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Gustave Reese papers

Title: Gustave Reese papers, 1855-1978 (bulk 1930-1977).
Author: Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 103, Series 9 Folder 9-18	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 103, Series 9 Folder 9-18	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 102, Series 9 Folder 1-8	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 102, Series 9 Folder 1-8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 101, Series 8 Folder 19 - 25	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 101, Series 8 Folder 19 - 25	Offsite
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 96, Series 6 Folder 45 - 49	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 96, Series 6 Folder 45 - 49	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 95, Series 6 Folder 40 - 44	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 92-71 Box 95, Series 6 Folder 40 - 44	Offsite
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Description

42 linear ft. (102 boxes)

Summary

The Gustave Reese papers documents the career of Gustave Reese. The collection was assembled by Reese himself, and includes correspondence, research materials, book drafts, student assignments, organizational papers, offprints of articles, travel information, and a few personal documents. Series 2 includes facsimiles of the music examples that appear in Willi Apel's The Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600. Two reels of audio tape originally with the collection are now housed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Subject

Genre/Form

Articles.
Correspondence.
Drafts (Documents).

Biography (note)

An American musicologist, teacher, and editor, Gustave Reese is best known as the author of Music in the Middle Ages (1940) and Music in the Renaissance (1954; rev 1959). Reese divided his time between publishing and academia. He was director of publications for both G. Schirmer (1940-45) and Carl Fischer (1944-55). His teaching at New York University and other institutions helped to shape the direction of American musicology. Reese was one of the founding members of the American Musicological Society, and he subsequently served as its secretary (1934-46), vice-president (1946-50) and president (1950-1952). He was also vice-president of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (1958) and president of the Renaissance Society of America (1971-73).

Language (note)

Chiefly in English; also contains materials in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Swedish.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in the repository.

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Call Number

JPB 92-71

OCLC

NYPW99-A154

Author

Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977.

Title

Gustave Reese papers, 1855-1978 (bulk 1930-1977).

Biography

An American musicologist, teacher, and editor, Gustave Reese is best known as the author of Music in the Middle Ages (1940) and Music in the Renaissance (1954; rev 1959). Reese divided his time between publishing and academia. He was director of publications for both G. Schirmer (1940-45) and Carl Fischer (1944-55). His teaching at New York University and other institutions helped to shape the direction of American musicology. Reese was one of the founding members of the American Musicological Society, and he subsequently served as its secretary (1934-46), vice-president (1946-50) and president (1950-1952). He was also vice-president of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (1958) and president of the Renaissance Society of America (1971-73).

Language

Chiefly in English; also contains materials in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Swedish.

Indexes

Finding aid available in the repository.

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Occupation

Musicologists.

Added Author

Albrecht, Otto Edwin, 1899-

Apel, Willi, 1893-

Alderman, Pauline, 1893-1983.

Atlas, Allan W.

Brown, Charles, 1898-1988.

Bukofzer, Manfred F., 1910-1955.

Carapetyan, Armen.

Clarke, Henry Leland.

Coopersmith, J. M. (Jacob Maurice), 1903-1968.

Cuyler, Louise Elvira, 1908-

Edmunds, John, 1913-1986.

Engel, Carl, 1883-1944.

Evans, Roger.

Godt, Irving.

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961.

Hamm, Charles.

Hannas, Ruth, 1893-1976.

Hill, Richard S. (Richard Synyer), 1901-1961.

Holland, Jeanette B., 1901-

Jacobs, Charles, 1934-

Karp, Theodore.

Kinkeldey, Otto, 1878-1966.

Kohn, Karl, 1926-

Lang, Paul Henry, 1901-

Lowinsky, Edward E. (Edward Elias), 1908-1985.

Mendel, Arthur, 1905-

Mennin, Peter.

Meyer, Ernst Hermann, 1905-1988.

Ness, Arthur J.

Plamenac, Dragan, 1895-

Rokseth, Yvonne, 1890-1948.

Rubsamen, Walter H. (Walter Howard), 1911-1973.

Seay, Albert.

Sonneck, O. G. (Oscar George), 1873-1928.

Sternfeld, Frederick William, 1914-

Stevens, Denis, 1922-2004.

Strunk, W. Oliver (William Oliver), 1901-

Tischler, Hans, 1915-

Truax, Carol.

Tureck, Rosalyn.

Van Tassel, Eric.

Waters, Edward N. (Edward Neighbor), 1906-

Wellesz, Egon, 1885-1974.

Werner, Eric, 1901-

Apel, Willi, 1893- Notation of polyphonic music, 900-1600.

Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977. Music in the Middle Ages.

Reese, Gustave, 1899-1977. Music in the Renaissance.

Research Call Number

JPB 92-71

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