MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010561023
003 DLC
005 20120213132101.0
008 100219i19361973xx eng
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs
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050 00 $aML94$b.C69
100 1 $aCowell, Sidney Robertson,$d1903-1995.
245 10 $aSidney Robertson Cowell correspondence,$f1936-1973.
300 $a601$fitems$a(2$fboxes)
546 $aThe materials are in English.
545 0 $aSidney Robertson Cowell (b. June 2,1903, in San Francisco, California; d. February 23, 1995, in Shady, New York) was a pioneering ethnomusicologist, folksong and ethnic music collector and recordist, ethnographer, teacher, and writer. She was married to modernist composer Henry Cowell.
520 8 $aThis collection primarily consists of correspondence to and from Sidney Robertson Cowell concerning various personal and professional issues. Correspondents include Moe Asch, Ernst Bacon, Ernest Bloch, Suzanne Bloch, Bertrand Bronson, John Cage, Avery Claflin, Henry Cowell, Emma Dusenbury, Marjorie Edgar, Dora Edinger, Seamus Ennis, Alfred Frankenstein, R. Buckminster Fuller, Percy Grainger, Archie Green, Herbert Halpert, Wayland Hand, George Herzog, Kathryn Hulme, President Lyndon Johnson's staff, Maud Karpeles, Rae Korson, Alan Lomax, Irving Lowens, Margaret Mead, C. Robert Payne, Vivian Perlis, John Powell, Laurence Powell, Paul Radin, Vance Randolph, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Harold Spivacke, Archer Taylor, Virgil Thomson, and Edward Weston. Some correspondence is accompanied by additional materials, including articles, journals, lists of songs, and clippings. The John Powell material consists of correspondence that discusses Powell's recent death and drafts of Powell's obituary written by Cowell. The Charles Seeger material includes correspondence about and written tributes for his upcoming eightieth birthday celebration.
580 $aThe Library of Congress Music Division holds the Sidney Robertson Cowell collection which consists of her personal papers documenting her life and work.
540 $aCertain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
540 $aThis material was not to be opened until ten years after the death of Sidney Robertson Cowell.
541 $cGift,$aSidney Robertson Cowell,$dApril 10, 1974.
524 8 $aSidney Robertson Cowell Correspondence, Music Division, Library of Congress.
600 10 $aCowell, Sidney Robertson,$d1903-1995$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aEthnomusicologists$zUnited States$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAsch, Moses$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBacon, Ernst,$d1898-1990$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBloch, Ernest,$d1880-1959$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBloch, Suzanne,$d1907-2002$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBronson, Bertrand Harris,$d1902-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCage, John$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aClaflin, Avery,$d1898-1979$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCowell, Henry,$d1897-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDusenbury, Emma$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEdgar, Marjorie,$d1889-1960$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEdinger, Dora$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEnnis, Seamus$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFrankenstein, Alfred V.$q(Alfred Victor),$d1906-1981$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFuller, R. Buckminster$q(Richard Buckminster),$d1895-1983$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGrainger, Percy,$d1882-1961$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGreen, Archie$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHalpert, Herbert,$d1911-2000$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHand, Wayland D.$q(Wayland Debs),$d1907-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHerzog, George,$d1901-1983$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHulme, Kathryn,$d1900-1981$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKarpeles, Maud,$d1885-1976$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKorson, Rae$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLomax, Alan,$d1915-2002$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLowens, Irving,$d1916-1983$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMead, Margaret,$d1901-1978$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPayne, C. Robert$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPerlis, Vivian$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPowell, John,$d1882-1963.
600 10 $aPowell, Laurence,$d1899-1990$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRadin, Paul,$d1883-1959$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRandolph, Vance,$d1892-1980$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSeeger, Charles,$d1886-1979$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSeeger, Pete,$d1919-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpivacke, Harold,$d1904-1977$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTaylor, Archer,$d1890-1973$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aThomson, Virgil,$d1896-1989$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWeston, Edward,$d1886-1958$vCorrespondence.
655 7 $aCorrespondence.$2aat
787 0 $aCowell, Sidney Robertson.$tSidney Robertson Cowell collection$w(DLC) 2006560750
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bMusic Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu