Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Music Student Composition Recordings and Concert Ephemera
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The Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Music Student Composition Recordings and Concert Ephemera consists of 147 audiovisual recordings of new music compositions by students of the FAS Music Department. Audio recordings of performances, rehearsals, and studio sessions constitute the vast majority of the collection's materials, though it also contains four video recordings of interviews with visiting composer Elliott Carter. One folder of print and manuscript ephemera accompanies the audio recordings.
History of Composition at the FAS Department of Music
The Music Department of the Faculty of Arts and Science was established in 1923. Upon the dissolution of the University Heights campus in 1972, the Washington Square College and University College programs were merged into one department at Washington Square. The M.A. track in Composition was added to the Department in 1989, with the first degree awarded in 1991. The following year saw the establishment of the Ph.D. program in Composition and Theory. As part of the composition track, the Department of Music sponsors concerts to showcase student composers' works. Outside groups, including the International Contemporary Ensemble, the League of Composers/ISCM, and the American Brass Quintet, have been hired to perform at many of these events, while some are sponsored directly by First Performance, an NYU graduate student composers' collective.
Arrangement
The majority of the materials in the collection relate to performances of student composers' finished works, though interviews with visiting composer Elliott Carter are also represented.
This collection is arranged chronologically in two series:
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- Recordings and Performances
- Interviews
Scope and Contents
The Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Music Student Composition Recordings and Concert Ephemera consists of 147 audiovisual recordings of new music compositions by graduate and undergraduate students of the Music Department of the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS). Audio recordings of performances, rehearsals, and studio sessions constitute the vast majority of the collection's materials, though it also contains four video recordings of interviews with visiting composer Elliott Carter. One folder of print and manuscript ephemera accompanies the audio recordings in the form of annotated and unannotated performance programs and notes, posters, and concert announcements. An inventory spreadsheet of the recordings is also included.
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Access Restrictions
Open for use without restrictions.
This collection contains audiovisual materials that have not been digitized. Please contact the University Archives if you wish to access these materials.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 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); Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Music Student Composition Recordings and Concert Ephemera; MC 250; box number; folder number; New York University Archives
Provenance
The materials in the collection were transferred to the University Archives from the office of Louis Karchin, Professor of Music within the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS).
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Processing Information
Where insert labels attached to recordings contained sufficient identifying information, these labels were employed as formal titles for those items. Otherwise, item titles were devised from a combination of available label information on recording enclosures.