Finding Aid for the Charles Seeger Papers PASC-M.0096
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Title: Charles Seeger papers
Creator:
Seeger, Charles
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0096
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1914-1963
Abstract: The Charles Seeger papers consist primarily of publications about music theory, history, and research (not by Seeger); programs
for various concerts and performances; and some correspondence and manuscripts sent to Seeger.
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Biography
Composer, musicologist and critic Charles Seeger was born December 14, 1886, in Mexico City. He graduated from Harvard University
in 1908 and taught at University of California, Berkeley from 1912 to 1919. Seeger then moved to New York, teaching at the
Institute of Musical Arts (now Julliard) and the New School for Social Research in the 1920s and 1930s. While in New York,
he developed an interest in American folk music and was a member of the Composers' Collective, which published The New Workers'
Song Book in 1934. Seeger held a series of government jobs during the Depression, including work collecting folk music for
the Federal Music Project of the WPA. Seeger was a founder and president of the American Musicological Society and the Society
for Ethnomusicology. He was a professor, researcher, and musicologist at University of California, Los Angeles from 1958 to
1971. In addition, Seeger wrote numerous articles, papers, and books, and also developed the melograph, an electronic device
for transcribing music. He died February 7, 1979 in Bridgewater, Connecticut.
Scope and Content
The Charles Seeger papers consist primarily of publications about music theory, history, and research (not by Seeger); programs
for various concerts and performances; some correspondence and manuscripts sent to Seeger; ephemera; and clippings.
Organization and Arrangement
Copies of original item-level inventories are located in each box.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1. Programs
- Series 2. Publications
- Series 3. Correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera.
Related Material
UCLA's Center for Oral History Research has several interviews conducted with Charles Seeger from 1966 to 1971. Transcripts
and recordings are available
online
or at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music teachers -- United States.
Musicologists -- United States -- Archives.
Composers -- United States.
Seeger, Charles, 1886-1979--Archives.
box 1, folder 1-15
Series 1. Programs
1914-1922 and undated
Scope and Content
This series consists primarily of programs for various classical concerts, operas, and theater performances held in Chicago,
Paris, and New York.
box 1, folder 1
Pagliacci, by Leoncavallo
May 23rd, 1914
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris.
box 1, folder 2
Parsifal, by Richard Wagner
June 15, 1914
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris.
box 1, folder 3
Romeo and Juliet, by Charles Gounod
Dec. 29, 1914
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, by The Century Opera Company.
box 1, folder 4
William Tell, by Gioachino Rossini
Dec. 29, 1914
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, by the Century Opera Company,.
box 1, folder 5
Recital of Frieda Hempel and Pasquale Amato
Oct. 31, 1915
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Orchestral Hall, Chicago.
box 1, folder 6
Concert of the Haydn Choral Society
Nov. 22, 1915
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Orchestral Hall, Chicago.
box 1, folder 7
Concert of Yvette Guilbert
Mar. 2, 1917
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Orchestral Hall in Chicago.
box 1, folder 8
Concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mar. 9-10, 1917
Scope and Contents
Performed at the Orchestral Hall in Chicago.
box 1, folder 9
Gala Concert by the Chicago Singverein
May 1, 1921
Scope and Contents
Perfprmed at the Medinah Temple, Chicago.
box 1, folder 10
The Ravinia Company (Chicago)
1921
Scope and Contents
For the 1921 season.
box 1, folder 11
Lake Forest Horse Show
July 28-29, 1922
Scope and Contents
At the Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Ill.
box 1, folder 12
The Gold Diggers (play by Avery Hopwood)
undated
Scope and Contents
At the Lyceuum Theatre, New York, n.d.
box 1, folder 13
Concert of Yvonne de St. Andre, Erenest Groom, and Cecile Chaminde
undated
Scope and Contents
Place unknown, n.d.
box 1, folder 14
Performance of Orchestre A. Bosc
undated
Scope and Contents
At the Bal Tabarin, Paris, n.d.
box 1, folder 15
Ma Tante d'Honfleur, by Paul Gavault
undated
Scope and Contents
At the Theatre des Varietes, Paris, n.d
box 2, folder 1-29, box 1, folder 16-22
Series 2. Publications
1914-1959 and undated
Scope and Content
This series primarily consists of pamphlets and reprints of journal articles about music theory, history and research. It
does not contain any of Seeger's writings.
box 1, folder 16
Bukofzer, Manfred F. Music of the Classic Period, 1750-1827
1943.
