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Music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

I. Edward Kiev papers

 Collection
Identifier: K0001
Abstract Isaac Edward Kiev (1905-1975) was born in New York City to Nathan and Anna (Radin) Kiev. In 1924, Kiev entered the Jewish Institute of Religion [JIR], a new rabbinical seminary established just two years earlier by renowned Jewish leader and activist Stephen S. Wise. In 1925, Kiev began work as a page in the JIR library to help pay for school and soon he took on more responsibilities including cataloging the Hebrew manuscripts. Although Kiev did not complete his studies at the JIR, he...
Dates: circa 1860-circa 1980
Found in: Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University / I. Edward Kiev papers

Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson Washington Go-Go collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS2177
Abstract Collection contains correspondence, promotional materials, clippings, interviews, photographs, slides, audio cassette tapes, electronic records, and other materials. The material dates from 1978-2008, and was collected by Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson in the course of their research on go-go music. The materials document the evolution of go-go and the cultural and political role of go-go in Washington, D.C. Go-go originated in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s. It is a subgenre of funk, and...
Dates: 1978-2008
Found in: Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University / Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson Washington Go-Go collection

Music Department records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG0075
Abstract

Collection includes programs, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, posters, meeting minutes, by-laws.

Dates: 1898-2005
Found in: Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University / Music Department records

Music Department sheet music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS2136
Abstract

Collection contains bound volumes of sheet music. These twelve items cover the years 1827-1900. The music includes piano and guitar pieces as well as music in French, Italian, English, and Spanish.

Dates: 1827-1900
Found in: Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University / Music Department sheet music collection

Nancy Sahli gay rights, Capitol Hill N.O.W, and related Washingtoniana papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS2386
Abstract Donated by historian and archivist Nancy Sahli, this collection contains fliers, newsletters, articles, letters, postcards, and programs. These materials cover several diverse topics all under the overall subject of the history of Washington DC. These topics include women's rights including records of the Capitol Hill National Organization for Women (NOW) and the Sexuality Task Force, a sub-unit of the D.C. NOW chapter, as well as gay rights topics from Title 34 (D.C.'s law against...
Dates: circa 1905 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1974-1978
Found in: Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University / Nancy Sahli gay rights, Capitol Hill N.O.W, and related Washingtoniana papers

Washington Area Music Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MS2331
Abstract This collection consists of approximately 1,300 CDs representing the work of musicians local to the Washington Area, including Maryland and Northern Virginia. Additionally, the collection holds financial records, marketing material, recordings, photographs, meeting minutes, fundraising records, production records, correspondence, articles, memos, meeting minutes, press releases, early organizational records, and other official papers that document the work of the Washington Area Music...
Dates: 1984-2016; Majority of material found within 1994 - 2001
Found in: Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University / Washington Area Music Association records
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