Community Concert Association programs
Community Concert Association programs
Dates: 1942-1989
The collection is a series of fifty-three bound volumes covering performances financed by the Community Concert Association between 1942 and 1989. Each program contains the evening's musical itinerary, notes on each piece, and a biography of the performer or performers. Music of all genres and styles is represented, from standard concert repertoire to ballets, operas, jazz, and folk, played by both American and international musicians.
- Extent: 8 cartons (8 linear ft.)
- Creator: Community Concerts, Inc.
- Call Number: MSS 7842
- Repository: L. Tom Perry Special Collections; Music Special Collections; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84606; http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
- Access Restrictions: Open to public research.
- Languages and Scripts
- Materials are in English.
- Arrangement
- The original order of the collection has been retained.
- Conditions of Use
- It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Comunity Concert Association programs must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
- Preferred Citation
- Initial citation: MSS 7842; Community Concert Association programs; Music Special Collections; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 7842, LTPSC.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Florida State University Music Library in 2009.
- Acquisition Information
- Donated; Florida State University Music Library; 2009.
- Subject Terms
- Community Concerts, Inc.; Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Music
- Genre / Form
- Programs
- Processing Information
- Processed; Lindsay Weaver; May 2011.
- Appraisal Information
- Opera and ballet programs, (Section IV.a.i.2 Music Special Collections Development Policy September 2010).
- Finding Aid ID Number
- UPB_MSS7842
- Finding Aid Title
- Community Concert Association programs
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lindsay A. Weaver
- Finding Aid Creator
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-06-27T15:38-0600
- Finding Aid Language
- English
- Biographical Info:
Administrative History
The Community Concerts Associations began as a way to expand musical culture from the big cities into smaller communities that lacked the resources to attract quality entertainment. Community Concerts first began in 1922 as the Organized Audience Movement, headed by Dema Harshbarger and Ward French. They soon attracted the attention of Columbia Concerts Corporation (later to become Columbia Artists Management, Inc.), which adopted Community Concerts in 1928. Community Concerts, Inc., was then established as a subsidiary of Columbia Artists Management to assist local communities to form their own Community Concert Associations, finally becoming its own subdivision in 1996. In 1999, Columbia Artists Management sold Community Concerts to Trawick Artists Management. By 2003, Trawick Artists Management went bankrupt due to funds mismanagement. At the height of Community Concerts, about 1,200 nonprofit associations existed across the country; now, many of them still survive as independent entities which have cut ties with Trawick and function on their own.
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