| Description |
approximately 1200 scores and 117 sets of parts |
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Scores are fully catalogued and arranged by LC call number; orchestral parts are arranged by main entry. |
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| Note |
Collection title supplied by cataloger. |
| Biography |
The Tams-Witmark Music Library supplied rental scores for operas, popular musicals, orchestral and choral works from ca. 1925-1941. |
| Summary |
The collection consists of full and vocal scores and orchestra parts of oratorios, masses, operas, sacred and secular cantatas, and choruses for mixed, women's, men's and children's choirs, published largely 1870-1920 in England and the U.S. Especially well represented are the publications of Novello and Co. Many works are in copyists hand and many have performance markings. |
| Indexes |
Inventory of orchestral parts available in the Talbott Library Department of Special Collections and Archives. |
| Note |
Composers especially well represented include Frederick H. Cowen, Niels Gade, Alfred R. Gaul, Charles Gounod, Eduardo Marzo, Felix Mendelssohn, George F. Root, and Robert Schumann. |
| Language |
Words largely in English. |
| Source |
Acquired by Westminster Choir College ca. 1967 when the Tams-Witmark firm dispersed its holdings. |
| Subject |
Choral music -- Scores and parts.
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Choral music. |
| Genre/Form |
Scores and parts.
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| Subject |
Masses -- Scores and parts.
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Masses. |
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Cantatas -- Scores and parts.
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Cantatas. |
| Genre/Form |
Scores.
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Scores.
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Parts (Music)
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Parts (Music)
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| Added Author |
Tams-Witmark Music Library.
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Westminster Choir College.
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