Research Catalog
American Music Center collection of published scores
- Title
- American Music Center collection of published scores 1900-2001 (bulk 1939-1990).
- Author
- American Music Center.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
Items in the Library & Off-site
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2331 Items
Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2099 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2099 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2098 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2098 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2097 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2097 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2096 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2096 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2095 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2095 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2094 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2094 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2093 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2093 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2092 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2092 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2091 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2091 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2090 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2090 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2089 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2089 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2088 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2088 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2087 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2087 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2086 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2086 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2085 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2085 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2084 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2084 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2083 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2083 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2082 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2082 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2081 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2081 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2080 | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 15-64 Box 2080 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 791
- Summary
- Approximately 60,000 orchestral, chamber, solo instrumental, vocal and choral scores, solo parts and libretti placed in the AMC library by their composer members.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Scores.
- Parts (Music)
- Lead sheets.
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library.
- Music Division, The New York Public Library.
- Biography (note)
- The American Music Center was a non-profit organization which aimed to promote the creating, performing, and enjoying of new American music
- Language (note)
- Texts are primarily in English, but many of the scores of opera, solo vocal and choral music are in their original language.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available online.
- Provenance (note)
- The collection was transferred to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on June 27, 2001.
- Call Number
- JPB 15-64
- OCLC
- 913538142
- Author
- American Music Center.
- Title
- American Music Center collection of published scores 1900-2001 (bulk 1939-1990).
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- American Music Center Recordings; Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library.American Music Center collection of score manuscripts; Music Division, The New York Public Library.
- Biography
- The American Music Center was a non-profit organization which aimed to promote the creating, performing, and enjoying of new American music The American Music Center was founded in 1939 by composers Aaron Copland, Otto Luening, Marion Bauer, Harrison Kerr, and Quincy Porter. The center's mandate was to make the music of its composer members available to potential performers and conductors, and to act as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of information vital to its membership. Until that time, American composers had not been able to firmly establish themselves or their music as a unique American commodity that was of both high quality and in great demand. As their music came of age, these composers began to organize themselves into a substantial power base that would not only get their music heard but also make assurances for appropriate representation, promotion and compensation. The American Music Center was one of the leading organizations in this campaign. A partnership with the New York Public Library, initiated in 1978 led to cooperative cataloging initiatives and eventually to an agreement that the center's entire collection of scores would over time be transferred to the library. The American Music Center's score library, now housed at the Music Division, numbered close to 60,000 items. While the center's physical collection of printed and recorded music was the backbone of this remarkable institution, the mandate and activities of the center were relevant not only to music scholars, but to those in other areas of research. The center's activities have been responsible for creating a vast worldwide cultural resource for the dissemination of American music.
- Language
- Texts are primarily in English, but many of the scores of opera, solo vocal and choral music are in their original language.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available online.
- Provenance
- The collection was transferred to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on June 27, 2001.
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- Research Call Number
- JPB 15-64