Guide to the Bowdoin College Music Press Records, 1965-2004
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Bowdoin College Music Press, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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The Bowdoin College Music Press was co-founded by Bowdoin music professors Robert Beckwith and Elliott Schwartz in the 1960s and was administered by the Music Department. It published works commissioned by the College, works by members of the faculty, and works of prize winners in the Bowdoin College Contemporary Music Competition. Music by Elliott Schwartz, Ross Lee Finney, William Bolcom, David Burge, and others is included. Due to changes in music publishing and marketing - and the difficulty of carrying on business operations - the Music Press officially closed for business as of June 30, 2003; the closure process was completed in 2004 and rights were conveyed back to the composers.
Records of the Bowdoin College Music Press, as well as publications, manuscripts, and recordings. Business records, the artistic history of the Music Press, published pieces, manuscripts of two of the pieces, and recordings of three works by Elliott Schwartz are included.
This series contains an artistic and business history of the Bowdoin College Music Press, as well as catalogues, and information regarding composers, contracts, and copyright.
Arranged alphabetically.
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Artistic history of the Bowdoin College Music Press by Elliott Schwartz, n.d.
Business history of the Bowdoin College Music Press by Delmar Small, 2004
Catalogues, 1983-1984, 1995-1996
Composers - summary of information, 2003-2004
Contracts, copyrights, and final disposition for each piece; organized alphabetically by composer, 1965-1977, 2003-2004
Financial summary, 1998 Jul - 2004 Jun
Inventory of contracts and copyright claims, n.d.
Undeliverable original quitclaim assignments of copyright, 2003
This series contains printed copies of works published by the Bowdoin College Music Press. There are also manuscripts of two of the published works.
Organized in two subseries, then arranged alphabetically by composer.
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Albright, William: Danse Macabre, 1972
Finney, Ross Lee: Divertissement, 1965
Albright, William: Danse Macabre, 1972
Bolcom, William: Duets for Quintet, 1971
Bolcom, William: Whisper Moon, 1973
Burge, David: Aeolian Music, 1970
Diemente, Edward: Mirrors V, 1975
Duckworth, William: Seven Shades of Blue, 1974
Finney, Ross Lee: Divertissement, 1965
Heiss, John: Quartet (1971), 1972
Kupferman, Meyer: Infinities Thirteen, 1965
Levin, Gregory: Love's Bloom, 1977
London, Edwin: Enter Madmen, 1971
Luti, Viincent F.: Mixed Quintet, 1970
MacInnis, Donald: Variations for Cello and Two-Channel Tape, 1974
Moryl, Richard: Improvisations, 1970
Oliveros, Pauline: Aeolian Partitions, 1970
Pleskow, Raoul: Three Movements for Quintet, 1973
Rogers, John E.: Rotational Arrays, 1971
Schwartz, Elliott: Music for Napoleon and Beethoven, 1971
Schwartz, Elliott: Music for Prince Albert, 1971
Schwartz, Elliott: Soliloquies, 1965
Schwartz, Elliott: Telly, 1973
Subotnick, Morton: Serenade No. 3, 1965
Widdoes, Lawrence: From a Time of Snow, 1972
This series contains reel to reel tapes of three pieces by Elliott Schwartz, a master CD from each tape, and two CD copies of each piece.
Organized in two subseries, then arranged alphabetically by material type, then by title.
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Music for Napoleon and Beethoven, piano tape, master and copies, n.d.
Music for Napoleon and Beethoven, trumpet tape, master and copies, n.d.
Music for Prince Albert, tape A, master and copies, n.d.
Music for Prince Albert, tape B, master and copies, n.d.
Telly, tape, master and copies, n.d.
Music for Napoleon and Beethoven, piano tape, 7", 7-1/2 ips, 2-track stereo, 1970
Music for Napoleon and Beethoven, trumpet tape, 7", 7-1/2 ips, 2-track stereo, 1970
Music for Prince Albert, tape A, 5", 7-1/2 ips, 2-track stereo, n.d.
Music for Prince Albert, tape B, 7", 1969
Telly, 7", 7-1/2 ips, 2-track stereo, n.d.