Music -- New Jersey -- Newark
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Elaine Hausmann Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG NWK Hausmann-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, programs, and other items related to Hausmann's singing career. It includes programs from the Griffith Auditorium and the Mosque Theatre (Symphony Hall), as well as other venues.
Dates:
1944 - 1950
Guy Sterling Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Sterling
Abstract
This is a collection of papers, theater programs, and epherema donated by Guy Sterling.
Dates:
c. 1901 -2022
Henry F. Mutschler Manuscript
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Mutschler-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This typescript history, compiled by Henry Mutschler during his retirement, is filled with detailed accounts of the music teachers of Newark and surrounding towns, of music festivals, music clubs and societies, virtuoso performances, music promoters like Joseph Fuerstman, music in the schools, Works Progress Administration (WPA) music programs, theaters and vaudeville houses, and of the craze for movie theaters, with their hard-working piano accompanists. It includes photographs of the...
Dates:
1954
Jamara Wakefield Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Wakefield -(Digital)
Abstract
This collection consists of video and audio oral histories about house music in New Jersey, recorded by Jamara Wakefield.
Dates:
2008 - 2024
New Jersey Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Music-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #1: Essex County Symphony Society (programs and Symphony Magazines, 1936-47); "Contextual Connections," A Celebration of the Expansion and Renovation of the John Cotton Dana Library and the Opening of a New Facility for The Institute of Jazz Studies (1994, program); Orchestra (The Irvington Symphony Orchestra, program, 1984; New Jersey Youth Symphony, 1982; South Orange Community Orchestra, Annual Spring Concert, 1966; The Nutley Symphony Orchestra, 1958 and 82), N.J. Opera (Essex County...
Dates:
1915 - 1999
Newark Audio Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Audio-(Main)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 33.5 rpm and 45rpm phonograph records in 7", 10" and 12" formats. The collection also consists of 1/4" audio reel to reels and cassette tapes. The audio is mostly Newark related with some non-Newark related regions represented throughout.
Dates:
1953 - 2008
Newark Broadsides Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG NWK Broadsides -(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eight boxes of broadsides.The documents consist primarily of flyers and notices, interspersed with occasional press releases or statements. The bulk of the items are printed, or are photocopies of typed or hand-written documents; most items are in English, but a few are in Spanish.Organizations represented in the Newark-related portion of the collection include, but are not limited to: educational institutions such as Essex Community...
Dates:
1974 - 2021
Newark Invitations Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Invitations-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This collection contains invitations received by Charles F. Cummings and, occasionally, other librarians and community members.Events include Newark and New Jersey events, including musical performances, nonprofit events, historical events, galas, etc. Organizations include La Casa De Don Pedro, UVSO (Unified Vailsburg Service Organization), LISC, St. Vincent's Academy, Aljira, YMCA, Greater Newark Conservancy, Newark Arts Council, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, and Beth Israel...
Dates:
1982 - 2023
Newark Jazz Festival Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Jazz-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection includes brochures and ephemera, meeting minutes, clippings, accounts, photographs, audiovisual material, artist publicity sheets, and notes related to the Newark Jazz Festival from 1991, when it was called the Sarah Vaughan Jazz Festival, to 1996. There are also additional materials related to the jazz scene in the Newark area.
The collection includes three subject folders in addition to folders for each year of the festival.
Box #1: Newark Jazz Festival.
1. General Newark...
Dates:
1991 - 1996
Newark Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Music-(Main)
Scope and Contents
Box #1: Programs (1850-1900, 1900-1940, 1940- ), Cathedral Concert Series (Vierne Festival Concert, 1976 series), Morris Choral Society (concert, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart), John Weaver and Marianne Weaver (Feb. 1978), Pierre Cochreau concert (Sacred Heart Cathedral, April 2, 1978), Sacred Heart Cathedral (worship & programs of music, 1978-79), The Winchester Cathedral Choir (Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mar. 5, 1979), Michelob Jazz Series (1980, 1981), Ravi Shankar, Sitar (Cathedral...
Dates:
1850 - 2025