Nicolai Berezowsky papers, 1893-1954

Creator:

Berezowsky, Nicolai, 1900-1953

Extent:

4.5 linear feet (10 boxes)

Language:

English .

Scope and content:

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.

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.

Acquisition information:

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

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

Arrangement:

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

Accruals:

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

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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.

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