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uasavillee Inventory of the Eugenia Saville Papers, circa 1950-1977 Processed by: Jessica Wood; machine-readable finding aid created by: Sherrie Bowser University Archives Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003798132

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October 2006Processed by Jessica Wood, October 2006; Finding Aid encoded by Sherrie Bowser, University Archives, Duke University, October 2006 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the Eugenia Saville Papers, circa 1950-1977 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary University Archives, Duke University Saville, Eugenia Curtis, 1913-2006. Eugenia Saville Papers, circa 1950-1977 Material in English 3 Linear Feet 1,000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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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.

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.

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.

Subject Headings

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Duke University. Dept. of Music. Duke University--Faculty. lantern slides. Saville, Eugenia Curtis, 1913-2006. Related Material Music (Dept. of) Sound Recordings, 1956-1990. University Archives. Duke University. Allan H. Bone Papers, 1944-1989. University Archives. Duke University. A. Hollis Edens Records, 1949-1960. University Archives. Duke University. Mildred L. Hendrix papers, 1951-1968. University Archives. Duke University. Contents of Collection Container List 3 Boxes 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 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] 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