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Title: Lawrence Morton Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1987
Collection number: 1522
Creator: Morton, Lawrence, 1904-1987
Extent: 85 boxes (42.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize folder
50 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Lawrence Morton (1904-1987) played the organ for silent movies and studied in New York before moving to Los Angeles, California,
in 1940. He was a music critic for
Script magazine, was the executive director of
Evenings on the Roof, director of the Ojai Music Festival and curator of music at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The collection consists
of books, articles, musical scores, clippings, manuscripts, and correspondence related to Lawrence Morton and his activities
and friends in the Southern California music scene.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Portions of this collection are restricted. Consult finding aid for additional information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Lawrence Morton, bequest, 1987.
[Identification of item], Lawrence Morton Papers (Collection 1522). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Morton was born in 1904; he played the organ for silent movies and studied in New York before moving to Los Angeles, California,
in 1940; wrote music criticism for
Script magazine; executive director,
Evenings on the Roof (later renamed
Monday Evening Concerts), 1952-71; director of the Ojai Music Festival; as curator of music at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, he staged several
Bing Concerts each year; died in 1987.
Collection consists of books, articles, musical scores, clippings, manuscripts, and correspondence related to Lawrence Morton
and his activities and friends in the Southern California music scene. Includes Morton's Igor Stravinsky bibliography and
an assemblage of Stravinsky icons made up of photographs, reproductions, and original portraits of the composer. Also includes
Morton's diary from his 1956 journey to Europe for the premiere of Stravinsky's Canticum Sacrum in Venice, Italy. Also contains
manuscripts and drafts of Morton's published works, including chapters of an unfinished Stravinsky biography and articles
for The musical quarterly,
Tempo, and Notes. Includes materials related to his involvement with the Evenings on the Roof (later called Monday Evening Concerts), the
Ojai Festival, and the Bing Concerts at the Los Angeles County Museum.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence.
- Research material.
- Biographical.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Morton, Lawrence, 1904-1987---Archives.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Musicologists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Concerts--California--Los Angeles.
Monday evening concerts [oral history transcript] / Lawrence Morton, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1966. Available at Department
of Special Collections, UCLA.
Lawrence Morton Collection of Materials Relating to the Monday Evening Concerts (Collection 965). Available at the Department
of Special Collections, UCLA.