The Bach Aria Group was founded in 1946 by William Scheide, whose charter was to promote the study and performance of the music of J.S. Bach. Samuel Baron directed the ensemble for many years, from 1980-1997. The collection contains the performance library and organizational papers of the Bach Aria Group. It contains 6000 papers, 1000 photographs, and 300 pieces of printed music.

Flutist Samuel Baron (1925-1997) was a founding member of the New York Woodwind Quintet, and appeared as soloist with noted orchestras and on recordings. Identified with the music of Bach, Baron was a member of the Bach Aria Group before taking over as director in 1980. Baron championed new music and gave premieres of works by Barber, Blackwood, Boulez, Brant, Korte, Kupferman, Laderman, and Riegger. The collection contains Baron's working music library; his archive of press materials; music manuscripts; printed music; papers, including letters, programs, clippings, scrapbooks, business records; photographs; sound recordings; and video recordings.

Ellen Bender is an American composer, flutist, and educator who has based her career in Boston, Massachusetts. She was married to composer, flutist, and educator Robert Di Domenica until his death. Bender’s works range from solo compositions (Suite for Flute Solo, 2008) to those for small ensemble (Trio for Flute, Viola, and Piano, 2005) and orchestra (Variations for Orchestra, 1984; The Tragic Triad, 2008). Many of her compositions are written for flute, either as a solo instrument or in ensemble, and several may be performed by flute choir.

Eric Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. The collection consists of manuscript scores, sketches, parts, and lead sheets for works composed by Dolphy and others.

American composer, flutist and music educator. Music manuscripts and printed music by the composer, performance programs, materials relating to his teaching career, a small amount of correspondence, biographical material, writings, photographs and six paintings by the composer.

The National Flute Association, Inc. Archives primarily comprises the correspondence and working papers of elected officers and other volunteers serving the association, some business papers of the Executive Offices, manuscript and printed music, donations to the organization from individual members, and publications by the association.

Nancy Ellen Toff (b. Aug. 29, 1955, Greenburgh, NY) is the author of The Development of the Modern Flute, The Flute Book, and Monarch of the Flute: The Life of Georges Barrère. She has been a consultant to the Library of Congress and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and speaks at conferences and universities. Toff is vice president and executive editor at Oxford University Press, and has also held editorial positions at Time-Life Books and Music, Vanguard Records, the New Grove Dictionary of American Music, and Chelsea House Publishers. A graduate of Harvard University, she studied flute with Arthur Lora and James Pappoutsakis and was a member of the Westchester (NY) Philharmonic.

Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian-American guitarist and composer. Often credited for contributions to the development of jazz samba, Almeida was a prolific composer and arranger of music for both classical Spanish guitar and popular guitar.
Of note for flute researchers are holograph scores and sketches of original chamber music compositions and arrangements with flute, especially flute and guitar duos, including: Autumnal Prelude, Bravo matador, Flight, and Straw Hat Chôro.

Milton Babbitt was an American composer, mathematician, music theorist, and teacher best known for his innovations in the fields of serial and electronic music. The collection consists entirely of holograph sketches for original compositions by Babbitt.
Of note for flute researchers are sketches for flute solos and chamber music with flute, including: None But the Lonely Flute, Soli e duettini, Aria da capo, Groupwise, The Head of the Bed, Souper, Swan Song no. 1, and When Shall We Three Meet Again? The chronological correspondence includes letters from flutists such as Robert Aitken (1971). T

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, writer, lecturer, and pianist. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, personal business papers, the archives from his corporate identity, Amberson Inc., scrapbooks, clippings and press materials, programs, datebooks and schedules, iconography, address books, and fan mail.
Of note for flute researchers are letters to Bernstein from flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and a group letter from Rampal, David Diamond, Gerard Schwarz, and Jody Schwarz about performances of Diamond's flute concerto in 1987. The group letter is available in the Library's online Leonard Bernstein Collection.

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer and conductor. The Aaron Copland Collection consists of published and unpublished music by Copland and other composers, correspondence, writings, biographical material, datebooks, journals, professional papers including legal and financial material, photographs, awards, art work, and books.

Of note for flute researchers are sketches and holograph scores for works including the Duo for Flute and Piano and Vocalize for Flute and Piano and project files with correspondence related to commissions such as the Duo for Flute and Piano.

George Crumb is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, long-associated with the University of Pennsylvania. The collection consists of holograph manuscript scores and sketches, correspondence, business papers, and a series of meticulously assembled scrapbooks chronicling Crumb's career as a composer.
Of note for flute researchers are holograph scores and sketches for chamber music with flute, alto flute, piccolo, and bass flute, including: Federico's little songs for children, Lux aeterna, Night of the Four Moons, and Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale).

David Diamond was an award-winning American composer of the mid-20th century. A former student of Roger Sessions and Nadia Boulanger, Diamond ultimately composed eleven symphonies and countless other chamber and vocal works. As a longtime faculty member of The Juilliard School, Diamond also shaped and inspired subsequent generations of American composers. The collection includes music manuscripts, correspondence, writings, photographs, financial and legal documents, and other materials that document his private and professional life.
Of note for flute researchers are photographs of flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and correspondence from Rampal to Diamond. Diamond dedicated multiple compositions to Rampal, including the Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1985). Drafts for the Concerto and Diamond's related subject file for the Concerto are in this collection.

Selma Epstein (1927-2014) was a concert pianist, teacher, promoter of contemporary music, and champion of 20th-century black and female composers. The collection contains contemporary music scores, many by women and African-American composers, as well as a small amount of clippings and promotional materials.
Of note for flute researchers are printed scores for 20th-century flute solos and chamber music with flute and alto flute. Composers of these works include Betty Beath, Elizabeth Bell, Margaret S. Brandman, Dawn C. Culbertson, and Ruth Gipps.

Vivian Fine (1913-2000) was an American composer, pianist, and educator. The collection primarily consists of Fine's holograph manuscript scores, sketches, and parts for works composed between 1929 and 1993. In addition, the collection contains a small amount of correspondence, programs, and clippings.
Of note for flute researchers are numerous holograph sketches and scores for chamber works with flute from throughout her career, including Emily's Images, Piece for flute and muted strings, Three "ings," and many more.

Lukas Foss was an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. The collection, which documents his life and career, consists of music holograph manuscript scores and parts, sketches, correspondence, business papers, programs, clippings, promotional materials, contracts, and financial documents.

Of note for flute researchers is 1994 correspondence to Foss from flutist Louis Moyse and music manuscripts for chamber music with flute including Valentine for flute and piano and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird for voice, flute, piano, and percussion.

Boris Koutzen was a Russian-American violinist, composer, conductor and teacher. The collection contains printed and photocopied manuscript music scores, negative photostats and microfilm of holograph music, correspondence, clippings, writings, books, pamphlets, periodicals, programs, photographs, manuscript articles, typewritten journals, printed biographical sketches, bound and unbound scrapbooks, and a printed catalog of Koutzen's compositions. It also includes correspondence and music belonging to his daughter, Nadia Koutzen.

Of note to flute researchers is a 1950 letter from American flutist William Kincaid to Boris Koutzen in Box 9.