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Roman Totenberg papers, 1846-2011
9,350 items . 100 containers. 45.5 linear feet. 288 digital files (1.2 GB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Roman Totenberg was a Polish-American violinist and teacher. The collection contains annotated music scores, correspondence, business files, biographical materials, photographs, programs, clippings and other materials that document his life and career as a twentieth-century master of the violin.
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Dorothy Slepian Packer correspondence, 1945-1948
approximately 50 items. 1 container. .5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Dorothy Slepian Packer (1923-2014) was a musicologist, educator, and violinist from Boston, Massachusetts. The collection consists of Packer’s correspondence with prominent composers between 1945 and 1948. Significant writers and recipients include Samuel Barber, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Deems Taylor, Darius Milhaud, Morton Gould, William Grant Still, and Virgil Thomson.
American Conservatory at Fontainebleau records, 1922-2024
approximately 23,590 items. 72 containers. 36.25 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The American Conservatory at Fontainebleau was originally established in 1919 to improve the quality of United States military bands mobilized in France at the end of World War I. In 1921, the school opened to American civilians, welcoming music students for summer classes in the Louis XV wing of the Château de Fontainebleau. The School of Fine Arts was established in 1923, and architecture has become the focus of its instruction. Still active today, the Conservatory's faculty has featured prominent musicians such as Maurice Ravel, Nadia Boulanger, and Francis Poulenc, and notable alumni include Philip Glass, Donald Grantham, Adolphus Hailstork, and Louise Talma. Though student applications comprise the bulk of the records, there are also publicity materials, other administrative records, and publications documenting the activities of the Fontainebleau Alumni Association.
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Park Avenue Synagogue commissioning project correspondence, 1943-1976
approximately 200 items. 1 container. .5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Cyrilla Barr research materials on Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, 1864-2000
approximately 700 items. 6 containers. 3 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Dr. Cyrilla Barr (1929-2021) was a musicologist, author, and educator. The collection includes articles, correspondence, notes, photographs, and programs for the biography she published in 1998, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge: American Patron of Music.
Edward Beach collection of jazz photographs and other iconography, 1940-1975
approximately 150 items. 9 boxes. 5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Edward Beach Collection of Jazz Photographs and Other Iconography consist exclusively of photographs and other iconography, primarily of jazz musicians, but a few notable figures from other musical and artistic disciplines are also represented. Images of particular interest include figures such as Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Bessie Smith, Aaron Copland, Serge Prokofiev, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Vaslav Nijinsky.
Franko Goldman family papers, 1886-1972
314 items . 4 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Franko Goldman Family Papers are primarily related to the professional lives of brothers Sam (1857-1937) and Nahan Franko (1861-1930), their nephew Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956), and his son Richard Franko Goldman (1910-1980). Sam and Nahan were violinists and conductors; Edwin was a bandmaster and band composer; and Richard was a bandmaster, composer, educator, and music critic. The materials include correspondence from prominent musicians, composers and conductors; a selection of writings, including a typescript of the unpublished autobiography of Edwin Franko Goldman and several articles by Richard Franko Goldman; photographs of Richard Franko Goldman, the Goldman Band, and various composers and musicians; and six scrapbooks belonging to Sam Franko that contain manuscript notes and commentaries and other ephemera relating to his life and career. In addition, the collection includes an autograph book compiled by Richard Franko Goldman's great-aunt Lybia Franko, which contains seventy-four inscriptions and autographs of prominent musical and theatrical figures.
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Louis Kaufman collection, 1925-2008
approximately 14,000 items. 42 containers. 21.0 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Louis Kaufman was an American violinist. His wife, Annette Leibole Kaufman, was a pianist who served as his accompanist for over fifty years. The collection contains materials related to their personal lives and professional careers, including correspondence with many notable musical and artistic figures of the 20th century, concert programs, photographs, scrapbooks, subject files, and other miscellaneous materials.
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Modern Music archives, 1909-1983
around 810 items. 8 containers. 5.75 linear feet. Microfilm (93/20012 [MUS]--scrapbooks only). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The League of Composers was founded in New York in 1923 to promote American composers and introduce audiences to the best in new music through high quality performances. Its quarterly journal, Modern Music, was published from 1924 to 1946, and edited by Minna Lederman Daniel. It is one of the most distinguished collections of criticism and scholarship concerning early twentieth-century musical arts. The archives contains materials documenting the cessation of the journal, correspondence, financial and budget documents, fundraising materials, clippings, committee meeting minutes, photographs and artwork, stage and costume designs, contemporary concert and festival programs, scrapbooks containing promotional materials, publications of the League, and writings by Lederman Daniel.
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation collection, 1894-1953
56,680 items. 109 containers. 48.50 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge was a composer, pianist, and patron of music. In 1925, she created the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation at the Library of Congress in support of chamber music. The collection contains Coolidge's correspondence to and from many of the prominent musical artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Extensive correspondence between Coolidge and Library of Congress librarians and administrators is also included. The remaining materials in the collection, including photographs, scrapbooks, business papers, programs, publicity materials, iconography, realia, and clippings, are available for research and will be incorporated into the finding aid at a later date. Music manuscripts of works commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge or the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress comprise a substantial portion of the collection and are cataloged individually.