Box 25

Scope and Contents

Published sheet music, photocopies, and occasional manuscripts composed by others, including historical composers, Da Costa's teachers, contemporaries, and students. These files also contain copies of violin compositions performed by Da Costa. Additional sheet music can be found under the composer's name in the Individuals files, box 22. Published, bound sheet music, mostly European classical composers (box 32).

Scope and Contents

Files related to Da Costa's work as an educator, primarily at Rutgers University. Includes a large file of promotional material compiled by Da Costa in support of his promotion to full professor in 1991, a file on Rutgers activities, course notes on music theory, music history, African American music, Jazz studies, and blank exams from his courses. Da Costa's correspondence from Rutgers is located in box 25. Additional notes and articles on African American music are in box 27.

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...

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typed notes and commentary on individual songs, composition, and music generally, including notes for a planned series of essays.