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Louise Talma Papers, 1875-1996 [collection]

Title

Louise Talma Papers, 1875-1996 [collection]

Dates Created

Span: 1875-1996

Bulk: 1928-1994

Language

English, French, German, Italian

Form

collection

Physical Description

25.5 ft.

26 boxes

Abstract

Composer, pianist and educator Louise Talma taught music at Hunter College in Manhattan for over 50 years. She had close ties with the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau near Paris where she worked for many years with Nadia Boulanger, first as a student and then as a colleague. Talma was the first American Boulanger invited to teach with her at Fontainebleau. She also spent many summers at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The collection consists mostly of her scores (sketches, manuscripts and some published pieces), correspondence, programs, clippings and photographs.

Contents Note

471 scores (323 by Talma, 148 by other composers), ca. 5000 letters, 2000 programs, 1500 clippings and 2000 photographs.

Note

Sound recordings transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Preferred Citation

Louise Talma Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress

Access Permissions

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Copyright

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Subjects

Chamber Music

Choral Music

Opera

Orchestral Music

Sacred Music

Songs

Women in the Performing Arts

Talma, Louise

Boulanger, Nadia

Foss, Lukas

Fine, Irving

Call Number

ML31.T34

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Finding Aid

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu011004

Last Updated: 08-21-2012