James Sample papers
Scope and Content
The collection contains a large notebook of James Sample's achievements, history and repertoire; the original score of "Chacony" by Henry Purcell and translated by Sample in 1986, including copies of indivudal instrumetn scores; some academic papers, and the James Sample Music Archive project, which contains 4 boxes of CDs of Sample conducting with numerous orchestras over his career.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1940s-2009
Creator
- Sample, James (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open and available for use by researchers in the Andersen Library Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright is retained by the copyright holders.
Biographical Note
James Sample was born in 1910 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At an age of 10 he began studying the violin and piano, and by age 20 he conducted his first symphony in Minneapolis, beginning a lifelong career in conducting. He received his Bachelor's of Music at MacPhail School of Music in 1930, and a 4 year diploma at Mozarteum Salzburg in 1934. He received his doctorate from New York College of Music in 1942, and a Doctor of Law degree from Gannon College in 1963.
Extent
4 Cubic Feet (6 boxes)
Abstract
Includes recordings (bulk), writing, scores, and a scrapbook.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in the following series:
- Recordings
- Scrapbook
- Scores for "Chacony"
- Writing
Physical Location
Mezzanine
Aquisition
The collection was donated to the Performing Arts Archives by the Sample family in 2009.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and finding aid written by Joanne Gordon, 2017.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- James Sample papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Performing Arts Archives Collecting Area
