The documents, personal music collections, and artifacts contained in the Goldman Band Library at the University of Iowa

Abstract

Edwin Franko Goldman's efforts in commissioning and performing new music had a profound impact on the evolution of wind bands in the United States. Much of Goldman's private collection of memorabilia is housed at the University of Maryland in the A.B .A. research center; however, The Goldman Band Music Library and other Goldman Band documents are housed in Special Collections in the Main Library at The University of Iowa. The collection was donated by Richard Franko Goldman with the intent that its presence at The University of Iowa would promote research into its contents and performance of its repertoire.! Over the years, this intent has been realized through numerous D.M.A. dissertations and essays. A computer database listing the music in the Goldman Band Library has been complete for over two decades. In addition eight scholarly studies pertaining to the Goldman Band Music Library at The University of Iowa were generated during that time. However, a study pertaining to the historic non-musical portion of the collection had not been completed. Consequently, in 2005, this study was completed, fulfilling the documentation of the collection. This study creates a detailed annotated database of the non-catalogued documents and personal non-cataloged music portion of the Goldman Band Library at The University of Iowa and serves as a starting point for future research. It includes an annotated database of important correspondence, which outline Edwin Franko Goldman's relationship with the Guggenheim family; Edwin Franko Goldman's editorial radio broadcast scripts, which give a personal view of his experiences with the Goldman Band and his views on band music; articles and editorials by Goldman, which provide unique insight into his views of band and band literature; business documents and personnel contracts pertaining to Goldman's various expenditures with the band; programs from various guest conducting venues of Goldman; miscellaneous items and documents belonging to Goldman; miscellaneous music of Edwin Franko Goldman; and a separate list of the contents of the concert repertory encore book. Edwin Franko Goldman's son, Richard Franko Goldman, was a scholar and music educator as well as being a respected conductor. It was his wish to have the resources of the Goldman Band Library continue to further the advancement of band music and music education in the United States. Goldman stated: is more material in the Goldman Band Library than could use in a hundred years of programming, and feel therefore, that it should best be housed at an institution where it can be used for research and study as well as for actual performance.2 The Goldman Band Library was donated by Richard Franko Goldman to The University of Iowa in 1967 because of bis strong working relationship and friendship with then director of bands at The University of Iowa, Frederick C. Ebbs. Upon making the final decision to donate the library to The University of Iowa , Richard Franko Goldman expressed his belief that his father would approve of such a decision: I am sure that my father, could he have known of it, would have welcomed and approved of my decision to present this material to The University of Iowa, and would have shared my happiness at its acceptance.3 The Goldman Band Library was delivered to The University of Iowa in three separate installments. The first installment, consisting of about 2,200 items, arrived in 1967. The remaining contents, approximately 1 ,776 items, remained in New York City for use by Richard Franko Goldman, Ainslee Cox, and the Goldman Band. The second installment arrived in 1979 following Richard Franko Goldman's death.4 Included with each shipment of the Goldman Band Library was a single-volume listing of each work and its pertinent information organized in alpha-numeric order according to the Goldman Library system. There was no detailed corresponding inventory of the non-music items. …