Music

Scope and Contents of the Collection The David Epstein papers consist of Epstein’s student composition books and a dissertation draft; correspondence; programs, reviews, and news clippings of performances; research and lecture notes including articles by others and transparencies, drafts of papers and book chapters; and musical scores and parts, some by Epstein and some by others. The collection spans the years 1947 to 2004, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1950s to the 1990s. Boxes 7 to 12 are oversize and contain...

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The Experimental Music Studio recordings is a collection of reel to reel audio tapes produced by students and staff involved with MIT's Experimental Music Studio and with the New England Conservatory. The physical materials in the collection are reel to reel audio tapes in 7” and 10.5” reels, using ¼”, ½”, and 1” tape. Some recordings have been digitized thank to a CLIR Recordings at Risk grant in 2020.

Scope and Contents This collection comprises materials by and about Klaus Liepmann collected by his friend, Frank J. Lepreau. Liepmann was a violinist, conductor, and a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1947 to 1990 in the Department of Humanities Music Section. Materials in the collection, spanning from 1972 to 2005, include correspondence about Liepmann and publications by Liepmann. Among the publications are a self-published autobiography in two volumes and a...

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Songs include "A Stein Song" (written by Albert Bullard, class of 1887), "Dear Old MIT" (written by Harold Wonson, class of 1907), "Take Me Back to Tech" (written by Isaac Litchfield, class of 1885), and "Sons of MIT" (written by John B. Wilbur, class of 1926).

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In 1890, the Glee Club, Banjo Club, and Mandolin Club joined to create the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Combined Musical Clubs. After several dormant periods and name changes, the Combined Musical Clubs reappeared in 1908 and persisted as an umbrella organization for undergraduate musical groups until 1986. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, financial and administrative reports, brochures, concert programs, and a scrapbook.

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Humanities Series concert performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on March 23, 1950.

Abstract The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lewis Music Library's Music at MIT Oral History Project was active from 1999 to 2012. The project captures a slice of the history and culture of music at the MIT through in-depth recorded audio and video interviews with MIT music faculty, staff, and former students. The interviews explore the formal academic music program, ensembles of the MIT Music Section, student-run performing groups, and the history of the Lewis Music Library. In addition, the...

Scope and Contents This collection is a copy of an audio recording put together by Peter Reitz, MIT class of 1937, for the 50th reunion of the class of 1937. It includes selections taken from the "Sounds of MIT, 1939" originally recorded by the MIT Sound Laboratory for distribution to alumni clubs. Side one includes the MIT cheer, MIT president Karl T. Compton agreeing to attend an alumni function, Robert H. Richards (MIT class of 1868), Glee Club singing "Dear to Tech", Davis R. Dewey on change in economic...

Content Description The Herb Pomeroy Jazz Collection consists primarily of musical recordings and scores from the duration of Pomeroy’s career as a jazz performer, bandleader, and teacher. While these materials comprise the bulk of the collection, also included are photographs, correspondence, clippings, student notebooks, concert programs and posters, promotional materials for Pomeroy’s bands, travel materials and souvenirs, and background material. The collection spans from the 1930s to the late 2000s, and...