Collection Summary
Irving Fine Collection
1930-1993
(bulk 1950-1962)
1930-1993
(bulk 1950-1962)
ML31.F5
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962
approximately 4,350 items
21 boxes
7 linear feet
English
Collection material in English
Music Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Irving Fine was an American conductor, teacher, and composer whose works assimilated neoclassical, romantic, and serial elements. The bulk of the materials in the collection are musical scores and sketches which represent nearly his entire musical output. In addition, there are photographs, clippings, programs, and scrapbooks, as well as correspondence from twentieth-century musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, Alberto Ginastera, Ned Rorem, and William Schuman.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Correspondence.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Correspondence.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962--Autographs.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962--Correspondence.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962. Alice in Wonderland.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962. Hour glass.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962. Mutability.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962. Serious song.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962. Symphony.
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962. Works.
Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009--Correspondence.
Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983--Correspondence.
Rorem, Ned, 1923- --Correspondence.
Schuman, William, 1910-1992--Correspondence.
Subjects
Chamber music--Scores.
Composers--United States--Correspondence.
Instrumental music.
Musicians--Portraits.
Orchestral music--Scores.
Vocal music.
Form/Genre
Albums (Books)
Art music.
Autographs (Manuscripts)
Business correspondence.
Chamber music.
Clippings (Information artifacts)
Concert programs.
Incidental music.
Musical sketches.
Personal correspondence.
Photographs.
Scores.
Songs.
Symphonies.
Provenance
Gifts, Verna Fine, 1964-1991
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
Robert Saladini processed the Irving Fine Collection in 1996 with assistance from William Nelson, Rodney Todd, and Claudia Widgery. Morgan Cundiff and Paul Fraunfelter coded the finding aid in 2001. Albert Tucker edited and corrected the finding aid, and Michael A. Ferrando coded it, in 2003.
Transfers
Forty unpublished tapes have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) where they are indentified as part of the Irving Fine Audio Materials (MAVIS collection number 3291). An inventory of this material is available in the Music Division's collection file.
Materials Cataloged Separately
Some musical scores and sketches have been cataloged individually at ML96.F47, ML96.5.F47, ML30.3C.F55, and ML29c.F527, and can be requested in the Performing Arts Reading Room.
Copyright Status
The Irving Fine Collection is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
The Irving Fine Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Online Content
Digitized photographs, a sketchbook, a manuscript score, and a recording, along with identifying information and a narrative introduction, are also available on the Library of Congress web site: [
The Irving Fine collection, ca. 1914-1962].
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Irving Fine Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1914 December 3
Born Irving Gifford Fine in Boston, Massachusetts
1933
Studied composition at Harvard University with Edward Burlingame Hill and Walter Piston, and choral conducting with Archibad Thompson Davison
1938
1939
Studied composition with Nadia Boulanger at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts; traveled to Paris to continue studying with Boulanger at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau
1939
1950
Began teaching composition at Harvard; developed professional relationships with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Arthur Berger, Lukas Foss, and Harold Shapero
1946
1957
Served as a member of the faculty of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood
1946
1947
Composed
Toccata Concertante
, written for the Boston Symphony and premiered by Serge Koussevitzky in 1948
1947
Became a student in Serge Koussevitzky’s conducting class at Tanglewood
1947
Composed
Music for Piano
, a suite dedicated to Nadia Boulanger’s sixtieth birthday
1950
Appointed to faculty of Brandeis University, where he helped develop the School of Creative Arts and served as its chair
1952
Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Fine composed his
String Quartet
, which incorporated a twelve-tone serial approach
1962
Composed
Symphony 1962
, which demonstrated Fine’s serial techniques, contrapuntal textures, and colorful orchestrations
1962 August 23
Died of heart disease in Natick, Massachusetts
Scope and Content Note
Materials in the Irving Fine Collection span the period 1930-1993, with the majority dating from 1950 to 1962. The [Music](CL1001) series primarily consists of holograph scores and sketches that represent virtually Fine's entire musical output. Among these materials are manuscripts for Alice in Wonderland (1942); The Hour Glass (1949), a song cycle for unaccompanied chorus set to texts by Ben Jonson; Mutability, a song cycle for contralto and piano originally commissioned by the Creative Concerts Guild in 1952; Serious Song (1955), for string orchestra; and Symphony 1962, which was performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra shortly before Fine's death in 1962.
