Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Rosen (Judith) Collection
ARS0032
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Judith Rosen Collection
Identifier/Call Number: ARS0032
Physical Description:
13 box(es)
236 Audiocassestte(s), 3 Audiocassestte(s) (dat) and 5 record
center boxes of paper records.
Date (inclusive): 1947-2013
Abstract: The Judith Rosen Collection consists of
research files and unpublished recordings on audiotape featuring performances, lectures, and
radio programs concerning classical music, with a particular focus on twentieth century
composition, as well as women musicians and composers.
Physical Location: Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California 94305-3076
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of
intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance.
The Judith Rosen Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Judith
Rosen in 2008.
This collection is arranged into two series: Recorded sound and Research files.
Christopher Walker
Judith Rosen Collection, ARS-0032. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission.
The Judith Rosen Collection consists of music researcher and author Judith Rosen's personal
research files and collection of audiocassette recordings, many of which are unpublished.
Rosen, who has written a highly-regarded biography of composer Grazyna Bacewicz, as well as
articles for High Fidelity/Musical America and the New Grove series, is a current or former
board member of The Women's Philharmonic, Women's Philharmonic Advocacy, the Arnold
Schoenberg Institute, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Ojai Music Festival. While
there is a mix of styles in the collection's music performances, the majority is new music
and the work of twentieth century composers. Given her association with the Women's
Philharmonic, it is no surprise that the collection is also strong on women composers and
musicians. Among the live and studio recordings that comprise the majority of the
collection, there are radio programs, interviews, and conference presentations. Many appear
to be promotional demos and other semi-commercial issues. Original sources are rarely
credited, and some tapes may be copies of commercially released material. There are a
handful of published cassettes retained in the collection as well. The tapes have been
alphabetized, for the most part by composer.
Perhaps the most significant recordings here are from the Freeman Musicale series of
lecture/performances named for philanthropist Betty Freeman. These salons (also known as the
Music Room sessions) took place both in Freeman's home in Beverly Hills and later at the
Rosens' in Encino, and featured many of the leading lights in the contemporary composition
world, from Elliot Carter, Pierre Boulez and Sylvano Bussotti to Gyorgy Ligeti, Mel Powell,
and Roger Reynolds, even jazz musician Anthony Braxton. Other recordings in the collection
were commissions by Freeman, such as Kaija Saariaho's opera "L'Amour de Loin." The
collection also contains lectures from the National Congress on Women in Music, various
interviews with the Seeger family (Barbara, Charles, Mike, Peggy) about Ruth Crawford
Seeger, and several recordings of Rosen herself in lectures or interviews, as well as her
husband Ron Rosen's Sixtieth Birthday Concert featuring premiered works by William Kraft,
Leonard Rosenman and Vernon Duke.
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the
creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.