Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Walter Rubsamen Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1971-1972
Collection number: 104
Creator:
Rubsamen, Walter
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: This collection consists of the manuscript and a photocopy of the composition, "I'm going away," and a photocopy of the composition,
"Is it always right to be right?"
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF.
Advance notice is required for access to the collection.
Please contact the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Performing Arts Special Collections. All requests
for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Librarian for Performing Arts Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Performing Arts Special Collections as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item],
Walter Rubsamen Collection, 104, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Rubsamen was born on July 21, 1911 in New York
City; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1933; Ph.D., Univ. of
Munich, 1937; joined the UCLA music faculty in
1938, becoming professor of music (1955-73) and
chairman of the music dept. (1965-73); served as
president, Dante Alighieri Society of Southern
California (1969-70); published Literary sources
of secular music in Italy (1943), Music research
in Italian libraries (1951), and Chanson and
madrigal, 1480-1530 (with others, 1964); he died
in June 1973.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the manuscript and a photocopy of the composition, "I'm going away," and a photocopy of the composition,
"Is it always right to be right?" by Rubsamen, as well as audiotape performances of the two works.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Musical compositions (box 1)
- Audiotapes (box 2)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Rubsamen, Walter H. (Walter Howard), 1911-1973--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of Music--Faculty--Archival resources
Musicologists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Music--Manuscripts.
Audiotapes--aat.