Music--Manuscripts

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Emma L. Ashford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0027
Abstract

The Emma L. Ashford Papers, 1890-1930, primarily consists of music composed by Emma Louis Hindle Ashford, 1850-1930.

Dates: 1890s-1930
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Alfred H. Bartles Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.MUS.0001
Abstract

The Alfred H. Bartles Papers (1874-2015) were donated to the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library from 2008-2015. A native of Tennessee and a former George Peabody College student, Bartles was active in New York, Germany, and Tennessee as a composer, arranger, cellist, pedagogue, and jazz pianist. His varied compositional output illustrates this mixture of influences, and reveals him as one of the first in a generation of composers equally at home in the Classical and jazz genres.

Dates: 1874 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1952 - 2006
Found in: Anne Potter Wilson Music Library

Cortex and Ankle Manuscript Score

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0947
Abstract

This collection contains the musical score for "Cortex and Ankle: Songs after Texts of Christopher Middleton," composed by Michael Hersch, 2016.

Dates: circa 2016
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1000
Abstract The John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie Collection comprises materials related to the life and professional journey of the renowned jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, Dizzy Gillespie. Predominant among these artifacts is a substantial collection of photographs, spanning from the 1930s to the early 2000s, with the major portion dating from the 1950s to the 1990s. These photographs not only provide a comprehensive visual chronicle of Gillespie’s personal life and musical career but also serve...
Dates: c. 1940s-2003
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

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