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scores (documents for music)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Original and entire drafts or transcripts of musical compositions or arrangements. Typically having the parts of all the different instruments or voices written on staffs one above another, so that they can be read at a glance.

Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:

A. Jack Thomas music manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0022
Abstract

Alfred Jack Thomas was an African American composer, educator, and conductor who served as a bandmaster in the United States Army and became the first African American to conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The A. Jack Thomas papers contain manuscript scores and instrumental parts for three of his compositions for orchestra: Mirage, Scenes Pastoral, and Etude en Noir.

Dates: 1940-1941
Found in: Peabody Archives

Adam Itzel Jr. and John Itzel orchestral arrangements

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0062
Abstract

Cousins Adam Itzel Jr. and John Itzel were conductors, arrangers, composers, and educators who studied and taught at the Peabody Conservatory in the late 19th century. The collection includes manuscript scores of light orchestral or operatic music arranged primarily by Adam Itzel Jr., as well as manuscript scores of some of his original compositions.

Dates: 1879 - 1933; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1890
Found in: Peabody Archives

Alinda B. Couper papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0011
Abstract

Alinda Burnham Couper studied harmonic analysis with Nadia Boulanger and taught and composed music, becoming one of the pioneer composers of handbell music and developing a new technique called "four-in-hand." Couper remained friends with Boulanger and exchanged letters for years after studying with her. The Alinda B. Couper papers contain manuscripts and published scores composed by Couper, as well as her notes, composition journals, papers, and photos.

Dates: 1901 - 2000
Found in: Peabody Archives

Arthur Friedheim papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0041
Abstract

Musical compositions, correspondence, photographs, writings, clippings, and ephemera of pianist Arthur Friedheim and members of the Friedheim family.

Dates: approximately 1884 - 1979
Found in: Peabody Archives

Asger Hamerik scores

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0047
Abstract

Asger Hamerik was a Danish-born composer and conductor who was the director of Peabody Institute from 1871 to 1898. The collection includes manuscript and printed scores of Hamerik's compositions.

Dates: approximately 1864-1902
Found in: Peabody Archives

Austin Conradi papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0016
Abstract

The Austin Conradi papers contain concert programs, school essays, newspaper clippings, correspondence, scores, and a photograph relating to the life and career of pianist Austin Conradi.

Dates: 1913 - 1971
Found in: Peabody Archives

Benjamin Grobani papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0036
Abstract

Benjamin Grobani was a music teacher, composer, and cantor in the Baltimore Jewish community. The Grobani papers include a large collection of Jewish sacred music scores, personal papers, and concert programs.

Dates: 1885-1965
Found in: Peabody Archives

Brick Fleagle and Luther Henderson papers and collection of jazz recordings

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0073
Abstract

Brick Fleagle and Luther Henderson were jazz musicians and arrangers who were business partners and close friends. The Brick Fleagle and Luther Henderson papers and collection of jazz recordings contain manuscript and published scores of Fleagle's and Henderson's compositions and arrangements, personal papers of Brick Fleagle, photographs, and recordings.

Dates: 1929-1977
Found in: Peabody Archives

Cal Lampley music manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0027
Abstract

A record producer, composer, pianist, critic, and educator, Cal Lampley taught at the Peabody Conservatory and Morgan State University for many years after working in the record industry. The Cal Lampley music manuscripts contain scores of his music and a small collection of concert programs and related papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1980-1990; approximately 1970-1990
Found in: Peabody Archives

Carol Lynn papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0133
Abstract

Carol Lynn (1893-1987, born Carol Lynn Fetser) was a dancer and educator who was the co-director with Ted Shawn of the Jacob's Pillow ballet school. Lynn taught privately in Baltimore in the 1920s and 1930s and directed the Peabody Preparatory Dance Department from 1947 until her retirement in 1970. The Carol Lynn papers contain Lynn's choreography with corresponding musical scores, a collection of her 16mm dance films, and photographs, programs, and other documents related to her career.

Dates: approximately 1920-1965
Found in: Peabody Archives