Michigan State University Libraries (MSU) in East Lansing (Mary Black, Head, Fine Arts Library). (Notes for Notes).

Michigan State University Libraries (MSU) in East Lansing (Mary Black, Head, Fine Arts Library) reports that composers James Niblock and Wallace De Pue and choreographer Forrest W. Coggan have established their archives there. In addition, the family of pianist Ernst Victor Wolff has donated a substantial collection of materials relating to his career. These donations join the ongoing collections of H. Owen Reed, Jere Hutcheson, and the Verdehr Trio, as well as several dance band donations, to form the MSU Music Manuscripts Collection.

Niblock studied composition with Roy Harris and Paul Hindemith, violin with Jascha Brodsky and Josef Gingold, and musicology with Willi Apel. He holds the B.A. from Washington State University, M.A. from Colorado College, and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He taught theory and composition at Michigan State University from 1948 until his retirement in 1985, and served as chairman of the Music Department for fifteen years. Niblock remains active as a violinist and composer. His recent works include the opera Ruth, premiered at Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp in 2001, and commissions for the Verdehr Trio.

De Pue received bachelor degrees in music education and music composition from Capital University, the M.A. from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in music composition and theory at Michigan State University, where H. Owen Reed served as his major professor. De Pue taught at Bowling Green State University from 1966 through 1998. He has composed in many genres and has recently completed a work for violin and orchestra entitled The Fiddler's Contest. He is well-known as a choral composer and has written four operas, including one based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an opera for barbershop chorus, an opera for children, and a new opera concerning the ...