Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Modern Music archives, 1909-1983 |
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Span Dates | 1909-1983 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1924-1983) |
Call No. | ML31.M57 |
Creator | League of Composers (U.S.) |
Extent | around 810 items |
Extent | 8 containers |
Extent | 5.75 linear feet |
Extent | Microfilm (93/20012 [MUS]--scrapbooks only) |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012004 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2006571033 |
Summary | The League of Composers was founded in New York in 1923 to promote American composers and introduce audiences to the best in new music through high quality performances. Its quarterly journal, Modern Music, was published from 1924 to 1946, and edited by Minna Lederman Daniel. It is one of the most distinguished collections of criticism and scholarship concerning early twentieth-century musical arts. The archives contains materials documenting the cessation of the journal, correspondence, financial and budget documents, fundraising materials, clippings, committee meeting minutes, photographs and artwork, stage and costume designs, contemporary concert and festival programs, scrapbooks containing promotional materials, publications of the League, and writings by Lederman Daniel. |