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Found in 8 Collections and/or records:

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Found in: Music Division

Don Christlieb Photographs

Identifier: ML31 .C56
Abstract

Don Christlieb (1912-2001) was an orchestral bassoonist, chamber musician, and innovative reed maker. He performed on more than 700 movie scores during the "Golden Age of Hollywood" as an employee of movie studios, namely 20th Century Fox. Christlieb was also an artist and photographer who frequently depicted his colleagues in his work. The collection consists of 32 prints made from his original photographs.

Dates 1940s-1980s; Majority of material found within 1940s-1960s
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Found in: Music Division

David Diamond Papers

Identifier: ML31.D535
Abstract David Diamond was an award-winning American-Jewish composer and prominent symphonist of the mid-twentieth century. A former student of Roger Sessions and Nadia Boulanger, Diamond ultimately composed eleven symphonies and countless other chamber and vocal works, such as his influential Symphony no. 4 (1945), Elegy in memory of Maurice Ravel (1938), and Rounds (1944). His social circle of musical...
Dates 1915-2003; Majority of material found within ( 1935-1993)
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Harper's Magazine Records

Identifier: MSS24968
Abstract

Editorial, production, and business records including correspondence, reports, drafts of articles, and galleys for monthly issues of Harper's Magazine, a compendium of social commentary, news, history, criticism, poetry and fiction.

Dates 1847-1983; Majority of material found within 1940-1983
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Found in: Music Division

Hans Heinsheimer Papers

Identifier: ML31.H44
Abstract Hans Walter Heinsheimer was a music publisher, author, and journalist. As a publisher and promoter, he worked with many composers, including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Zoltán Kodály, George Antheil, Leonard Bernstein, Alban Berg, Leoš Janáček, and Ernst Krenek. The correspondence, photographs, writings, and subject files in this collection help record his instigation of, participation in, or presence at many significant events regarding music of the...
Dates 1900-2005; Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s
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Found in: Music Division

McKim Fund Collection

Identifier: ML31.M24
Abstract

The Leonora Jackson and William Duncan McKim Fund at the Library of Congress was established in 1970 to commission works for violin and piano, sponsor a series of concerts at the Library of Congress, and to purchase letters by prominent composers. The collection includes scores for the commissioned musical works, programs from the sponsored concerts, and all purchased letters. Newly commissioned materials will be added to the finding aid as they are received.

Dates 1929-2025; Majority of material found within 1970-2021
 Collection
Found in: Music Division

Bronislava Nijinska Collection

Identifier: ML31.N54
Abstract The Bronislava Nijinska Collection documents the life and professional activities of Bronislava Nijinska, a choreographer, dancer, and teacher who lived and worked in Europe, Argentina, and the United States from 1911 until her death in 1972. The collection was created by Nijinska with additions by her daughter, Irina Nijinska, and Irina's husband Gibbs S. Raetz. Material types include business papers, choreographic notes, correspondence, personal papers, photographs, posters, programs,...
Dates circa 1740-1996; Majority of material found within 1920-1987
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Found in: Music Division

Park Avenue Synagogue Commissioning Project Correspondence

Identifier: ML31.P35
Abstract

The Park Avenue Synagogue Commissioning Project Correspondence consists of approximately 200 letters, telegrams, contracts, and other documents relating to a commissioning program for Jewish liturgical music.

Dates 1943-1976; Majority of material found within 1943-1949
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Found in: Music Division

Robert Craft Collection on Igor Stravinsky

Identifier: ML31.S75
Abstract The Robert Craft Collection on Igor Stravinsky consists of music by composer and conductor Igor Stravinsky, primarily scores and parts in the form of publisher proofs, ozalid copies, or other photo reproductions. Most items are annotated by Stravinsky with his corrections, conducting markings, or both. Some parts contain annotations by performers. The bulk of the music dates from the middle of Stravinsky’s neoclassical period in the 1940s and his serial period, which began in the 1950s and...
Dates 1912-1966; Majority of material found within 1940-1966