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Nanney (Herbert) organ collection
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Herbert Nanney organ collection
Creator:
Nanney, Herbert,
1918-1996
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0236
Physical Description:
3.83 Linear Feet
: (7) box(es)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1996
Open for research; material must be requested at least five business days of intended use.
Contact the Archive of Recorded Sound for assistance.
The Herbert Nanney Organ Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
by Duncan Nanney in 2018.
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).
Herbert Nanney Organ Collection, ARS-0236. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, CA.
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).
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Organists -- California.
Stanford Memorial
Church
Stanford University.
Department of Music