Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society records, 1949-1954

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Summary

Title:
Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society Records
Dates:
1949-1954
Creators:
Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society.
Abstract:
The Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society was founded sometime in the 1940s and was committed to cultivating the musical arts. The collection contains contracts, correspondence, and material related to reading premiers for student orchestral compositions and membership.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society Records (Collection 176). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams, contracts concerning performances and conductor's residencies, concert flyers and programs, material related to reading premiers for student orchestral compositions, and documents concerning membership.

Biographical / historical:

Founded in the 1940s, the Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society was a society for music lovers. Paying yearly dues enabled members to attend rehearsals, concerts, social gatherings, and events such as Reading Premiers for student orchestral compositions. The object of the society was the cultivation of the musical arts, the sponsoring of concerts by a Chamber Symphony Orchestra, and the promotion of social intercourse among its members. Concerts organized by the society usually took place at Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles. The society hired resident composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copeland, and Carlos Chavez.

Processing information:

Processed by Chris Marino in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, July 2011.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following folders:

  1. Contracts 1950-1954
  2. Correspondence 1949-1954
  3. Membership
  4. Reading Premiers

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Chris Marino in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, July 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2012
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word processed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: July 2011 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society Records (Collection 176). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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