Nanney (Herbert) organ collection, 1935-1996

Summary

Title:

Herbert Nanney organ collection

Dates:

1935-1996

Creators:

Nanney, Herbert, 1918-1996

Extent:

3.83 Linear Feet : (7) box(es)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Herbert Nanney Organ Collection, ARS-0236. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of audio recordings, concert programs, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials collected by the Nanney family pertaining to the career of Herbert Nanney, University Organist and Director of Music for Stanford Memorial Church at Stanford University. The audio recordings are in most cases personal copies made from master tapes, radio broadcasts, and other sources for home use by Herbert Nanney. Among the other items found in this collection are Stanford Memorial Church concert programs, materials documenting American Guild of Organists 1984 Convention, and manuscript scores created by Nanney during his early years of study in music.

Biographical / historical:

Herbert Boswell Nanney (1918-1996), professor emeritus of Music at Stanford University, is best known for his role as University Organist and Director of Music for Stanford Memorial Church for nearly four decades until his retirement in 1985. During his tenure at Stanford University, Nanney divided his time as a regular performer at venues throughout the United States and Europe, organized a doctoral program at the Stanford campus in organ performance practice, and oversaw the construction of the Baroque-style Fisk-Nanney organ installed at Stanford Memorial Church in 1984. In his early years, Nanney studied organ at the University of California Los Angeles with Alexander Schreiner, earned his AB degree in Music from Whittier College, and served in World War II with the 203rd General Hospital Battalion in England and in France. While in Paris, Nanney was organist-director of the American Cathedral and studied with Marcel Dupré at the Conservatoire national de musique et d'art dramatique (also known as the Paris Conservatory of Music).

Acquisition information:

The Herbert Nanney Organ Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Duncan Nanney in 2018.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

A more extensive collection of audio recordings capturing Herbert Nanney and Stanford Memorial Church performances can be found in the Stanford Recital Tape Collection (ARS-0021) at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Other programs, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, music scores, and miscellaneous materials which document Herbert Nanney can be found in the Herbert Nanney Papers at Stanford University's Department of Special Collections and University Archives (SC0920).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Organists -- California.

Names:

Stanford Memorial Church
Stanford University. Department of Music

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid by Benjamin E. Bates

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-10-02 12:16:12 -0700 .

Restrictions:

Open for research; material must be requested at least five business days of intended use. Contact the Archive of Recorded Sound for assistance.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.

Preferred citation:

Herbert Nanney Organ Collection, ARS-0236. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Archive of Recorded Sound

Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-3076, US

Contact:

(650) 723-9312

soundarchive@stanford.edu

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