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Music

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

20th century music collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2744
Abstract

The 20th century music collection (1940s-1970s) consists of ephemeral materials such as ticket stubs and concert advertisements for various bands Three Dog Night, Grand Funk, Potash, Alice Cooper and Fever Tree. There are also several album and singles top listing brochures from local Utah radio stations KEYY, KRSP and KOVO. Also inlcuded in the collection is a scrapbook consisting of news clippings and publicity photographs of popular singers of the 1940s.

Dates: 1940s-1970s

Maurice Abravanel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0517
Abstract The Maurice Abravanel papers contains biographical materials, interview transcripts, personal and professional correspondence, meeting minutes, budgets, contracts, and administrative files of the Utah Symphony, performance programs, agendas, reports, meeting minutes, and correspondence of local and national arts organizations. Also contains clippings, awards, musical scores, and personal memorabilia. Abravanel was a noted composer and conductor. He served as music director of the Utah...
Dates: 1890-2009

Maurice Abravanel photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0590
Abstract The Maurice Abravanel photograph collection contain photographs documenting Maurice Abravanel's life and career in music. Included are formal portrait photographs, family photographs, and images of Abravanel attending various social events. Also included are photographs of Maurice Abravanel working with various professional musicians and conducting several symphony orchestras. Many photographs document the Utah Symphony Orchestra, including tours and views of Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake...
Dates: 1920s-1990s

D. K. Hinkle Alt article

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2112
Abstract

The D. K. Hinkle Alt article is entitled "Harmony in the Middle East: Utilizing Geomancy, Feng Shui, Sacred Geometry, and Music."

Dates: 1991

Florence May Baldwin sheet music collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2690
Abstract

The Florence May Baldwin sheet music collection (1886-1895) consists of two separate bound books of sheet music for piano.

Dates: 1886-1895

Marie Nelson Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1664
Abstract The Marie Nelson Bennett papers (1939-2013) contain copies and originals of Bennett's work. It also contains a biography prepared by Bennett herself, giving detail about her work in general, as well as details about specific pieces of her work. Bennett received a Ph. D. in composition from the University of Utah. In 1995 she was nominated for the Kennedy Center Freidham award for orchestral composition and in 1996 she received a Merit of Honor from the University of Utah Emeritus Alumni...
Dates: 1939-2013

Harold Woodmansee Bentley folklore papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0624
Abstract

The Harold Woodmansee Bentley folklore papers (1947-1965) consist mainly of materials concerned with folk music and organizations and individuals promoting folk music and other forms of folklore.

Dates: 1947-1965

William Call papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0031
Abstract

The William Call papers (1970-1997) consists of writings, musical dramas, and sheet music written and composed mainly by Call.

Dates: 1970-1997

Chamber Music Society of Sale Lake City photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0552
Abstract

The Chamber Music Society of Sale Lake City photograph collection contains portraits of musicians (individual and group) as follows: Udo Reinemann, Mendelssohn String Quartet, and the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio.

Dates: 1985

Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0651
Abstract

The Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City records (1967-1998) provide a limited administrative overview of how the society developed and reached its current prominent level. Included are membership records, correspondence, minutes, financial information, contracts, programs, fund raising materials, news clippings, and other papers.

Dates: 1967-1998

Ramiro Cortés music recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0264
Abstract The Ramiro Cortés music recordings (1950s-1996) consists predominantly of audio recordings of musical compositions by Cortés, an internationally recognized American composer who served on the faculties of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Utah until his death in 1984. The collection also contains works by other composers and a few unidentified 8mm and 16mm films, likely home movies taken by Cortés and his wife,...
Dates: 1950s-1996

Ramiro Cortés papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0513
Abstract

The Ramiro Cortés papers (1933-1988) document the personal and professional life of the first significant Mexican-American composer, Ramiro Cortés (1933-1984), of serious twentieth-century music in the United States.

Dates: 1933-1988

Ramiro Cortés photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0264
Abstract

The Ramiro Cortés photograph collection contains portraits of Ramiro Cortés alone and with others; slides of travel in Europe, negatives of various domestic scenes.

Dates: 1930s-1980s

Carlton Fordis Culmsee essay

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0753
Abstract

The collection consists of a typewritten paper evaluating the level of achievement in various arts in Utah and is entitled, "Utah arts at mid-century."

Dates: 20th century

Frances Darger papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2945
Abstract

The Frances Darger papers (1941-2016) contain programs, publicity materials, and articles about the concerts Darger played with the Utah Symphony Orchestra and other Utah musical ensembles.

Dates: 1941-2016

Maurine Dewsnup papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1143
Abstract

The Maurine Dewsnup papers (1923-1984) consist of correspondence, news clippings, University of Utah materials, and a scrapbook. Also included is correspondence of Becky Almond, Maurine Dewsnup's piano teacher. Dewsnup was a professor of music at the University of Utah (1942-1974), accompanist for the Department of Dance, and composer.

Dates: 1923-1984

Annette R. Dinwoodey papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0728
Abstract

The Annette R. Dinwoodey papers (1899-2007) contain her personal and professional correspondence, diaries, clippings, genealogy, and scrapbooks. Annette R. Dinwoodey was an accomplished contralto, wife, mother and genealogist.

Dates: 1899-2007

W. King Driggs letter

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0558
Abstract

This collection contains a cover letter accompanying the program/libretto of Driggs' cantata "The Liahona," based on the first books of the Book of Mormon. Driggs asks Widtsoe's help in getting the LDS Church to sponsor additional performances.

Dates: 1935

Lowell M. Durham papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0970
Abstract

The Lowell M. Durham papers (1946-1963) contains clippings and rough drafts of music columns and reviews by Lowell Durham and Larry Devine for the Salt Lake Tribune. This collection is all scrapbooks.

Dates: 1946-1963

Stephen C. Foster collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1317
Abstract

The Stephen C. Foster collection (1931-1951) contain biographical articles and writings and a periodical concerning Stephen C. Foster. Foster (1826-1864) was a popular American songwriter who gained prominence in antebellum America with popular songs like "Oh! Susannah" and "Camptown Races."

Dates: 1931-1951