Composer / Performer / Conductor career files, 1950 - 2001
Scope and Contents
Mixed materials related to Da Costa's career outside of the Academy, including files on his work as director of the Triad Chorale group, as conductor of the Detroit Symphony, as a violinist and studio recording artist. Also includes files on Composers Recordings, Inc. (founded by his teacher Otto Luening), and his own ATSOC, Inc. music publishing concern (box 24). Personal correspondence and research notes on music theory and orchestration (box 25). ASCAP certificates, photographs and art (box 31).
Dates
- 1950 - 2001
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 21.2 Linear Feet (36 containers)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Da Costa, Noel, 1929-2002 (Composer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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