An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
Title:
Aaron Copland Collection
Dates:
1918-1958, undated
Extent:
1 document box, 1 oversize box (1.88 linear feet)
Abstract:
Includes manuscripts by the American
composer, writer on music, pianist, and conductor Aaron Copland, most notably
three
preliminary sketches and an orchestral score for his Lincoln
Portrait (1942).
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-0923
Language:
English and
Italian
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
All Lincoln Portrait items were purchased in 1964 (R
2282).
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Jeannie Binder, 2011
Note: With the exception of the Lincoln Portrait items, which were not described in the card catalog,
this finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only
in a
card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the
abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
