66 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Biographies.

  1. Loretta C. Manggrum papers, 1941-1992

    approximately 150 items. 4 containers. 1.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Loretta C. Manggrum was a Black American pianist, composer, and music educator best known for her sacred cantatas and choral works. She was the first Black student to enroll at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and graduated in 1953 at age 57 before starting a career teaching music in Cincinnati. The collection consists largely of scores for choral and piano solo works, as well as a small amount of other materials that document her life and career.

  2. Helen Hopekirk collection, 1875-1954

    approximately 450 items. 13 containers. 4.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945) was a Scottish-born American composer, pianist, and educator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During her lifetime she maintained a rigorous performance schedule throughout Europe and the United States and studied under numerous artists. Her compositions were often inspired by traditional Scottish and Gaelic folk-songs and the works of poets and other authors. This collection contains music manuscripts by Hopekirk and other composers, biographical materials, writings by and about Hopekirk, scrapbooks, and other items that document her life and career.

  3. Helen Traubel papers, 1910-1972

    approximately 3,500 items. 36 containers. 18.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Helen Traubel (1899-1972) was an American soprano and writer. Known for her Wagnerian opera roles, Traubel spent 16 years at the Metropolitan Opera before exploring work in television, musical theater, and nightclubs. This collection documents her career through correspondence, photographs, scripts, scrapbooks, and her annotated music scores and orchestra library.

  4. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation collection on Nicolò Paganini, 1810-1967

    approximately 1,125 items. 29 containers. 18 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Nicolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, and composer known for his technical prowess and virtuosity. This collection contains a significant amount of iconography depicting Paganini as well as other composers and related objects and places. Other materials include manuscript and printed music, correspondence, programs, publicity materials, personal papers, publications, and clippings that document Paganini’s professional activities and personal life. Additional catalogs, inventories, and other materials in the papers of Maia Bang Hohn provide further information about the contents and history of the collection.

  5. Nicole Plett collection of dance research materials, 1935-2003

    approximately 200 items. 3 containers. 1.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Nicole Plett (née Bronowski) is an American dance critic and writer on dance and art. The Nicole Plett Collection of Dance Research Materials consists primarily of photographs and negatives of Eleanor King and other dancers performing King’s choreography. It also contains notes from and portions of interviews that Plett conducted with dance artists, Plett’s publications on dance, and an assortment of clippings, programs, and promotional material related to King’s professional activities as a choreographer and dancer.

  6. Joe Roccisano papers, 1950-1997

    approximately 5,560 items. 50 containers. 20.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Joe Roccisano (1939-1997) was an American jazz composer, arranger, performer, and bandleader. The collection chiefly contains holograph scores, lead sheets, and parts comprising the performance libraries of his big band, the Joe Roccisano Orchestra, and his nine-piece group, Nonet. Also included are scores and parts for his commissions, larger scale orchestral pieces, and other performance and recording charts, as well as a small amount of photographs, clippings, and other biographical materials.

  7. Jessye Norman papers, 1881-2020

    approximately 67,000 items. 296 containers. 106 linear feet. 199 digital files (269.3 MB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Jessye Norman (1945-2019) was an internationally recognized American soprano. An alumna of Howard University and the University of Michigan, Norman rose to fame after winning the 1968 ARD International Competition in Munich. She specialized in repertoire by late Romantic composers, garnering critical praise for her roles in Wagnerian operas as well as recitals featuring traditional African American spirituals and songs by Francis Poulenc, Gustav Mahler, Hall Johnson, and Richard Strauss. The Jessye Norman Papers contain correspondence from her managers and assistants, business papers, awards, annotated music, photographs, interviews, and clippings that document her career and philanthropic activities.

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  8. Alice Eversman and Elena de Sayn papers, 1862-1970s

    approximately 2,175 items. 31 containers. 14.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Alice Eversman (1885-1974) and Elena de Sayn (1884?-1966) were a performing duo active in the early 1900s. Eversman was an operatic soprano and de Sayn was a violinist. During the 1930s, they both settled in Washington, D.C., and became music critics for the Washington Star. They were important members of the local musical community as well as newspaper writers' groups. De Sayn also continued her performing and teaching career through the early 1960s. The collection includes personal and business correspondence, scrapbooks about Eversman, de Sayn, and others, writings, printed music, photographs, programs, subject files, and biographical information.

  9. Dana Suesse papers, 1860-2016

    approximately 9,500 items. 54 containers. 45.5 linear feet. 1,786 digital files (20.8 GB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Dana Suesse was an American pianist and composer who incorporated popular, jazz, and classical elements into her works. Suesse gained attention for writing popular songs such as "You Oughta Be in Pictures" and "The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful," but also received acclaim for her orchestral works, including Concerto in Three Rhythms. The collection documents Suesse's career and includes music manuscript scores and parts, project files, correspondence, photographs, datebooks, programs, clippings, and other biographical material.

  10. Mario Davidovsky papers, 1933-2019

    approximately 5,500 items. 53 containers. 3 mapcase folders. 23.5 linear feet. 1,563 digital files (623 MB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Mario Davidovsky was an Argentine-American composer, teacher, and pioneer in the field of electro-acoustic music. The collection contains music by Davidovsky and other composers, project and business files, correspondence, teaching materials, biographical information, photographs, clippings, promotional materials, and files related to Composers Conference.