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BOX 11, 17, 40-41 Composers Conference, 1969-2018
Mario Davidovsky’s long affiliation with Composers Conference, especially at its Wellesley College base, is represented by files in this series. Some organizational and administrative files of the summer workshops are included, but these are not comprehensive records of the program. Additional materials in this series include correspondence with students and faculty, concert programs, and reviews
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 40/1 50th anniversary conference and symposium, 1994
BOX-FOLDER 40/2 70th anniversary conference, 2014
BOX-FOLDER 40/3 Articles of Organization and Action of Consent, 1983
Photocopy
BOX-FOLDER 40/4 Board reports and minutes, 1975-1985, 2003
BOX-FOLDER 40/5 By-laws and revisions, 2005-2006 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/6 Chamber music repertoire list, undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/7 Color slides, 1979?
BOX 11 Conference t-shirt, 2008
Note: Signed by conference attendees to Davidovsky
BOX-FOLDER 40/8 Correspondence, 1970-1994, 2005, 2013-2018, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/9 Fellows and applicant lists, 1974-1979, 2005, 2011, and undated
Financial
BOX-FOLDER 40/10 Bank and financial account statements, 1982-1993
BOX-FOLDER 40/11 Budgets and expense reports, 1974-1976, 1981-1995
Note: Filed with the Ministerio de Educación y Justicia, Argentina
BOX-FOLDER 40/12 Composers Conference Endowment Fund, 1980
Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 40/13 Correspondence, 1974-1993
BOX-FOLDER 40/14 Donation and fund requests, 1981-1989
BOX-FOLDER 40/15 Donation lists, 1981-1987 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/16 Efrain Guigi Endowment Fund, 2007
Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 41/1 National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1977-1993
BOX-FOLDER 41/2 Robert Miller Fund Treasurer's reports, 2006-2007
BOX-FOLDER 41/3 Tax documents, 1975, 1984
BOX-FOLDER 41/4 Institute for 20th Century Musical Performance. Outline and proposal, 1994?
BOX-FOLDER 41/5 Miscellany, 2003 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 41/6-7 Personnel directories, 1976-1978, 1986, 2000-2017
Note: Regarding publishing contracts
BOX-FOLDER 41/8-9 Programs, 1971-1979, 1980-1994, 2009, 2016
BOX-FOLDER 41/10 Promotional brochures, 1975-1991
BOX-FOLDER 41/11 Promotional brochure drafts and mock-ups, 1977-1981
BOX-FOLDER 17/13 Promotional posters and flyers, 1969-2016
BOX-FOLDER 41/12 Reviews and articles, 1976-1980
BOX 42 Teaching Materials, 1969-2004
Aspects of Davidovsky’s long teaching career are represented in this relatively short series by copies of lectures that the composer offered in various venues and faculty directories from his university affiliations. Also included are a few files on electronic music, such as Moog synthesizer directions.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 42/1 Columbia University. Music faculty directory, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 42/2 [Electronic music] worksheets, 1969-1974 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/3 General remarks [for a retrospective concert], undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/4 Global electronic music laboratory directory, undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/5 Harvard University. Music faculty directories, 2001-2004
see also Harvard University in Correspondence and in Biographical Materials
Lectures
BOX-FOLDER 42/6 Description of the laboratory, undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/7 [Electronic and instruments], undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/8 Electronic music - its idosyncracies, undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/9 [Mexico], undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/10 [Old basic lecture], undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/11 Untitled lecture, undated
Language: Material in Spanish.
