Barbara Harbach Collection Donated to Watson Library
			"The Barbara Harbach Collection has been acquired by Wilmington College. Harbach is a noted composer, performer, recording artist, and professor of music. She is also founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of Vivace Press, which promotes underrespresented composers (mainly women) by publishing music scores, producing CDs on the Hester Park label, and issuing Women of Note Quarterly journal. The Harbach Collection consists of Harbach's complete published compositions and recorded works and performances, as well as a substantial portion of the catalog of Vivace Press and a complete run of Women of Note Quarterly".
			College & Research Libraries News, June 2002, page 452.
			Barbara Harbach Collection Donated to Wilmington College
			The Watson Library (www.watsonlibrary.org) at Wilmington College (www.wilmington.edu) in Wilmington, Ohio, is the recipient of the collection of Dr. Barbara Harbach, a noted composer, performer, recording artist, and Professor of Music. She has been hailed as "one of the most outstanding organists and harpsichordists of her generation" (Fanfare). Dr. Harbach is also the Founder, Publisher, and Editor-In-Chief of Vivace Press, which promotes underrepresented composers (mainly women) by publishing music scores, producing CD's on the Hester Park label, and issuing the Women of Note Quarterly journal. The Harbach Collection consists of Dr. Harbach's complete published compositions and recorded works and performances, as well as a substantial portion of the catalog of the Vivace Press and a complete run of Women of Note Quarterly.
			Dr. Harbach presented the collection while attending the Festival of Women In Music and Art at Wilmington College in March, which featured world premieres of two of her compositions. The College awarded her an Honorary Doctorate in Music at the conclusion of the festival. According to Professor Robert J. Haskins, Head of the Music Department at Wilmington College, "Many young women composers stand on the foundation that is still being built by the selfless and tireless work of a few women of courage, genius and unfaltering commitment. Dr. Harbach’s contribution to that effort has been profoundly significant."
		David Gansz, Director of Watson Library, states, "We look forward to sharing the invaluable resources of this collection with the international scholarly community, and invite researchers to visit us or utilize the materials via inter-library loan."
		Music Library Association Newsletter 128, March-April, 2002.

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