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Contemporary Music Project Archives

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/3023

Abstract

Title:
Contemporary Music Project Archives
Author/Creator:
Contemporary Music Project
Collection number:
0
Size:
25.00 Linear Feet
Bulk dates:
1959-1973
Inclusive dates:
1957-1973
Repository:
Special Collections in Performing Arts, Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301-405-9220, Fax: 301-314-7170, Email: vnovara@umd.edu
Abstract:

The Contemporary Music Project (CMP) spanned a fourteen-year period from 1959 to 1973. Originally named the The Young Composers Project (YCP), the CMP consisted of three programs: Professionals-in-Residence to Communities, the Teaching of Comprehensive Musicianship, and Complementary Activities. The CMP Archives consists of approximately twenty-five linear feet of documents; scores donated by the young composers, taped performances of CMP compositions, video tapes of the Eastman workshops; the recording "Comprehensive Musicianship Training" and the film "What is Music"; microfilm used by University Microfilms to produce the CMP Library, and the CMP Library itself. The Archives have been housed in the MENC Historical Center at the University of Maryland since the conclusion of the project in June 1973. A browsable listing of scores in the collection can be found at the Contemporary Music Project Archives:Score Library. The processing of this collection supported by the Rose Marie Grentzer Fund.

Important Information for Users of the Collection

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

Contemporary Music Project Archives, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

Publication rights:

Materials from this collection must be used in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Special Collections Room, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Please make an appointment with the curator.

Status:

This collection is PROCESSED. The finding aid is currently unavailable online. Please contact the Curator of Special Collections in Performing Arts for more information.