Scope and Contents
Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
box 1, folder 17
Cazden, Norman. Dances from Woodland: Music and Calls
circa 1955
Scope and Contents
Bridgeport, Conn: N. Cazden. Autographed by Norman Cazden.
box 1, folder 18
Chile
1943
Scope and Contents
[Santiago]: Instituto de Extension Musical, Universidad de Chile, 1943.
box 1, folder 19
Drinker. Henry S. Bach's Use of Slurs in Recitativo Secco.
undated
box 1, folder 20
Jazz 'n Pops. Vol. 2, no. 10.
1958
Scope and Contents
Autographed [signature indecipherable]
box 1, folder 21
Park Avenue Social Review.
1931
box 1, folder 22
Schindler, Kurt. Arnold Schonberg's Quartet in D Minor: An Introductory note.
circa 1914
Scope and Contents
New York: G. Schirmer
box 2, Folder 1
Barbour, J. Murray. "Bach and The Art of Temperament."
Jan. 1947.
Scope and Contents
Reprint from The Musical Quaterly, vol. 33, no 1. Autographed by the author.
box 2, folder 2
Blume, Friedrich. "Goethe", "Hanslick," and "Klassick."
Jan. 1959.
Scope and Contents
Reprints of enteries from Die Musik in Geschte and Gegenwart. Kassel: Barenreiter, n.d. One reprint autographed by author.
box 2, folder 3
Brook, Barry S. "Fakaerti: Incognito Symphonist, or, Cutting Down the Anhang"
Dec. 1955.
Scope and Contents
Reprint from Fontes Artes Musicae, vol. 2, no. 2.
box 2, folder 4
Cazden, Norman. "The Principal of Direction in the Motion of Similar Tonal Harmonies."
Nov. 1958.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of the Journal of Music Theory.
box 2, folder 5
Clarke, Henry Leland. "The Fortune of English Music."
Mar. 1953.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Idea and Experiment: A University at Work, vol.11, no 3.
box 2, folder 6
Clarke, Henry Leland. "John Blow: A tercentenary Survey."
July 1949.
Scope and Contents
Reprint from The Musical Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3.
box 2, folder 7
Ellinwood, Leonard. Review of Mediaeval Quartal Harmony, by Joseph Yasser.
Jan. 1940.
Scope and Contents
Offprint of Speculum, vol. 15, no. 1.
box 2, folder 8
Ferand, Ernest T. "Improvised Vocal Counterpoint in the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque."
1956.
Scope and Contents
Reprint from Annales Musicologiques, vol. 4, published by Societe Musique D'Autrefois, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Autographed by author.
box 2, folder 9
Fokker, A.D. "Equal Temperment and the Thirty-one-Keyed Organ."
Oct. 1955.
Scope and Contents
Reprint from The Scientific Monthly, vol. 81, no. 4. With a note by the author.
box 2, folder 10
Grier, Edward F. "Programs in American Civilization."
Apr. 1954.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of The Journal of Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 4.
box 2, folder 11
Haydon, Glen. "The Adjustment to the College Student of Teaching Methods in Theory."
1934-1935
Scope and Contents
Reprint of the M.T.N.A. Proceedings. Autographed by author, dated 1935.
box 2, folder 12
Haydon, Glen. "Music Research and Modal Counterpoint."
1934-1935
Scope and Contents
Reprint of the 1934 Yearbook of the Music Educators National Conference. Autographed by the author in 1935.
box 2, folder 13
Haydon, Glen. "On the Problem of the Expression in Baroque Music."
1950
Scope and Contents
Reprint of the Journal of the American Musicological Society, vol. 3. no. 2.
box 2, folder 14
Johnson, H. Earle. "The Need for Research in the History of American Music."
undated
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Journal of Research in Music Education. Autogaphed by the author.
box 2, folder 15
King, A. Hyatt. "Mozart: Im Spiegel der Geschichte."
1756-1956
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten, no. 9.
box 2, folder 16
King, A. Hyatt. " The Musical Information Services of the British Museum."
Mar. 1957
Scope and Contents
Reprint of The Journal of Documentation, vol. 13, no. 1.
box 2, folder 17
King, A. Hyatt. "William Barclay Squire, 1855-1927."
Mar. 1957.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of The Library, Fifth Series, vol. 12, no. 1.
box 2, folder 18
Kinkeldey, Otto. "Bach Embellecido por si Mismo."
1954
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Revista de Estudios Musicales, vol. 3, no. 7.
box 2, folder 19
Kinkeldey, Otto. "Franchino Gafori and Marsilio Ficino."
