Rayner Brown papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of American composer, organist, teacher, and USC alumnus Rayner Brown (1912-1999). Materials include music scores, manuscripts, and books. Brown composed over 200 pieces of music over his career. He also taught at Biola University and was the church organist for the Wilshire Presbyterian Church.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Creator
- Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Music Library at music@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Rayner Brown (1912-1999) was an American composer, organist, and teacher. Brown wrote over 200 compositions. He was a church organist from 1941 to 1977 at the Wilshire Presbyterian Church. He also taught at Biola University. He was a graduate from the University of Southern California, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in organ and a Master of Music degree in composition.
Extent
109.25 Linear Feet (128 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American composer, organist, teacher, and USC alumnus Rayner Brown (1912-1999) include music scores, manuscripts and books.
Processing Information
This collection is not fully processed. Some portions of the collection are described at the folder level in this finding aid, but the bulk of the collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Rayner Brown papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez & Brandon Werts for History Associates Incorporated.
- Date
- 2022 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 November: Bo Doub updated collection extent from 1 Linear Feet to 52 boxes based on container records in ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Music Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1822 United States
music@usc.edu