Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Boulanger, Nadia
2. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
3. Motherwell, Robert
4. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
5. Brandeis University. Dept. of Music

Description

1. 16.78 linear feet (45 boxes)

Summary

1. The Arthur Berger papers document twentieth century music from both a critic and composer's perspective.

Uniform title

1. Musical mercury.
2. New York herald tribune.

Subject

1. Composers
2. Music teachers
3. Music critics
4. Music > United States > History and criticism
5. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
6. Correspondence
7. Clippings
8. Composers > United States > 20th century
9. Music teachers > United States > 20th century
10. Photographs
11. Boulanger, Nadia
12. Scores
13. Music critics > United States > 20th century
14. Musical criticism > New York (State) > New York
15. Brandeis University > Dept. of Music
16. Motherwell, Robert
17. Berger, Arthur, 1912-2003
18. Manuscripts
19. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
20. Musical mercury
21. New York herald tribune
22. Sheet music

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Manuscripts.
4. Photographs.
5. Scores.
6. Sheet music.

Call number

1. JPB 04-38

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries.

Biography (note)

1. Arthur Berger (1912-2003) was a critically acclaimed composer, music critic, and professor.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. Berger, Arthur, 1912-2003.

Title

1. Arthur Berger papers, 1905-2004 (bulk 1930-2003)

Biography

1. Arthur Berger (1912-2003) was a critically acclaimed composer, music critic, and professor. He began writing short newspaper reviews while still a student at New York University, where he studied composition and music education. During this period, Berger joined the Young Composers Group, established by Aaron Copland. He would maintain a strong relationship with Copland throughout his life, and, in 1953, he published the first monograph on the composer. Berger continued his studies in Boston and later in France, where he spent two years under the tutelage of Nadia Boulanger and became increasingly interested in the work of Igor Stravinsky. Throughout his schooling, Berger wrote articles for various periodicals. He also edited the journal, Musical Mercury, from 1934-1937. In the 1940s and early 1950s, Berger was a music critic for the New York Herald Tribune, but in 1953 he left the paper to accept a full-time teaching position at Brandeis University, where he was an instrumental figure in the founding of that school's music department. Berger's output as a composer was steady, although not prolific. Many of his works were composed during the 1940s and 1950s; later works from the 1970s-1990s revised these earlier pieces in a process that he called "collages," a term inspired by his friendship with the artist Robert Motherwell.

Location of other archival materials

1. See also Arthur Berger papers, 1948-2004, in the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries.

Indexes

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

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

Occupation

1. Composers.
2. Music critics.
3. Music teachers.

Added author

1. Berger, Arthur, 1912-2003. Aaron Copland.
2. Berger, Arthur, 1912-2003. Reflections of an American composer.
3. Boulanger, Nadia.
4. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
5. Motherwell, Robert.
6. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
7. Brandeis University. Dept. of Music.

Added title

1. Musical mercury.
2. New York herald tribune.

Research call number

1. JPB 04-38