In addition to music manuscripts, the collection contains an assortment of [Writings](CL1002), [Photographs](CL1004), [Clippings](CL1006), [Programs](CL1005), and [Scrapbooks](CL1007), as well as [Correspondence](CL1003) from twentieth-century musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, Alberto Ginastera, Ned Rorem, William Schuman and others.
Organization of the Irving Fine Collection
The collection is arranged in eight series:
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[
Music, 1930s-1960s
](CL1001)
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[
Writings, 1940s-1963
](CL1002)
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[
Correspondence, 1934-1992
](CL1003)
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[
Photographs, 1937-1974
](CL1004)
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[
Programs, 1930-1992
](CL1005)
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[
Clippings, 1940-1993
](CL1006)
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[
Scrapbooks, 1936-1962
](CL1007)
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[
Printed Matter, 1949-1987
](CL1008)
Container List
Box
Contents
1-4, 15-16
Music, 1930s-1960s
1930s-1960s
Chiefly manuscript and printed scores, loose sketches and sketchbooks, and lyric sheets for original compositions by Fine. Also includes manuscript and printed scores of works by other composers.
Organized as three subseries.
Original Compositions, 1930s-1960s
1930s-1960s
Holograph scores, sketches, and lyric sheets for instrumental and vocal works by Fine. Some items may include enclosures, such as correspondence, notes, business papers, or other materials.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
1/1
After Stravinsky
Manuscript parts in ink (piccolo, horn, trumpet, violin)
15/1
Alice in wonderland suite, 1949
1949
Ozalid holograph full score for chorus and orchestra with annotations; 47 pages
1/4
Alice in wonderland suite (Diversions)
Two holograph scores (photocopy and negative) for piano; 4 pages each
Note: "Music for Caucus race p. 13 and for running p. 79" written at top
1/5
Arioso
Holograph sketch in pencil; 1 page
15/2
Ballet, early, 1940-1941
1940-1941
Holograph score for piano; 3 pages
1/6
Blue-White
Alternate title: The blue and the white
Holograph full score transparency; three Ozalid holograph full scores with annotations
Note: One copy retitled "Blue towers"
Note: Brandeis University marching song
Blue towers
see
[Blue-White](mu001001_Music_by_Irving_Fine_CL10011001_D3_11)
1/7
Childhood fables for grownups, 1955 January
1955 January
Holograph piano-vocal score transparency for medium voice; two Ozalid holograph piano-vocal scores; holograph sketches and lyric sheet for "Four little mice"
Contents:
- Polaroli
- Tigeroo
- Lenny the leopard
- The frog and the snake
1/8
Childhood fables for grownups
Four holograph piano-vocal scores; eight Ozalid holograph piano-vocal scores; seven typescript lyric sheets, some with annotations
Note: Two versions of "The duck and the yak"
Contents:
- Two worms
- The duck and the yak
2/1
Ching-a-ring chaw (Minstrel song)
Arranged by Irving Fine
Ozalid score for SATB chorus with annotations; Ozalid score for SSAA women's chorus
2/2
Concerto for violin
Holograph sketches; 4 pages
2/3
Concerto for violin
Holograph sketches in pencil; 12 pages
Note: "Tentatively identified by Verna Fine" on folder
2/4
Concerto for violin
Holograph sketches; 17 pages
1/2
Father William
see also
[It's the Navy, the Navy!](mu001001_Music_by_Irving_Fine_CL10011001_D3_33)
Photocopy of score for TTBB men's chorus; 4 pages
Note: From Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland
1/2
Father William
see also
[It's the Navy, the Navy!](mu001001_Music_by_Irving_Fine_CL10011001_D3_33)
Negative photocopy of score for voice and piano; 2 pages
Note: Variant version
Note: From Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland
