Lawrence F. Bernstein papers, 1961-1962.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, Lawrence F., creator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicology.

Genre:

Sheet music.

Notes.

Reprographic copies.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Lawrence Bernstein, 2019.

Physical Description:

2 boxes (2 linear feet)

Arrangement:

Organized into 2 series: I. Notes and II. Photocopies of music manuscripts.

Place of Publication:

1961-1962.

Language Note:

In English, Italian and Hebrew.

Biography/History:

American musicologist, Lawrence F. Bernstein was born in New York on March 25, 1939. He received his B.S. degree from Hofstra University in 1960 and his Ph.D. from New York University in 1969. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1961-1970 and the University of Pennsylvania from 1970-2009, where he served as chairperson of the music department from 1972-1973 and 1974-1977. He was appointed the Karen and Gary Rose Term Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He also served as a visiting professor at Columbia University (1979); Princeton University (1980); Rutgers University (1982-1983) and New York University (1982-1983). Bernstein received numerous awards including the Alfred Einstein prize of the American Musicological Society (1974), a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship (1978), and a Guggenheim fellowship (1987-1988). A specialist in the music of the Renaissance, he published frequently on the 16th century French chanson. Bernstein retired from the University of Pennsylvania with emeritus status in 2009.

Summary:

This collection consists primarily of photocopies of 18th century manuscript sheet music musicologist Dr. Lawrence F. Bernstein acquired from the music collection of the National Széchényi Library in Budapest, Hungary. Series I contains a typed list, handwritten notes and some tracings of the music manuscripts. There are some unidentified notes and Gaetano Brunetti: Symphony No. 25 in D , edited by Bernstein. The collection also contains a Hebrew song book of photocopied sheet music pasted in a notebook. Some of the sheet music is stamped, "From the collection of Max Lempel." Lempel was a conductor of choirs and orchestras who also taught at the Jerusalem Conservatory, later the Rubin Academy of Music. Series II contains the photocopies of the 18th century manuscript sheet music. Bernstein's folder titles and folder arrangement were retained.

OCLC:

1522901324