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Gustave Reese papers

Title: Gustave Reese papers, 1855-1978 (bulk 1930-1977).
Author: Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1, Series 1 Folder 1-71	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 1, Series 1 Folder 1-71	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2, Series 1 Folder 71-153	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 2, Series 1 Folder 71-153	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3, Series 1 Folder 154-220	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 3, Series 1 Folder 154-220	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4, Series 1 Folder 221-289	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 4, Series 1 Folder 221-289	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5, Series 1 Folder 290-369	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 5, Series 1 Folder 290-369	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 6, Series 1 Folder 370-452	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 6, Series 1 Folder 370-452	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 7, Series 1 Folder 453-522	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 7, Series 1 Folder 453-522	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 8, Series 1 Folder 523-597	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 8, Series 1 Folder 523-597	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 9, Series 1 Folder 598-661	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 9, Series 1 Folder 598-661	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 10, Series 1 Folder 662-740	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 10, Series 1 Folder 662-740	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 11, Series 1 Folder 741-816	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 11, Series 1 Folder 741-816	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 12, Series 1 Folder 817-890	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 12, Series 1 Folder 817-890	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 13, Series 1 Folder 891-950	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 13, Series 1 Folder 891-950	Offsite
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 16, Series 1 Folder 1102-1194	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 16, Series 1 Folder 1102-1194	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 17, Series 1 Folder 1195-1273	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 17, Series 1 Folder 1195-1273	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 18, Series 1 Folder 1274-1355	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 18, Series 1 Folder 1274-1355	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 19, Series 1 Folder 1356-1442	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 19, Series 1 Folder 1356-1442	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 20, Series 2 [cards box 1]	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 20, Series 2 [cards box 1]	Offsite

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Description

42 linear ft. (102 boxes)

Summary

The Gustave Reese papers documents the career of Gustave Reese. The collection was assembled by Reese himself, and includes correspondence, research materials, book drafts, student assignments, organizational papers, offprints of articles, travel information, and a few personal documents. Series 2 includes facsimiles of the music examples that appear in Willi Apel's The Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600. Two reels of audio tape originally with the collection are now housed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Articles.
Correspondence.
Drafts (Documents).

Biography (note)

An American musicologist, teacher, and editor, Gustave Reese is best known as the author of Music in the Middle Ages (1940) and Music in the Renaissance (1954; rev 1959). Reese divided his time between publishing and academia. He was director of publications for both G. Schirmer (1940-45) and Carl Fischer (1944-55). His teaching at New York University and other institutions helped to shape the direction of American musicology. Reese was one of the founding members of the American Musicological Society, and he subsequently served as its secretary (1934-46), vice-president (1946-50) and president (1950-1952). He was also vice-president of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (1958) and president of the Renaissance Society of America (1971-73).

Language (note)

Chiefly in English; also contains materials in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Swedish.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in the repository.

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Call Number

JPB 92-71

OCLC

NYPW99-A154

Author

Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977.

Title

Gustave Reese papers, 1855-1978 (bulk 1930-1977).

Biography

An American musicologist, teacher, and editor, Gustave Reese is best known as the author of Music in the Middle Ages (1940) and Music in the Renaissance (1954; rev 1959). Reese divided his time between publishing and academia. He was director of publications for both G. Schirmer (1940-45) and Carl Fischer (1944-55). His teaching at New York University and other institutions helped to shape the direction of American musicology. Reese was one of the founding members of the American Musicological Society, and he subsequently served as its secretary (1934-46), vice-president (1946-50) and president (1950-1952). He was also vice-president of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (1958) and president of the Renaissance Society of America (1971-73).

Language

Chiefly in English; also contains materials in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Swedish.

Indexes

Finding aid available in the repository.

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Occupation

Musicologists.

Added Author

Albrecht, Otto Edwin, 1899-

Apel, Willi, 1893-

Alderman, Pauline, 1893-1983.

Atlas, Allan W.

Brown, Charles, 1898-1988.

Bukofzer, Manfred F., 1910-1955.

Carapetyan, Armen.

Clarke, Henry Leland.

Coopersmith, J. M. (Jacob Maurice), 1903-1968.

Cuyler, Louise Elvira, 1908-

Edmunds, John, 1913-1986.

Engel, Carl, 1883-1944.

Evans, Roger.

Godt, Irving.

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961.

Hamm, Charles.

Hannas, Ruth, 1893-1976.

Hill, Richard S. (Richard Synyer), 1901-1961.

Holland, Jeanette B., 1901-

Jacobs, Charles, 1934-

Karp, Theodore.

Kinkeldey, Otto, 1878-1966.

Kohn, Karl, 1926-

Lang, Paul Henry, 1901-

Lowinsky, Edward E. (Edward Elias), 1908-1985.

Mendel, Arthur, 1905-

Mennin, Peter.

Meyer, Ernst Hermann, 1905-1988.

Ness, Arthur J.

Plamenac, Dragan, 1895-

Rokseth, Yvonne, 1890-1948.

Rubsamen, Walter H. (Walter Howard), 1911-1973.

Seay, Albert.

Sonneck, O. G. (Oscar George), 1873-1928.

Sternfeld, Frederick William, 1914-

Stevens, Denis, 1922-2004.

Strunk, W. Oliver (William Oliver), 1901-

Tischler, Hans, 1915-

Truax, Carol.

Tureck, Rosalyn.

Van Tassel, Eric.

Waters, Edward N. (Edward Neighbor), 1906-

Wellesz, Egon, 1885-1974.

Werner, Eric, 1901-

Apel, Willi, 1893- Notation of polyphonic music, 900-1600.

Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977. Music in the Middle Ages.

Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977. Music in the Renaissance.

Research Call Number

JPB 92-71

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