2/5
Flamingo dance
Holograph full score; 10 pages
2/6
For Claudia
Holograph score transparency for piano; two Ozalid scores for piano; photocopy of score for "Lullaby for a baby panda" (incomplete)
Contents:
- Lullaby for a baby panda
- Victory march of the elephants
2/7
Four beasts
Holograph sketch for voice, cello, and clarinet; 1 page
Laid in: Unidentified holograph sketch for voice and piano; 1 page
15/3
Four children's songs for grown-ups, and, The duck and the yak
Alternate title: Childhood fables for grownups
Two holograph piano-vocal scores (photocopy and negative); 25 pages each
Contents:
- Tigaroo
- Lenny the leopard
- Polaroli
- The frog and the snake
- The duck and the yak
2/8
Fugue in F minor, 1938 June 1
1938 June 1
Holograph score for four unidentified instruments; holograph score (incomplete)
2/9
Homage á Mozart (1756-1956)
Holograph score transparency for piano; two Ozalid holograph scores
2/10
The hour glass: a cycle of songs for a capella chorus and solo voices
Ozalid holograph score with annotations; 32 pages
Contents:
- O know to end as to begin
- Have you seen the white lily grow
- O do not wanton with those eyes
- Against jealousy
- Lament
- The hour glass
15/4
Hymn
Alternate title: In grato jubilo
Ozalid holograph full score for women's chorus and small orchestra; 19 pages
Note: Inscribed "For Serge Koussevitzky: In grato jubilo"
Note:"Cambridge, Mass., 4/7/49" at end
2/11
I don't have to hear music (This is heaven), 1942
1942
Words by Maynard Kaplan
Three holograph scores (photocopy and two negatives) for voice and piano; holograph sketch fragment
Laid in: Correspondence to Maynard Kaplan from Paul Mills, American Academy of Music, Inc.; holograph lyric sheet
2/12
Intermezzo for small orchestra
Holograph sketches; 10 pages
2/13
It's funny, honey
Holograph score for piano with interpolated words; typescript lyric sheet with pencil annotations
2/14
It's the Navy, the Navy!
Holograph score for voice and piano; holograph vocal part in pencil; typescript lyric sheet with annotations
Note: Score inscribed to Lt. George M. Powers U.S.N.R.
Note: Slight modification of "Father William" from Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland, 1942
2/15
A kiss from Mr. Liszt, 1942
1942
Holograph score for voice and piano; manuscript lyric sheets with musical annotations
2/15
A kiss from Mr. Liszt
Two holograph scores (photocopy and negative) for voice and piano (incomplete); 2 pages each
2/16
Leporello's song
Holograph lead sheet sketch; miscellaneous sketches
Note: Some sketches are unrelated
2/17
A letter from Paris
Holograph score (and two negative photocopies) for voice and piano; holograph sketch; manuscript lyric sheet
Laid in: Correspondence from Paul Mills (American Academy of Music, Inc.) to Maynard Kaplan
2/18
Lonely little heart
Holograph lead sheet; 2 pages
2/19
Maggie
Collaboration with Richard Wernick
Holograph sketches; two Ozalid condensed scores of "Tell it to the worms"; three Ozalid condensed scores of "I wonder"
Laid in: Players list; production budget sheets; play synopses; planning notes; correspondence; lyric sheets
2/20
McCord's menagerie
Holograph scores for TBB men's chorus; 10 pages
Contents:
- Vultur gryphus
- Jerboa
- Mole
2/20
McCord's menagerie
Four photocopies of scores for TBB men's chorus (incomplete); 8 pages each
Note: Dedicated to the Harvard Glee club on its 100th anniversary
Contents:
- Vultur gryphus
- Jerboa
- Mole
- Clam, or, Whose ooze
2/21
Measuring music
Holograph full score; 10 pages
2a/1
The Mesabi blues
Lyrics by Irving Fine and Papa Georgie Fine
Holograph score for unaccompanied voice; 2 pages
Note: "A Father's Day greeting to Papa Georgie - June 19, 1955, from Claudia, Emily, Joanna, Verna and Irving" written on cover
2a/20
Miscellaneous lyrics and sketches
Holograph; 14 leaves
Laid in: Envelope; song list (mostly from World War II); expense sheet
