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Notated music

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur E. Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0454
Abstract

Arthur E. Hall (1901-1978), one time Chairman of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music (1953-1973), is known as a composer of orchestral, choral and chamber ensemble music. His papers include correspondence, original compositions, arrangements, settings, and harmonizations by Hall, as well as audio recordings of his performances and materials from the Charles Ives family.

Dates: 1814-1990, bulk 1950-1979

Brogniez and Cardone sheet music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0608
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of musical scores composed by two twentieth-century residents of Houston, Texas, Frantz H. Brogniez and John R. Cardone. There are eleven short pieces by Brogniez and eight by Cardone, five of them written to accompany the seventeenth-century masque Comus by John Milton.

Dates: 1899-1976

Charlotte and Maximilian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0356
Abstract Original letters from Charlotte of Belgium, chiefly as Carlota, Empress of Mexico; papers of Felix Eloin, Maximilian’s chef du cainet civil; photographs, engravings, and drawings of Charlotte, of Mexico City, and of members of the Mexican military. Mexican sheet music from 1859-1908 and newsclippings also reflect the colection' s main subjects of political and military matters in Mexico during the reign of Emperor Maxilimilian, the role of Juan Benitez and other political figures of the...
Dates: 1846 - 1927

Holmes McNeely Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0068
Abstract:

Papers of Holmes McNeely, director of the Rice [University] Owl Band 1951-67, with material including brochures, news clippings, photographs, slides, CDs of Rice Owl Band and Jefferson Davis High School Band concerts under McNeely’s direction, bound volumes of band music, and Rice Owl Band uniforms.

Dates: 1948 - 1968

Naomi Carrier academic career and community activism collection materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0926
Abstract

This collection contains the teaching resources and writings of renowned teacher, researcher, playwright, and actress Naomi Carrier, whose advocacy for African-American voices in history has had a profound effect on educational representation in Texas.

Dates: 1936 - 2019

Paul Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0463
Abstract

Paul Cooper’s papers document his professional career as a composer, music critic, author and teacher, at Rice University, University of Michigan, and University of Cincinnati. Formats include correspondence, compositions (scores), course notes and outlines, photographs, notes, performance, programs, and sound recordings; dates range from 1943-1995.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943-1995

Robert Avalon music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0612
Abstract Robert Avalon (1955-2004) was an independent musician, who lived the last 15 years of his life in Houston, Texas, where he established himself as a prominent composer, performer, and teacher. His compositions represent an important body of work reflecting several trends in the modern music scene in the Texas area. The lion’s share of this collection consists of the composer’s complete music portfolio from solo instrumental works to large-scale orchestral compositions, as well as the...
Dates: ca. 1955-2010