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Teiji Itō papers

Title
Teiji Itō papers, ca. 1950-1982.

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Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 93-12 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 93-12 Box 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use JPB 93-12 Box 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Additional Authors
  • Ito, Cherel.
  • Itō, Michio, 1893-1961.
  • Itō, Teiji.
  • Itō, Teiko.
  • Itō, Yuji.
Description
1 cubic ft.
Summary
Papers collected and arranged by Teiji's widow, Cherel Ito, include: biography of and comments on Teiji Ito, certificate of citizenship, clippings, photographs, drawings by Teiji Ito, interview transcripts, lecture notes, articles, and music scores. Material about Teiji's uncle Michio, mother Teiko, and father Yuji and about Maya Deren's films are included. Nearly one third of the collection consists of manuscript music scores composed or arranged by Yuji Itō, who published under the name Yuji Itow. There are also manuscript score by Tai Koh, Tai Ito, and Scriabin (in the hand of Michio Itō); and published scores by Lao Chih-ch'eng and Albert Kaufman and of the song Dark Eyes.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Clippings.
  • Portrait photographs.
  • Programs.
  • Scores.
  • Ink drawings.
  • Silver gelatin prints.
Note
  • Audio tapes and sound cassettes available in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
  • Music scores have also been cataloged in the Scores file.
Source (note)
  • Theater of the Open Eye
Biography (note)
  • Teiji Itō, 1935-1982, was a Tokyo-born composer who resided in New York City. His compositional style reflects Japanese, African, American Indian, and American influences. A percussion performer, he was particularly interested in the use of percussion instruments in various cultures. Itō composed music for some of the experimental films of his first wife Maya Deren, who died in 1961. Much of his dance and theater music was composed for productions by the Open Eye Company (theatrical troupe) and at the Theater of the Open Eye in New York City.
Processing Action (note)
  • Described
Call Number
JPB 93-12
OCLC
NYPW93-A264
Title
Teiji Itō papers, ca. 1950-1982.
Biography
Teiji Itō, 1935-1982, was a Tokyo-born composer who resided in New York City. His compositional style reflects Japanese, African, American Indian, and American influences. A percussion performer, he was particularly interested in the use of percussion instruments in various cultures. Itō composed music for some of the experimental films of his first wife Maya Deren, who died in 1961. Much of his dance and theater music was composed for productions by the Open Eye Company (theatrical troupe) and at the Theater of the Open Eye in New York City.
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Occupation
Composers.
Added Author
Ito, Cherel.
Itō, Michio, 1893-1961.
Itō, Teiji.
Itō, Teiko.
Itō, Yuji.
Research Call Number
JPB 93-12
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