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Arthur Cohn collection

Title: Arthur Cohn collection, 1923-1941.
Author: Cohn, Arthur, 1910-1998.

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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 7	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 9	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 10	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 12	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 13	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 14	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 14	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 15	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 15	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 16	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 17	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 17	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 18	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 18	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 19	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 19	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 20	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 13-21 box 20	Offsite

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Description

16.67 linear feet (37 boxes)

Summary

Arthur Cohn (1910-1998) was an American composer, conductor, and critical and historical writer on music. The Arthur Cohn collection, dating from 1923 to 1941, mainly holds notes, drafts, illustrations, and research clippings for an unpublished book titled The Art and Science of Orchestration. It also contains scores for nine of Cohn's compositions.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Clippings (information artifacts)
Drafts (documents)
Illustrations (layout features)
Research notes.
Scores.
Typescripts.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of Use (note)

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Music Division, New York Public Library.

Provenance (note)

The collection was split into two parts by the Music Division. This part, mainly documenting the unpublished book The Art and Science of Orchestration, was arranged, foldered, and boxed by the Music Division, with the exception of the scores, which were not processed. The other part of the collection is held by the Division under call number JPB 03-4.

Call Number

JPB 13-21

OCLC

858807176

Author

Cohn, Arthur, 1910-1998.

Title

Arthur Cohn collection, 1923-1941.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms Of Use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Arthur Cohn papers, JPB 03-4; Music Division, New York Public Library.

Provenance

The collection was split into two parts by the Music Division. This part, mainly documenting the unpublished book The Art and Science of Orchestration, was arranged, foldered, and boxed by the Music Division, with the exception of the scores, which were not processed. The other part of the collection is held by the Division under call number JPB 03-4.

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Occupation

Composers.

Orchestrators.

Writers.

Research Call Number

JPB 13-21

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