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Special Collections and Archives in the Music Library, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York |
Restrictions apply to use of some of these collections. Please inquire about use before visiting the library.
Antiquarian Music Catalogues
ca. 5,000 catalogues.
Except current issues, all sets and series are catalogued.
For holdings up to 1988, see J. Coover, Antiquarian Catalogues of Musical
Interest (London, Mansell, 1988).
British Vocal Music, Late 18th-mid-19th century (BVM)
80 bound volumes, 872 disbound separate works.
Print inventory: Catalogue of a Collection of Brtitish Vocal
Music: Late 18th to mid-19th Centuries: ML136.B942M78.
Online
inventory
Calendars
U.S. and Foreign, 1968-94. 138 items.
Print inventory: SUNY at Buffalo Music Library, calendar index.
ML136.B942M84, with indexes to subjects, publishers, and photographers/artists.
Online inventory and indexes
Mark Chowaniec World Music Collection
Mostly Asian. 855 cassettes, 509 LP's, 19 videos.
Print inventory: The Mark Chowaniec World Music Collection : a finding
list arranged by HRAF-Murdock number. ML156.4.F6S4.
Online inventory and index
Concert Programs
An international representation of hundreds of concert programs and series with an emphasis on new music.
The majority of the programs have been fully cataloged and are available in BISON - UB Libraries Catalog.
The following phrases entered as subject searches will retrieve a large number of the programs:
James B. Coover Collection
107 titles, including music dictionaries and works about bibliography, collected by James Coover.
For a list of titles in the collection, enter james b coover collection
as a keyword search in BISON - UB Libraries Catalog.
Michael Doran Research Notes
Microfilms, photocopies, research notes and source materials gathered by
Doran for Ph.D. in Musicology dealing with Alessandro Stradella and Carlo
Lonati.
French Vocal Music Collection, ca. 1780-1862
Collection of French romances and songs, including ca. 138 printed scores and 33 manuscript sscores.
Online inventory
André Grétry Opera Scores
29 volumes, first and early editions.
All titles fully cataloged in BISON - UB Libraries Catalog.
Online
inventory
Italian Ballet Plot Synopses, 1816-1933
75 ballet plot synopses; chiefly Italian and from the latter half of the nineteenth century; one item each in French and
English.
All items have been individually cataloged and can be found in
BISON - UB Libraries Catalog by
performing the following COMMAND search: cl=ML51.I83.
Online inventory
Music Department Notebooks
30+ linear feet of notebooks containing clippings, programs, reviews, and announcements
for events offered under the Department's auspices since 1960.
The set (1960-1988) is available on 14 microfilm reels: MIC-1 ML 1552
Fernando Päer Collection
166 scores in manuscript and early editions. Many variant editions of the same
works warrant further study.
Catalogue data for most appear in Libraries catalogue.
Posters Collection
Collection of more than 2000 posters, various sizes, from music concerts and festivals.
Online sample list
Ferdinand Praeger Collection of Scores
Holographs of 350+ works, almost his complete output (others at Northwestern).
Print inventory: ML410.P789AXF5
Slide Collection (35mm)
Formed by Prof. James McKinnon as a basis for his iconographical studies
of early music. Some 2,000 slides of manuscripts--principally their initials
and capitals--from the Bodleian, London's National Gallery, the Musée
Condé, the Pierpont Morgan Library, Musée de Cluny, Museo de
San Marco, Palazzo Poggi, the Hermitage, Chartres Cathedral, the Rijksmuseum,
and dozens more. Materials appear under entries for manuscript source and
intriguing subject headings in a highly-detailed card catalogue. A few of
them: Marginalia -- 8th century; Christ -- Flagellation; David and Fool; Initial,
inhabited; Muses, nine; Grotesqueries; C (and all other letters); Magi; Animals,
singing; Villiany; and Siren.
Archive of the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts, 1964-1980
Mus. Arc. 4 (not fully processed)
Documents, letters and working files of the Center.
30+ linear feet.
Print inventory: Archive of the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts : Finding list. ML136.B942M819.
Online inventory
John Clough Papers, ca. 1959-2002
Mus. Arc. 14
17 boxes of materials collected by University at Buffalo music theorist John Clough, Slee Professor 1981-2002.
Finding aid
Arnold Cornelissen Collection of Manuscript Scores
Mus. Arc. 9 (not fully processed)
Holographs of a Buffalo-based composer and conductor.
Online inventory
Morton Feldman Collections
Descriptions of the individual Feldman collections are available at:
Morton Feldman Collections at the Music Library, University at Buffalo
Library holdings include:
Livingston Gearhart Archive
Mus. Arc. 23 (not fully processed)
Manuscript scores, letters, photographs, and clippings of the University at Buffalo
faculty member, pianist, composer, and arranger.
Online inventory
Irene Haupt Photographs of Musicians in Buffalo, ca. 1978-1999
Mus. Arc. 17
193 photographs of contemporary composers and performers who have
participated in musical events at the University at Buffalo.
