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Collection Summary
Title | Newland/Zeuner collection, circa 1735-circa 1900 |
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Span Dates | circa 1735-circa 1900 |
Call No. | ML31.N48 |
Creator | Newland, William Augustine, 1813-1901 |
Extent | circa 2,000 items ; 57 boxes ; 20 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Primarily music (printed and ms.) for piano, 2 or 4 hands, and songs, with a concentration in sacred vocal works in Latin and English. (The music in Latin may represent the only known source of pre-Cäcilienverein 19th-century American Catholic Church music.) Composers range from Mozart and Rossini to George F. Root and Oliver Shaw. The collection contains the largest extant source of music by Charles Zeuner which was purchased by Newland after Zeuner's death. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002007 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/96704662 |