Eda Rothstein Rapoport Papers, circa 1915-1968, 1915-1968
Eda Rothstein Rapoport Papers, circa 1915-1968, 1915-1968
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1051
- Bib ID:
- 4079252 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Rapoport, Eda Rothstein, 1890-1968
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 15 linear feet (24 music file boxes, 14 manuscript boxes, and 1 flat box)
- Language(s):
- English , Yiddish .
- 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.
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Boxes 1-9 and 13 are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via the
Digital Library Collections portal. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Description
Scope and Content
The Eda Rapoport Papers are comprised primarily of music manuscripts authored by Rapoport, many of which are autographs. While most of the manuscripts are undated, they are accompanied by lacquer and aluminum disc recordings of concerts of Rapoport's works given throughout her career. Most of the records are labeled according to the date and piece performed, and span between 1939 and 1966. The collection also features a small selection of printed music, originally intended for commercial distribution. Finally, there are diaries of Rapoport's musical life, 1932-1948, kept by her husband, Boris Rapoport.
The container list for Series I was compiled from the labels on the individual boxes; there is a full list of items available in this series in the Manuscript Card Catalog located in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series.
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.
Boxes 1-9 and 13 are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via the Digital Library Collections portal. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of both the physical property and copyright. To request permission to quote or publish, please contact the RBML at rbml@columbia.edu.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Eda Rothstein Rapoport Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Rapoport, Dr. Boris and Eda. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1969. Accession number--M-69.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Processed by Megan Darlington, August 2012.
The collection originally included 92 lacquer or aluminum discs, which were previously stored in nine albums. In 2008, the discs in Album 5 were removed for digitization. Their digitized contents can be accessed in the reading room at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Celeste Brewer reprocessed materials in Series III in February 2020, in preparation for digitization. The lacquer and aluminum discs had previously been stored in eight albums with paper sleeves. The sleeves had become acidified and were no longer strong enough to support the weight of the discs without tearing. The discs were assigned numbers in a sequence reflecting the order in which they were found in the albums, and rehoused in acid-free phonograph storage envelopes. Two discs, 62 and 65, which are delaminating, were moved to Box 14 for flat storage.
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2012-08-09 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2012-08-09 XML document revised by Megan Darlington
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2020-02-07 Series III item level inventory and descriptive notes updated by Celeste Brewer in preparation for digitization
2020-08-21 Links to digitized audio added. kws
Biographical / Historical
Eda Rapoport was a Jewish American composer and pianist. Born December 25, 1890 in Daugavpils, Latvia, she later immigrated to the United States, where she lived much of her life in New York. Considered a prolific composer of her day, she arranged several hundred compositions for piano, violin, voice, and symphony orchestra. Rapoport died on May 9, 1968 at her home in Manhattan.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series I: Original Accession
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Series II: Later Accession-Scores
This series is comprised of musical scores authored by Rapoport, and includes both manuscript and printed material.
The bulk of the collection, this subseries contains manuscript musical scores, most of which are autographs. While most are not original manuscripts, the vast majority are engravings in Rapoport's own handwriting. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title.
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Box 8 Folder 1
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Box 15 Folder 1
1. A Weeping Willow, 2. The Boatman, 3. In the Garden at Dawn.
Box 8 Folder 1
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This subseries contains printed reproductions of Rapoport's works. Unlike Subseries I.1, they are not handwritten copies; rather, they are machine-produced and were intended for commercial distribution. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 9 Folder 3
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Series III: Sound recordings
This series contains 81 lacquer or aluminum phonograph disc recordings, one recording on open reel audio tape, and 22 digital sound files. Their dates range from 1939 to 1966. The majority are live concert recordings of pieces composed by Eda Rapoport, which were created by or for the radio station WNYC. Others appear to have been recorded in studios in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Some of the recordings feature Rapoport herself, performing her own compositions on the piano. Other musicians who frequently appear include the violinists Yvette Rudin Bader, Carmela Ippolito, and Harold Kohon; the pianists Esther Ostroff and and Maria Rey; the cellist Alexander Goldfield; and the soprano vocalist Gretchen Ganvoort.
