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0851: Mabel (Petit) Walters Hazelett Collection, 1901-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
0851: Mabel (Petit) Walters Hazelett Collection, 1901-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection features music from various genres, including Americana, Broadway, Foxtrots, Ragtime, Orchestral, and Waltz. The music itself ranges from love ballads to political tunes, especially as it pertains to World War One, life abroad, and life in the South (and other Appalachian regions). Most of the sheet music features beautiful and stunning artwork on the cover, demonstrating the era the music was published.
The "Broadway, Theater, and Movies" folder features songs performed by artists such as Judy Garland and Charles Ray, and also features songs such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Girl from Havana." The most noteworthy …
The History Of The Guitar, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
The History Of The Guitar, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
Music Faculty Research
Conceived as instructional material for the guitar students at Marshall University (or anyone interested in the subject), it presents the historical process of the guitar in a clear and attainable fashion. Several topics related to the guitar will be discussed in detail throughout the book: the postulates associated with its origins, its evolution through the centuries, its repertoire, composers, performers, techniques, etc., culminating with the achievement of the privileged status of a respected concert instrument which it currently possesses.
20141115: School Of Music, 1999-2005, School Of Music
20141115: School Of Music, 1999-2005, School Of Music
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These items include materials from the School of Music at Marshall University from 1999-2005. Items were received in 2014 and include notable materials from or about chamber choir, Marshall University Symphonic Band, photographs from the School of Music, African Dance Ensemble and COFA Dance 1996. This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.
Folk/Traditional Music Of West Virginia Arranged For Classical Guitar Ensemble, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
Folk/Traditional Music Of West Virginia Arranged For Classical Guitar Ensemble, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
Music Faculty Research
My motivation for writing this book grew from my desire to better understand the people and the music heritage of West Virginia and to share the findings of my experience, with the guitar community, in the form of guitar ensemble arrangements.
0802: Kay Wildman Collection, 1900-2006, Marshall University Special Collections
0802: Kay Wildman Collection, 1900-2006, Marshall University Special Collections
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The Kay Wildman Collection explores the history of music in Huntington, WV. This collection consists of oral histories, photographs, newspaper clippings, and research materials. In most of the oral histories you will find a copy of the interview on a CD and a typed outline of the interview. A diary by Robert Grant, a member of numerous musical groups in Huntington, can also be found in this collection. This diary covers the period of time Grant was a student at Marshall University with some additional entries that go beyond that period of time.
0810: The Huntington Symphony Orchestra Collection, 1974-2012, Marshall University Special Collections
0810: The Huntington Symphony Orchestra Collection, 1974-2012, Marshall University Special Collections
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The Huntington Symphony Orchestra Collection focuses mainly on the EFFORT (Education For Future Orchestra Related Tradition) Program. The EFFORT Program went from school to school performing for students, and teaching them about the instruments. This collection consists of many EFFORT reports from various years which show the schools the orchestra traveled to. It also includes a variety of programs and flyers and a multitude of newspaper clippings and photographs ranging from residencies to EFFORT In-School performances.
0786: James B. Justice Collection, 2009-2011, Marshall University Special Collections
0786: James B. Justice Collection, 2009-2011, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of two black boxes, each with the same content. Each box contains manuscript pages for various creative endeavors by James B. Justice and others, including poetry, an opera, and visual arts, as well as a CD containing the music for the opera. Selected works include a book called Idle Moments and an opera The Old Shoe Blues. A full list of the contents of the box, as typed by the author, can be found in the container list section of the finding aid.
0772: Jason Stewart Video, 2007-2008, Marshall University Special Collections
0772: Jason Stewart Video, 2007-2008, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of 18 Panasonic Mini DV tapes of interviews and other raw film used in the creation of the documentary film about Philip Belt titled “Phil Belt and the Forte Piano.” Also included in the collection is a DVD copy of the final documentary along with a booklet documenting major life events for Belt. The DVD contains the following chapters: 1. Road Trip, 2. Introducing Phil Belt, 3. Getting Into Piano Building, 4. The Historical Performance Revival, 5. Phil Belt the Forte Piano Maker, 6. End Credits, Bonus: 1. Growing Up (Phil’s Younger Years).
Strategies For Music Learning, George Palton
Strategies For Music Learning, George Palton
Music Faculty Research
Article provides strategies on how to take a new and fresh piece of literature from being completely unknown to performance ready.
An Analysis And Performance Guide To The Tuba Music Of Alice Gomez, George Palton
An Analysis And Performance Guide To The Tuba Music Of Alice Gomez, George Palton
Music Faculty Research
An analysis and performance guide to selected compositions of Alice Gomez as well as practical insights into the composition and performance of the works. Also includes background information on Gomez and her solo and chamber compositions that feature the tuba, including Bonampak, Latin Jazz Suite, and Highlife.
