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Music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Hidden Lake Gardens: Audio Reel / Reads and Music, 1993

 Item — Box 26 for Accession UA.06368, Cassette: UA-V000545
Identifier: HLG-9303
Series Description From the Record Group: News Releases SeriesThe news releases contain information on students, graduations and honors lists for hometown newspapers; faculty biographies, awards, speeches, papers and publications; the official policies of the University; and campus non-athletic activities and events. One event that has a large number of news releases is the MSU Centennial, which took place in 1955. There are gaps in the series during the period 1956 to June 1965. There are...
Dates: 1993
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Media Communications records / Audiovisual / Photographic Records / Video / U-matic / Hidden Lake Gardens

Irving "Pete" Schandelmeier papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.396
Scope and Contents The collection consists of one box of dance band music, including 56 pencil arrangements. Some folders include complete scores and/or parts but most are incomplete. Many are stamped with Schandelmeier’s name and most are stamped “Ann Du Pont, Queen of the Clarinet and Her Orchestra”. Published sheet music designated “for professional use” and a smaller collection of published sheet music for commercial purchase is also included. An undated clipping from Metronome magazine mentions...
Dates: 1939 - 1941
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

James Murray Barbour papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.387
Scope and Content The James Murray Barbour collection contains correspondence with numerous individuals, most notably with Gladys Watson Tipple, whose enthusiasm for dividing the musical scale into 53 intervals led to a year-long correspondence and the creation of a template slide rule. The collection also contains Barbour’s article for MGG (Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart) and the preparatory work for that article, as well as numerous reviews and articles in the original journal issues. Other material...
Dates: 1931-1969, 2000, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

James Niblock papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.318
Scope and Contents The James Niblock papers contain compositions written by him from the 1950s until 2012. The "Collection Panorama" contains his "Dialogue and Dulciana" for flute and piano and was published by Gerard Billaudot. Other works are entered under individual titles. Niblock's music covers a broad range of instruments, including strings, piano, organ, horns, winds, choral, and percussion. Many of these pieces are oversized or have oversized copies, and they can be found in boxes 4143-4146....
Dates: 1957 - 2016
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Krosnick; Contemp. Composers #6; Juilliard

 Item — Unknown_item UA-V003083
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The collection contains surveys and reports about state governors and broadcast news, the Lansing Mexican-American community, and an audience study of the African American radio program "Takin' Care of Business". There is also a catalog of Michigan State University's classic radio programs which gives details of radio programs from the 1940s-1960s. The collection also includes brochures and annual reports.

Dates: 1956 - 1997
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media records / Audiovisual Materials

Maida Tilchen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 794
Scope and Contents

The Maida Tilchen papers consist of approximately 1.5 linear feet of material dating from 1973 to 2021. The collection consists of correspondence, unpublished essays, journal entries, published articles, concert ephemera, interviews with musicians, recordings of women’s music and other performances. Audio recordings will be transferred to a digital format for user access.

Dates: 1973 - 2021
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Marching Band records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.86.2
Scope and Contents The Marching Band records contain memorabilia from the 1954 and 1956 Rose Bowl games. This collection of memorabilia was donated by alumnus Gerald Klann (class of 1928) who was associated with Oldsmobile and who accompanied the band on both trips (December 26, 1953 - January 6, 1954 and December 27, 1955 - January 7, 1956). Included in the collection are maps, train schedules, travel guides, dining car menus, Rose Bowl Game and Tournament of Roses programs and tickets, and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1948 - 2015
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mary K. Sarlow collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00255
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of manuscript materials that were written by Mary K. Sarlow along with correspondence, articles, personal materials, sheet music, demo records, poetry, lyrics, and photographs.

Dates: 1914 - 1984
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan State Grange records

 Collection
Identifier: 00187
Scope and Contents The records of the Michigan State Grange are held by the MSU Archives and the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The MSU Archives holds the Grange records from the following counties: Allegan, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Otsego, Ottawa, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, Van Buren,...
Dates: 1873 - 2009
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

MSC Men's Glee Club "Sings: Michigan State College 100th Anniversary" (45 rpm record), 1955

 Item — Box 5417, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

A 45 rpm vinyl record with songs performed by the MSC Men's Glee Club in 1955.

Dates: 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Frederick J. Zint papers / Audiovisual Materials