Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 2.5 linear feet (10 boxes)

Summary

1. The New York City Ballet (NYCB) was founded by Lincoln Kirstein in 1948. It was descended from several predecessors, including the American Ballet, Ballet Caravan, and the Ballet Society. The New York City Ballet scores date from 1930 to 1965. They contain scores for some 40 compositions which were used in ballets produced by NYCB or one of its predecessors, particularly Ballet Caravan.

Subject

1. Ballet Society (New York, N.Y.)
2. Ballet Caravan, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
3. Composers
4. Chabrier, Emmanuel, 1841-1894
5. American Ballet Company
6. Cage, John
7. Turner, Charles
8. Blitzstein, Marc
9. Scores
10. Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999
11. Haieff, Alexei, 1914-1994
12. McBride, Robert, 1911-2007

Genre/Form

1. Scores.

Call number

1. JPB 14-41

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use (note)

1. For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source (note)

1. Donated by the New York City Ballet in 1992.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Provenance (note)

1. The New York City Ballet kept its records until their donation to the Dance Division. The scores were separated and transferred to the Music Division.

Author

1. New York City Ballet.

Title

1. New York City Ballet scores, 1930-1965.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use

1. For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Location of other archival materials

1. New York City Ballet records, (S) *MGZMD 168; Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Provenance

1. The New York City Ballet kept its records until their donation to the Dance Division. The scores were separated and transferred to the Music Division.

Source

1. Donated by the New York City Ballet in 1992.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid
2. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material

Occupation

1. Composers.

Research call number

1. JPB 14-41