Matthew de Lacey Davidson Music and Papers, 1929-2022 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Materials are arranged in two series: Series 1) Music Compositons and Research and Series 2) Family Papers, Poetry, and Visual Art. Series 1 is further arranged into two subseries: Sub-Series 1) Original Scores, Recordings, and Programs and Sub-Series 2) Biography, Correspondence, and Research. CDs in Series 1 have been arranged first by a three-digit numeric code assigned by Davidson and alphabetically thereafter. Davidson's papers have been arranged alphabetically by subject.

Mathew de Lacey Davidson (b. 1964) is a composer and performer. Davidson was educated at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, the University of Toronto, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he studied composition with Salvatore Martirano. His oeuvre includes works in musical theater, chamber music, solo piano music (notably rags), as well as orchestral and electronic music. He has also published articles on ragtime and early jazz, and he is a contributor to The Syncopated Times. Davidson’s interests go beyond just music, he has written poetry, novels, short stories, as well as a non-fictional novel on his experiences in social work. His cartoons have been published in New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.

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Matthew de Lacey Davidson