Alfred H. Bartles on the cello, black and white photograph, 1970. Location: Wilson Music Library Vault.
About Alfred H. Bartles:
The Alfred H. Bartles Papers (1874-2015) were donated to the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library from 2008-2015. A native of Nashville and a former George Peabody College student, Bartles (1930-2006) was active in New York, Germany, and Tennessee as a composer, arranger, cellist, pedagogue, and jazz pianist. His varied compositional output illustrates this mixture of influences, and reveals him as one of the first in a generation of composers equally at home in the Classical and jazz genres.
About the Bartles Papers:
- Size of the Collection: 59 boxes (23.76 cubic feet) containing published and unpublished musical manuscripts, sketchbooks, professional and personal correspondence, recordings, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, and various other documents
- Strengths of the Collection: Instrumental music, particularly that for brass instruments or cello, large ensemble pieces, jazz, meticulously organized correspondence
- How Do I Access the Collection? This collection is kept in the Music Library Vault, and can be accessed on site in consultation with a librarian. Some unpublished manuscripts are also available through Vanderbilt’s Discoverarchive. A full finding aid is available both on site and through the library catalog.
