Research Catalog

Title

Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.

Author

Monk, Meredith.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Monk, Meredith.
• Björk.
• Byrne, David, 1952-
• King, Kenneth, 1948-
• McBrien, Rob.
• House Foundation for the Arts.
• Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble.

Description

130 linear feet (337 boxes )

Summary

The Meredith Monk archive contains substantial documentation of both the artistic and business aspects of Monk's career, as well as the workings of her company, the House Foundation For The Arts.

Subjects

• Choreographers
• Theatrical producers and directors
• Composers
• Financial records
• Women artists > United States > 20th century
• Choreographers > United States > 20th century
• Posters
• Byrne, David, 1952- > Correspondence
• McBrien, Rob > Correspondence
• Photographs
• Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
• Programs
• Women singers > United States > 20th century
• Scores
• Avant-garde (Music) > United States
• Theatrical producers and directors > United States > 20th century
• Monk, Meredith
• Motion picture producers and directors
• Artists
• Performance art
• Experimental theater > United States
• Composers > United States > 20th century
• Singers
• Site-specific installations (Art)
• Clippings
• Drawings
• House Foundation for the Arts
• Björk > Correspondence
• Independent filmmakers > United States
• King, Kenneth, 1948- > Correspondence
• Experimental films > United States
• Interviews

Genre/Form

• Clippings.
• Drawings.
• Financial records.
• Interviews.
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Programs.
• Scores.

Terms of Use (note)

• PHOTOGRAPHING OF THE COLLECTION REQUIRES PERMISSION FROM THE HOUSE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS.

Source (note)

• Monk, Meredith

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography (note)

• Meredith Monk (born New York, NY, November 20, 1942) is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, music theater works, films, and installations.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

LPA Mss 2006-001

OCLC

• 123237594
• 123237594

Author

Monk, Meredith.

Title

Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.

Biography

Meredith Monk (born New York, NY, November 20, 1942) is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, music theater works, films, and installations. She pioneered what is now called "extended vocal technique" and "interdisciplinary performance." During a career that spans more than forty years she has been acclaimed by audiences and critics as a major creative force in the performing arts. In 1968, Monk founded the House Foundation for the Arts, a company dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to performance. In 1978, she formed Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble to expand her musical textures and forms. Monk is a pioneer in site-specific performance, creating works such as Juice: A Theater Cantata In 3 Installments (1969) and American Archeology #1: Roosevelt Island (1994). She is also an accomplished filmmaker who has made a series of award-winning films including Ellis Island (1981) and her first feature, Book Of Days (1988). A retrospective art exhibition, Meredith Monk: Archeology of an Artist, was held at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in 1996. A monograph, Meredith Monk, edited by Deborah Jowitt, was published by Johns Hopkins Press in 1997. Monk continues to compose music and create new works for the theater.

Location of Other Archival Materials

See also Audrey Marsh papers (JPB 06-76) in the Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Terms Of Use

PHOTOGRAPHING OF THE COLLECTION REQUIRES PERMISSION FROM THE HOUSE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS.

Connect to:

Finding Aid

Occupation

Artists.

Choreographers.

Composers.

Independent filmmakers.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Theatrical producers and directors.

Singers.

Added Author

Monk, Meredith. Art performs life.

Monk, Meredith. Atlas.

Monk, Meredith. Book of days.

Monk, Meredith. Education of the girlchild.

Monk, Meredith. Quarry.

Björk.

Byrne, David, 1952-

King, Kenneth, 1948-

McBrien, Rob.

House Foundation for the Arts.

Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble.

Research Call Number

LPA Mss 2006-001