Guide to the Women Composers Music Manuscripts Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Women Composers Music Manuscripts Collection
Creator:
Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music
Identifier/Call Number: SC.WCMM
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1981-1985
Abstract: This collection includes music
manuscripts for works composed by women, including Emma Lou Diemer, Cynthia Clark Brown,
Melanie Newton Williams, Catherine Parsons Smith, Therese Radic, and Victoria
Twigg.
Language of Material: English
Historical Note:
The Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music was established in the Music
Department by Jeannie Poole, Head of the Music Library and Professor Beverly Grigsby in 1985
to collect the music of women composers.
Scope and Contents
The
Women Composers Music Manuscripts Collection includes
music manuscripts for works composed by women composers, including Emma Lou Diemer, Cynthia
Clark Brown, Melanie Newton Williams, Catherine Parsons Smith, Therese Radic, and Victoria
Twigg.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) 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 owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Institute for the Study of Women in Music
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Box 1, Folder 1
Brown, Cynthia Clarke: dissertation, "Emma Lou Diemer: Composer, Performer,
Educator, Church Musician,"
May 1985
Box 1, Folder 2
Brown, Cynthia Clarke: dissertation, "Emma Lou Diemer: Composer, performer,
Educator, Church Musician,"
May 1985
Box 1, Folder 3
Capra, Joan: paper, "Violin Music by 17th and 18th Century Women Composers: A
Repertoire Survey,"
1985
Box 1, Folder 4
Radic, Therese: paper, "Women in Australian Music,"
1981
Box 1, Folder 5
Smith, Catherine Parson: manuscript, "An American and a Woman: The Life, Times,
and Music of Mary Carr Moore,"
1985
Box 1, Folder 6
Shatto, Charles and David Zea: compilation, "The Musical Works of Catherine
Urner,"
1983
Box 1, Folder 7
Twigg, Victoria: manuscript, "Madeline Dring,"
ca. 1982
Box 1, Folder 8
Williams, Melanie Newton: dissertation, "The Songs of Peggy
Glanville-Hicks,"
1983