2a/21
Miscellaneous student music workbook
Holograph harmony and counterpoint exercises (bound); 26 pages
Note: "Irving G. Fine, Dunster J-35, Harvard College" written on cover
15/5
Music for piano, 1947
1947
Ozalid holograph score for piano; 20 pages
Contents:
- Prelude
- Waltz-Gavotte
- Variations
- Interlude and finale
2a/2
My name is Mussolini, 1942
1942
Holograph piano-vocal score; manuscript lyric sheet
2a/4
O Traurigkeit
Holograph score for organ; 1 page
2a/5
Old concerto in manner of Stravinsky-Bach
Holograph sketches in pencil (fragile); 7 pages
Note: "Concerto - slow movt" written at top
2a/6
An old song
Three Ozalid holograph scores for chorus, one with annotations; 5 pages each
15/6
Orchestral preludes
Photocopy of holograph sketch/short score; 14 pages
2a/7
Romanza for wind quintet
Two Ozalid holograph scores; parts
Note: "To Verna," "Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation" written at top
2a/7
Romanza for wind quintet
Holograph sketches; 3 pages
2a/8
Serious song
Holograph sketch; 2 pages
Note: Early orchestral version
2a/9
Shepherd's song
Holograph sketches (fragile); 4 pages
2a/10
Sonata for cello
Holograph sketch score for cello and piano; 13 pages
Note: "Early 1939" on folder
2a/11
Sonata for violin and piano
Holograph sketch score for violin and piano; 16 pages
Note: "Early" on folder
2a/12
Song of the flowers
Ozalid manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 pages
2a/13
Springtime is ringtime
Holograph score for voice and piano (incomplete); holograph sketches; manuscript lyric sheet
2a/14
String quartet
Holograph sketch score; 40 pages
Note: "Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation and dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky" written on title page
Digital content available
2a/14
String quartet
Holograph 12-tone row elaborations; 1 page
Laid in: Excerpts from manuscript score transparency; 3 pages
Digital image available
2a/14
String quartet, 1951 September - 1952 May
1951 September - 1952 May
Ozalid holograph score; 52 pages
Digital content available
2a/15
Suite for brass instruments
Holograph full score (incomplete); 2 pages
15/7
Symphony 1962
Ozalid copyist full score with annotations; 32 pages
Note: "Print from original masters of Symphony (1962) with corrections for publication" written on cover of portfolio
15/7
Symphony 1962
Photocopy of holograph score; 28 pages
Note: Different version
2a/16
There'll come a day, 1942
1942
Words by Michael Lynde
Holograph score for voice and piano with annotations; negative photocopy of holograph score
1/2
Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland, circa 1942
circa 1942
Two manuscript scores (transparency and Ozalid) for SATB chorus and piano; 21 pages each
Contents:
- Lobster quadrille
- Lullaby of the duchess
- Father William
1/3
Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland, 1953
1953
Two holograph scores (transparency and Ozalid) for women's chorus and piano; 19 pages each
Note: "Composed for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Bradford Junior College" written on cover of "Beautiful soup" and "The white knight's song"
Contents:
- The knave's letter
- The white knight's song
- Beautiful soup
2a/22-27, 15/8
Unidentified
Holograph sketches; 54 pages
2a/17
Waltz
Holograph score (incomplete); 1 page
2a/18
What is this warm feeling?, 1942
1942
Words by Maynard Kaplan
Holograph piano-vocal score; holograph sketches; manuscript lyric sheet sketches
2a/19
When men of war roll ashore in Cambridge Town
Holograph sketches for voice and piano; 8 pages
1/3
The white knight's song, 1943
1943
Negative photocopy of score for voice and piano; 3 pages
Note: From Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland
Sketchbooks, undated
undated
Holograph sketches in bound volumes. Contents are identified wherever possible.
Arranged by assigned number.
