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5 unusual facts about Sousa Archives and Center for American Music


Carl Busch

The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music houses the Carl Busch Papers and Music Instrument Collection, ca.

Claude Gordon

The Claude Gordon Personal Papers and Music Instrument Collection, 1888–1992, consists of music, correspondence with Herbert L. Clarke and other notable trumpet artists, educational material, publicity and memorabilia, and performance contracts, and is housed at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Elbern Alkire

A collection of Alkire's original and published music, correspondence, and musical instruments, including four prototype Hawaiian guitars is housed at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Guido Sinclair

Shirley Meyer Blankenship Music and Papers, 1950-2009, at Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.

Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

In addition to the Sousa, Clarke and Harding material, there are papers and music by and about Harry Partch, Harry Begian, Salvatore Martirano, Pietro A. Cipollone, Elbern Alkire, Paul Martin Zonn, Kenneth Gaburo, Paul Bierley and Virginia Root.



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