| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | WCLV Radio Station Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | WCLV Radio Station | | | | Dates: | 1962-1973 | | | | Abstract: | WCLV is a Cleveland, Ohio, radio station that was founded as WDGO in 1961 by Douglas G. Oviatt. C.K. Patrick and Robert Conrad purchased the station just one year later and changed the call letters to WCLV. Focusing primarily on broadcasting classical music, the station hosted such programs as Symphony at Seven and Heinen's Concert Hall, as well as live broadcasts of Sunday afternoon performances of the Cleveland Orchestra. WCLV incorporated progressive rock music into the programming in 1966. In 2001 the station changed its frequency from 95.5 to 104.9 FM and simultaneously became part of the WCLV Foundation, a nonprofit that donates a portion of radio station proceeds to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Orchestra, and other organizations. The collection consists of record album advertisements, awards given to the station, birthday cards, brochures, collage pieces, concert advertisements, concert program notes, correspondence, documentation of changes in station ownership, letters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, sponsored concerts, and telegrams pertaining in some way to WCLV, music in Cleveland, and/or affiliates of the station. | | | | Call #: | MS 5076 | | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | WCLV (Radio station : Cleveland, Ohio) | WCLV Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Radio stations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | German Concert Orchestra Records
| | | | Creator: | German Concert Orchestra | | | | Dates: | 1926-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The German Concert Orchestra, a musical and cultural performing group dedicated to the preservation of music by German composers, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925. Originally part of the German Central Organization (Deutche Zentrale), it was known as the "Orchester der Deutche Zentrale." Breaking away from its parent organization in 1937, it was renamed the German Concert Orchestra in 1938. The orchestra performed many concerts as a part of the German-American community throughout the 1930s and 1940s. It affiliated with the Society of Danube Swabians in Cleveland during the 1970s and 1980s, and was based during these years at the Society's Banater Hall. In 1989, the orchestra ceased its affiliation with the Society of Danube Swabians, and once again became a group of the German Central Organization. The collection consists of brief histories, minutes, correspondence, financial reports, publicity,and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 4568 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | German Concert Orchestra. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musical groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orchestra. | Germans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Cleveland Opera Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Opera Association | | | | Dates: | 1931-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Opera Association was incorporated in 1944 as a non-profit organization to promote and present concerts in Cleveland, Ohio. The founder, Giacomo Bernardi, served as managing director until his death in 1966. After his death, his wife, Harriet, served as manager. Board of trustee members included Harry F. Payer, William Stinchcomb, Benjamin Nicola, Willard W. Brown, Thomas A. Farwick, and Chisholm Halle. Performers were both classical and popular musicians and artists. These included the Bolshoi Ballet, Jose Greco, Yehudi Menuhin, Vladimir Horowitz, Andres Segovia, Jan Pierce, Lily Pons, Marian Anderson, Charles Laughton, Victor Borge, and Simon and Garfunkel. Most of the performances took place in Music Hall. The predecessor of the Cleveland Opera Association was the Cleveland Concert Association, organized by Giacomo Bernardi in 1919 and operated by him until its demise in 1932. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, letters, and other materials relating to Giacomo Bernardi; association financial reports; minutes of meetings; and scrapbooks of performances. The scrapbooks contain both programs and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4739 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bernardi, Giacomo. | Cleveland Opera Association. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Opera -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Chamber Music Guild Records
| | | | Creator: | Chamber Music Guild | | | | Dates: | 1946-1976 | | | | Abstract: | The Chamber Music Guild was found ca. 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of chamber music lovers in order to provide them with the opportunity to hear chamber music played by local professional musicians and singers. Membership was limited to forty members, and recitals were held in members' homes on a monthly basis. One concert per year was held for the general public. Performers included members of the Cleveland Orchestra and teachers at local musical institutions. Performances included new compositions by several contemporary northern Ohio composers, including Herbert Elwell, J.D. Bain Murray, Rudolph Bubalo, Klaus George Roy, and Katharine Warne. The collection consists of correspondence, account books, notebooks, reports, receipts, a list of performers, notes, membership records, newspaper clippings, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 4744 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Chamber Music Guild. | Chamber Music. