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Summary of exhibit curated by Nara Newcome in 2004 featuring illustrations from a variety of sources, including the J. Warren Perry Collection.
Cameron Baird: Bringing Paul Hindemith and Aaron Copland to Buffalo
Summary of exhibit curated by John Bewley held in the State University of New York at Buffalo Music Library May-October 2014. Cameron Baird, founder of the Music Department at the University at Buffalo, was responsible for bringing two of the 20th century's most famous composers to the University to teach: Paul Hindemith and Aaron Copland. Both of the appointments had intriguing stories associated with them that demonstrate the range of Baird's reach in the musical world at the time and provide a measure of his humanitarianism and courage in the face of political factors beyond the world of music. This exhibit presents documentation related to those stories.
Celebrating the Life and Career of Carol June Bradley, 1934-2009
Summary of exhibit curated by John Bewley held in the State University of New York at Buffalo Music Library August 14-October 4, 2009. Contains brief biography of Carol June Bradley, Associate Director of the University at Buffalo Music Library, 1967-1999. It includes a bibliography of her writings.
Center of the Creative and Performing Arts: Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of its Founding
Summary of exhibition held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, January 2015 - May 2015. The exhibition contains some of the documents pertaining to the creation of the Center, along with programs, clippings, and photographs of the first class of Creative Associates.
Commemoration of the Inaugural Concert Funded by the Muriel Wolf and Albert Steger Endowment
Summary of exhibition curated by John Bewley held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, January 27, 2014- May 2014. This exhibit is in commemoration of the first concert funded by the endowment established by Muriel Wolf and Albert Steger. It was their stated desire that the funds be used by the Music Library to produce concerts of music by Buffalo area composers. The exhibit contains information about Muriel and Albert, as well as five of the composers on the concert program: Anton Wolf, Allen Sapp, Lejaren Hiller, Lukas Foss, and Jeffrey Stadelman.
Perry (Dr. J. Warren): A collection of musical memorabilia
Summary of exhibition curated by Amy Ward and Romeo Whou held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, January 15-May 15, 2005. Presents highlights from Dr. J. Warren Perry's collections of photographs, autographs, and realia.
Frederick and Alice Slee: Musical Benefactors
Summary of exhibition curated by John Bewley held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, 2005. This exhibit is in commemoration of Frederick and Alice Slee and their contributions to musical life at the University at Buffalo, as well as Buffalo in general. It includes information about the Slee/Beethoven String Quartet performance series.
Henri Pousseur in Buffalo, 1966-1968
Summary of exhibit held in the State University of New York at Buffalo Music Library October 2017 - January 2018. This exhibit, curated by Associate Librarian Dr. John Bewley, contains documents related to composer Henri Pousseur's tenure at the University at Buffalo first as the Slee Professor of Music (1966-1967) and then as a member of the Music Department faculty. The documents in the exhibit include concert programs, photographs, newspaper reviews, and manuscripts and typescripts created by Pousseur. Much of the content is related to the March 17, 1968 performance of the concert version of Pousseur's opera, Votre Faust. The exhibit was mounted to supplement a concert featuring Pousseur's music funded by the Muriel Wolf and Albert Steger endowment.
If Music Be the Food of Love: Shakespeare in the Music Library
Summary of exhibit curated by John Bewley held in the State University of New York at Buffalo Music Library April 6-May 31 2016. The exhibit provides examples of musical works that are either adaptations of, or musical settings of Shakespeare works. The examples include lesser known works from the holdings of the Music Library.
June in Buffalo 1986-2010: An exhibition honoring the festival's 25th anniversary with David Felder as Artistic Director
Summary of exhibit curated by John Bewley about the June in Buffalo Festival from 1986-2010, representing 25 years under the direction of Dr. David Felder. It includes lists of composers and performers appearing at the festival during those years. An additional section is about the bestowment of an honorary doctorate on the composer Steve Reich in 2010.
June in Buffalo 25th Anniversary Exhibit
Summary of exhibit about the June in Buffalo Festival in its two incarnations, 1975-1980 and 1986 onward. It includes information about the first year's program in 1975 and a list of the composition faculty for 2000.
Lejaren A Hiller: Computer Music Pioneer
Summary of exhibition held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, May 24-September 7, 2004. This exhibit presents a brief biography of Lejaren Hiller, including documents from the University at Buffalo Music Library. It contains a section on Hiller's collaboration with John Cage on their composition, HPSCHD.
