Administrative Information
Provenance
Some manuscripts; Gift; Aaron Copland; circa 1940-1970.
Bulk of the collection; Gift; Aaron Copland; 1989.
Some manuscripts; Gift; Nadia Boulanger estate; July 18, 1980 and March 6, 1981.
Libretto material for The tender land ; Gift; Erik Johns.
Some manuscripts; Gift; Bennett Lerner.
Accruals
Further accruals are possible.
Processing History
The Aaron Copland Collection was processed by Virginia Chang, Carol Lynn Flanigan, Wilda Heiss (Music Specialist), Albert Jones, Jonathan Kulp, Melchor de Medinaceli, Peggy Monastra, Lloyd Pinchback (Music Specialist), Loras Schissel and Deanna Whitsitt, April 1995. The finding aid was originally created using Word Perfect 5.1 software. The final formatting was begun by Stefan Patejak in 1995 and completed by Michael A. Ferrando, November 2002. In 2002, Michael A. Ferrando coded and edited the finding aid for EAD format. Janet McKinney made additions to the finding aid in 2016.
A special thank you to Daniel Mathers for his invaluable assistance during the editing of the Music Manuscripts and Printed Editions by Aaron Copland.
Transfers
Sound recordings and moving images were transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of the [Aaron Copland Collection] (MAVIS collection no. 9416).
Selected books from Copland's library were transferred to the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Other Repositories
1154 published scores by North and South American composers (not including Copland) are located in the Performing Arts Library at the New York Public Library. Microfilm is available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room: Microfilm 93/20010.
Online Content
Digitized images along with identifying information and a narrative introduction are also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title: The Aaron Copland Collection at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/collmus.mu000006 .
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: container number, Aaron Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.