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George Tremblay papers

Collection 0117-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract George Amedée Tremblay (1911-1982) was a Canadian born composer and teacher who relocated to the United States in 1920, settling in Los Angeles by 1925. He is known primarily for his work as a pedagogue of the serial technique of composition. In 1965 he discovered the "definitive cycle," a serial technique that he explored in his own compositions as well as in his book The Definitive Cycle of the Twelve Tone Row (NY: Criterion Music Corp., 1974)....

Gilbert H. Mitchell papers

Collection 0080-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract As a cornetist, conductor, and educator, Gilbert H. Mitchell, Jr. (b. April 4, 1925 - d. April 21, 2016) was involved with numerous ensembles. His career began in 1943, at the age of 18, when he substituted with the Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra and began to work with Leopold Stokowski and the New York City Symphony. Drafted into the Army in 1946, he began an illustrious career as a cornetist and conductor with the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own." He co-founded the Army...

Gillian Anderson papers

Collection 0137-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract Gillian Anderson (b.1943) is an American conductor and musicologist, and earlier a music librarian for the Library of Congress. She served as President of the Sonneck Society for American Music (now Society of American Music), has published in many scholarly journals, and helped co-found the journal Music and the Moving Image. The Gillian Anderson papers contain published scores, lyrics and poems, books, published journals, newsletters, and miscellaneous materials. The core of the...

Gladys Pitcher papers

Collection 0171-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract Gladys Pitcher (1890-1996) was a music educator, pianist, and cellist. Throughout her career, she served as a public school music educator in New England, as well as an editor and arranger of choral music for multiple music publishers. The collection consists of articles, newspaper clippings and interviews with the Pitcher family, including Gladys’ parents Elbridge and Emma Pitcher, photographs, awards presented to the Pitcher family, copies of choral arrangements edited by Pitcher, musical...

Glenn Gildersleeve papers

Collection 0150-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract The Glenn Gildersleeve papers contains materials relating to his career as a music educator and state administrator of school music. He lived February 1894 through March 1970. Born in Wayne, Nebraska, Gildersleeve studied music at Nebraska Wesleyan University and Teachers College, Columbia University. He was an active member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), now known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), serving on the Research Council and the Board of...

Goldman Band collection

Collection 0397-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract

The Goldman Band collection contains clippings, photographs, and correspondence from the late 20th century iterations of the Goldman Band under conductors Richard Franko Goldman, Ainslee Cox, Gene Young, and David Eaton.

Grant Beglarian papers

Collection 0323-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract Grant Beglarian (b. Tiflis, Georgia, December 1, 1927; d. White Plains, NY, July 5, 2002) was an Armenian-American composer and music educator. Beglarian moved to the United States in 1947 to study composition at the University of Michigan and received his DMA in 1958. Throughout his career, he wrote for a variety of genres: symphony orchestra, band, chamber groups, solo instruments, and voice. During the 1960s, Beglarian worked for the Ford Foundation, and one of the main projects he...

Gregory Kosteck scores

Collection 0387-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract

Gregory Kosteck (1937 – 1991) was an American composer and educator. This collections consists of scores composed by Kosteck. The scores include facsimile editions of Kosteck's compositions, as well as published editions.

H. Robert Cohen collection on Teatro alla Scala

Collection 0174-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract Dr. H. Robert Cohen is notable for founding the Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (RIPM). From 1986-2006, Cohen taught as Professor of Music at the University of Maryland from 1986-2006, and was named Professor Emeritus in 2007. In December of 2007, he donated this collection of serials, programs, catalogues, and newsletters pertaining mainly to 19th century Italian opera, with a particular emphasis on the operas of Verdi. However, the La Scala programs also contain useful information...

Harold Bachman papers

Collection 0060-SCPA-ABA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract Harold Bachman (1892-1972) was a prominent music educator and military bandleader. He received his academic training at the North Dakota Agricultural College in Fargo where he graduated in 1916. While still a student, Bachman toured with several professional bands as cornetist, including Al G. Barnes's Circus Band and Bohumir Kryl's Concert Band. During World War I, Bachman served as Bandleader of the 116th Engineer Band, and after the war he organized and conducted a professional concert...

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George Tremblay papers

Gilbert H. Mitchell papers

Gillian Anderson papers

Gladys Pitcher papers

Glenn Gildersleeve papers

Goldman Band collection

Grant Beglarian papers

Gregory Kosteck scores

H. Robert Cohen collection on Teatro alla Scala

Harold Bachman papers

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