Finding Aid for the Morton Feldman Images by Jan Williams, 1974-1979Mus. Arc. 2.3State University of New York at Buffalo. Music Library112 Baird Hall Buffalo, New York 14260-4750 United States Phone: 716 645-2924 Fax: 716 645-3906 Email: musique@buffalo.edu URL: http:ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/music Cite items for this collection in the following format:
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Information for UsersPreferred Citation[Specified item], Morton Feldman Images by Jan Williams, 1974-1979, Music Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo. Terms of Access and UseMaterials can be examined by qualified researchers in the Music Library during hours of operation during which Music Librarians are present. In order to insure access, researchers are advised to contact the Music Library in advance of visits. CopyrightCopyright for the materials in the collection does not reside with the Music Library. Therefore, patrons wishing to publish any item, or part of an item from this collection for any purpose, are responsible for securing requisite permissions. Administrative InformationAcquisition InformationThe collection of 56 slides was received as a gift from Jan Williams in 2001. The 8 x 10 color prints were made from the slides in 2001. Scans were made from the color prints by Library staff in January 2002. Accruals and AdditionsNo further accruals are expected to this collection. Processing InformationProcessed by John Bewley. Biographical NoteJan Williams was born in Utica, New York in 1939. He earned his B.M. and M.M. degrees as a percussionist at Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Paul Price. Jan Williams came to Buffalo as a Creative Associate at the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts in 1964. He became a member of the University at Buffalo Music Faculty in 1967 and Co-Director of the Center in 1974. He has been a mainstay of the contemporary music scene, not only in Buffalo, but also internationally, as percussionist, conductor, administrator, and educator. Composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987) joined the University at Buffalo Music Faculty in 1972. He was the Slee Professor, 1972-1973, Edgar Varèse Professor, 1975-1987, and the Director of the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts, 1976-1980. Feldman also established the June in Buffalo festival in 1975 at the University. Under his leadership the new festival was presented 1975-1978, and again in 1980, with a year off in 1979 when Feldman was on sabbatical. Scope and Content NoteThe collection of Morton Feldman Images by Jan Williams contains 56 slides taken during concert tours made by Feldman and Williams in 1974, 1977, and 1979. The tours were part of the activities of the Creative Associates and the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Locations of the images include Paris, London, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Barcelona, Perugia, Karlsrühe, Dartington and Harrogate, England, Hilversum, Shiraz, Iran, Padua, and Venice. Other musicians in the images include Lejaren Hiller, Eberhard Blum, Martha Herr Hanneman, Nils Vigeland, Dennis Kahle, David Gibson, Julius Eastman, Ralph Jones, Peter Gena, Jan Williams, Benjamin Hudson, Bunita Marcus, and Renée Levine, director of the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts. ArrangementThe collection is arranged by material type into two series: Container List
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. ContributorsWilliams,
Jan, 1939-
SubjectsFeldman,
Morton, 1926-1987 -- Photographs
Musicians --
Photographs
GenresColor prints
(photographs)
Color slides
Photographs
Slides
Associated MaterialRelated ResourcesRelated Resources in the Music Library
Morton Feldman Papers,
1950-1999, Mus. Arc. 2.1
Box 15 in this collection contains 46 photographic prints,
all of which are available online as the Morton Feldman Photographs, 1939-1987,
in
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