20081106.9: Institute For The Arts, 1987-2007, College Of Arts And Media
20081106.9: Institute For The Arts, 1987-2007, College Of Arts And Media
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These items include materials from the Institute for the Arts within the College of Arts and Media at Marshall University from 1987-2007. Items were received in 2008 and include notable materials from the Institute including a Proposal for a BFA in Sacred Music, the Birke Writers Series in 1987-1988, the Tri-State Arts Forum from 1988-1990, and various programs of the 1980s. This is not an exhaustive list, but the attached inventory will give a broad overview of what is contained in each of the boxes.
An Early American Family Of Flutists, Wendell Dobbs
An Early American Family Of Flutists, Wendell Dobbs
Music Faculty Research
An overview of the history of a dynasty of flutists, flute manufacturers and music publishers established by English emigrant Edward R. Riley in New York. Riley and copperplate printer Thomas Adams formed the firm Riley & Adams in 1812. It is said that all his three sons became music publishers, music instrument manufacturers and retailers.
A Survey Of Daily Routines, George Palton
A Survey Of Daily Routines, George Palton
Music Faculty Research
Survey of professional tuba and euphonium players in the United States consisting of current college professors, prominent freelance musicians, and musicians in professional ensembles such as military bands and orchestras.
Lo! How A Rose E'Er Blooming, Jeffrey L. Pappas
Lo! How A Rose E'Er Blooming, Jeffrey L. Pappas
Music Faculty Research
No abstract provided.
Consumer Test, Michael Stroeher
Consumer Test, Michael Stroeher
Music Faculty Research
Three players and about 30 listeners took part in a Trombone Consumer Test in the University of North Texas Concert Hall. The consumer test was inspired and based on a 1994 British Trombone study.
0666: Susan And Geoff Eacker Collection, 1997, Marshall University Special Collections
0666: Susan And Geoff Eacker Collection, 1997, Marshall University Special Collections
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Susan and Geoff Eacker interviewed ten women banjo players throughout August to October 1997 in WV and eastern KY. Interviews include Kate Brett, Diane Jones, Jessica Bills, Lynne Davis (about Molly O’Day), Kim Johnson (including Wilson Douglas), Sylvia O’Brien, Helena Triplett, Pam Lund, Cari Norris, and Dora Mae Wagers. This collection includes ten cassette tapes with the interviews and ten folders of transcripts for each interview.
Roussel: The Flute And Extramusical Reference, Wendell Dobbs
Roussel: The Flute And Extramusical Reference, Wendell Dobbs
Music Faculty Research
The article Roussel: The Flute and Extramusical Reference reveals the literary side of Roussel's flute music.
0575: Women's Club Of Huntington, 1961-1993, Marshall University Special Collections
0575: Women's Club Of Huntington, 1961-1993, Marshall University Special Collections
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Programs, newspaper clippings, photographs and scrapbook pages concerning a Young People's Concert series of sponsored by local civic group.
0493: Revella E. Hughes Papers, 1895-1987, Marshall University Special Collections
0493: Revella E. Hughes Papers, 1895-1987, Marshall University Special Collections
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This addendum to the Revella E. Hughes papers consists of correspondence, professional papers, photographs, holograph music manuscripts, notebooks, plaques, certificates, photographs, and audio cassette tapes. Also included are programs and announcements of concerts, recitals, and other musical events in which Miss Hughes participated. The newspaper clippings and programs encompass the range of Miss Hughes' performing career, from 1909, at Hartshorn and Memorial College in Richmond, Virginia, until her final appearances in West Virginia in 1985 and 1986.
Printed and manuscript musical arrangements comprise the bulk of the collection. Correspondence, primarily from 1970 until 1986, includes letters from the Marble Collegiate …
0479: Wendell Kumlien Papers, 1963-1987, Marshall University Special Collections
0479: Wendell Kumlien Papers, 1963-1987, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is predominantly composed of Kumlien’s notes for assorted music courses he taught while at Marshall. Due to the disorganized and frequently unidentified nature of the content, all course materials such as outlines, lecture notes, and related class materials are grouped into folders 1 to 5. Other class materials include a separate folder for final exams and review guides which provide the course number and title as well as two student papers. Also included in the collection to a lesser extent are handbooks, faculty, and administrative material, materials related to a concert by Jon and Sharon Polifrone, and an …
A Tonal Approach To The Slide Trombone Slide Postitions, Michael Stroeher
A Tonal Approach To The Slide Trombone Slide Postitions, Michael Stroeher
Music Faculty Research
Questions of choice and appropriateness of alternate positions have always been problematic for trombonists. Students hear conflicting opinions from teachers, and many of the method books seem quite arbitrary in their suggestions.
