy Temperley, Virgil Thomson, Brian Wilson, Marilyn Ziffrin, and Ellen Taafe Zwilich. Sound recordings originally with the collection are now housed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Subject

1. Composers' Forum (U.S.)
2. New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)
3. Composers
4. Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
5. Composers Recordings, Inc
6. Clippings
7. Greenwich House Music School
8. MacDowell Colony, Inc
9. Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
10. Programs
11. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
12. Century Association (New York, N.Y.)
13. Group portraits
14. Virgil Thomson Foundation
15. Scores
16. New York Youth Symphony
17. Cowell, Sidney Robertson
18. Broadcast Music, inc
19. Drawings
20. Books
21. American Music Center
22. Music
23. Appointment books
24. Photographic prints
25. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
26. Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
27. Silver gelatin prints
28. American Composers Alliance
29. American Academy in Rome
30. Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965
31. Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996
32. Portrait photographs
33. Correspondence

Genre/Form

1. Appointment books.
2. Books.
3. Clippings.
4. Correspondence.
5. Group portraits.
6. Music.
7. Portrait photographs.
8. Programs.
9. Scores.
10. Drawings.
11. Photographic prints.
12. Silver gelatin prints.

Call number

1. JPB 97-44

Source (note)

1. englatitafregerspa

Biography (note)

1. Frank Wigglesworth (1918-1996) was an American composer, educator, and champion of new music.

Language (note)

1. Chiefly in English ; also contains material in Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Greek, and Polish.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in the repository.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996.

Title

1. Frank Wigglesworth papers, 1895-1996.

Biography

1. Frank Wigglesworth (1918-1996) was an American composer, educator, and champion of new music.

Language

1. Chiefly in English ; also contains material in Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Greek, and Polish.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in the repository.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Composers.

Added author

1. Arma, Paul, 1905-1987.
2. Biscardi, Chester.
3. Bonnemere, Eddie, 1921-1996.
4. Brooks, Richard, 1942-
5. Cage, John.
6. Chenoweth, Gerald, 1943-
7. Cone, Edward T.
8. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
9. Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
10. De Kenessey, Stefania Maria, 1956-
11. Einbond, Aaron, 1978-
12. Godfrey, Daniel.
13. Hagen, Daron, 1961-
14. Halac, José.
15. Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003.
16. Ito, Reiko.
17. Kolb, Barbara.
18. Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.
19. Maggio, Robert.
20. Maroney, Denman.
21. Martin, Henry, 1950-
22. Mason, Lucas.
23. Owen, Richard, 1922-
24. Phillips, Peter, 1930-
25. Post, David L.
26. Rakowski, David.
27. Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994.
28. Rush, Loren, 1935-
29. Salzberg, Marvin, 1931-
30. Sembret, John.
31. Sendak, Maurice.
32. Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
33. Temperley, Davy.
34. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
35. Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965.
36. Wilson, Brian.
37. Ziffrin, Marilyn J., 1926-2018.
38. Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-
39. Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996. Works. Selections.

Research call number

1. JPB 97-44