Inventory of the Eugenia Saville Papers, circa 1950-1977
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Creator
Saville, Eugenia Curtis, 1913-2006.
Title
Eugenia Saville Papers, circa 1950-1977
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
3 Linear Feet
1,000 Items
Abstract
1,000 Items
Eugenia Seville joined the faculty of the Duke University Music Department in 1947 as an instructor, and was eventually promoted to Assistant and Associate Professor in 1950 and 1960, respectively. She specialized in Italian sacred music, and directed the Duke Madrigal Singers from 1947 to 1972. She died in 2006.
Contains course materials, music facsimiles, performance scores, materials related to the Duke Madrigal Singers, personal correspondence, and ephemera accumulated during Saville's research trips in the U.S. and Europe.
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Administrative Information
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Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Eugenia Saville Papers, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The Eugenia Saville Papers were received by the University Archives as a
transfer in 2005.
Processing Information
Processed by Jessica Wood, October 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, October 2006
Accession 2005-0035 is described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Eugenia Seville was born in Clinton, Pennsylvania. She received her B.M. from New Jersey State Teachers' College in 1934 and her M.A. in Musicology from Columbia University in 1942. Between 1952 and 1958, she undertook advanced work in musicology at the University of North Carolina. She joined the faculty of the Duke University Music Department in 1947 as an instructor, and was eventually promoted to Assistant and Associate Professor in 1950 and 1960, respectively. She specialized in Italian sacred music, and directed the Duke Madrigal Singers from 1947 to 1972. She died in 2006.
[top]Collection Overview
Contains materials from Saville's various courses taught at Duke. Also includes facsimiles of musical manuscripts, and vocal parts for music used as class examples and as part of the Madrigal Singers' performance repertoire. Collection also contains a wooden box of lantern slides and negatives, primarily of scenes from historical opera performances and opera houses. Removed rubber-bands, 1 folder of receipts and photocopy requests, 1 folder of student employment records, 1 folder of salary information and peripheral "to do" lists.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Duke University. Dept. of Music.
- Duke University--Faculty.
- lantern slides.
- Saville, Eugenia Curtis, 1913-2006.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Container List
3 Boxes
Box 1
Correspondence, Photo
Mass Incipits (For Class Examples)
Mass Incipits (For Class Examples)
Mass Incipits (For Class Examples)
[Liturgical Exercises]
[Liturgical Music, Class Notes]
Liturgical Index
Pistoia Mass Materials, Class Exercises
RC M147 [Mass Materials]
Complete Mass [Class Examples]
Fitzwilliam 2F2 [Class Materials]
2 Credos
Requiem [Parts, Notes, Facsimiles]
RC M147 Missa
Pisa I-IV
Pistoia II, Roll II
Pistoia 194-5
G.C.M. Clari, Op. 1, Edited by E. Saville
Scales - Exercises
Renaissance Madrigal Course (Bibliographies, Projects, Seminar)
Medieval-Renaissance (Bibliographies, Histories, Course Outlines, Quizzes)
Acoustics, Aesthetics, Psychology
Art: 1850-Contemporary
17th Century Preview
Essential Terms and Concepts, Quizzes
Music 125: "Listen" Work-Book
Music 125 [Course Materials]
Monteverdi's Orfeo, Act II
Primitive Music [Bibliographies, Example Syllabi, Course Materials]
Greek Classics - Henderson Course
Box 2
Medieval Music
Baroque Instrumental
Theory, 1973-74
Baroque Music
Study Aids, Master File and Working Versions
Undergraduate Faculty Council Report, Curriculum Subcommittee, 1968
Liturgical Index: Latest
Liturgical Index: Working Versions, Papers, Directions, etc.
"Golden Oldies" [Course Materials]
Bloesch Magnificat
Smither, "A History of the Oratorio," c.1977
Giovanni Clari Biography
City Lists
Wooden box of negatives [Opera houses, Operatic Scenes]
Box 3
City Lists, cont'd
[Copy of Saville's 18th Century Vocal Duets Publication]
Appendices and Inventories
Ordinary and Proper Settings
Bloesch Magnificat
Emily Boyd Lowe Material
Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Programs
Student Pageant
Graduate Study in Music - Early Approaches
American Musicological Society, 1971
Julia Mueller Memorial, 1977
University Council on Research
Personal Correspondence
Duke University Research Council
Lectures and Program Notes
Sabbaticals
Trowbridge Review
Music Department Faculty Memos, Madrigal Singers Files
Shirley Verrett File
Older University Education Ideas
Undergraduate Studies
Research Grant Material
Seminar/Library Communication
University Faculty Committee
Family Letters from Pakistan
Arts Center Committee
Vatielli - Storia della Musica
