Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Nicolai Berezowsky papers
Berezowsky, Nicolai, 1900-1953
4079179
MS#0103
English
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4.5 linear feet
10 boxes
1893-1954
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. (Boxes 1-7: Correspondence; Boxes 8-9: Scores; Box 10 Clippings).
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Summary
Letters 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.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known);Nicolai Berezowsky papers ; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Randal, Mrs. Judith Berezowsky. Date of acquisition--1962. Accession number--M62-04.
Biographical / Historical
Violinist, conductor, member of the Coolidge String Quartet, composer in the burgeoning era of "American music".
Nicolai Berezowsky was born in St. Petersburg Russia on May 17, 1900. He left Russia in 1920 finally settling in New York in 1922. From 1923 to 1929 Berezowsky played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He conducted and played for radio and was a member of the Coolidge String Quartet from 1935-1940. Among his compositions are symphonies chamber pieces and the children's opera Babar the Elephant 1953 Berezowsky died August 27, 1953.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Mrs Judith Berezowsky Randal, 1962.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/04/1989.
H. Rowen November 1999.
Revised by G. Cannan February 2000
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Composers -- United States -- Societies, etc
Music -- United States
Photographs
Scores (documents for music)
Conductors (Music)
Violinists
Diamond, David, 1915-2005
Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951
Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1903-1976
Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985
Barzin, Leon
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Golschmann, Vladimir, 1893-1972
Goossens, Eugene, 1893-1962
Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956
Hutcheson, Ernest, 1871-1951
Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969
Nordoff, Paul, 1909-1977
Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961
Rodzinski, Artur, 1892-1958
Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985
Spivacke, Harold, 1904-1977
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977
Samaroff Stokowski, Olga, 1882-1948
United States. Work Projects Administration
League of Composers (U.S.)
Juilliard School
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Coolidge Quartet
Series I: Cataloged CorrespondenceAbravanel, Maurice19511Adler, F. Charles19311Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein19311American Academy in Rome19491American Composers' Alliance1940-19451American Library in Paris19471American Music Center19471American Music Rental Library19401American Musicological Society19511Ames, Elizabeth1932-19361Anderson, Dwight19401Anderson, Phyllis19481Andrews, Beth (Mrs. C.)19531Antognini, Cirillon.d.1Antik, Anna1940-19531Antonini, Alfredo19471Appel, Richard G.1931-19341Associated Music Publishers19511Autori, Franco19431Aylesworth, Merlin Hall19331Babin, Victor194l1Baden-Baden Generalmusikdirektor19281Bailly, Louis19421Bakaleinikoff, Vladimirn.d.1Balaban, Emanuel19341Baltimore Symphony