Collection of Music Manuscripts, ca. 1910-1980.

Format:

Manuscript

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.

Language:

English

Finnish

French

German

Italian

Latin

Spanish

Swedish

Genre:

Songs.

Notated music.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Marian Anderson, 1977, 1987, and 1991.

Physical Description:

2002 items (83 boxes)

Other Title:

Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts, ca. 1910-1980.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1910-1980.

Language Note:

In English (predominantly), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Latin, among others.

Biography/History:

American contralto.

Summary:

Contains 2002 music manuscripts acquired by Marian Anderson during her career. The majority of the collection comprises songs, many of which were submitted to Anderson with letters from the composers or lyricists. The collection includes approximately 66 sets of parts for instrumental or orchestral accompaniments, 173 settings of spirituals, 50 titles by Latin American composers, and 676 titles by women composers (assigned the subject heading: Women composers' music).

Local Notes:

Indexes: Eureka provides an index to the 2002 titles. To obtain a listing, do the following title search: Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts.

OCLC:

228428186