Research Catalog

Title

Gilbert Chase papers, 1920-1992, 1945-1989 (bulk)

Author

Chase, Gilbert, 1906-

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Additional Authors

• Chase, Gilbert, 1906-
• Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946.
• NBC University of the Air.
• Sonneck Society.

Description

11.89 linear ft (28.5 boxes)

Summary

The Gilbert Chase papers consist of materials that document the broad spectrum of Chase's career and include: incoming and outgoing correspondence, typescripts (or photocopies) of books, articles, essays, poetry, research materials, subject files, published articles, newspaper clippings, lectures or lecture notes or announcements, class syllabi, book reviews, scripts for radio broadcasts, speeches, interviews, yearbooks, newsletters, bibliography, flyers, programs, invitations, personal reflections, parts of musical scores, and photographs.

Subjects

• Chase, Gilbert, 1906-
• Music critics > United States
• Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946
• Galley proofs
• Typescripts
• Musicologists > United States
• Clippings

Genre/Form

• Clippings.
• Galley proofs.
• Typescripts.

Source (note)

• Chase, Gilbert

Biography (note)

• Gilbert Chase (1906-1992) was an author, critic, teacher, and musicologist.

Language (note)

• The Clippings series contains some articles in Spanish.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

JPB 04-32

OCLC

NYPT04-A32

Author

Chase, Gilbert, 1906-

Title

Gilbert Chase papers, 1920-1992, 1945-1989 (bulk)

Biography

Gilbert Chase (1906-1992) was an author, critic, teacher, and musicologist. Born in Havana, Cuba on September 4,1906, Chase was raised in the United States where he attended public and private schools. He later studied piano with Max Drittler in New York and music theory with Max Waldon in Paris. In 1928 Chase left his undergraduate studies at Columbia University and moved to Paris. With the help of his cousin, Anaïs Nin, and her husband, Ian Hugo, he obtained a position as music critic for the Continental Daily Mail, an English newspaper published in Paris with a wide circulation. He also became the Paris correspondent for Musical America of New York and The Musical Times of London. During this period he formed a close connection with many important Spanish composers, especially Manuel de Falla.

Chase, who had married Kathleen Barentzen in 1929, returned with his family to the United States in the fall of 1935. He settled in the New York City area and found work as Associate Editor of the International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians and Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. From 1940 to 1943 Chase was Latin American music specialist at the Library of Congress and music editor of Handbook of Latin American Studies. From 1943 to 1947 he was Educational Supervisor at NBC, presenting the series, Music of the New World. He also lectured at Columbia University and edited Music in Radio Broadcasting. From 1947 to 1949 he was the Head of the Education Department, for the RCA-Victor company, located in Camden, N.J. During the 1950s, Chase furthered his studies of Latin American music, when a series of government appointments sent him to Lima, Peru (1951-1953) and Buenos Aires, Argentina (1953-1955), among other countries. Chase held numerous academic positions during his career, including Professor of American Musical History and of Latin American Studies at Tulane University (1960-1966). While at Tulane, he also founded and directed the Inter-American Institute for Musical Research. As a freelance writer, editor, and lecturer, Chase completed many articles and books, including, America's Music: From Pilgrims to Present, which went through several revisions. Chase died on February 22, 1992.

Language

The Clippings series contains some articles in Spanish.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

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Occupation

Music critics.

Musicologists.

Added Author

Chase, Gilbert, 1906- America's music: from pilgrims to present.

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946.

NBC University of the Air.

Sonneck Society.

Research Call Number

JPB 04-32