BOX-FOLDER 42/12 Untitled lecture, undated
Incomplete
BOX-FOLDER 42/13 Lecture notes, undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/14 Moog synthesizer installation manual, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 42/15 Notes on Chacona, undated
BOX-FOLDER 42/16 Synthesizer and mixer notes, undated
BOX 10, 42-45 Business Papers, 1957-2017
Files in this series include letters and agreements from Davidovsky’s publishers, royalty statements, and commission agreements. There is also correspondence and other materials relating to the numerous foundations which Davidovsky served as board member.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 42/17 Alice M. Ditson Fund, 1987, 1994
Financial statements; meeting minutes
BOX-FOLDER 42/18-19 American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1965, 1981-2016
Correspondence; programs; clippings; orientation packet
BOX-FOLDER 42/20 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
BOX-FOLDER 42/21 American Academy in Rome, 1991-1997
BOX-FOLDER 42/22 American Society of University Composers, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 43/1 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1992
Funding proposal
BOX-FOLDER 43/2 Asociación de Jovenes Compositores (Association of Young Composers - Argentina), circa 1950s
Constitution
Note: Signed by Eduardo A. Alemann, Ruth Friedman, Alcides Lanza, Carlos Rausch, Raul Schemper, Eduardo Tejeda, and others
BOX-FOLDER 43/3 Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1994-1995
BOX-FOLDER 43/4 The Banff Centre, 1980-1982
BOX-FOLDER 43/5 BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), 1966-1996, 2011-2015 and undated
Writer agreements; royalty statements
BOX-FOLDER 43/6 Brandeis University Creative Arts Awards, 1966
BOX-FOLDER 43/7 Business cards (of others), undated
BOX-FOLDER 43/8 Business trips, 1982-2017
Contracts; invoices; itineraries
BOX-FOLDER 43/9 C. F. Peters Corporation, 1984-2003
Royalty agreements
BOX-FOLDER 43/10 Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA): International Digital Electroacoustic Music Archive, 1993
Permissions forms
BOX-FOLDER 43/11 Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, 1958-1970 and undated
Progress reports; equipment inventory
BOX-FOLDER 43/12 Columbia University: Miller Theatre, 1994
BOX-FOLDER 10/6, 43/13-14 Commission letters and agreements, 1971-2015
BOX-FOLDER 44/1 The Consortium concerts, 1993-1996
BOX-FOLDER 44/2 Copyright registrations, 1963-1964
BOX-FOLDER 44/3-4 Edward B. Marks Corporation, 1966-1984
Publishing agreements; royalty statements
BOX-FOLDER 44/5 The First Taipei Competition for Young Composers, 1992
Fromm Music Foundation
Correspondence; financial statements; meeting minutes; proposals
BOX-FOLDER 44/6 1988-1989
BOX-FOLDER 44/7 1990
BOX-FOLDER 44/8 1992
BOX-FOLDER 44/9 1991
BOX-FOLDER 44/10 1993-1994
BOX-FOLDER 44/11 1995-1996
BOX-FOLDER 44/12 Undated
BOX-FOLDER 44/13 Harvard University. The Hauser Center, 1998
BOX-FOLDER 44/14 Intellectual property registration, 1957
Note: Filed with the Ministerio de Educación y Justicia, Argentina
Koussevitsky Music Foundation
BOX-FOLDER 44/15 American Music Recording Institution proposal, 1984
BOX-FOLDER 44/16 Board meeting agendas and minutes, 1984-1986
BOX-FOLDER 44/17 Commissioning procedure outline, undated
BOX-FOLDER 44/18 Correspondence, 1964-1974, 1981-1986, 1993-2010
BOX-FOLDER 45/1 Current list of commissions as of January 1986
BOX-FOLDER 45/2 Financial statements and treasurer's reports, 1984-1994
BOX-FOLDER 45/3 Lampadia Foundation, 2000
The Library of Congress. Koussevitsky Foundation, 1964, 1974, 1981, 1998, 2010
BOX-FOLDER 45/4 Los Angeles International Music Festival, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 45/5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory. Wergo CD project, 1988
BOX-FOLDER 45/6 McGinnis and Marx, 1964-1983
Publishing agreements
BOX-FOLDER 45/7 Miscellany, 1983, 1995-1997
BOX-FOLDER 45/8 Milken American Jewish Music Foundation, 1999
Information booklet
BOX-FOLDER 45/9 Minnesota Composers Forum, 1994-1995
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