Online finding aid
Available in digital form in
UBdigit
Irene Haupt Photographs
of June in Buffalo
Available in digital form in
UBdigit
| 2000 | Mus. Arc. 18 | 71 photographs |
| 2001 | Mus. Arc. 19 | 48 photographs |
| 2002 | Mus. Arc. 20 | 28 photographs |
| 2003 | Mus. Arc. 21 | 61 photographs |
| 2004 | Mus. Arc. 25 | 44 photographs |
| 2005 | Mus. Arc. 27 | 47 photographs |
Lejaren Hiller Archive
Mus. Arc. 5
(not fully processed)
Music manuscripts, including sketches, program notes, correspondence, writings, recordings, and photographs.
Guide to the Archive: ML410.H6542AXW2 1995
Inventories of the individual components of the Hiller Archive are available at:
Lejaren Hiller Archive Home Page
Kathryn McCarthy Papers, 1911-1955
Mus. Arc. 7
1 box, including a counterpoint lesson book and correspondence with her instructor, Richard Benda.
Online finding aid
Yvar Mikhashoff Collections
Ca. 75 linear ft., including papers, compositions, transcriptions and arrangements, annotated scores, programs, photographs and slides, and recordings.
Inventories of the individual Mikhashoff collections are available at: Yvar Mikhashoff Archive Home Page.
Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music, Papers, 1996-
Mus. Arc. 22
Applications from individuals and organizations for funds from the Trust.
Online finding aid
Music Department Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-
Mus. Arc. 16
Approximately 635 photographs of activities of Music Dept. activities,
chiefly from 1960-2000. Includes faculty, students, and many visiting
musicians.
Online finding aid
Available in digital form in
UBdigit
Music Librarianship Archive
Formed by Dr. Carol June Bradley in 1970. Includes documents, letters, books, tapes (several hundred oral interviews with music librarians, living and deceased).
Inventory available.
Tape use restricted.
May be used only in the Library's Treasure Room.
No lending or copying.
May be consulted only under terms of Deeds of Gift, 1978, rev. 1994.
Music Library, University at Buffalo, Archive
Administrative records and photographs, 1970-present.
North American New Music Festival Archive
Mus. Arc. 7
Documents, letters, and working files for the festival, 1983-1993 (12 boxes, including two containers of photographs).
Online finding aid
Photographs in the collection are available in digital form in
UBdigit.
Music Images from the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901
Mus. Arc. 8
Fifty images collected or created for use in the Music Library's exhibition, Music and Musicians at the Pan-American Exposition. The items were displayed in the Library June-September 2001.
Online finding aid
Images from the collection are available in digital form in UBdigit.
Pan-American Exposition Sheet Music Collection, 1899-1909
Mus. Arc. 8.2
Thirty-five pieces of original and reproduced sheet music issued in connection with the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. To see a list of the holdings in BISON - UB Libraries Catalog, the online catalog for the University at Buffalo Libraries, do the following COMMAND search: co=mus arc 8.2
Online finding aid
J. Warren Perry Collection of Photographs, ca. 1910-1971
Mus. Arc. 3.1
2110 photographs of opera singers, conductors, instrumentalists, and music halls. Many of the photographs are inscribed to Dr. Perry.
Online finding aid
Photographs in the collection are available in digital form in
UBdigit.
J. Warren Perry Collection of Ballet Photographs, ca. 1910-1960
Mus. Arc. 3.2
300 photographs of ballet dancers, choreographers, and dance productions. Many of the photographs
are inscribed to Dr. Perry.
Online finding aid
Photographs in the collection are available in digital form in
UBdigit.
J. Warren Perry Correspondence and Autograph Collection, 1840-1995
Mus. Arc. 3.3
83 items, including correspondence, autographed programs and cards.
Online finding aid
Michael Pugliese Papers, 1978-1996
Mus. Arc. 15.1
The collection contains 10 folders of personal documents, programs, reviews, and correspondence by percussionist Pugliese.
Online finding aid
Michael Pugliese Score Collection, ca. 1976-1997
Mus. Arc. 15
The collection contains approximately 108 scores of percussion music, most of which have been marked
for performance by percussionist Pugliese.
Online finding aid
Milton Rogovin Photographs of
Storefront Churches and Musicians in Buffalo, 1958-1961
Mus. Arc. 26
Seventeen black and white photographs.
Online finding aid
Photographs in the collection are available in digital form in
UBdigit.
Allen Sapp Papers
Ca. 100 linear ft. containing manuscript scores, papers, and correspondence.
Unprocessed
Allen Sapp Score Collection, ca. 1936-1992
Mus. Arc. 11.1
31 boxes containing 345 folders
Online finding aid
Frederick Slee Collection of Music Manuscripts
Mus. Arc. 12.1 (not fully processed)
Ca. 42 titles, in autograph scores.
Online inventory
Slee Family Collection, ca. 1908-1981
Mus. Arc. 12.2
Contains log of 21-day sailing trip undertaken by Frederick Slee and two friends in 1914. The log details their adventures along the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Also included are photographs of Alice and Frederick Slee
and photographs of a few family friends.
Online finding aid
The sailing logbook and photographs in the collection are available in digital form
in UB
digit.
Jan Williams Archive
Letters, documents, and recordings
Print inventory: ML415.W67AXG8
Jan Williams Collection of Annotated Scores, 1950-1999
Mus. Arc. 10.1
212 scores, most of which have been marked for performance.
Online finding aid
Anton Wolf Archive
Manuscript scores of the Buffalo State faculty member.
Preliminary online inventory
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