Facilities

Libraries

The Yale University Library consists of the central libraries—Sterling Memorial Library, the Cross Campus Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Seeley G. Mudd Library—and thirty school and department libraries, as well as small collections within each of the twelve residential colleges. Second largest among the university libraries in the United States, the Yale University Library contains more than ten million volumes, half of which are in the central libraries. Students have access to the collections in all the libraries at Yale.

The Irving S. Gilmore Music Library contains approximately 70,000 scores and parts for musical performance and study; 50,000 books about music; 25,000 LP recordings and compact discs; 7,500 microfilms of music manuscripts and scores; 45,000 pieces of sheet music; 50,000 photographs; 4,000 linear feet of archival materials; 500 individual music manuscripts not forming a portion of a larger collection; and 375 active subscriptions to music periodicals. The collection has been designed for scholarly study and reference, as well as to meet the needs of performing musicians. Fundamental to both purposes are the great historical sets and collected editions of composers’ works, of which the library possesses all significant publications. Special areas of collecting include theoretical literature of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries; chamber works of all periods for various instrumental combinations; an extensive collection of musical iconography, including 35,000 photos in the Fred Plaut Archives; the Galeazzi collection of Italian manuscripts; the manuscripts and papers of Leroy Anderson, Paul Bekker, Lehman Engel, Henry Gilbert, Benny Goodman, John Hammond, Thomas de Hartmann, Vladimir Horowitz, J. Rosamond Johnson, John Kirkpatrick, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Goddard Lieberson, Ted Lewis, Red Norvo, Harold Rome, Carl Ruggles, E. Robert Schmitz, Franz Schreker, Deems Taylor, Alec Templeton, Virgil Thomson, and Kurt Weill; the manuscripts of Leo Ornstein and Hershy Kay; and the works of noted composers formerly associated with Yale University as teachers or students. The last-named area includes the complete manuscript collection of Charles E. Ives, B.A. 1898; the collection of documents concerning Paul Hindemith’s career in the United States; and the complete papers and manuscripts of David Stanley Smith, Horatio Parker, Richard Donovan, and Quincy Porter. The library also houses the extensive Lowell Mason Library of Church Music, noted for its collection of early American hymn and tune books. Individual manuscript holdings include autograph manuscripts of J. S. Bach, Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt.

Access to the Music Library’s holdings is available through Orbis, the Yale library’s online catalogue. All of the Music Library’s published scores, books, and compact discs have been entered into the Orbis database. Access to some recordings, microforms, and manuscript materials is only available in the specialized card catalogues in the Music Library lobby.

The holdings of the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library are complemented by other collections in the Yale library. Chief among these is the Historical Sound Recordings collection. Historical Sound Recordings currently holds more than 150,000 rarities that date back to the very beginning of sound recording and continue up to the present day. Collections in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, particularly the Speck Collection of Goethiana, the Yale Collection of American Literature, and the Osborn Collection, also hold valuable music materials. Students in the School of Music may also use the facilities of any of the other University libraries, whose total number of volumes is over 10 million; annual accessions are approximately 157,000 volumes.

Another resource for Institute students is the Divinity Library, containing more than 430,000 volumes. Its primary strengths are in missions, Christian doctrine, biblical literature, church history, archival materials, and papers and collections, including the Lowell Mason Collection of Hymnology. The Mason Collection was recently catalogued and made accessible to students and scholars through a grant from the Institute of Sacred Music.

The Institute of Sacred Music maintains several small collections. These include a choral lending library of more than 1,000 holdings, the Clarence Dickinson Organ Library, and a slide collection pertinent to the curriculum of the Institute.

Music Facilities

The main buildings of the School of Music are Leigh Hall at 435 College Street, Stoeckel Hall at 96 Wall Street, Hendrie Hall at 165 Elm Street, and Sprague Memorial Hall, which also houses Morse Recital Hall. The Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, containing over 1,000 instruments, is located at 15 Hillhouse Avenue. Woolsey Hall, which contains the Newberry Memorial Organ, is administered by the School of Music and used throughout the year for numerous concerts and recitals.

Divinity School Facilities

The Sterling Divinity Quadrangle at 409 Prospect Street is the home of the Institute of Sacred Music. The complex includes the Divinity School, Marquand Chapel, classrooms, an administration building, library buildings, dining hall, common room, and two guest lodges.

Since 1971, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, an Episcopal seminary, has been affiliated with Yale Divinity School. Berkeley Divinity School retains its identity through its board of trustees, its dean, and the Berkeley Center located at 363 St. Ronan Street. Episcopal students come under the care of the dean of Berkeley Divinity School for spiritual formation and counseling, but are not differentiated from other Yale Divinity School students. As a result of the affiliation, there is one integrated student body and faculty.

Housing

Students in the Institute of Sacred Music are eligible to use housing and dining hall facilities at the Divinity School. Information and application blanks for both single and married student housing at the Divinity School are sent after admission to the Institute has been confirmed.

The Graduate Housing Department has dormitory and apartment units for a small number of graduate and professional students. The Graduate Dormitory Office provides dormitory rooms of varying sizes and prices for single occupancy only. The Graduate Apartments Office provides unfurnished apartments consisting of efficiencies and one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments for singles and families. Both offices are located in Helen Hadley Hall, a graduate dormitory at 420 Temple Street, and have office hours from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M., Monday through Friday.

Applications for 2007–2008 are available as of April 1 online and can be submitted directly from the Web site (www.yale.edu/graduatehousing). For new students at the University, a copy of the letter of acceptance from Yale will need to be submitted to the address on the application form. The Web site is the venue for graduate housing information and includes procedures, facility descriptions, floor plans, and rates. For more dormitory information, contact grad.dorms@yale.edu, tel. 203.432.2167, fax 203.432. 4578. For more apartment information, contact grad.apts@yale.edu, tel. 203.432.8270, fax 203.432.4578.

The University’s Off-Campus Housing service, limited to current or incoming members of the Yale community, is located at 155 Whitney Avenue, 3d floor, and is open from 8.30 A.M. to 3.30 P.M., Monday through Friday. The listings may also be accessed from any computer at Yale at www.yale.edu/offcampushousing.

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