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Finding Aid for the Clarence Mader Collection
, 1919-1971
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Title: Clarence Mader Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1919-1971
Collection number: 37
Creator:
Mader, Clarence
Extent:
35 boxes (17.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: This collection consists of manuscripts of compositions by Mader and others; manuscripts of unpublished poetry and verse;
colored slides of art works; open reel tape recordings (non-commercial) of performances on organ and performances by others;
scrapbooks; correspondence; unpublished essays and lectures (handwritten and in typescript); printed programs; photographs;
published and unpublished materials dealing with organs and organ design; published scores of music with annotations; and
miscellaneous documents
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.
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 Performing Arts Special Collections Librarian. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of 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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
[Identification of item],
Clarence Mader Collection, 37, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
Clarence Victor Mader was born on Jan. 23, 1904 in
Easton, PA; played organ and piano at an early age
in St. Peter's Reformed Church, where his father
was pastor; moved with his parents to Pasadena, CA
in 1920; became organist at the Holliston Avenue
Methodist Church while attending Pasadena High
School; in 1926 studied with Lynnwood Farnam in
New York City; in 1929, he began his 37-year
service at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los
Angeles; gave concerts throughout the US and
became known as an exceptional teacher; composed
songs, piano pieces, chamber works, and organ
pieces, including the cantata, The fifth mystery
(1969), Concerto for organ (1969), and Prologue,
partita and fantasia for organ and orchestra
(1970); died with his wife Ruth in an automobile
accident on July 7, 1971.
Collection consists of manuscripts of compositions
by Mader and other composers; manuscripts of
unpublished poetry and verse; colored slides of
art works by Clarence Mader and Ruth Mader; open
reel tape recordings (non-commercial) of
performances on organ by Clarence Mader and
performances of his compositions by others;
scrapbooks; correspondence; unpublished essays and
lectures (handwritten and in typescript); printed
programs; photographs; published and unpublished
materials dealing with organs and organ design;
published scores of music with annotations by
Mader; and miscellaneous documents.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscript compositions by Mader and other composers
- Poetry manuscripts
- Art works by Clarence and Ruth Mader
- Tape recordings
- Documents, including scrapbooks, correspondence, and essays
- Miscellaneous documents
- Materials dealing with organ and organ design
- Published books and articles dealing with church music.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mader, Clarence, 1904- --Archives.
Composers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Music--Manuscripts.
Organ.