Musicians

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Anne Mischakoff Heiles Papers

aergas — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:33:39 -0400

This collection, part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Records, includes research material collected by Anne Mischakoff Heiles, possibly for a book about the history of the DSO. It includes interviews, articles and clippings, notes and a draft manuscript. Four audiocassettes of interviews have been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Bernard Katz Papers

aergas — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:17:38 -0500

This collection contains materials from the personal files of keyboard musician and composer Bernard Katz (1925-2004), as donated by his sister-in-law Fern Katz. Katz was always in demand as an accompanist, teacher and arranger, and he worked with many well-known performers and musical groups throughout a 60-year career. The collection includes some published sheet music and a large number of music manuscripts of compositions and arrangements by Katz. It contains the music manuscripts for Katz's major composition, the 63-song cycle of A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad." There are also documents, photographs, memorabilia, and several boxes of AV materials, which have been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Carl B. Chamberlain Print Collection

aergas — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:38:32 -0500

This collection comprises five folders of photographic prints dated from 1911 to 1944, as well as undated prints, mostly of musical artists from that period. Many images have written dedications to Carl B. Chamberlain. Chamberlain (dates unknown) was manager of the Duo Art ("reproducing" piano) Department in the Detroit store of Grinnell Brothers, a prominent music store and piano manufacturer.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Composers Records

aergas — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:17:19 -0400

This collection, part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Records, is made up of files with information about individual composers whose music was played by the DSO, mostly in the 1990s and early 2000s. The information was used for program notes and promotional materials. Folders include documents such as biographical information, clippings, photographs and negatives.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Karl Krueger Papers

aergas — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:44:42 -0400

Karl Krueger was an American musician and conductor who served as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the 1940s. He had a notable career with various orchestras and was a guest artist in the U.S., Europe and South America throughout his career from the 1920s through the 1960s. This collection consists primarily of clippings and DSO programs from Krueger's tenure with the DSO in the 1940s, including 2 large scrapbooks of clippings. There are also manuscripts of several articles and part of a book written by Krueger.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Laré Wardrop Papers

aergas — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:19:42 -0400

These papers, part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Records, are materials collected by musician and photographer Laré Wardrop (1909-1979). Wardrop joined the DSO as an oboist in 1938. He retired in 1965, having also served as English hornist. These papers include DSO articles and concert programs, from the late 1940s to the 1970s, and many of Wardrop's photographs of symphony musicians, conductors and events over the years. There are programs and itineraries from DSO tours, as well as several of Wardrop's music scores for oboe. Two boxes containing Wardrop's slides and negatives have been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Lila Challis Papers

aergas — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:42:37 -0400

This collection contains the hand-written sheet music for Lila Challis's composition for orchestra "The Water's Journey." The piece is in four movements: The Brook, The Lake at Dusk, The River, The Mighty Ocean. It is orchestrated for strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and keyboards. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra performed this piece under the direction of C. Valter Poole, probably in the 1950s or 1960s. Challis (1908-2007) was a Detroit music teacher and composer, a graduate and faculty member of the Detroit Conservatory of Music.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Music Directors and Conductors Records

aergas — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:23:46 -0400

The records of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) relate its administration, marketing, and public relations, as well as the orchestra's community outreach, cultural activities and influence of its music directors. This collection includes administrative documents, correspondence and images of the DSO's music directors, from the earliest years including William Yuncke and Ossip Gabrilowitsch, through the decades of the 1920s to the early part of the 21st century, including Aldo Ceccato, Antal Dorati, Sixten Ehrling, Gunther Herbig, Neeme Jarvi, Paul Paray and Leonard Slatkin. Also included are materials from individuals who served as associate, assistant and resident conductors beginning in 1960, including Leslie B. Dunner, Paul Freeman, Valter Poole and Thomas Wilkins. Three boxes of AV materials are in the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Musicians and Staff

aergas — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:57:03 -0400

These Detroit Symphony Orchestra materials include files on DSO musicians and staff primarily from the 1980s to 2013, with some earlier documents from circa 1900 to the 1970s. Materials include press releases, clippings, resumés, articles and correspondence. The folders are arranged alphabetically by last name and divided into separate groups--musicians (Box 1) and staff (Box 2).

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Neeme Järvi Papers

aergas — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:26:44 -0400

This collection contains materials related to Neeme Järvi, the DSO music director/conductor from 1990 to 2005. It includes certificates of several awards he received, as well as photographs, slides and negatives of Järvi, including headshots, events and other images. One box of slides and negatives has been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Clippings

aergas — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:20:00 -0400

This collection of files generated by the DSO Public Affairs Office includes original newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as photocopies, of press coverage of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's performances, events, recordings, musicians, and guest artists. It includes articles about DSO tours, the DSO's role in the city and state, funding and staffing issues, education and affirmative action, and the renovation of Orchestra Hall. Most materials are arranged chronologically, from as early as the 1950s to the 2000s, with the bulk from the 1970s to 1990s. There is also a portion arranged by subject.

(45826) Aretha Franklin, Portrait, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:21 -0400

Candid portrait of Aretha Franklin.

(45920) Aretha Franklin, Studio, Portraits, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:21 -0400

Candid portrait of Aretha Franklin singing in studio.

(45822) Aretha Franklin, Portraits, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:20 -0400

Aretha Franklim walks down an unidentified residential street in Detroit.

(45823) Aretha Franklin, Portrait, New Bethel Baptist Church, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:20 -0400

Aretha Franklin poses in front of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit.

(45824) Aretha Franklin, Portrait, New Bethel Baptist Church, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:21 -0400

Aretha Franklin poses in front of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit.

(45825) Aretha Franklin, Portrait, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:21 -0400

Candid portrait of Aretha Franklin.

(45827) Aretha Franklin, Portrait, Residence, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:21 -0400

Candid portrait of Aretha Franklin standing in front of a house in Detroit.

(45921) Aretha Franklin, Studio, Portraits, 1960s

eclemens — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:21:21 -0400

Candid view of Aretha Franklin singing in studio.

[Podcast] Uncovering Detroit Sound: Sippie Wallace and Son House in the Folklore Archives

teller — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:27:45 -0500

Archivist Bart Bealmear explains how he rediscovered recordings of famed African American blues musicians Sippie Wallace and Son House buried in the Reuther Library's Folklore Archives. read more »