Harry Hewes interviews
name: label: Creator
content: Hewes, Harry
label: Names
content: Federal Music Project (U.S.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Music and state
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hewes, Harry
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Administrator for the Federal Music Project, Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 122 Pages ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.heweharr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 2814 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Transcripts of interviews at the Composer's Forum Laboratory, New York and Boston, April 1936-May 1937, conducted under the Federal Music Project. The material reflects composers' views on their own works, as well as general trends in early 20th century music theory and composition.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included is a copy of a letter and questionnaire to Hewes from Herman S. Hettinger, Director of the National Orchestral Survey, concerning the economic problems of symphony orchestras.