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William Remsen Strickland Collection, 1926-1991 [collection]
- Title
- William Remsen Strickland Collection, 1926-1991 [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1926-1991
- Bulk: 1946-1970
- Language
- Various
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 16 ft.
- 39 boxes
- Abstract
- William Remsen Strickland (1914-1991) was born in Defiance, Ohio and began his musical career as an organist. He eventually shifted his focus to conducting and while serving in the U.S. Army (1941-1946) he founded the Army Music School Choir. In 1946 he co-founded the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, which he led until 1951. Strickland spent the 1950s championing the works of American composers both at home and abroad. He led the Vienna Symphony, directed the New York Oratorio Society and traveled through Japan, the Philippines, Korea and Vietnam promoting American music. He made numerous recordings of contemporary compositions for the record label Composers Recordings, Inc. From 1962-1963 he directed the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. In the late 1960s he began studying the music of Charles Ives and created electronic realizations of several Ives compositions. He continued his experiments with electronic music after he retired to Connecticut.
- Contents Note
- Correspondence, concert programs, publicity materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, music manuscripts by Strickland and other composers, articles, speeches and notes, photographs, scrapbooks, datebooks, journals, and recordings.
- Note
- Sound recordings transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
- Preferred Citation
- William Remsen Strickland 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
- Conductors
- Strickland, William
- Call Number
- ML31.S77
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu009009
Last Updated: 08-21-2012