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scores (documents for music)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Original and entire drafts or transcripts of musical compositions or arrangements. Typically having the parts of all the different instruments or voices written on staffs one above another, so that they can be read at a glance.

Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Spencer Huffman music manuscripts and recordings

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0082
Abstract

Walter Spencer Huffman was a composer and music teacher who studied and served on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in the 1940s and 1950s. From 1955 until his death in 2005, Huffman taught music privately in Maryland and continued to compose. The collection consists of holograph scores of approximately 150 works, including chamber music, symphonies, and choral music.

Dates: 1941-1990, 1997, 2007
Found in: Peabody Archives

William A. Chrystal papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0008
Abstract

William A. Chrystal was a pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor based in the Pittsburgh area for most of his career. He attended the Peabody Conservatory in the 1950s and earned degrees in piano performance. The William A. Chrystal papers contain music manuscripts, programs, clippings, professional documents, and sound recordings.

Dates: 1946 - 2015
Found in: Peabody Archives

William Bland papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0049
Abstract

William Bland is a pianist and composer who graduated from the Peabody Conservatory with a doctor of musical arts degree in 1973. His papers include manuscript and photocopied scores of his compositions.

Dates: 1970-2001
Found in: Peabody Archives

Wilmer T. Bartholomew papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0024
Abstract

Wilmer T. Bartholomew was a professor of music at the Peabody Institute and Goucher College who specialized in acoustics research, singing technique, and choral conducting. The Bartholomew papers contain published and manuscript scores composed by Bartholomew as well as various notes, research, correspondence, and publications.

Dates: 1919 - 1993
Found in: Peabody Archives

Yvette Matthews papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0123
Abstract Yvette Matthews (1948-2020) was a mezzo-soprano from Baltimore. She studied at the Peabody Preparatory and sang with ensembles such as the Baltimore Opera Company, the Baltimore Symphony Opera, and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. In the 1980s and 1990s, Matthews sang with the Houston Grand Opera Company on tours throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. The Yvette Matthews papers, approximately 1965-2021, contain professional files consisting of programs, clippings, publicity...
Dates: approximately 1965-2021
Found in: Peabody Archives