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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Hargrove Music Library
Title: Joaquín Nin-Culmell papers
creator:
Nin-Culmell, Joaquín
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Physical Description:
2.92 Linear Feet
7 legal document boxes
Date (inclusive): 1929-1999
Abstract: Primarily fair copies of autograph musical compositions, encompassing works from every period in the life of Joaquín Nin-Culmell,
as well as transcriptions, arrangements, and other projects, along with musical sketch material and a comparatively small
amount of professional papers from limited periods—concert programs, correspondence, and photographs. The collection includes
autograph works by other composers, some with personal dedications to Nin-Culmell.
Language of Material: English, Spanish, French
Collection is open for research.
The collection is arranged in four series, the first of which further arranged in three subseries:
Series 1: Musical Compositions and Projects (arranged by musical genre)
Subseries 1: Stage (arranged chronologically)
Subseries 2: Vocal (arranged chronologically)
Subseries 3: Instrumental (arranged chronologically)
Series 2: Musical Sketches (chronological)
Series 3: Professional Papers (chronological)
Series 4: Musical Compositions by Other Composers (alphabetical by composer surname)
Joaquín Maria Nin-Culmell (Berlin, 5 September 1908—14 January 2004, Berkeley), pianist, composer, and music pedagogue was
the youngest child of Cuban singer Rosa Culmell and Spanish-raised composer Joaquín Nin. After his parents separated, his
mother moved Nin-Culmell, his sister Anaïs and brother Thorvald, from Barcelona to New York City where they lived for nine
years (1914-1924). At age fifteen, Nin-Culmell and his family moved to Europe (1924-1938). He began his musical studies in
Barcelona with Conchita Badia, student of Enrique Granados, and later studied piano in Paris at the Schola Cantorum (1925-1930),
and privately with Alfred Cortot and Ricardo Viñes, then harmony, counterpoint, and fugue with Jean and Noel Gallon, and composition
with Paul Dukas at the Conservatory (1932-1935). During the summers of 1930, 1932, and 1934 he studied with Manuel de Falla
in Granada.
In 1939, Nin-Culmell moved to the United States, where he taught at Middlebury College, Vermont before joining the music faculty
of Williams College in Williamstown, MA (1940-1950), then the Music Department faculty at the University of California, Berkeley
(1950-1974). Throughout his career, Nin-Culmell performed in concerts throughout Europe and the United States. While at Berkeley,
he conducted the University of California Symphony Orchestra and appeared as a pianist with numerous musical groups in the
San Francisco Bay Area. After retiring from UC Berkeley, he continued to compose and perform. Many of his musical compositions
are based on folkloric materials, often with changed rhythm, mode or melodic contour of traditional melodies.
Sources:
Diccionario de le música española e hispanoamericana, vol. 7, p. 1040 (Ana V. Casanova Oliva)
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 17, p. 926 (Carol A. Hess)
Retrieved from the Berkeley, California home of Joaquín Nin-Culmell by Matthew Weber, Music Library staff, about June 2002
[Identification of item], Joaquín Nin-Culmell Papers,
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, Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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, Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Papers of Joaquín Nin-Culmell are also preserved at the Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain and at the University of
California, Riverside, part of the “Joaquín Nin-Culmell and José Joaquín Nin y Castellanos family papers." An oral history
with Joaquín Nin-Culmell, conducted in 2002, is preserved by the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
The bulk of the collection is found in Series I and contains primarily autograph musical compositions in fair copies, encompassing
works from every period in the life of Joaquín Nin-Culmell, as well as transcriptions, arrangements, and other projects. Series
II gathers musical sketch material from disparate periods that didn't appear together with a project or completed work. A
comparatively small amount of professional papers from various limited periods—concert programs, correspondence with publishers
and others concerning a small number of particular works, and photographs—comprise the third series. The final series features
a collection of autograph works by other composers, some with personal dedications to Nin-Culmell, and includes six pieces
written on the death of Paul Dukas.
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted to the Curator of
Music Collections, Hargrove Music Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of California, Berkeley -- Faculty.
Composers -- United States
Nin-Culmell, Joaquín
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