FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Announcing the Establishment of the "Stanley M. Hoffman Special Collection" at the Berklee College of Music Library Archives. A fragment of the Deed of Gift accompanies this announcement.
In the biggest news of my life as a composer and arranger, I am deeply honored to announce the establishment of the "Stanley M. Hoffman Special Collection" at the Berklee College of Music Library Archives. The college purchased the first of my three alma maters—the Boston Conservatory of Music—some years ago, so my life and work have truly come full circle.
The collection will include all of my unpublished sheet music both physically and digitally, my handwritten early music manuscripts and sketches, and photographs and correspondence related to my life and music. The agreement even includes a contingency clause covering titles that might go out-of-print at my three music publishers needing to be sent to them.
I just received the fully executed Deed of Gift today, and plan to deliver the seven containers of physical contents to the library tomorrow, so please do not contact the library about my collection anytime soon. It will take whatever time is necessary for the library to catalog my collection and make it available to the public.
For your information, the Berklee Archives are located in the Stan Getz Library, Room 297, located at 150 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215; telephone 617-747-8001; email archives@berklee.edu; website https://archives.berklee.edu/; social media http://berkleearchives.tumbler.com. Their hours are 10 AM–4 PM Monday–Friday by appointment.
I cannot think of a composer/arranger alive who does not wish for a permanent home for their life's work where people from around the world can have access to it. That mine was picked by my top library of choice, and given the names of music luminaries that I see in their special collection, their decision to include my collection leaves me otherwise speechless.
Stanley M. Hoffman, PhD
15 January 2025
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