Edmund Cykler collection of international music education resources
Collection
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Edmund Cykler (1903-1988) was a musicologist and music educator who helped found the International Society for Music Education (ISME). The Cykler Collection of International Music Education Resources consists of 299 books, periodicals, and scores from many countries and in 15 different languages.
The collection is open for research use. Materials from this collection must be used in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Special Collections Room during SCPA’s operating hours. Please contact the curator for an appointment or if you have questions related to digital access of the materials.
Copyright was not transferred to the University of Maryland with the gift of any copyrighted materials. All rights remain with the creators and rights holders. The University of Maryland Libraries is granted permission for the use in scholarly research by the Libraries’ patrons under fair use in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act.
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6.00 Linear Feet
The Edmund Cykler collection of international music education resources contains 299 books and periodicals from all over the world, in 15 languages. It also includes Cykler's collection of professional papers and conference materials.
Edmund Cykler was born in San Jose, California on September 2, 1903. He received a bachelor's degree in 1926 from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa, and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Charles University in Prague in 1928. Cykler taught for 43 years. He was chairman of the music department at Los Angeles City College and then moved to Occidental College; while living in the area, he studied with Arnold Schoenberg. Cykler taught at the University of Oregon for 25 years and remained active as an Emeritus Professor for 15 more. At Oregon he directed the university orchestra, played viola in the university string quartet, founded the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, and served as acting dean and associate dean of the School of Music.
Professor Cykler won a Fulbright Fellowship to Austria in 1955. He helped found and was an active member of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), which awarded him honorary lifetime membership in 1975. The 1984 ISME world congress was held in Eugene, Oregon thanks to his efforts.
Cykler wrote the textbooks Introduction to Music and Art and An Outline History of Music with Milo Wold, edited 101 Canons with Egon Kraus, and collaborated on Sing a Song to Sight Read with Leo Rinderer.
Edmund Cykler married his wife Marian in 1926. He died of bone cancer on March 14, 1988, in Eugene, Oregon.
This collection is organized into two series.
The collection was donated to the International Society for Music Education (ISME) Archives in 1997.
Many books originally donated with this collection are available as cataloged materials on Performing Arts Library shelves. Unfortunately, a complete list of these materials does not exist.
Processed by Robert Schepers and Amanda May in August 2013, with additional processing by Matthew Testa in January 2016. Many books originally donated with this collection are available as cataloged materials on Performing Arts Library shelves. Unfortunately, a complete list of these materials does not exist.
Part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library