4/1
Sketchbook no. 1
Contents: Miscellaneous pencil sketches
Laid in: Typed Old Testament verses and pencil sketches
4/2
Sketchbook no. 2
Carl Fischer Spiral Music Writing Book
Contents: Quartet sketches; text of Ben Jonson's "O know to end as to begin" (used by Fine in The Hour Glass); miscellaneous pencil sketches
4/3
Sketchbook no. 3
Schirmer's Wire Bound Music Writing Book
Contents: Florida sketches; miscellaneous pencil sketches with 6 pages laid in; "My Little Salamander"
4/4
Sketchbook no. 4
Carl Fischer Spiral Music Writing Book
Contents: Three pages of unidentified pencil sketches
4/5
Sketchbook no. 5
Pheasant Music Book
Contents: Sketches for woodwind partita and string quartet
Digital content available
4/6
Sketchbook no. 6
The Spiral Music
Contents: Harmony exercises in pencil with 31 pages laid in
4/7
Sketchbook no. 7
The Spiral Music
Contents: Unidentified pencil sketches
4/8
Sketchbook no. 8
Boston Music Co. Series of Manuscript Books
Contents: Unidentified pencil sketches
4/9
Sketchbook no. 9
Carl Fischer Spiral Music Writing Book
Contents: Orchestral piece; tone row and transformations
4/10
Sketchbook no. 10
Pheasant Music Book
Contents: Pencil sketches, mostly unidentified except for "Sad Sack at the U. S. O." and "Choral New Yorker"
4/11
Sketchbook no. 11
Composer's Manuscript Tablet
Contents: Mostly counterpoint exercises
4/12
Sketchbook no. 12
The Spiral Music
Contents: Pencil sketches, consisting of a tone row very similar to that in Sketchbook no. 9
4/13
Sketchbook no. 13
Schirmer's Spiral Music Writing Book
Contents: Unidentified pencil sketches
4/14
Sketchbook no. 14
The Spiral Music
Contents: Unidentified pencil sketches
4/15
Sketchbook no. 15
Champion music book
Contents: Unidentified pencil sketches
4/16
Sketchbook no. 16
France
Contents: Pencil sketches, including some for a violin sonata
4/17
Sketchbook no. 17
Perfect Riter Music Book
Contents: Unidentified sketches in pencil and ink
4/18
Sketchbook no. 18
Champion music book
Contents: Holograph sketches in pencil and dream description
Music by Others, 1943-1963
1943-1963
Manuscript and printed scores, many of which are inscribed to Fine. Includes works by David Diamond, Jack Gottlieb, Walter Piston, Gardner Read, Claudio Spies, and Louise Talma.
Arranged alphabetically by composer and title therein.
Ballantine, Edward
3/1
Early in the morning and other pieces, for pianoforte.
Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1947.
1947
Note: Inscribed by the composer
3/1
Variations for piano on Mary had a little lamb (2nd series).
Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1943.
1943
Note: Inscribed by the composer
Berger, Arthur
3/2
Three bagatelles for piano.
New York: Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, 1948.
1948
Note: "For Irving--recalling old friendship that endures. Arthur. Jan. 1948" written on title page
Boulanger, Nadia
2a/3
Harmony course
Harmony/figured bass exercises (copy of manuscript); 2 books
Briggs, Mary
3/3
Sonata for flute and piano, 1947 December
1947 December
Ozalid manuscript score with annotations; flute part
Note: "To Irving & Verna for multiple kindnesses" written at top
Cazden, Norman
3/4
Passacaglia for piano, opus 46, 1944
1944
Ozalid manuscript score; 7 pages
Note: Inscribed by the composer
Diamond, David
3/5
Timon of Athens: a symphonic portrait after Shakespeare.
New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1950.
