Music at MIT
Archival Collections of Music
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Music at MIT Oral History CollectionInterviews 1999-2012 documenting the history of music at MIT
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MITSO audio on MIT Video ServicesMIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO), conducted by David Epstein, 1960s-1990s
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MIT's Inventions of Note sheet music collection19th and early 20th-century popular songs related to technology
MIT Songs
MIT Alma Mater
Sons of M.I.T. (Arise Ye Sons of MIT) (pdf)
Words and music by John B. Wilbur '26
Arranged by Frank D. Gage '22
Listen to a performance by the MIT Glee Club, George Dunham, Director, ca 1945
In Praise of M.I.T. (Arise all ye of MIT) (pdf)
Lyrics revised (1985) by Alvin Kahn
Performances of More Tech Songs
Take Me Back to Tech (MIT Glee Club, ca 1950)
Tech Songs, 1903
The Harbison Canon
An original Canon was written for the library by MIT music professor John Harbison in honor of the 1996 renovation work. It adorns the glass panels surrounding the second floor of the library. Listen to the John Harbison Canon. (Music performance by Emmanuel Music, Boston, Craig Smith, Music Director). 
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