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1. Alan Hovhaness music manuscripts, 1939-1969

   approximately 925 items. 6 containers plus 23 bound scores. 3 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Alan Hovhaness was an American composer, researcher, and organist of Armenian descent. He is predominantly known for works heavily inspired by non-European traditions and for drawing on exotic rhythmic, melodic, and instrumental resources founded in his own Armenian ancestry, other Middle Eastern styles, and, in his later years, Japanese and Korean instruments and styles. This finding aid collates classed holograph scores, parts, and sketches by Hovhaness that he donated to the Music Division from 1959 to 1970.

2. Arthur Foote music manuscripts, 1888-1919

   10 items. 1 container. 1 linear foot. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Arthur Foote was a American composer, pianist, educator, and church musician. As a member of the Boston Six, also known as the Second New England School, Foote and his colleagues were considered pivotal in the establishment of American classical music. The collection contains ten of Foote's works, most of which are manuscripts in his hand. Included are scores for orchestral, chamber, and solo piano works.