1950
Study score
Note: "For Verna & Irving, with much affection, David, July 31, 1950, Tanglewood" written on title page
Gottlieb, Jack
3/6
Songs of loneliness, on seven poems by Constantine Cavafy, 1962
1962
Ozalid manuscript score for voice and piano; 36 pages
Note: Dedicated to Irving Fine
Haieff, Alexei
3/7
Saints' wheel: variations on a circle of fifths, for piano, 1960
1960
Ozalid holograph score; 6 pages
Note: "To my dear Irving with love, admiration and a 'prehistoric' friendship, Alexei, NY, Dec. 1960" written on cover
Note: Commissioned by the Naumburg Foundation
Jones, Collier
3/8
Sonata for piano, 1956
1956
Ozalid manuscript score; 14 pages
Note: Inscribed by the composer
Laid in: Manuscript letter to Irving Fine from Collier (Charlie) Jones
Kohn, Karl
3/9
Five pieces for piano, 1955
1955
Ozalid copyist score; 18 pages
Note: "For Irving, with best wishes, from Karl" written at top
3/9
Sonatina for piano, 1950
1950
Ozalid copyist score; 11 pages
Note: "For my friend and teacher Irving Fine, from Karl Kohn" written at top
Lukewitz, Joseph
3/10
Poems by a little girl, for mixed chorus a capella, 1959
1959
Ozalid copyist score; 26 pages
Note: "To Irving Fine--in friendship, Joseph Lukewitz, Feb. 1960" written at top
Orgad, Ben-Zion
3/11
Out of the dust: three songs by Er'ela Ur, 1960
1960
Ozalid copyist score for mezzo-soprano or alto, flute, bassoon, viola, and cello; 45 pages
Note: "To Prof. Fine, with many thanks and admiration, Ben-Zion Orgad, Brandeis 1961" written on title page
Piston, Walter
3/12
Passacaglia for piano.
New York: Mercury Music Corporation, 1943.
1943
Note: Inscribed by the composer
3/12
Prelude and allegro, for organ and strings.
New York: Arrow Music Press, Inc., 1944.
1944
Note: Inscribed by the composer
Read, Gardner
16/1
Passacaglia and fugue, in D minor, for organ, op. 34.
Boston: R.D. Row Music Company, 1937.
1937
Note: "To Irving and Verna, with warmest good wishes, Gardner Read, 9/15/47" written on title page
Salas, Juan Orrego
16/2
Canticos de Navidad
Ozalid 3-part vocal score; 4 pages
Note: "To my good friend and colleague Irving Fine with best wishes, Juan Orrego Salas, 1952" written on cover
Contents:
- Villancico I
- Aleluya
- Villancico (Danza)
Sapp, Allen
16/3
A maiden's complaint in spring-time: chamber cantata for women's voices and nine instruments, 1959
1959
Photocopy of holograph piano-vocal score; 30 pages
Note: "To Irving Fine, from whom I learned how to be a musician and for whom my admiration has continued to grow" written on cover
16/3
Trio no. 1 for piano, violin, and cello, 1949
1949
Ozalid holograph score; 37 pages
Note: "To Irving in appreciation for everything, Allen" written on cover
Shapero, Harold
16/4
Three amateur sonatas, 1944
1944
Ozalid holograph score for piano with annotations; 33 pages
Note: "To Irving and Verna in real friendship from H. S., January 3, 1945" written on cover
16/4
Variations in C minor, for piano, 1947
1947
Ozalid holograph score; 17 pages
Note: "To Igor Stravinsky" written at top and "To Irving on his birthday, December 3, 1947, from Harold" written on cover
Spies, Claudio
16/5
Descanso en jardín: tres cantos por los míos en Conchalí, for tenor, baritone, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, 1957
1957
Ozalid holograph score with annotations; 24 pages
Note: "For Irving, in ancient friendship!, Claudio, 2.VI.1957" written on cover
16/5
Recitativo and aria, for flute and piano, 1946
1946
Ozalid holograph score; 11 pages
Note: "For Irving and Verna with my best wishes, Claudio, Cambridge, 7.X.1947" written on title page
16/5
Sonata-allegro, for piano, 1945
1945
Ozalid holograph score; 9 pages
Note: "For Irving with my gratitude, Claudio, 24.XI.1946" written on title page
Talma, Louise
16/6
Alleluia in form of toccata, for piano.
New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., 1947.
1947
Note: "For Irving, with admiration and affection, Louise" written on cover
16/6
String quartet, 1954
1954
Ozalid holograph score; 35 pages
Note: "To dear Irving, from whom I learned how to write this quartet, Love Louise, November 17, 1954" written on cover
Wernick, Richard
16/7
Trio for clarinet, violin, and violoncello, 1962
1962
Ozalid copyist's score; 20 pages
Note: "For my dear friend Verna Fine with much love, Dick, 3/23/63" written on title page
5
Writings, 1940s-1963
1940s-1963
Mostly drafts of articles, lectures, and program notes by Fine. Includes a small amount of material by other authors.
