Collection Information
Collection
Philip and Norma Coldwell
Location
Music and Performing Arts Library Special Collections sheet music holdings and cataloging backlog cabinets (unknown location)
Provenance
Personal collection of donors
When acquired
August 8, 1996
Description
Total of 145 items, including two binder’s collections of late 19th- and early 20th-century piano works (mainly German editions, as well as a few works in manuscript with the signature “Armin Eichler”); a tutor for reed organ; eight anthologies and folios, mainly for solo piano; 123 items of vocal sheet music with US imprint; one British imprint of vocal sheet music; and seven items of piano sheet music with US imprint.
Arrangement
US sheet music editions are largely incorporated into US sheet music holdings in the Music Library’s Special Collections area. Binder’s collections and other uncataloged items remain in Special Collections cataloging backlog cabinets, arranged according to category of material.
Access/Finding Aids/Bibliography
Complete list of donated items (see below) is in Collections File folder (“Coldwell, Philip & Norma”), along with letter of acknowledgment from Music Librarian William McClellan to donors. Sheet music may be accessed by composer, title, or date in online sheet music catalog.
Index terms
Binder’s collections; Coldwell, Philip & Anna; Eichler, Armin; Music manuscripts; Sheet music–United States