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Music -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Buechner collection

 Collection
Identifier: CoU-AMRC-14
Scope and Contents Library and personal papers of Alan C. Buechner, Professor of Music, Copland School of Music, City University of New York, Queens College; previously on faculty of Harvard University, University of Texas, University of Hartford; founder and officer of the Sonneck Society for Armerican Music; Recipient of the Soneck Society Distinguished Service Citation. Includes 132 tune books and hymnals (housed in Special Collections, University of Colorado Boulder), correspondence, and research and...
Dates: 1932-1982

Early American Musical Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CoU-AMRC-32
Scope and Contents

Ballad operas collected by AMRC founder Sister Mary Dominic Ray, including research and teaching materials about actors and operas, articles about cominc operas in the United States, and an index of opera titles.

Dates: 1720-1989

J. Bunker Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: CoU-AMRC-19
Scope and Contents

Writings on American music history collected by J. Bunker Clark (1931-2003), Professor of Music, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, as part of NEH-funded seminars occuring 1976-1978.

Dates: 1978-1979

Sister Mary Dominic Ray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CoU-AMRC-86
Scope and Contents Papers of Sister Mary Dominic Ray (1913-1994), musician, musicologist, collector; founder, American Music Research Center (Dominican College), 1947. Includes artifacts and photographs documenting the early years of the AMRC, as well as papers supporting Sister Mary's research and publications. Includes several original music sheets from the 18th and 19th centuries. Of related interest is the collection of early American tune books and hymnals, housed in Special Collections, Norlin...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1967–1989