Department of Music audiovisual recordings, 1951-1996 and undated

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Summary

Abstract:
In 1942, Duke University created the Department of Aesthetics, Art and Music. In 1960, the Department of Music formed as a separate department. Allan H. Bone, Duke professor from 1940 to 1983 and conductor of the Duke Symphony, was instrumental in the formation of the department. British composer Iain Hamilton was a faculty member for seventeen years. The Dept. of Music audiovisual materials collection contains audio and video resources made between 1951 and 1996, primarily on open reel audio and video tape, of the Duke Symphony Orchestra, the Duke Wind Symphony, the Duke Glee Club, the Ciompi Quartet, and the Duke Collegium Musicum, as well as other recordings related to the faculty and students of the Duke University Department of Music. There are also audiocassettes and a few videotapes. Faculty members represented include Jane Hawkins, Penelope Jensen, Randall Love, Robert Parkins, Fred Raimi, Claudia Warburg, Mary Lou Williams, and Ruth Friedburg. Other featured musicians are Milton Babbitt, Barbara Lister-Sink, Claudia Bloom, Boaz Sharon, and Bruce Berg. English.
Extent:
70 Linear Feet
1,024 Items
Language:
English.
Research Center:
Duke University Archives
Collection ID:
UA.25.28.0001
University Archives Record Group:
25 -- Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
25 -- Trinity College of Arts and Sciences > 28 -- Music

Background

Scope and content:

The Department of Music Audiovisual Recordings collection contains audio and video open reel tapes made between 1951 and 1996, of the Duke Symphony Orchestra, the Duke Wind Symphony, the Duke Glee Club, the Ciompi Quartet, and the Duke Collegium Musicum, as well as other recordings related to the faculty and students of the Duke University Department of Music. There are also audiocassettes and a few videotapes. Faculty members represented include Jane Hawkins, Penelope Jensen, Randall Love, Robert Parkins, Fred Raimi, Claudia Warburg, Mary Lou Williams, and Ruth Friedburg. Other featured musicians are Milton Babbitt, Barbara Lister-Sink, Claudia Bloom, Boaz Sharon, and Bruce Berg.

Biographical / historical:

In 1942, Duke University created the Department of Aesthetics, Art and Music. In 1960, the Department of Music formed as a separate department. Allan H. Bone, Duke professor from 1940 to 1983 and conductor of the Duke Symphony, was instrumental in the formation of the department. British composer Iain Hamilton was a faculty member for seventeen years.

Acquisition information:
The Department of Music Audiovisual Materials was received by the University Archives as a transfer in 2005.
Processing information:

Processed by Dean Jeffrey

Completed August 22, 2005

Encoded by Dean Jeffrey, August 25, 2005

Updated by Jessica Wood, March 5, 2012

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Collection contains original audiovisual items that need to be reformatted before use. Contact Research Services for access.

Collection contains digitized audiovisual materials that require special equipment. Contact Research Services with questions.

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[Identification of item], Dept. of Music Audiovisual Recordings, University Archives, Duke University.

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