Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The materials Mario Davidovsky placed on deposit in 2012 were converted to a gift in 2019. Matias Davidovsky donated other materials in 2020.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
Melissa Capozio Jones processed the Mario Davidovsky Papers, and Jane Cross, Melissa Capozio Jones, Mónica Hurd, and Kate Rivers coded the finding aid in 2022-2023.
Transfers
Sound and video recordings will be transferred to the Library of Congress National Audio-Video Conservation Center (NAVCC) where they will be identified as the Mario Davidovsky Collection (MAVIS no. 17724). An inventory of this material will be available in the Music Division's collection file.
Related Material
The Oliver Daniel Papers and the Nicolas Slonimsky Collection contain correspondence with Davidovsky, as well as the Koussevitzky Music Foundation files and the American International Music Fund files in the Serge Koussevitzky Archive. The Gunther Schuller Papers contain several compositions by Davidovsky.
Two items in the Performing Arts Web Archive contain information related to Davidovsky: Computing at Columbia Timeline: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center and Masterpieces of 20th-Century Electronic Music: A Multimedia Perspective.
Digital Files
Digital files were received as part of the Mario Davidovsky Papers and are identified as DavidovskyM_MUS_2022_107_001 and DavidovskyM_MUS_2022_107_002. Access to this digital content is available onsite only in the Performing Arts Reading Room and requires advance notice. Consult reference staff in the Performing Arts Reading Room for more information.
File Formats
The digital files in this collection include the following formats: .mp3, jpg, .tiff, .docx, .pdf, and .txt, among others.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container or digital ID number], Mario Davidovsky Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.