0460: Jeanette Pemberton Collection, 1793-1990, Marshall University Special Collections
0460: Jeanette Pemberton Collection, 1793-1990, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains materials compiled by Jeannette Pemberton in her life of collecting sheet music, ephemera, and books. The collection contains manuscript and printed sheet music ranging in date from the 1850s to the 1940s as well as fourteen books on a range of topics, mostly English grammar, from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries. Also included are cassette and VHS tapes of interviews between Susan Pavlovic and Jeanette Pemberton as well as ephemera such as event invitations, concert programs, souvenir movie programs. Some books and sheet music have names of individuals from the Adams family as well as other names.
0410: Revella E. Hughes Papers, 1895-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
0410: Revella E. Hughes Papers, 1895-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection of Revella E. Hughes papers consists of photo reproductions of the pages of her press book pertaining to her career in New York and on tour. Original pressbook located in the Moorland-Springarn Research Center, Howard University. Later accession includes holograph arrangements for the organ; research papers written while a graduate student at Northwestern University, where Dr. Hughes earned a Masters of Music degree in 1942. Newspaper clippings comprise the bulk of the collection. Also included are programs and announcements of concerts, recitals, and other musical events in which Miss Hughes participated. The newspaper clippings and programs encompass the …
0414: Theodosia Kirkland Hamlet Papers, 1940-1975, Marshall University Special Collections
0414: Theodosia Kirkland Hamlet Papers, 1940-1975, Marshall University Special Collections
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Huntington, West Virginia, club woman and parliamentarian. Papers include material relating to her service on the boards of the Woman's Club, the Huntington Symphony Association, the Huntington Galleries, and the Marshall University Artists Series.
Charles Nicholson – The Forgotten Flutist, Wendell Dobbs
Charles Nicholson – The Forgotten Flutist, Wendell Dobbs
Music Faculty Research
The recent fascination for the flutist-composers of the 19th century has brought to life much music by flute virtuosos such as Tulou, Demersseman, Boehm, Genin, and others. To this time, however, the colorful artistry of Charles Nicholson has been overlooked. His brief career, spanning but two decades, brought the flute to the forefront as a solo instrument in England and propagated numerous fantasies, variation, methods, and other works for flute. Indeed, his contributions as flute virtuoso and flute manufacturer have made an indelible mark on the history and development of the instrument. In the London of the 1820's and 1830's …
0396: Carroll Family Papers, 1867-1951, Marshall University Special Collections
0396: Carroll Family Papers, 1867-1951, Marshall University Special Collections
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Papers consist primarily of tax receipts for Cabell County, West Virginia property. Also included are drawing instruction booklets and embroidery patterns of the 1880's as well as newspaper clippings, programs of musical events, photographs, and ration books from the Second World War.
To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Carroll Family Papers, 1867-1951 here.
0400: Dr. Glenray C. Stein Musical Score, 1948, Marshall University Special Collections
0400: Dr. Glenray C. Stein Musical Score, 1948, Marshall University Special Collections
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"Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven Second Piano, arranged by Dr. Stein. Dr. Glenray C. Stein was music director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
0332: Jane Boedeker Shepherd Papers, 1937-1982, Marshall University Special Collections
0332: Jane Boedeker Shepherd Papers, 1937-1982, Marshall University Special Collections
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The Jane Shepherd Papers consist of letters, contracts, printed programs, newspaper clippings, school papers and photographs, all related to her career as a mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. Printed programs of her performances between 1935 and 1979 comprise the bulk of the collection.
Other items relating to her professional singing career include a scrapbook and newspaper clippings of reviews, publicity material and photographs. Notes from classes, certificates and a transcript reflect her years as a student, from 1935 until 1946, at William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri; the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; and the Juilliard School of Music. The papers also contain …
0251: Homer Ochsenhirt Papers, 1931-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
0251: Homer Ochsenhirt Papers, 1931-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native; musician in Huntington, West Virginia for over twenty years, conductor of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra. Papers include programs from Pittsburgh, newspaper clippings from Huntington, and photographs.
0290: August Kujala Papers, 1937-1974, Marshall University Special Collections
0290: August Kujala Papers, 1937-1974, Marshall University Special Collections
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Bassoonist. Programs of musical events in Huntington, W.Va.: Huntington Symphony Orchestra, First Presbyterian Church, Marshall University Community Symphony, Huntington Federal Symphonette; newspaper clippings.