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Nicolai Berezowsky papers, 1893-1954
4.5 linear feetLetters to and from Nicolai Berezowsky documenting his career and covering his development as violinist, conductor, and composer. The profession is well represented in the correspondence, with 63 letters from David Diamond, 22 from Serge Koussevitsky, 72 from Nicolai Lopatnikoff, and 31 from Eugene Ormandy; others in the collection are Leon Barzin, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Vladimir Golschmann, Eugene Goosens, Alex Grechaninov, Ernest Hutcheson, Douglas Moore, Paul Nordoff, Wallingford Riegger, Artur Rodzinski, Roger Sessions, Harold Spivacke, Leopold Stokowski, and Olga Samaroff Stokowski. Organizations, such as the WPA music program, League of Composers, Juilliard School of Music, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, are represented. There are also 15 volumes of music scores.
Russian and early Soviet sheet music collection, 1904-1938
266 itemsA collection of 268 Russian and early Soviet music scores published from 1904 to 1938. Numerous composers and lyricists (primarily Russian but also European and American) are represented. Most scores were published in Moscow or Leningrad. Other imprints include Rostov-na-Donu, Kiev, Kharʹkov, and Tiflis. Most scores are popular music, jazz or dance music. The covers were designed by many different artists. The collection includes musical settings of poems by Esenin, Lebedev-Kumach and Mayakovsky among others.
Ludwig van Beethoven manuscript, undated
1 folderBeethoven's analysis of the Kyrie fuge from Mozart's Requiem and his sketch for Missa Solemnis (Gloria fugue).
Peter G. Davis Papers, 1912-2021, bulk 1948-2021
13 Linear FeetTania León papers, 1960s-2020s
110 Linear FeetAlvin Singleton papers, 1952-2021
9.22 Linear FeetEda Rothstein Rapoport Papers, circa 1915-1968, 1915-1968
15 linear feetİlhan Mimaroğlu Papers, 1926-2012
40 linear feetThe collection documents the career and personal life of Turkish-American electronic music composer, record producer, journalist and cultural critic, photographer, and filmmaker İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926-2012). It includes materials from each of Mimaroğlu's professional interests and activities, the bulk of which date from the early 1950s until his death in 2012.
Mort Lindsey scores and papers, 1909-2007, bulk 1942-2007
23 linear feetMusic autograph letters, 1767-1939
68 itemsLetters of musical composers and performers such as George Gershwin, Douglas Moore, Arnold Schönberg, Arturo Toscanini, Maria Cherubini, Jacques Halévy (F. Halévy), and Gaspare Spontini.