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Found in 10 Collections and/or records:

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Found in: Music Division

Leonard Bernstein Collection

Identifier: ML31.B49
Abstract Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, writer, lecturer, and pianist. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, personal business papers, the archives from his corporate identity, Amberson Inc., scrapbooks, clippings and press materials, programs, datebooks and schedules, iconography, address books, and fan mail. In addition, it contains music manuscripts for many of his compositions, including The Age of Anxiety (Symphony no....
Dates circa 1900-1995; Majority of material found within ( 1933-1990)
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Found in: Music Division

Jacobo Ficher Collection

Identifier: ML31.F47
Abstract

The collection comprises practically all the composer's works, mainly holograph manuscript scores in all major categories of composition. It also includes documents, correspondence (to and from Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Chávez, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Vivian Fine, Alberto Ginastera, Paul Kletzki, Nicolai Malko, Eugene Ormandy, Arthur Rubinstein, Nicolas Slonimsky, Leopold Stokowski, and others), writings, programs, and scrapbooks.

Dates 1864-1997; Majority of material found within ( 1919-1978)
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Found in: Music Division

Lukas Foss Papers

Identifier: ML31.F68
Abstract

Lukas Foss was an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. The collection, which documents his life and career, consists of music holograph manuscript scores and parts, sketches, correspondence, business papers, programs, clippings, promotional materials, contracts, and financial documents.

Dates circa 1926-2000; Majority of material found within 1936-1995
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Found in: Music Division

Roy Harris Papers

Identifier: ML31.H37
Abstract

Roy Harris was an American composer. The collection contains materials that document his life and career, including manuscript scores, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, business papers, financial and legal documents, programs, publicity files, photographs, scrapbooks, work files, posters, clippings, and biographical materials.

Dates 1893-1998; Majority of material found within ( 1933-1979)
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Found in: Music Division

Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection

Identifier: ML31.K397
Abstract

Danny Kaye (1911-1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, and humanitarian. His wife, Sylvia Fine (1913-1991), was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer, and producer. The collection, which documents their lives and careers, contains printed and manuscript music, scripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional and publicity materials, speeches, oral history transcripts, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, posters, honors, and realia.

Dates 1918-1992; Majority of material found within 1946-1988
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Found in: Music Division

Andre Kostelanetz Collection

Identifier: ML31.K65
Abstract Andre Kostelanetz was a conductor, arranger, and pianist known for juxtaposing popular and classical repertoire in radio broadcasts and concert performances with some of the world's leading orchestras. He also commissioned several compositions which have since become staples in the orchestral repertoire, including works by Aaron Copland, William Schuman, and Jerome Kern. The collection consists of his musical arrangements, correspondence, business papers, programs, photographs, clippings,...
Dates 1922-1984
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Found in: Music Division

Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive

Identifier: ML31.R33
Abstract Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. The Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive contains material related to his life and career after he and his family left Russia in 1917 to establish themselves in the United States. The archive contains Rachmaninoff's holograph music manuscripts, correspondence, writings, biographical articles and clippings, awards and honors, concert programs, scrapbooks, financial papers, iconography, realia, and published books and other materials...
Dates 1872-1992; Majority of material found within ( 1919-1943)
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Lessing J. Rosenwald Papers

Identifier: MSS59469
Abstract Bibliophile, businessman, and philanthropist. Correspondence, subject files, speeches and writings, printed matter, and miscellany relating to Rosenwald's career with Sears, Roebuck & Company; his activities on behalf of various Jewish causes and his opposition to Zionism; his public service work with the National Recovery Administration and the War Production Board; his various charitable, educational, and cultural philanthropies; and his work as a bibliographer and collector of books...
Dates 1891-1979; Majority of material found within ( 1932-1979)
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Found in: Music Division

Max Rudolf Papers

Identifier: ML31.R85
Abstract

Max Rudolf was a German-born American conductor and music educator. He is best known for his work with the Metropolitan Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Curtis Institute of Music. The collection contains Rudolf's extensive correspondence with prominent 20th century musical figures, Metropolitan Opera annual files documenting his years with that organization, and a few photographs.

Dates 1922-1993; Majority of material found within ( 1945-1992)
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Found in: Music Division

Henryk Szeryng Collection

Identifier: ML31.S94
Abstract

The collection documents the life and career of violinist Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988) who was also known as a teacher, patron of the arts, and cultural ambassador. The collection contains printed and holograph manuscript scores, writings, teaching materials, correspondence, personal and business papers, performance files and programs, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, publicity material, awards, and books.

Dates 1933-1990; Majority of material found within ( 1960-1988)