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Responses to questionnaire and drafts of summary for Perspectives of New Music forum on notation practice

Title
Responses to questionnaire and drafts of summary for Perspectives of New Music forum on notation practice, 1966-1967.
Author
Zukofsky, Paul.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Boykan, Martin.
  • Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
  • Colgrass, Michael.
  • Crumb, George.
  • Farberman, Harold, 1929-2018.
  • Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997.
  • Glick, Jacob.
  • Lewin, David.
  • Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.
  • Martino, Donald, 1931-2005.
  • Marx, Josef, 1913-1978.
  • Moevs, Robert, 1920-2007.
  • Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.
  • Shifrin, Seymour, 1926-1979.
  • Spies, Claudio.
  • Stone, Kurt, 1911-
  • Swift, Richard, 1927-2003.
Description
27 items.
Summary
The collection consists of the blank questionnaire; responses from the 8 composers used in the presentation: Martin Boykan, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, David Lewin, Seymour Shifrin, Claudio Spies, Kurt Stone, and Richard G. Swift ; handwritten and typescript drafts of Zukofsky's compilation and presentation; and additional responses from: Harvey [Sollberger?], Vincent Persichetti, Otto Luening, Josef Marx, Don Martino, Turetsky [Bertram Turetzky?], [Lejaren?] Hiller, Harold Farberman, Robert Moevs, Michael Colgrass, Eric [?] Berglund [?], J. Glick, and Ross Lee Finney. Zukofsky's article apparently did not appear in a Perspectives of New Music publication.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Questionnaires.
  • Letters.
  • Drafts (Preliminary versions).
Reproduction (note)
  • NYPL has photocopies only.
Biography (note)
  • In advance of Perspectives of New Music's forum on problems and discrepancies in conventional notation practice, American violinist and composer Paul Zukofsky sent a questionnaire using the organization's letterhead to 70 composers. He received 25 replies, but based his presentation on only 8 of them.
Processing Action (note)
  • Described
Call Number
JPB 92-57
OCLC
NYPW92-A168
Author
Zukofsky, Paul.
Title
Responses to questionnaire and drafts of summary for Perspectives of New Music forum on notation practice, 1966-1967.
Reproduction
NYPL has photocopies only.
Biography
In advance of Perspectives of New Music's forum on problems and discrepancies in conventional notation practice, American violinist and composer Paul Zukofsky sent a questionnaire using the organization's letterhead to 70 composers. He received 25 replies, but based his presentation on only 8 of them.
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Occupation
Composers.
Added Author
Boykan, Martin.
Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Colgrass, Michael.
Crumb, George.
Farberman, Harold, 1929-2018.
Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997.
Glick, Jacob.
Lewin, David.
Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.
Martino, Donald, 1931-2005.
Marx, Josef, 1913-1978.
Moevs, Robert, 1920-2007.
Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.
Shifrin, Seymour, 1926-1979.
Spies, Claudio.
Stone, Kurt, 1911-
Swift, Richard, 1927-2003.
Research Call Number
JPB 92-57
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