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George Perle papers

Title: George Perle papers, ca. 1948-1991.
Author: Perle, George, 1915-2009.

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Additional Authors

Lansky, Paul, 1944-

Found In

p1bc Perle, George, 1915- . Papers, musical scores, and sound recordings. (CStRLIN)NYPW92-A179.

Summary

Manuscripts of books, articles, reviews, and student term papers (the last under the name Perlman); correspondence (about publications; about theory, chiefly with Paul Lansky; and about the Society); bibliography of books and articles by and about Perle; income tax records; programs; flyers; clippings; and musical scores of compositions (page proofs and photocopies of holographs, with emendations in the hand of the composer). Musical scores have classmark JPB 89-3 and will be cataloged separately in the Scores file.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Articles.
Bibliographies.
Checks.
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts (for publication).
Musical scores.
Programs.
Receipts.

Source (note)

Perle, George

Biography (note)

An American composer and theorist

Language (note)

Chiefly in English; several items in German.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Preliminary finding aid in the repository.

Provenance (note)

Gift of George Perle, 1987; 1990.

Processing Action (note)

Accessioned
Cataloged

Call Number

JPB 89-2

OCLC

NYPW87-A18

Author

Perle, George, 1915-2009.

Title

George Perle papers, ca. 1948-1991.

Description

73 boxes

Biography

An American composer and theorist, George Perle received his Ph.D. degree in 1956 from N.Y. Univ. with the dissertation Serial Composition and Atonality (publ. 1962; 4th ed. 1977). He also wrote Twelve-tone Tonality (1977); The Operas of Alban Berg (v. 1, Wozzeck, v. 2, Lulu; 1980-1985); The Listening Composer (1990); and numerous articles on Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern. He is co-founder and director of the International Alban Berg Society.

Language

Chiefly in English; several items in German.

Indexes

Preliminary finding aid in the repository.

Provenance

Gift of George Perle, 1987; 1990.

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Occupation

Composers.

Added Author

Lansky, Paul, 1944-

Found In:

p1bc Perle, George, 1915- . Papers, musical scores, and sound recordings. (CStRLIN)NYPW92-A179.

Research Call Number

JPB 89-2

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