National Flute Association, Inc. archives
Contributors: Leeuwen, Arÿ van; Leeuwen, Arÿ van
Published: 1898
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33055
Subjects: Flute and piano music; Flute players; Flute; Scores and parts; National Flute Association (U.S.); Archives
Other titles: Arÿ van Leeuwen collection. 1898-1957.
Description: The National Flute Association, Inc. archives primarily comprises the correspondence and working papers of elected officers and other volunteers serving the association, some business papers of the executive offices, manuscript and printed music, donations to the organization from individual members, and publications by the association. The Arÿ van Leeuwen collection was given by the association in 2002. Spanning the years 1898-1957, this collection includes music manuscripts and printed music composed and arranged by Leeuwen, printed music of other composers, correspondence, artwork, photographs, programs, news clippings, and scrapbooks.
Notes: Open to research.

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National Flute Association, Inc. Archives, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Gift; National Flute Association, Inc.; 1990 -2003.

Sound recordings located in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.

The organizational meeting of the National Flute Association took place in Elkhart, Ind., November 18, 1972. The first annual convention took place in Anaheim, Calif. in August 1973. Activities of the association include the publication of monographs and their newsletter The Flutist quarterly, sponsorship of competitions, the collection of flute repertory (housed in the University of Arizona Music Library), the commissioning of music, the recording of flute-flutist-related oral histories, and since 1994, the maintenance of a website.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu004010

Further accruals are expected.