Documents, essays, biographies, historical sources and reference materials
The Library is the documentary archive of Classical Archive, bringing together biographies, essays, historical documents, analytical studies, booklets and selected reference materials devoted to classical music.
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A curated dossier for Verdi: His Music, Life and Times by George Whitney Martin, selected for its direct relevance to opera history and the biography or analysis of major operatic repertory.
My Life and Music is a substantial biographical source on Artur Schnabel. Schnabel’s autobiographical and artistic reflections, edited by Edward Crankshaw, documenting his Viennese formation, chamber-music world, Beethoven-centered career, teaching and distinctive ideas about interpretation and the musical canon. The dossier treats the book not merely as a…
Copland: 1900 Through 1942 is a substantial biographical source on Aaron Copland. First volume of Copland’s oral-history autobiography, built from the composer’s own narrative and documentary testimony; covers childhood, Paris studies with Nadia Boulanger, early modernism, Americanist works, colleagues and cultural politics through 1942. The dossier treats the…
Copland Since 1943 is a substantial biographical source on Aaron Copland. Continuation of Copland’s autobiographical chronicle from 1943 onward, covering film, conducting, teaching, later compositions, Cold War politics, international travel and retrospective assessments of twentieth-century American music. The dossier treats the book not merely as a life narrative…