Music
Record Group
Identifier: MUS
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ars Musica Chicago records
Collection
Identifier: MSS0074
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the non-profit organization Ars Musica Chicago. The records include governance documents, administrative reports, concert music and research notes, concert programs and recordings, applications for grants to fund the organization, and workshop materials. The collection also includes materials related to founding board member Enrique Alberto Arias’ research on Vicomte Fernand de Beaufranchet, the composer of the Vincent de Paul Oratorio.
Dates:
1871-2010; Majority of material found within 1986-2010
Rev. Edward J. McKenna papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS0099
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the work of Reverend Edward Joseph McKenna as a diocesan priest, social activist, musician and composer, poet, and scholar of liturgical music. Fr. McKenna's papers illustrate three areas of focus in his life: 1. his devotion to community activism in the Chicago neighborhood of Austin from 1965 to 1974 with groups such as the Organization for a Better Austin and the Austin Clergy Council; 2. Fr. McKenna’s commitment to the modern Catholic church and post Vatican II...
Dates:
1905-2013; Majority of material found within 1953-1984
