Collection of Music Manuscripts, ca. 1910-1980

Alternate Title:

Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts,

Name:

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

Date:

1910/1980

Description:

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).

Language:

English

Provenance:

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

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

Songs; sheet music; manuscripts (documents); scores (documents for music)

Physical Description:

2002 items (83 boxes)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

American contralto.; Indexes: Eureka provides an index to the 2002 titles. To obtain a listing, do the following title search: Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts.; In English (predominantly), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Latin, among others.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 199