Research Catalog
Miriam Gideon papers
- Title
- Miriam Gideon papers, 1905-1992.
- Author
- Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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22 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box 22 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 22 | Offsite | |
| Box 21 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 21 | Offsite | |
| Box 20 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 20 | Offsite | |
| Box 19 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 19 | Offsite | |
| Box 18 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 18 | Offsite | |
| Box 17 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 17 | Offsite | |
| Box 16 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 16 | Offsite | |
| Box 15 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 15 | Offsite | |
| Box 14 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 14 | Offsite | |
| Box 13 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 13 | Offsite | |
| Box 12 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 12 | Offsite | |
| Box 11 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 11 | Offsite | |
| Box 10 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 10 | Offsite | |
| Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 9 | Offsite | |
| Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 8 | Offsite | |
| Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 7 | Offsite | |
| Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 6 | Offsite | |
| Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 5 | Offsite | |
| Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 4 | Offsite | |
| Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 04-13 Box 3 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 18.5 linear ft. (22 boxes)
- Summary
- The Miriam Gideon papers consist of 18.5 linear feet of material dating from 1905 to 1992.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Awards.
- Diaries.
- Programs.
- Scores.
- Musical sketches.
- Additional Formats (note)
- are also available on microfilm;
- Biography (note)
- Miriam Gideon (1906-1996) was a prolific American composer who was strongly interested in bridging literature and music.
- Language (note)
- Some of the material in the writings series is in French.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Call Number
- JPB 04-13
- OCLC
- NYPG05-A10007
- Author
- Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996.
- Title
- Miriam Gideon papers, 1905-1992.
- Additional Formats
- Box 13, folder 9-10; Box 14, folder 1-2; Box 21, folder 6, 8, are also available on microfilm; service copy number: *ZB-4292.
- Biography
- Miriam Gideon (1906-1996) was a prolific American composer who was strongly interested in bridging literature and music. In a varied career, she produced many musical settings and song cycles for poems, Jewish liturgical music and other orchestral pieces. Gideon first studied piano as a child. She graduated from Boston University in 1926 with a Bachelors degree in French and mathematics, after which she studied composition privately with Lazare Saminsky (1931?1934) and Roger Sessions (1935?1943). Gideon later received a Masters degree in literature from Columbia University (1946), as well as a doctorate in sacred music from the Jewish Theological Seminary (1981). During her career she taught composition at Brooklyn College, City College, the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Manhattan School of Music. Gideon was a proponent of new music and she helped to form the American Composers Orchestra in 1977. From the 1970s onward she was often cited as a role model for young female composers, though she admitted later that she had never thought of herself as a woman composer before that time. Gideon's husband was the author/scholar Frederick Ewen.
- Language
- Some of the material in the writings series is in French.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Composers.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 04-13