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Popular music -- United States -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Berklee College of Music collection of campus event recordings on analog and optical media, 1995 - 2019

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-017
Scope and Contents

Audio and video recordings of Berklee College of Music events from campus venues including the: Berklee Performance Center, Lawrence and Alma Berk Recital Hall, Steve Heck Room, David Friend Recital Hall, Red Room, and Stan Getz Library and Media Center. The sources of these recordings include Berklee’s Concert Office, Video Services, and the Stan Getz Library and Media Center.

Dates: 1995-2019
Found in: Berklee Archives

Berklee College of Music collection of campus events audio recordings, 1969-1994

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-027
Abstract

College campus event recordings on quarter-inch audio tape from approximately 1969 to 1995, most likely produced or compiled by the Concert Operations department. Recordings include clinics, master classes, concerts, opening convocation, and commencement ceremonies.

Dates: 1969-1994
Found in: Berklee Archives

Berklee College of Music event programs, 1968-present

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-009
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of concert programs generated by Berklee College of Music’s Concert Operations department, known colloquially as the Concert Office. Events include student, faculty, visiting artist, and professional performances in the following five campus venues: Lawrence and Alma Berk Hall, Oliver Colvin Hall, David Friend Hall, The Red Room @ Café 939, and the Berklee Performance Center.

Dates: 1968-present
Found in: Berklee Archives

Berklee College of Music Stan Getz Library popular music serials collection, 1930s-1970s

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-033
Abstract

Approximately 511 issues of rare popular music periodicals compiled by Berklee College of Music's Stan Getz Library, featuring the following titles: The Broadside, Broadside (Boston), Broadside (NY), Jazz, Jazz and Pop, Jazz Quarterly, and Metronome.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930s-1970s
Found in: Berklee Archives

Berklee College of Music Video Services event recordings on tape, 1979-2005

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-018
Abstract

Approximately 3,900 video recordings of Berklee clinics, concerts, and other special campus events spanning 1979-2005 (primarily 1985-2004) recorded by the Berklee College of Music Video Services office.

Dates: 1979-2005; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2004
Found in: Berklee Archives

Berklee Office of Public Information collection by Alma Berk, 1934-2007

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-013
Abstract

Materials collected and organized by Alma Berk during her tenure as Chief Public Affairs Officer (1959-1994), including press clippings and releases, photographs, institutional reports, files on faculty and students, promotional materials, college publications and curricular material, and other records documenting the college's first 50+ years.

Dates: 1934-2007
Found in: Berklee Archives

Bill Pierce collection of Berklee College of Music Woodwind department recordings, 1988-2006

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-028
Abstract

Recordings on audio and video cassettes, compact disc, and audio reel collected by the longtime Berklee College of Music Woodwind department chair and faculty member Bill Pierce.

Dates: 1988-2006
Found in: Berklee Archives

Collection of early rock and roll 78 RPM records, 1948-1953

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-039
Abstract

Collection of five early rock and roll 78 rpm records, highlighting the early years of rock and roll and R&B music in the United States.

Dates: 1948-1953
Found in: Berklee Archives

Don George papers, 1940s-1980s

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-024
Abstract

Musical manuscripts, photographs, book drafts, and other personal materials belonging to lyricist Don George (1909-1987).

Dates: 1940s-1980s
Found in: Berklee Archives

Jeff Friedman papers, 1916-1999

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-020
Abstract

Notes, papers, and teaching materials---including scores, articles, recordings, and other ephemera--by or about Duke Ellington compiled by Jeff Friedman (BCM '79), guitarist and professor of Jazz Composition.

Dates: 1916-1999; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1999
Found in: Berklee Archives