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Bowdoin College Music Press: records

 Collection
Identifier: A05.03

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Scope and Content

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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-2004

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Biographical/Historical Note

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.

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Bowdoin College Music Press Records
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/index.shtml
Contact:
3000 College Station
Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
(207) 725-3288

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