Finding Aid for Clinton F. Nieweg Harp Music and Papers, 1912-1985 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Title: Clinton F. Nieweg Harp Music and Papers, 1912-1985

ID: 26/20/226

Primary Creator: Nieweg, Clinton (1937-)

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Organized in two series: Series 1, Personal Papers and The Fantasticks; Series 2, Pedagogical materials and harp sheet music. Series 1 is arranged by genre: personal papers, concert programs, scores, and figurine. Series 2 is arranged in alaphabetical order by title.

Date Acquired: 08/21/2019

Subjects: Christmas music, Harp, Librarians, Librarianship, Music Library, Music theater, Orchestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sacred music, Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestras

Formats/Genres: Arrangements (Music), Concert Programs, Sheet music

Languages: English, French, German, Welsh, Celtic(Other), Irish

Consists of personal papers, correspondence, concert programs, harp sheet music for beginners, Christmas music and other sacred sheet music for the harp, edited scores for the musical The Fantasticks, and one photograph, documenting Clinton F. Nieweg's studies with harpist Edna Phillips, his work as the music librarian of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, his work as an editor, and his later performance career as a harpist from 1950 to 1983.

Clinton F. Nieweg was born in West Chester, PA, on August 11, 1937. He graduated from West Chester University in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education with concentrations in harp, string bass, and orchestra library science. He studied harp with Edna Philips, harpist for the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as string bass with professor Wes Fisher. Nieweg began his professional carrier as a music librarian working for J.W. Pepper & Son Music Publishers and Theodore Presser Music Publishers before becoming a librarian for the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1975. He became the orchestra's principle librarian in 1979 and retired in 2002. He helped found the Major Orchestra Librarians Association (MOLA) in 1983, serving as a past president of the organization. Throughout his time as librarian, Nieweg edited several performance editions of orchestral standards including Ravel'sloe Daphnis et Chloe Suite 2, third edition, which was co-edited with Carol A. Westfall. Several of his other edited scores can be found in the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia. In 1989, he received the Philadelphia Orchestra's C. Hartman Kuhn Award for his contributions to the orchestra. In the 2000s, Nieweg also served as a proofreader for several orchestra repertoire books including those by David Daniels, Russ Girsberger, and Lucy Manning. He is also the author of Music for Bass Trombone: A Reference Book of Works for Solo Bass Trombone with Orchestra, Band and Chamber Ensemble. Nieweg is owner of the music research company Proof Purr-fect Research and continues to work as supervising editor for the Nieweg et. Al. Performance Editions published by Edwin F. Kalmus & Co.

Christmas music
Harp
Librarians
Librarianship
Music Library
Music theater
Orchestra
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sacred music
Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestras

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Clinton Nieweg

Acquisition Method: Gift