Irina Sergeevna Volkonskaia Letters, 1951-1969

Collection context

Creator:
Volkonskai︠a︡, Irina Sergeevna, 1904-1969?, Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937-, Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967, Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985, Gilels, Emil, Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962, Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953, Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989, and Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997
Extent:
114 items (1 box)
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

Letters sent to Volkonskai︠a︡. Among the correspondents are outstanding musical figures, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Geraldine Farrar, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Eugene Ormandy, and Svi︠a︡toslav Stokowski. There are also letters from the writer Ivan Bunin.

Biographical / historical:

Daughter of the composer Sergeĭ Rakhmaninov.

Access and use

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