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Martha Graham Collection,1896-2003 [collection]
- Title
- Martha Graham Collection,1896-2003 [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1896-2003
- Bulk: 1926-1991
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 398 ft.
- 590 boxes
- Abstract
- Dancer, choreographer, and company director Martha Graham (1894-1991) is considered one of the pioneering founders of American modern dance. In a career spanning over seven decades, Graham developed her own innovative technique and produced an impressive legacy of 181 choreographic works. She was known for her ground-breaking collaborations that included composers Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Norman Dello Joio, and William Schuman as well as the sculptor Isamu Noguchi and lighting designer Jean Rosenthal. Her dance company is one of the oldest and most respected performing modern dance companies in the world. Among the important items in the collection are a series of unusually complete scrapbooks(1926-1976), original music scores, as well as photographs and substantial information on the Graham company's national and international tours.
- Contents Note
- Music scores; scrapbooks and clippings; photographs; choreographic notebooks; correspondence; programs; awards; fundraising and business papers; lighting, set and costume designs.
- Note
- All moving image material has been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
- Preferred Citation
- Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
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Dance
Modern Dance
Chamber Music
Orchestral Music
Women in the Performing Arts
Barber, Samuel
Baryshnikov, Mikhail
Bernstein, Leonard
Chávez, Carlos
Copland, Aaron
Corigliano, John
Cunningham, Merce
Dello Joio, Norman
DeMille, Agnes
Diamond, David
Eilber, Janet
El-Dabh, Halim
Fine, Vivian
Fontayne, Margot
Hawkins, Erick
Hindemith, Paul
Horst, Louis
Hovhaness, Alan
Johnson, Hunter
Lester, Eugene
Lloyd, Norman
Martin, John
Menotti, Gian Carlo
McBride, Robert
Minnelli, Liza
Noguchi, Isamu
Nordoff, Paul
Nureyev, Rudolf
Persichetti, Vincent
Rothschild, Bethsabee
Shawn, Ted
St. Denis, Ruth
Schuman, William
Seter, Mordecai
Starer, Robert
Stravinsky, Igor
Surinach, Carlos
Taylor, Paul
Varèse, Edgard
Graham, Martha
- Call Number
- ML31.G727
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010008
Last Updated: 10-01-2012