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Iain Hamilton papers

Title: Iain Hamilton papers, 1886-2002 (bulk 1951-1996)
Author: Hamilton, Iain, 1922-2000.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 70	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 70	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 69	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 69	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 68	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 68	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 67	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 67	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 66	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 66	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 65	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 65	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 64	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 64	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 63	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 63	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 62	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 62	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 61	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 61	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 60	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 60	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 59	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 59	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 58	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 58	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 57	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 57	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 56	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 56	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 55	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 55	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 54	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 54	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 53	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 53	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 52	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 52	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 51	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 02-3 Box 51	Offsite

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Description

36.23 linear ft. (70 boxes)

Summary

Over half of the collection consists of scores and sketches of Hamilton's work, the remaining material provides more insight into his life. Two other significant parts of the collection are correspondence and production materials, both of which add details to the creation of a particular piece. The rest of the material covers his whole life, from early childhood photographs to papers appraising the value of his estate at his death. However, there is very little information about his immediate family, and aside from photographs, few papers from the first quarter of his life.

Subject

Genre/Form

Scores.
Clippings.
Programs.

Biography (note)

Iain Ellis Hamilton was one of the most important British composers of the mid-to-late twentieth century.

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Cataloged

Call Number

JPB 02-3

OCLC

NYPT04-A11

Author

Hamilton, Iain, 1922-2000.

Title

Iain Hamilton papers, 1886-2002 (bulk 1951-1996)

Biography

Iain Ellis Hamilton was one of the most important British composers of the mid-to-late twentieth century. Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1922, he lived most of his life in London (where he died in 2000), with a twenty-year period in America as a professor at Duke University. He first apprenticed to become an engineer and followed this pursuit for seven years before entering the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in 1947. His engineering background instilled a certain structure to his compositions and work habits, and he identified much more with this world than that of other composers. Hamilton was proficient in many subject areas from art to literature, and gave series of lectures in addition to teaching. His best-known works were operas, such as The Catiline conspiracy (1973) and The Royal hunt of the sun (1968). The number of performances that featured Hamilton's work spanned a wide range of genres and attests to his level of popularity.

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Occupation

Composers.

Librettists.

Added Author

Besch, Anthony.

Glock, William.

Graham, Colin, 1931-

Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Earl of, 1923-

Rimmer, Frederick.

Tracey, Edmund.

Vellacott, Philip.

Vyner, Michael.

Wright, Tony.

Hamilton, Iain, 1922-2000. Anna Karenina.

Hamilton, Iain, 1922-2000. Catiline conspiracy.

Hamilton, Iain, 1922-2000. Royal hunt of the sun.

Arts Council of Great Britain.

British Broadcasting Company.

English National Opera.

Performing Right Society.

Royal College of Music (Great Britain)

Royal Opera House (London, England)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Scottish Opera.

Research Call Number

JPB 02-3

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