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Additional authors

1. Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011.
2. Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
3. Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997.
4. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009.
5. Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981.
6. Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012.
7. Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994.
8. Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.
9. Rogers, Bernard.
10. Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986.
11. Schuman, William, 1910-1992.

Description

1. 2.5 linear feet (5 boxes )

Summary

1. The Robert Hines papers contain materials for his books, The Composer's Point of View: Essays on Twentieth-Century Choral Music by Those Who Wrote It (originally published 1963; reprinted by Greenwood Press in 1980) and The Orchestral Composer's Point of View: Essays on Twentieth-Century Music by Those Who Wrote It (University of Oklahoma Press, 1970).

Subject

1. Clippings
2. Choral music > 20th century > Analysis, appreciation
3. Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986 > Correspondence
4. Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012 > Correspondence
5. Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997 > Correspondence
6. Composers > 20th century > Correspondence
7. Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994 > Correspondence
8. Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987 > Correspondence
9. Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011 > Correspondence
10. Choral music > 20th century > History and criticism
11. Music > 20th century > History and criticism
12. Music critics
13. Manuscripts for publication
14. Schuman, William, 1910-1992 > Correspondence
15. Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012 > Correspondence
16. Hines, Robert Stephan
17. Rogers, Bernard > Correspondence
18. Choral conductors
19. Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981 > Correspondence
20. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009 > Correspondence
21. Orchestral music > History and criticism
22. Correspondence
23. Music teachers

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Manuscripts for publication.

Call number

1. JPB 06-35

Note

1. This collection incorporates material that previously was cataloged as Correspondence between William Schuman and Robert S. Hines, and related papers, 1965-1993 (former call number, JPB 93-97). See container list entry for Box 5, folder 1 for more complete description of material.

Source (note)

1. Hines, Robert

Biography (note)

1. Music teacher, writer, and choral conductor, Robert Stephan Hines (born 1926), was responsible for several books on twentieth-century choral and orchestral music, including The Composer's Point of View (1963) and The Orchestral Composer's Point of View (1970).

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. Hines, Robert Stephan.

Title

1. Robert Hines papers, 1930-2000.

Biography

1. Music teacher, writer, and choral conductor, Robert Stephan Hines (born 1926), was responsible for several books on twentieth-century choral and orchestral music, including The Composer's Point of View (1963) and The Orchestral Composer's Point of View (1970). Born in Kingston, New York, Hines received his undergraduate degree from the Juilliard School of Music in 1952. He also earned a graduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1956, during which time he also served as the choral director for the General Motors Corporation. He held positions at several academic institutions over the course of his career, including the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1957-1961) and Wichita State University (1961-1971), before joining the faculty of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he was professor of music (1972-80) and later Dean of Arts and Humanities, before becoming a professor emeritus. Hines also edited or arranged over 125 choral works for a variety of music publishing companies.

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. Choral conductors.
2. Music critics.
3. Music teachers.

Added author

1. Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011.
2. Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
3. Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997.
4. Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009.
5. Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981.
6. Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012.
7. Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994.
8. Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.
9. Rogers, Bernard.
10. Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986.
11. Schuman, William, 1910-1992.

Research call number

1. JPB 06-35