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Arsis Press Collection [collection]
- Title
- Arsis Press Collection [collection]
- Date Created
- Span: 1974-
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 22 ft.
- 25 boxes
- Abstract
- Arsis Press is a Washington, D.C.-based publishing company dedicated to music of contemporary women composers. Donated to the Music Division by the firm’s founder, Clara Boone, the collection contains more than 150 scores (both holograph and printer's masters), correspondence, business records, and publicity materials. Founded in 1974 to provide a platform for women's music, the collection now contains works by more than 40 composers, including Boone (writing under the name Lyle de Bohun), Vivian Fine, Nancy Vander Vate, and Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn. The collection also includes an early work by Ruth Crawford Seeger.
- Contents Note
- Holograph, print master and published scores; correspondence; financial records and publicity
- Preferred Citation
- Arsis Press Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
- Chamber Music
- Choral Music
- Electronic Music
- Music Publishers
- Women Composers
- Women in the Performing Arts
- Boone, Clara
- de Bohun, Lyle
- Fine, Vivian
- Vander Vate, Nancy
- Van Appledorn, Mary Jean
- Seeger, Ruth Crawford
- Arsis Press
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 08-21-2012