Music Academy of the West archives, 1946-2014

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection consists of audio and video recordings of Music Academy of the West concerts, recitals and masterclasses dating from 1961 to 2001, as well as Music Academy of the West organizational records dating from 1946 to 2012.
Extent:
102 Linear Feet (117 document boxes, 19 half document boxes, 784 audiotape reels, 38 videocassettes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Music Academy of the West archives, PA Mss 65. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of audio and video recordings of Music Academy of the West concerts, recitals and masterclasses dating from 1961 to 2001, as well as organizational records dating from 1946 to 2012.

Organizational records include general administrative and annual files, board and executive committee minutes, alumni and faculty files, newsletters, historical photographs, Music Academy of the West Summer Festival photographs, press clippings, and programs, and Music Academy of the West Women's Auxiliary files.

Some artists and faculty covered in the organizational records include Maurice Abravanel, Lotte Lehmann, and Marilyn Horne.

Biographical / historical:

Located in Montecito, California, the Music Academy of the West was founded in 1947 by Southern California arts patrons, as well as musicians, conductors, and composers including Lotte Lehmann, Otto Klemperer, and Arnold Schoenberg. Artists and faculty attending the eight-week summer music festival have included Burt Bacharach, Grace Bumbry, Marilyn Horne, Peter Rejto, Jerome Lowenthal, and the Takács Quartet. Past directors have included Maurice Abravanel (music, 1954-1980), Martial Singher (voice, 1962-1981) and Marilyn Horne (voice, 1997-2018). The summer music festival and conservatory offers 140 merit-based scholarships to students from around the world in the study of voice, vocal piano, solo piano, instrumental, and collaborative piano.

Acquisition information:
Donated by the Music Academy of the West, 2006; 2019.
Arrangement:

The collection has been organized into the following series: 1. Audiotapes, 2. Videotapes, and 3. Organizational records.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access copies must be made before listening to recordings.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Music Academy of the West archives, PA Mss 65. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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