Correspondence, 1963-1970

File — Box: 25, Folder: 1-5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Leroy J. Robertson's original manuscripts are the major part of this collection. Many of these manuscripts show the progression from first melody sketches to the completed works. Notes and thematic analyses accompany many of the compositions. The collection includes correspondence from many prominent musicians, students, friends, and family. There is also correspondence related to his professional activities as a composer (publishers, copyrights, royalties, grants, etc.); as head of the College of Fine Arts, University of Utah; as a member of the General Music Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and as a member on the Board of Directors of the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts. Students' works, concert programs, published reviews of compositions and performances, and newspaper clippings and periodicals containing commentaries by music critics or articles by or about Robertson, are a part of the papers. The Hugo Leichtentritt manuscripts include Leichtentritt's autobiography, his "History of the Motet," and his thematic analyses of composistions by Berlioz, Beethoven, Debussy, Hindemith, Mendelsohn, Roussel, Strauss, Shostakovich, and Weber. The collection also includes school notebooks, pamphlets, receipts, programs, news clippings, and other papers collected by Robertson's daughters, Marian Robertson Wilson and Karen Post.

The McKay Music Library holds Robertson’s published compositions; click here for a list of the Robertson Collection inventory.

Box 4, Folder 20: "Joy of Christmas," "O Come All Ye Faithful" has been digitized.

Dates

1963-1970

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.