Box 10 Reel 1
1. "Three Canvases for Violin and Cello," Yvette Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello. 2. "Two Pieces for Unaccompanied Violin," Yvette Bader, violin.
Box 10 Disk 1
WNYC-FM recording. Esther Ostroff, pianist.
Box 10 Disk 2
Yvette Rudin Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.
Box 10 Disk 2
Box 10 Disk 3
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist.
Box 10 Disk 3
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 10 Disk 4
"Plateaus (Fantasy)" and "Adventure." WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin. Copy 1.
Box 10 Disk 5
"Plateaus (Fantasy)" and "Adventure." WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin. Copy 2.
Box 10 Disk 6
WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.
Box 10 Disk 7
WNYC-FM. Yvette Rudin, violin; Ada Kopetz, piano.
Box 10 Disk 8
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violin; Fania Mann, piano.
Box 10 Disk 9
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Yvette Rudin, violin; Ada Kopetz, piano.
Box 10 Disk 10
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist.
Box 10 Disk 11
WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Esther Ostroff, piano; Yvette Rudin, violin.
Box 10 Disk 11
WNYC-FM Keyboard Masters. Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 10 Disk 12
WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.
Box 10 Disk 13
Carnegie Recital Hall Chamber Music. Yvette Rudin Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello. Milton Wittgenstein, flute.
Box 10 Disk 14
Brooklyn Museum concert. Milton Wittgenstein, flute.
Box 10 Disk 15
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Stanley Drucker, clarinetist.
Box 10 Disk 16
WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Alexander Goldfield, cellist; Joseph Gurt, pianist. Copy 1.
Box 10 Disk 17
WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Alexander Goldfield, cellist; Joseph Gurt, pianist. Copy 2.
Box 10 Disk 18
WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Yvette Rudin, violinist.
Box 10 Disk 19
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Alexander Goldfield, cellist.
Box 10 Disk 20
Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.
Box 10 Disk 20
Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.
Box 10 Disk 21-22
1. At Dusk on Brooklyn Bridge, 2. Melting Pot, 3. At the Playground, 4. Aeronautical Serenade. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.
Box 10 Disk 23
WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Dorothy Renzi, Soprano; Helena Kaprielian, Piano.
Box 10 Disk 24
Ingeborg Pedersen. Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 10 Disk 25
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert.
Box 10 Disk 26
Ingeborg Pedersen, Eda Rapoport.
Box 10 Disk 26
Ingeborg Pedersen, Eda Rapoport.
Box 10 Disk 27
WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Yvette Rudin, violinist.
Box 10 Disk 28-29
First and third movements. WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist; Juliette Arnold, pianist.
Box 10 Disk 30
Soprano.
Box 10 Disk 30
Box 10 Disk 31
Myerowitz, bass.
Box 10 Disk 32
Myerowitz, baritone; Eda Rapoport, piano.
Box 11 Disk 33-35
Town Hall concert recording. Milton Kaye, pianist.
Box 11 Disk 34
Town Hall concert recording. Harry Moscovitz, flute.
Box 11 Disk 33, 36
Town Hall concert recording. Stephen Sopkin Quartet.
Box 11 Disk 35
Town Hall concert recording. Harry Moscovitz, flutist; composer Eda Rapoport at piano.
Box 11 Disk 37-38
Town Hall concert recording.
Box 11 Disk 37
Song. Town Hall concert recording.
Box 11 Disk 38
Songs. Town Hall concert recording.
Box 11 Disk 39
Songs. Town Hall concert recording.
Box 11 Disk 39
Town Hall concert recording.
Box 11 Disk 40
Songs. Town Hall concert recording.
