Research Catalog

Title

Otto Luening papers, 1800-1996 (bulk 1870-1996).

Author

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

72.68 linear feet (203 boxes)

Summary

The Otto Luening papers contain the composer's scores, correspondence, writings, subject files, and other professional papers; and family papers of his siblings, parents, extended family, and ancestors, including the scores of his father, Eugene Luening.

Subjects

• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
• Ziehn, Bernhard, 1845-1912
• Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
• Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977
• Bohnen, Carl A., 1872-1951
• Luening, Eugene, 1852-1944
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
• Neff, Severine, 1949-
• Composers Recordings, Inc
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Partch, Harry, 1901-1974
• Bennington College
• Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
• Luening, Helene, 1889-1947
• Ussachevsky, Vladimir, 1911-1990
• United States > Works Progress Administration
• Antheil, George, 1900-1959
• Jarnach, Philipp, 1892-1982
• Diamond, David, 1915-2005
• Porter, Quincy, 1897-1966
• National Federation of Music Clubs
• Scrapbooks
• University of Arizona
• Milwaukee Musical Society
• Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007
• American Composers Alliance
• Columbia University
• National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.)
• Personal correspondence
• Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990
• Musicians
• Black-and-white photographs
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Social Science Research Council (U.S.)
• Typescripts
• Composers > Teachers
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963
• Rockefeller Foundation
• American Music Center
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
• Scores
• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
• Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965
• Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
• Conductors (musicians) > Flutists
• Menashe, Samuel, 1925-2011
• Cage, John
• Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996
• Manuscripts (document genre)
• Programs (documents)
• One-sheet posters
• New York Philharmonic
• Rudhyar, Dane, 1895-1985
• Barnard College

Genre/Form

• Black-and-white photographs.
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Manuscripts (document genre)
• One-sheet posters.
• Personal correspondence.
• Programs (documents)
• Scores.
• Scrapbooks.
• Typescripts.

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of Use (note)

• For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Provenance (note)

• As the last surviving member of his family, Otto Luening collected papers from his siblings, his parents, and their extended families. The source and provenance of some content in the family papers is unknown.

Call Number

JPB 94-07

OCLC

826803987

Author

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.

Title

Otto Luening papers, 1800-1996 (bulk 1870-1996).

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms Of Use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Provenance

As the last surviving member of his family, Otto Luening collected papers from his siblings, his parents, and their extended families. The source and provenance of some content in the family papers is unknown.

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Occupation

Composers Teachers.

Conductors (musicians) Flutists.

Musicians.

Research Call Number

JPB 94-07