16. Music collections

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This collection consists of the business records, promotional calendars, and digital images that chronicle Rockefeller's music venue.

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This a collection of Houston-related music photographs originally owned and created by the Houston Chronicle and its staff.

Abstract The collection contains much of the history of the Shepherd School of Music including information on the Shepherd family and foundation, as well as departmental correspondence, news clippings, music reviews, brochures, concert calendars, announcements, and invitations, including those for the dedication of the school and the Alice Pratt Brown Hall. Much of the collection is comprised of programs; the bulk of the collection are performances saved in various formats, many of them obsolete....

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These records mainly consist of news clippings and newsletters of the Houston Folklore and Music Society.

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This collection contains the records of the Houston Blues Society.

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This collection contains materials related to the music career of Mickey White and the Hemmer Ridge Mountain Boys.

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This collection consists of posters collected by Jerry "Scooter" Ebel.

Abstract The Francis Poulenc archive contains two autograph autograph musical manuscripts by Francis Poulenc, dedicated and inscribed to operatic singer Denise Duval. In August 1960 he composed a series of melodies, based on various poems by Maurice Carême, titled La Courte-Paille (The Shortest Straw). The following year, Poulenc composed a soprano and piano (or orchestra) piece, La Dame de Monte-Carlo (The Lady of Monte-Carlo), after a poem by Jean Cocteau. Both works are on music paper from a...

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Drake Mabry is an American musical composer and multi-instrumentalist. This digital collection contains selections of Drake Mabry's work, including scores and audiovisual performances of his music; images of his artwork and photography; text of his poetry; experimental and interview videos; as well as biographical documents including a CV and music catalog and additional files, including articles, programs, and other notes.