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Vincent Persichetti papers

Title: Vincent Persichetti papers, 1901-1996 (bulk 1930-1987)
Author: Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.
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111 linear feet (206 boxes)

Summary

The Vincent Persichetti papers primarily document his life from the mid-1930s until 1987 and consist of material on his work as a composer, music teacher, author, and editor.

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Correspondence.
Financial records.
Photographs.
Programs.
Scores.

Biography (note)

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was an American composer, educator, author, editor, and pianist.

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Call Number

JPB 90-77

OCLC

NYPG05-A10155

Author

Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.

Title

Vincent Persichetti papers, 1901-1996 (bulk 1930-1987)

Biography

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was an American composer, educator, author, editor, and pianist. In 1921, at the age of six, he was admitted to the Combs Conservatory of Music and made his first appearance in a piano recital. He later studied the piano with Olga Samaroff and composition with Paul Nordoff at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, and conducting with Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute of Music. In 1947 he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School, with which he was associated until the time of his death. Persichetti had many composition students there, notably Steve Reich and Peter Schickele. Prominent among his works are the opera, The Sybil (1976), the oratorio, The Creation (1970), nine symphonies, numerous piano pieces and chamber works in addition to several substantial works for band. His twenty five Parables (1965-1986) span the genres from unaccompanied solo instrumental works to opera. From 1952 he served as an editorial director for the music publisher, Elkan-Vogel. Persichetti also wrote extensively, including the book, Twentieth-Century Harmony (1961), which often has been cited as the definitive work on modern compositional techniques. Throughout his career, Persichetti was the recipient of numerous awards as well as the subject of many critical studies, including an unpublished work by his wife and fellow composer, Dorothea Flanagan Persichetti.

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