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Miriam Gideon papers

Title
Miriam Gideon papers, 1905-1992.
Author
Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996.
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Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 04-13 Box 1Offsite
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 04-13 Box 2Offsite
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 04-13 Box 3Offsite
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Box 13Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 04-13 Box 13Offsite
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Box 19Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 04-13 Box 19Offsite
Box 20Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 04-13 Box 20Offsite

Details

Description
18.5 linear ft. (22 boxes)
Summary
The Miriam Gideon papers consist of 18.5 linear feet of material dating from 1905 to 1992.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Awards.
  • Diaries.
  • Programs.
  • Scores.
  • Musical sketches.
Additional Formats (note)
  • are also available on microfilm;
Biography (note)
  • Miriam Gideon (1906-1996) was a prolific American composer who was strongly interested in bridging literature and music.
Language (note)
  • Some of the material in the writings series is in French.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
Call Number
JPB 04-13
OCLC
NYPG05-A10007
Author
Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996.
Title
Miriam Gideon papers, 1905-1992.
Additional Formats
Box 13, folder 9-10; Box 14, folder 1-2; Box 21, folder 6, 8, are also available on microfilm; service copy number: *ZB-4292.
Biography
Miriam Gideon (1906-1996) was a prolific American composer who was strongly interested in bridging literature and music. In a varied career, she produced many musical settings and song cycles for poems, Jewish liturgical music and other orchestral pieces. Gideon first studied piano as a child. She graduated from Boston University in 1926 with a Bachelors degree in French and mathematics, after which she studied composition privately with Lazare Saminsky (1931?1934) and Roger Sessions (1935?1943). Gideon later received a Masters degree in literature from Columbia University (1946), as well as a doctorate in sacred music from the Jewish Theological Seminary (1981). During her career she taught composition at Brooklyn College, City College, the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Manhattan School of Music. Gideon was a proponent of new music and she helped to form the American Composers Orchestra in 1977. From the 1970s onward she was often cited as a role model for young female composers, though she admitted later that she had never thought of herself as a woman composer before that time. Gideon's husband was the author/scholar Frederick Ewen.
Language
Some of the material in the writings series is in French.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
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Occupation
Composers.
Research Call Number
JPB 04-13
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