Orchestra19521Barbirolli, John1938-19401Barrére, Georges1932-19361Barzin, Leon1932-19521Bastow, Robert D.19361Bean, Betty Randolph19521Bechert, Paul19321Beebe, Carolyn19261Bender, Albert M.19401Berezowsky, Alice (Mrs. Nicolai T.)n.d. and 19461Berezowsky, Judith (Mrs. Nicolai)1951-19531Berezowsky, Nicolai Letters to Berezowsky, 1932-1936; Fan mail to Berezowsky, 1936-19481922-19531Bierman, William19371Birchard, C. C. & Co.1935-19371Bohemians, The19271Boosey & Hawkes1948-19531Borowski, Feli19321Boston Symphony Orchestra1931-19411Bottenhein, Salomon19281Boulanger, Nadia19301Bowdoin College19441Brunswick, Mark19401Burgin, Richardn.d.1Burkat, Leonard19491Byman, Barnett19501Campione, A. Peter. 19492Canavan, M. J.19532Carlton, Joseph R.19512Carter, Elliott19512Chapman, R. E.19502Casella, Alfredo19292Cheney, Gwen19432Chester, J & W., Ltd19302Clarke, Stanley1935-19362Cleghorn, James19522Cleveland Public Library19422Clifton, Chalmers19372Cohen, Charlesn.d.2Columbia University1952-19482Committee on International Echange of Persons19512Composers-Authors Guild19462Cone, Edward T.1941-19512Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague1927-19402Copeland, H. W.19502Copland, Aaronn.d. and 19372Corcoran, James B.19482Cowell, Henry1933-19422Creston, Paul1936-19382Cuvelier, Marcel19372Daniel, Ange19472de Filippi, Amedeo1935-19472Deming, Howard F.19532Denver Symphony Orchestra19462Deutscher Tonsetzer19322Deter, Graham C.19402Diamond, David1935-19522Dickinson, Thomas H.19362Dickson, John19532Dobrowny, Issayn.d.2Donovan, Richard1937-19402Downes, Olin19312Duke, John19362Dukelsky, Vladimir19502Edward MacDowell Association1951-19532Ehrich, Edward Price19362Elkan, Henri19472Engel, Carl1926-19382Engel, Lehman19392Engles, George19322Etler, Alvin19402Ewen, David1934-19453Ezerman., Sophia (Mrs. D. Hendrick)19373Farrar, F. N.19523Fassett, James H.1946-19473Faulkner, Maurice1939-19453Fiedler, Arthur19403Finney, Ross Lee19433Fiorillo, Dante19353Fitelberg, Jerzy1937-19503Flesch, Carl1929-19363Fletcher, Stanley19473Frankenstein, Alfred V.19423Freiberg, Stella H. (Mrs. J. Walter)19363Friedenberg, Murieln.d.3Frosch, Aaron R.19523Gabrilowitsch, Ossip19323Galay Music Corporation19413Gannon, Theo F.19373Gantzoff, Feodor19323Gatti, Guido M.19453Gèraldy, Paul (?)19483Gerzenstein, Tatiana Smirnov de1932 - 19513Gladstone, T. E.19503Glanville-Hicks, Peggyn.d3Goldman, Richard Franco1943-19523Goldmark, Rubin1928-19393Goldofsky, Boris19533Golschmann, Vladimir1936-19393Goosens, Eugene1930-19413Gordon, Jacques19323Gorton, Ronald W.19513Grant, Margaret1941-10523Grechaninov, Aleander1927 - 19473Groner, Powell19373Gruenberg, Louis1927-19353Guggenheim Foundation1950-19513Haensel & Jones19373Hageman, Eleanore (Mrs. Richard)19473Hageman, Richardn.d.3Hale, Philip19313Hallowell, Margaret B.n.d.3Hanson, Howard1939-19453Harrington1933?3Harris, Roy1937-19453Harrison, Guy Fraser1951-19523Haymanns Verlag (Carl)19343Heineman, Marianne F19473Heinsheimer, Hans1938-19413Heinsheimer, Norbertn.d.3Herbert, Walter19363Hershberger, John19493Heyward, Dorothy19533Hijman, Julius19403Hill, Edward Burlingame1936-19463Hoade, Martin19513Holden, Sally Hayn.d.3Holtzscheiter, Ina19403Howe, Mary1937-19403Hudson, H. Lewis19473Hughes, Langstonn.d.3Hutcheson, Ernest1929-19403Independent Music Publishers19444International Society for Contemporary Music1941-19504Ippòlito, Carmèla19394Iturbi, Josè1935 - 19364Jacobi, Frederick1939-19504James, Philip1940-19514Johnson, Thor19474Jonckeere, M.1931-19324Josten, Werner1937-19384Judd, George E.19384Judson, Arthur1929-19344Judson Concert Management1934-19384Juilliard Musical Foundation19264Juilliard School of Music1933-19384Katz, Alfred19504Kay, Lisan1937-19384Kaycoff, Evelyn19474Keats, Sheila19544Keeney, Wendell19404Kelberine, Alearder19354Kerr, Harrison1940-19454Keysser, Friedrich19364Kindler, Hans1936-19384Kirkpatrick, Ralphn.d.4Kohn, Walter T.19284Kolar, Victor19394Konratev, Nicolain.d.4Kostelanetz, André1941-19494Koussevitsky, Natalian.d.4Koussevitsky, Olga1931-19414Koussevitsky, Serge1932-19524Krasner, Louis19354Kroll, Williamn.d.4Kurenko, Maria19364Kurzmann, Theo and Rita19554Laberge, Bernard19344Laidlaw, Robert19414Landers, Arthur1950-19514Lange, Hans19364Langton, Stephen19514La Prade, Ernest1936-19374Laurent, Mme. Henri19454League of Composers1947-19524Lederman, Minna19434Lessard, John19404Lewis, Barbara19474Lichstein, Arthur19344Lipner, J.19354Lippincott Co.19454Lopatnikoff, Nikolai1926-19534Lopatnikoff, Nora1933-19345Lopatnikoff, Sally19515Louchheim, Catherine (Mrs. Walter Clinton)n.d.5Louchheim, Walter Clinton1940-19505Lourié, Arthur1941 - 19525Lowman, Lawrence W.1931-19535McDonald, Harl1940-19435MacDowell, Marion (Mrs. Edward)1951-19525McFarland, Frances19375McGavack, Thomas H.19535McGill, Wallace R.19325Mahler, Fritz1940-19415Maier, Guy1936-19375Maikoff, A.19365Malcolm, Scott19375Marks Music Corp.19505Marquis Publishing Co.19425Mayer, Corinne19385Mazzeo, Rosario19415Mengelberg, Willem1928-19355Merovitch, Aleander19325Meyer, Abe19405Mills, E. C.19325Mills Music Publishers19415Miquelle, Renée19415Mitropolous, Dimitri19505Moldavan, Nicolas19365Moore, Douglas1940-19485Moore, Emily1923-19415Morris, Harold1934-19385Morris, Willavene19435Moscow First Symphony Ensemble19305Music Guild (Chicago)19395Naginski, Charlesn.d.5National Orchestral Association , 19425National Society of Music and Art19525Nelson, Boris Erich1947-19515Newman, Jacob Kieferman19365Newman, Mae Pollak19295Newman, Melvin S.19435Newman, Saunders & Co., Inc.19305New York Public Library1931-19405Nissim, Rudolf19415Nordoff, Paul1937-19385O'Connell, Charles19395Onnou, Alphonse19175Ormandy, Eugene1932-19516Ornstein, Leo1933-19356Ortega, Ricardo19376Ouglitzky, Paul Pecheniha1944-19456Paitchadze, G.1931-19376Pasternak, L.1931-19346Pattison, Lee19386Pavlova, Nina Grigorevna19366Persichetti, Vincent19406Pettis, Ashley1935-19386Peyser, Herbert F.n.d.6Philadelphia Free Library1937-19526Philips, Edna19466Piatigorsky, Gregor1927-19406Polah, Andre1936-19376Polk, Rudolph19536Pollak, Robert1928-19536Pons, Lily1947-19486Pravosudovich, Natalie1931-19366Putterman, David J.1945-19526Rabinovich, Yasha I.1931-19346Raichle, Frank G19526Random House1951-19536Reichamusikkamern.d6Reiner, Fritz1931-19406Reis, Claire R.1931-19496Rhodes, Willard19526Riegger, Wallingford1937-19496Robbins Music Corp.19406Robinson, Geroid T.19536Rodzinski., Artur1932-19446Rogers, Bernard19356Root, L. Carroll19356Rosen, Lucie Bigelow1936-19496Rosen, Walter T.19506Rosenbach, A. S. W.19336Rosenbaum, Samuel R.1943-19476Ross, S. L.19226Rubstein, Ariel19406Rukeyser, Muriel19376Sakouta, Vitaly1935-19366Salvation Army19466Salzedo, Carlos19356San Francisco Symphony Orchestra19406Schirmer Music