Organized as two subseries.
Writings by Irving Fine, 1940s-1957
1940s-1957
Manuscript and typescript articles, lectures, program notes, and other writings by Fine. Some include reference materials, biographical information, or other associated items.
Arranged alphabetically by title or subject.
5/1
Brandeis School of Creative Arts, 1955
1955
Typescript with annotations; 6 pages
5/2
Composer and his audience, 1956
1956
Typescript; 11 pages
5/3
Education for youth in the world of today and tomorrow
Typescript with annotations; 7 pages
5/4
Elementary theory in the music curriculum at Harvard College
Typescript with annotations; 9 pages (2 copies)
5/5
Milhaud, Darius, 1949
1949
Typescript with annotations; 4 pages
5/6
Miscellaneous notes and musings
Manuscript; 9 leaves
5/7
Musique concrète
Typescript with annotations; manuscript notes; reference materials
5/8
Program notes
Typescript/manuscript materials, including a biographical sketch; 14 pages
5/9
The School of Creative Arts, 1952
1952
Typescript copy; 2 pages
5/10
The story of twentieth century music, 1940s
1940s
Typescript draft with annotations; photocopy of published version
5/11
Tanglewood. American music, 1947
1947
Typescript/manuscript materials for lectures at Tanglewood and Amherst College, including notes, outlines, drafts; 59 pages
5/12
Tanglewood. Seminar in contemporary music, 1957
1957
Typescript/manuscript lectures; 39 pages
Contents:
- American Composer - Older Generation
- Neo Classicism
5/13
Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson set to music by Aaron Copland, 1953
1953
Typescript and manuscript drafts; 9 pages
5/14
What is the proper function of music criticism?
Typescript; 4 pages
Writings by Others
One radio broadcast transcript and two other works about Fine, as well as a script by John Horne Burnes.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
5/15
Burns, John Horne. "Modo and the mortals. A play in one act, with music," undated
Photocopy of typescript; 25 pages
5/17
Pizer, Stephen M. "Irving Fine," 1962-1963
1962-1963
Photocopy of typescript college paper and three letters from Pizer to Fine
5/18
Pollack, Howard. "Irving Fine," undated
5/16
University of Michigan. "Irving Fine: An American Genius" (radio broadcast)
Photocopy of typescript; 8 pages
6-7, 13
Correspondence, 1941-1992
1941-1992
Letters and other communications to and from Irving and Verna Fine. Many of these are with siginificant composers, such as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, Alberto Ginastera, Ned Rorem, William Schuman, and others. Includes several years of business-related correspondence.
Organized as two subseries.
General Correspondence, 1934-1992
1934-1992
Chiefly letters between Irving and Vera Fine and notable composers, family members, and organizations.
Arranged alphabetically by name.
6/1-3
Bernstein, Leonard, 1945-1991
1945-1991
6/4
Boosey & Hawkes, 1961
1961
6/5
Boulanger, Nadia, 1947-1970
1947-1970
6/6
Brandeis University, 1961-1967
1961-1967
6/7
Breuer, Robert, 1962
1962
Burkat, Leonard
see
[Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.](mu001001_General_Correspondence_CL10031001_D3_6)
6/8
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1966
1966
6/9-10
Condolences
Note: Regarding Irving Fine
6/11-15
Copland, Aaron, 1944-1977, 1980-1991
1944-1977, 1980-1991
6/16
Cummington School of the Arts, 1962
1962
6/17
Davis, Sylvia, 1962
1962
6/18
Denny, William, 1962
1962
6/19
Effron, Jesse, 1962
1962
7/1
Fine, Claudia, Emily, and Joanna