Box 11 Disk 40-41
Town Hall concert recording.
Box 11 Disk 42-43
Harold Kohon String Quartet concert. Harold Kohon, Marya Sielska.
Box 11 Disk 44
Carmella Ippolito, violinist; B. Frank, piano.
Box 11 Disk 45
WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 11 Disk 46-47
Violoncello solo played by Jean Bedetti. Eda Rapoport at the piano.
Box 11 Disk 48-49
Played by Harold Kohon, violinist.
Box 11 Disk 48
Played by Marie Rae.
Box 11 Disk 49
Played by Marie Rae.
Box 11 Disk 50
Harry Volk, violin; composer Eda Rapoport at piano.
Box 11 Disk 51
Box 11 Disk 51
Piano solos.
Box 11 Disk 52-55
Symphonic poem. Emerson Buckley conducts the City Symphony.
Box 11 Disk 56
Dean Dixon, conductor.
Box 11 Disk 56
Dean Dixon, conductor.
Box 11 Disk 57
Dean Dixon, conductor.
Box 11 Disk 58-59
WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Harold Kohon Ensemble.
Box 11 Disk 60-61
WNYC-FM American Music Festival. Dean Dixon, conductor.
Box 11 Disk 61
Played by Carmela Ippolito, unaccompanied violin.
Box 14 Disk 62
Carmela Ippolito, violinist.
Box 14 Disk 62
McNamara, violin.
Box 11 Disk 63
Harold Kohon, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 64
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 14 Disk 65
Eda Rapoport at the piano.
Box 14 Disk 65
Eda Rapoport at the piano.
Box 12 Disk 66
WNYC-FM Contemporary Music. Maria Rey, pianist.
Box 12 Disk 66
WNYC-FM Contemporary Music. Maria Rey, pianist.
Box 12 Disk 67
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Yvette Rudin, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 67
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Esther Ostroff, pianist.
Box 12 Disk 68
Suite for two pianos. WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Played by Esther Ostroff and Gene Mills.
Box 12 Disk 69
Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.
Box 12 Disk 69
Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.
Box 12 Disk 70
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Harold Kohon, violin; Sidney Edwards, cello; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 12 Disk 71
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Harold Kohon, violin; Sidney Edwards, cello; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 12 Disk 72-74
Played by the Harold Kohon Trio.
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Box 12 Disk 77
WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Yvette Rudin, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 77
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 12 Disk 78
WNYC-FM. Yvette Rudin, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 79
WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 79
WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 80
WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 80
WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 81
Night, "on the Canal," and "Landscape." Played by Yvette Rudin Bader, violin.
Box 12 Disk 82-84
Composer's Forum. Eda Rapoport at the piano.
Box 12 Disk 83
Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist. Eda Rapoport at the piano.
Box 12 Disk 84
Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 85
Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist. Eda Rapoport at the piano.
Box 12 Disk 86
Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 85
Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.
Box 12 Disk 86
Composer's Forum. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.
Box 12 Disk 87
Composer's Forum. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.
Box 12 Disk 87-88, 82
Composer's Forum.
Box 12 Disk 89
WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 12 Disk 90
WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.
Box 12 Disk 91
WNYC-FM Composers Alliance Program.
Box 12 Disk 91
WNYC-FM Composers Alliance Program.
Box 12 Disk 91
Composers Group of New York City. Alexander Goldfield, cello; Joseph Gurt, piano.
Box 12 Disk 92
Town Hall concert recording. Yvette Rudin Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.
Box 12 Disk 92
Town Hall concert recording. Songs by Eda Rapoport set to poems by Mary Clary. Sung by Dorothy Renzi.
Box 12 Disk 93
Sung by Ann and Bets Gantvoort.
Box 12 Disk 93
Sung by Ann and Bets Gantvoort.
Box 15
Two of the nine albums formerly used to store the lacquer and aluminum discs in this collection. The discs were rehoused. Other albums were discarded.