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Harold Boatrite compositions

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-030

Scope and Contents

The collection contains music sheet from Boatrite's compositions in choral music, organ music, piano music and string quarter music.

Dates

  • Creation: 1953 - 2006

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical / Historical

Harold Boatrite, born in 1932, was a musical composer. He studied at the Tanglewood Music Center and over the course of his life studied, and worked, under Stanley Hollingsworth, Lukas Foss and Aaron Copland. In 1967, he received a honorary doctorate from the Combs College of Music. He taught theory of music and composition at Haverford College between 1967 and 1980. Boatrite also served on the music panel of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, as the composer-in-residence for the Conductors Institute at the University of South Carolina (since 1992) and a music consultant to the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.

Extent

0.1 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains music sheet from Boatrite's compositions in choral music, organ music, piano music and string quarter music.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged thematically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Harold Boatrite.

Processing Information

Processed by Alexa Horkava, completed February 2022

Title
Harold Boatrite compositions
Status
Completed
Author
Alexa Horkava
Date
February, 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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