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Cleveland Chamber Music Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Chamber Music Society | | | | Dates: | 1950-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Chamber Music Society was founded in 1949 by a small group of individuals in order to sponsor chamber music concerts of high quality by world class musicians in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Concerts took place at a number of venues, many in the University Circle area, and also at the Fairmount Temple Auditorium, Beachwood, Ohio. In 1953, the Society established a school concert program, bringing local chamber music ensembles to schools throughout the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. In 1969, the Society became affiliated with the national program, Young Audiences Inc., whose goals were also to educate young students in the field of chamber music. The society continued to support these concerts when Young Audiences became an independent organization in 1978. Another mission of the Society was to commission the writing and performing of new compositions by local Cleveland composers, included Arthur Shepherd, Normand Lockwood, Walter Aschaffenburg, Starling Cumberworth, and Gerald R. Humel. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, code of regulations, minutes, correspondence, histories, reports, programs, contracts, financial statements, lists, publicity materials, news releases, newspaper clippings, tax documents, schedules, brochures, and manuscript music. | | | | Call #: | MS 4775 | | | | Extent: | 4.15 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Chamber Music Society. | Young Audiences, Inc. | Chamber Music. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | Bascom Little Fund Records
| | | | Creator: | Bascom Little Fund | | | | Dates: | 1965-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Bascom Little Fund was created in 1966 to promote new music composed and performed in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, through the granting of funds to individual composers. The Bascom Little Fund also helps support the Cleveland Composers Guild of the Fortnightly Musical Club in the performance of new works by Guild members. The Fund began as a memorial to Bascom Little, a local architect and composer, by his wife Sue Lohmiller Little. The three original trustees were A. Dean Perry, H. Chapman Rose, and Dixon Morgan. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, grant requests, authorizations, minutes, reviews, newspaper clippings, tax returns, financial statements, and contracts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4706 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bascom Little Fund. | Cleveland Composers Guild. | Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composition (Music). | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra Records | | | | Dates: | 1937-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1938, by three musicians, Irving Klein, Alfred Zetzer, and Robert Zupnick. They envisioned the orchestra as a training ground for young musicians seeking orchestral experience towards future professional careers and as an outlet for talented amateur musicians. F. Karl Grossman, professor of music at Western Reserve University, was the first conductor and music director of the group, serving for 25 years. Affiliated with Western Reserve University in its early years, the orchestra performed at various locations. Later conductors included Zoltan Rozsnyai, Jose Serebrier, Robert Marcellus, John Ross, and William Slocum. In 1973, the orchestra first sponsored the Young Person's Concerto Competition, later renamed the Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition. The orchestra also extended its outreach into the community, playing concerts for specific ethnic groups at the Bohemian National Hall, for the Polish-American Congress and the Lithuanian community, and at annual Martin Luther King Day concerts held at Cuyahoga Community College. Beginning in 1976, the orchestra performed under the name Cleveland Civic Orchestra, changing its name back to the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra in 1981. Throughout its history, the orchestra performed new works by local composers, including F. Karl Grossman, Leslie Adams, Ernest Miller, Robert Rollin, Daniel Shell, and Peter Ware. It featured soloists such as Josef Gingold, Daniel Majeske, Phil Myers, Eunice Podis, Linda Cerone, Jean Kraft, Richard Weiss, John Mack, Roman Rudnytsky, and many others. The collection consists of histories, articles of incorporation and constitutions, minutes, correspondence, notes, manuals and notebooks, articles, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, financial materials, grant applications, membership lists, reports, programs, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4712 | | | | Extent: | 6.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Grossman, F. Karl. | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. | Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orchestra. | Musical groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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