Nicolai Berezowsky papers, 1893-1954

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0103
Bib ID:
4079179 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Berezowsky, Nicolai, 1900-1953
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
4.5 linear feet (10 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

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.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. (Boxes 1-7: Correspondence; Boxes 8-9: Scores; Box 10 Clippings).

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known);Nicolai Berezowsky papers ; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs Judith Berezowsky Randal, 1962.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Randal, Mrs. Judith Berezowsky. Date of acquisition--1962. Accession number--M62-04.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/04/1989.

H. Rowen November 1999.

Revised by G. Cannan February 2000

Revision Description

2010-01-21 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

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.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scores (documents for music) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Barzin, Leon CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Coolidge Quartet CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Diamond, David, 1915-2005 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Golschmann, Vladimir, 1893-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Goossens, Eugene, 1893-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hutcheson, Ernest, 1871-1951 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Juilliard School CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
League of Composers (U.S.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1903-1976 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nordoff, Paul, 1909-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rodzinski, Artur, 1892-1958 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Samaroff Stokowski, Olga, 1882-1948 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Spivacke, Harold, 1904-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United States. Work Projects Administration CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Composers -- United States -- Societies, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Conductors (Music) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Music -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Violinists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID