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Brigham Young University faculty music collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 133
Scope and Contents

Collection includes published and handwritten unpublished musical selections written and arranged by Brigham Young University faculty members.

Dates: 1899-1975

Lex De Azevedo music scores and sketches

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2150
Abstract

Includes original, photocopied, and published music scores by De Azevedo, composed for musical and film productions with Latter-day Saint (LDS) themes. Also includes recordings of music scores in the following formats: audiocassette, audiotape, videotape, compact disc, and phonograph record. The collection sheds significant light on the development of the LDS popular music genre.

Dates: approximately 1960-1989

William F. Hanson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 299
Scope and Contents

Indian opera productions composed by Hanson, musical scores, research material, and scrapbooks and photos based on ceremonies and music of the Ute Indians of Colorado and Utah. Operas included are: "Sun Dance," produced in New York City, 1938, "Bear Dance," and "The Bleeding Heart," a white man's fantasy of an imaginary Indian people who lived at the base of Mount Timpanogos in Utah.

Dates: 1913-1962

John Laurence Seymour music drama

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1521
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of the play "Nephi the Tender Bough" in two volumes. This is a music drama in a prologue and five acts. The text was written by Inez Stevens Cooper (based upon the Book of Mormon) and set to music by John Laurence Seymour.

Dates: 1974

John Laurence Seymour papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 922
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, doctoral dissertation notes, music manuscripts, programs, and newspaper reviews of performances and recordings.

Dates: 1922-1971