Note: Daughters of Irving Fine
7/2
Fine, George
1934-1939, 1956-1960
1934-1939, 1956-1960
7/3
Fine, Verna
1941-1956
1941-1956
7/4
Foss, Lukas, 1948-1982
1948-1982
7/5
French, Richard, 1962
1962
7/6
Friedman, Sidney, 1951-1952
1951-1952
7/7
Fromm, Herbert, undated
undated
7/8
Fromm, Paul, undated
undated
7/9
GC, undated
undated
7/10
Ginastera, Alberto and Mercedes, 1946, 1954-1956
1946, 1954-1956
Groupe de recherches de musique concrète
see
[Schaeffer, Pierre](mu001001_General_Correspondence_CL10031001_D3_47)
7/11
Haieff, Alexei and Sheila, 1946, 1987
1946, 1987
7/12
Harvard Crimson,
undated
undated
7/13
Heinsheimer, H. W., undated
undated
7/14
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, undated
undated
Kansas State University
see
[Rice, Philip M.](mu001001_General_Correspondence_CL10031001_D3_43)
7/15
Katz, Leonard William and Barbara [Elaine] Fine, 1944
1944
7/16
Kitto, H. D. F., 1964
1964
7/17
Koussevitzky, Serge and Olga, 1946-1977
1946-1977
7/18
Kraft, Victor, 1971
1971
7/19
Kubik, Gail, undated
undated
7/20
Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1961-1962
1961-1962
7/21
McCord, David, 1958-1959
1958-1959
7/22
Mennin, Peter, 1948
1948
7/23
Milhaud, Darius, undated
undated
7/24
The Nation,
undated
undated
7/25
Nicholas, E. Stanley, undated
undated
7/26
Norman, Gertrude, undated
udated
7/27
Pan American Union, 1959-1960
1959-1960
7/28
Persichetti, Vincent, 1960
1960
7/29
Piston, Walter, 1963
1963
7/30
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961
1961
7/31
Rice, Philip M., 1962
1962
7/32
Rochberg, George, 1956
1956
7/33
Rorem, Ned, 1983, 1992
1983, 1992
7/34
Rudnick, Florence, 1941
1941
Note: Mother-in-law of Irving Fine
Sachar, A. L.
see
[Brandeis University](mu001001_General_Correspondence_CL10031001_D3_4)
7/35
Schaeffer, Pierre, undated
undated
7/36
Schonberg, Harold C., 1963
1963
7/37
Schuman, William, 1954-1957, 1962, 1979-1981
1954-1957, 1962, 1979-1981
7/38
Shapero, Harold and Esther, 1948-1989
1948-1989
7/39
Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1961
1961
7/40
Smit, Leo, 1947-1991
1947-1991
Sproul, Harold
see
[Cummington School of the Arts](mu001001_General_Correspondence_CL10031001_D3_9)
7/41
Stravinsky, Igor, 1946-1971
1946-1971
7/42
Talma, Louise, 1963
1963
7/43
Thomson, Virgil, 1959, 1968
1959, 1968
7/44
Viereck, Peter, 1947
1947
Business Correspondence, 1962-1989
1962-1989
Three years of business-related correspondence.
Arranged chronologically.
13/10
1962
13/10
1988
13/11
1989
8
Photographs, 1937-1974
1937-1974
Photographs of Irving Fine and friends.
Arranged according to subject.
8/1
Irving Fine, 1937-1962
1937-1962
8/2
Irving Fine, with others, 1945-1962
1945-1962
8/3
Friends of Irving Fine, 1955-1974
1955-1974
8/4
Miscellaneous photographs, 1949-1966
1949-1966
9-12
Programs, 1930-1992
1930-1992
Printed and typescript programs for performances featuring Fine's compositions.
Arranged chronologically.
9/1-7
1930s-1962
10/1-7
1963-1982
11/1-6
1983-1987
12/17
1988-1992
13
Clippings, 1940-1993
1940-1993
Primarily photocopies of newspaper articles.
Arranged chronologically.
13/1-9
1940s-1993
13/2
1950s
13/3
1961-1962
13/4
1962
13/5
1963-1969
13/6
1970s
13/7
1980-1983
13/8
1983-1988
13/9
1989-1993
17-21
Scrapbooks, 1936-1962
1936-1962
Irving Fine's personal scrapbooks.
Arranged chronologically.
17
1936-1949
18
1949-1951
18
1951-1953
19
1953-1957
20
1957-1960
21
1960-1962
14
Printed Matter, 1949-1987
1949-1967, 1987
Miscellaneous printed materials and periodicals.
Arranged by subject.