1947
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Harvard Library Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 3, Autumn.
box 2, folder 20
Kinkeldey, Otto. "The Harmonic Sense: Its Evolution and Its Destiny."
1923
Scope and Contents
Reprint from the M.T.N.A. Proceedings.
box 2, folder 21
LaRue, Jan. "Harmonic Rhythm in the Beethoven Symphonies."
Apr. 1959.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Music & Letters, vol. 40, no. 2. Autographed by the author.
box 2, folder 22
LaRue, Jan. "A New Figure in the Haydn Masquerade."
Apr. 1959.
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Music & Letters, vol. 40, no. 2. Autographed by the author.
box 2, folder 23
Lowinsky, Edward E. "Adrian Willeart's Chromatic 'Duo' Re-Examined."
undated
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Tijdschrift Musiekwetenschap deel XVIII Eerste Stuk. Autographed by the author.
box 2, folder 24
Lowinsky, Edward E. "Mattaeus Greiter's Fortuna: An Experiment in Chromaticism and in Musical Iconography."
Oct. 1956-Jan. 1957.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of The Musical Quaterly, vol. 42, no.4 and vol. 43, no. 1. Autographed by the author.
box 2, folder 25
Lowinsky, Edward E. "On Mozart's Rhythm."
Apr. 1956.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of The Musical Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2. Autographed by the author.
box 2, folder 26
Querol, Miguel. "Morales visto por los Teoricos espanoles."
1953.
Scope and Contents
Reprint pf vol. 8 of "Anario Musical" of the Instituto Espanol de Musicologia del C.S.I.S.
box 2, folder 27
Sternfield, Frederick W. "A Song from Campion's Lord's Masque."
1957.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, vol. 20, nos. 3-4.
box 2, folder 28
Werner, Eric. "New Light on the Family of Felix Mendelssohn."
1955
Scope and Contents
Offprint of Hebrew Union College Annual, vol. 26.
box 2, folder 29
Yasser, Joseph. "The Variation Form and Synthesis of Arts."
Mar. 1956.
Scope and Contents
Reprint of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 24, no. 3.
box 2, folder 30-34, box 3, folder 1-9
Series 3. Correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera
Scope and Content
This series consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and items sent to Seeger, especially from music educator Jacob A. Evanson
about his work in the Pittsburgh public schools. It also includes brochures for various products and opportunities, two scores
(not Seeger works), and clippings.
box 2, folder 30
Flexo Transmission
undated
Scope and Contents
Advertising brochure published by the Flexo-Motive Corporation, Chicago.
box 2, folder 31
The Webster and the Parkway
undated
Scope and Contents
Advertising brochure for hotels.
box 2, folder 32
The People's Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
circa 1920
Scope and Contents
Advertising Brochure for hotels.
box 2, folder 33
The Palmer Trust, Chicago
undated, Dec. 21, 1920
Scope and Contents
Advertising brochure for real estate development, includes correspondance.
box 2, folder 34
Mann's Rainbo Gardens Magnificent
undated
Scope and Contents
Advertising brochure for dance hall, restaurant, and gardens.
box 3, folder 1
Contents of binder sent to Charles Seeger by Jacob A. Evanson.
1940-1962, undated
Scope and Contents
Contents document Evanson's work as Director of Vocal Music, Pittsburgh Public Schools. Includes cover letter describing contents
of binder, dates 7/26/62.
box 3, folder 2
Certificate
1963
Scope and Contents
Awarded to Jacob Evanson by the National Federation of Music Clubs.
box 3, folder 3
Correspondence and Manuscript sent to Charles Seeger by Carl Johann Perl.
Jan. 1-30, 1954
Scope and Contents
Manuscript is a carbon copy of type script.
box 3, folder 4
Manuscript by Norman Cazden. "Hindemith and Nature."
Apr. 18, 1953
Scope and Contents
Mimeograph of typescript.
box 3, folder 5
Unidentified manuscript
Scope and Contents
Author unknown, missing pages 1-4.
box 3, folder 6
Angels
Scope and Contents
On parchment paper, composer unknown. Arranged for 4 trumpets in C and 2 trombones.
box 3, folder 7
Ballad Airs from Manuscript
Scope and Contents
Reverse photostat of pages from a book or chapter of a book.
box 3, folder 8
This Week in Sarasota
Dec. 9th, 1926
box 3, folder 9
Miscellaneous clippings
undated