Morton Feldman: A Celebration of His 80th Birthday
Summary of exhibition held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, June 1-Sept. 15, 2006: A brief biographical sketch of composer Morton Feldman, documented with photographs, scores, and letters from the collection of the Music Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
Music and Musicians at the Pan-American Exposition
The Music Library portion, written by John Bewley of the University Libraries' exhibition, Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901.
Photography of Irene Haupt
Summary of an exhibition curated by John Bewley held in the Music Library Sept. 14, 2004-Jan. 14, 2005 in conjunction with Gender Week 2004: Women at Work. Contains brief biographical sketch of photographer Irene Haupt with examples of her photography in various styles.
Preserving Lejaren A Hiller's Flowcharts: A Case Study
Summary of exhibition held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, Jan. 16 - Sept. 15, 2007. "This exhibit was the result of a months-long project undertaken by Judy Jungels, a staff member in the University Libraries Center for Book Preservation, to preserve the computer flowcharts created by composer Lejaren Hiller. The exhibit demonstrates why the preservation was required and what it entailed. Additional text by Professor Cort Lippe, current director of the Lejaren Hiller Computer Music Studios, provides historical background on the use of flowcharts in the creation of computer music and Hiller's role as musical innovator in the realm of electronic music."
Rediscovering Pieces of the Past: The Manuscript Scores of Ferdinand Praeger
Summary of exhibition held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, March-August 2012. The Music Library holds the largest collection in the world of music manuscripts of composer Ferdinand Praeger (1815-1891). Praeger was born in Leipzig but emigrated to London in 1834. He spent the rest of his life there, working as a composer, pianist, teacher, and music critic. He is perhaps best known today for his book, Wagner, As I Knew Him (London, 1885). The Music Library's collection consists of approximately 480 scores.
Remembering Leo Smit (1921-1999)
Summary of exhibition held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, April 2000. This exhibit is in commemoration of the life and career of composer/pianist, Leo Smit. It includes images from Smit's childhood, passages about Smit's friendships with Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Fred Hoyle, and Pete Johnson. It also includes examples of Smit's photographs and a works list.
Treasures from the Collection of Florian Bruyas
Summary of exhibition curated by Lina Terjesen held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, October 15, 2009 - January 15, 2010. This exhibit showcases volumes from the library’s collection of opera scores collected by Florian Bruyas, French Senator, Director of the Lyon Conservatory, and author of Histoire de l’Operette en France (1855-1965), now considered a seminal volume in the study of French opera. Bruyas annotated the scores with information about performances of the works, including names and information about cast members. Many of the scores contain newspaper and magazine clippings or illustrations of stage designs for the operas.
University School Songs: 1903-2008
Summary of exhibition curated by Jason Imbesi held in the University at Buffalo Music Library, May 20, 2008- August 14, 2009. This exhibit provides some historical background on the University's songs: the alma mater, fight songs, hymns, marches, and songs associated with specific schools of the university. The composers and lyricists of these songs include university faculty, staff, and students, as well as locally and nationally known composers. The exhibit also provides brief biographical information about many of the composers.
Composer's Eye: Morton Feldman, George Gershwin, Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schoenberg, Edgard Varèse
"Summary of exhibit written by Olivia Mattis and curated by Steven Gerber about five composers with deep connections to the visual arts: Paul Hindemith, Edgard Varèse, Morton Feldman, George Gershwin and Arnold Schoenberg."
Treasures of Yvar Mikhashoff
Summary of exhibit held in the State University of New York at Buffalo Music Library October 2018 - January 2019. The exhibit displays various rare and unique music scores from the Yvar Mikhashoff Collection of Annotated Scores. Mikhashoff (1941-1993) was a multi-talented pianist and composer who served on the music faculty at the University at Buffalo 1973-1993. He was an imaginative and tireless concert programmer who explored musical themes via genres (tangos and waltzes), eras, styles, and composers. Mikhashoff expanded the piano repertoire by commissioning new works and made his own transcriptions of other literature for keyboard, including his series of virtuosic opera transcriptions in the same vein as those by Liszt. His collection of annotated scores contains more than 1200 titles, many of which reflect his close working relationships with contemporary composers.