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Herrmann (Bernard) papers
PA Mss 3
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Description
The collection is focused around the composing and conducting activity of Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) between the years 1927
and 1975. A small body of personal papers adds some material relating to his personal life (personal and legal correspondence,
diaries, financial documents). The collection represents the extent of the personal papers in Herrmann's possession at the
time of his death.
Background
Born in New York City in 1911, Bernard Herrmann was educated at New York University, where he studied with Philip James (composition)
and Bernard Wagenaar (conducting); and at Juilliard, where he studied with Percy Grainger (composition) and Albert Stossel
(conducting). He was an active member of Aaron Copland's Young Composer's Group during the early thirties, and initiated a
friendship with Charles Ives after discovering some of Ives's privately published scores at the New York Public Library. In
1931 he formed the New Chamber Orchestra, with which he conducted works by himself and his peers, including Jerome Moross
and Arthur Berger, as well as works by Charles Ives.
Extent
119 linear feet
(46 document boxes, 109 flat oversize boxes, 74 audiotape reels, 578 audio discs, 1 audiocassette, 8 microfilm reels)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Availability
Scores cannot be copied without written permission of the copyright holder. Film scores also available on microfilm with
call number PA Mss 02-01--05. Use of original only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials
should be directed to Reading Room Manager, UCSB Special Collections.