Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gifts, Alan Hovhaness, 1959-1970
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
Music Division staff classed scores from the Alan Hovhaness Music Manuscripts in ML96.H853 as they were received from 1959 to 1970. Mónica Hurd coded the finding aid in 2021.
Other Repositories
Other papers of Alan Hovhaness, including a collection of Ozalid scores, correspondence, and ephemera, can be found in the Houghton Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Related Material
Correspondence, music, photographs, and additional material relating to Hovhaness can be found in the following collections at the Library of Congress: Oliver Daniel Papers, Pearl Lang Papers, Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski Papers, Martha Graham Collection, Andre Kostelanetz Collection, and the Serge Koussevitzky Archive.
A collection of 150 letters exchanged between Hovhaness and his third wife, Serafina Ferrante, are cataloged in ML95.H837.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container or reel or digital ID number], Alan Hovhaness Music Manuscripts, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.