Publishers19276Schloss, Oscar19376Schneider, Mischa19416Schulhof, Andrew19406Schuman, William1938-19476Schuster, Joseph1934-19366Schwartz, Paul E19416Schwieger, Hans19506Scott, Joan (Mrs. Paul)n.d.6Seebachs, Julius F.1935-19397Seligman, Selig19537Sessions, Roger1934-19447Sevitzky, Fabien1951-19537Shively, Barbara Frist19507Shoobe, Lou19537Siegmeister, Elie19357Sigma Alpha Iota19497Siloti, Aleander19457Skavenna, Aleander19327Slonimskii, Nicolas19467Smallens, Aleander19337Smith, Carleton Sprague19397Smith, David Stanley19387Smith, Moses1940-19417Speller, R. E. B.19417Spivacke, Harold1937-19537Sproul, Harold19397Stadium Concerts, Inc.19257Stagma1934-19377Stassévitch, Paul19367Stegmann, G. F.19517Steinberg, William19507Stern, I. A.19407Stewart, Reginald19527Stock, Frederick19357Stoessel, Albert1932-19417Stokowski, Leopold1931-19527Stokowski, Olga Samaroff1929-19327Stringfield, Lamar19417Stroock, Sol M.19337Strunk, Oliver1936-19377Szigeti, Joseph19307Taylor, Davidson1936-19437Taylor, Deems1945-19477Taylor, Harold19517Tcherepnin, Aleander1930-19357Thalheimer, Elsa19317Thompson, Randall19397Thompson, Stuart M.1930-19317Thomson., Virgil19447Tillotson, Frederick19447Tipton, W. S.19347Tolstoy, Aleandra19407Tyler, A. Ranger19437Ullman, Richard H.19507Van Loon, Hendrik Willem19267Van Praag, Maurice19267Vogel, A.1946-19477VyruBoxv, A.1929-19327Wallenstein, Alfred19417Walter, Bruno19437Waters, Edward N.19407Waman, Franz19537Weaner, Mawell19477Weiss, Adolph1941-19507Weissberger, L. Arnold19537Weissel, William L.19537Werner, Jules19377Wertz, Guy W.19467Western Union Telegraph Company19477Whittail, Mrs. Matthew John19357Wicker, Frances G.19477Willson, Meredith19407Winston, Elizabeth19507Woempner, Henry19417Wolfsohn Musical Bureau19267Wood, Audrey19547Worms, Alicen.d.7Worms, Margaret B.19287Yaddo Music Festival19527Zimmerman, Dr. Louis19317Zirato, Bruno19417Letters in chronological order1926-19477164Series II: Subject FilesAddress Lists; American Composers' Alliance; American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom; American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers; Biographical; Birchard and Company royalty statement1923-19447165File 1); CBS and NBC Broadcasts (1926-1944); File 2); Contracts (1923-1940); Coolidge Spring Quartet itineraries; File 3) ; Koussevitzky; Kurenko, Maria; League of Composers (1940-1951); Notes; Pollak, Robert; Royalties, receipts; File 4) ; Societies; Sprague-Coleman; Steinway; WPA/Federal Music Project (1936-1938); Worms, Margaret; Yaddo Music Festival,1923-194481-4Series III: PhotographsScope and ContentsIncludes professional photographs of Berezowsky with violin and snapshots of the Coolidge Quartet trip to Honolulu in 1939.
File 5) 21 photographs and 1 pencil drawing of Nicolai Berezowsky; File 6) 68 photographs of Berezowsky, family and friends,n.d.85-6Series IV: ClippingsClippings on performances and works1937-195387-8Series V: ScoresSuite for flute, oboe, etc., op. 11; Symphony #1, op. 12, 1931; Quartet, op. 16; Sinfonietta, op. 17; Symphony #2, op. 18, 1934; Sextet #2, op. 20 ; Quintet #2, op. 22; String quartet with orchestra, op. 231215-11-10Brass Suite IV, op. 24, 1942; Sextet concerto for string orchestra, op. 26; Symphony #4, op. 27, 1943; Bowdoin Hymn, June 1944; Concerto, op. 31, 1944; Babar the Elephant, op. 40, 1953; Unidentified scores1942-19531215-21-10