MUS. Music and the Arts

Collecting Area

Identifier: MUS

Staff Only

Queens College alumni and faculty have strong records of achievement in the creative fields. After Queens College’s founding in 1937 the music program (now the Aaron Copland School of Music) quickly became one of the most prestigious in the country, while the Kupferberg Center for the Arts and Godwin-Ternbach Museum provide world-class arts opportunities to the residents of Queens. Special Collections and Archives holds manuscripts of several musicians, composers, cultural critics, and literary figures, and looks to expand holdings in this area. SCA is also interested in documenting the role of music and the arts in the Queens community.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Kupferberg Center and Performing Arts Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SCA-0009

Scope and Contents

This collection documents performing arts related events and programs associated with Queens College from 1938 to 2004. This includes activities from the early days of the college, such as the Orchestral Society and Choral Society; the Colden Center (founded in 1960); and today's the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. The collection contains photographs, invitations, memos, brochures, programs, and other printed ephemera.

Dates: 1938 - 2023

Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Kupferberg Center and Performing Arts Records

Leo Kraft Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SCA-0014

Abstract

Leo Kraft (1922 – 2014) was an American composer, educator, and author born in Brooklyn, New York. He taught music theory and composition at the Queens College School of Music, to later become the Aaron Copland School of Music, from 1948 to 1989. He was a key member in developing the music theory curriculum. Kraft composed many works of chamber music, and he also contributed orchestral, piano, vocal, and electronic music to his oeuvre.

Dates: 1933 - 2013

Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Leo Kraft Papers

Leopold Sachse Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCA-0045

Abstract Leopold Sachse was a German opera stage director. Because he was Jewish, he was forced to emigrate to the United States in 1935, and lived in the New York City area for the rest of his life. In the 1910s, 20s, and 30s, he worked with some of the most important European opera composers of the time, and the collection contains correspondence from many of them, often relating aspects of their collaboration. Sachse also collected important items relating to his career, including a sketchbook by...

Dates: 1824–1982

Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Leopold Sachse Papers

Rikki Asher Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCA-0057

Abstract

This collection consists of items related to numerous collaborative art projects directed by Dr. Rikki Asher, professor of arts education at Queens College, between 2000 and 2011. The collection includes color slides, photos, and postcards, published articles, news clippings, printed booklets and programs, sketches, audiocassettes, DVD’s and other miscellanea. Many of the items have been digitized.

Dates: 1978-2013

Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Rikki Asher Papers