Irving Godt Papers
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The Papers of Irving Godt comprise the pedagogical and research works of a music professor who taught at both universities and liberal arts colleges during his career. Included are his correspondence with colleagues and publishers, lecture notes and lesson plans, and original works of music and fiction.
Biographical Note
Irving Godt received his Ph.D. in historical musicology from New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1969. His dissertation, titled Guillaume Costeley (1531-1606): Life and Works, focused on his interest in early Renaissance music. While at NYU he studied under Jan LaRue and Gustave Reese. Prior to 1970 he taught courses at the University of Minnesota, Claremont College, and the Univerity of Illinois at Urbana. In 1970 he accepted a teaching position at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), where he taught until 2003. While his specialty remained Renaissance music, he taught every undergraduate and graduate course in music at IUP throughout his career there.
Godt was a founding member of the Allegheny Chapter of the American Musicological Society and has published more than 60 articles in scholarly musicological journals on a variety of topics. On December 5, 2006 he passed away at his home in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
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Rakhonen, Carl. "In memoriam: Irving Godt, 1923-2006." Allegheny Chapter of the American Musicological Society, Recent Chapter News. Found online at: http://www.people.iup.edu/rahkonen/AllegAMS/recentnews.htm.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged roughly by series.
The files are grouped into seven series:
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- Student materials
- Teaching materials
- Correspondence
- Publications
- Unpublished writings
- Miscellaneous material, including unpublished poetry
- Marianna Martines research material
Scope and Content
The bulk of materials contained in this collection include handwritten notes and musical scores from Godt's time as a student at Brooklyn College and NYU; various typed drafts of Godt's professional writings and articles; course-related materials from his time at IUP including syllabi, supplementary materials and lectures; drafts for his Musica Polyglossa (a computer assisted thesaurus of musical terms); correspondence with journal editors and publishers; and personal writings, mainly poems and short stories about topics other than music.
Series VII of this collection is an accretion that consists of his research on 18th-century composer Marianna Martines. The bulk of materials contained in this series include reproductions of Martines musical scores; reproductions of letters and writings from Martines; drafts of journal articles and books on the composer; and correspondence with publishers, advisors, colleagues and archivists.
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Access Restrictions
Material pertaining to individual student records may be restricted in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Please contact the Archives with specific questions regarding access to such records.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives
Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, New York 10012
Phone: 212.998.2641
Fax: 212.995.4225
E-mail: university-archives@nyu.edu
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Irving Godt Papers; MC 206; box number; folder number; New York University ;New York University
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Dr. Godt's daughter donated the collection to New York University in 2007. Additional research materials relating to Marianna Martines were received in 2010.