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Music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Gordon Childs papers on the Viola d'Amore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8507
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to Gordon Childs’ research on, experience with, and study of, the viola d’amore. It includes his personal collection of viola d'amore music, his research on the viola d'amore, and other materials related to well-known contemporary viola d’amore players and composers. Dated 1602-2014 with the bulk being from 1935-1997.

Dates: Publication: 1602-2014; Publication: Majority of material found within 1935-1997

Gordon Childs papers on Daniel Thomason, 1782-1992, bulk: 1963-1992

 Sub-Series — Oversize 7: Series 2; Series 3; Series 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8507 Series 2 Sub-Series Sub- 7
Scope and Contents This subseries contains musical scores from Daniel Thomason’s personal music library that he gave to Childs. These scores are in the form of printed music, photocopies of original manuscripts and include Thomason’s own arrangements. The collection also contains a piece written for the very first viola congress that Childs performed with Thomason and Myron Rosenblum in June 1982. A couple of the musical scores also contain correspondence from Thomason to Childs in the form of handwritten...
Dates: Publication: 1782-1992; Publication: Majority of material found within 1963-1992