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BOX 50-52 Writings, 1872-1958
The Writings by SR subseries contains original writings, editorial letters, transcriptions of interviews – in the form of typescripts and published material. The Writings Retained by SR subseries includes text and notated music material retained by SR for use (according to an annotation in the hand of Sophie Satin laid in with this material) in his future compositions and/or for reference. The Writings about SR subseries contains lists compiled by Sophie Satin relating to SR's works, performances, repertoire, and more (much of this material is also duplicated within the Papers of Sophie Satin series); biographical material about SR, consisting of both published articles and unpublished typescripts (arranged alphabetically by author); files comprised of articles, clippings, reviews, concert programs, bibliographic citations about individual works of SR (arranged alphabetically by title of work, except for that material filed within the collective categories for "Piano works" and "Songs"); and miscellaneous publicity material. And finally, the Writings of and about NR subseries is comprised of one folder containing correspondence, typescripts, clippings, and other material relating to Natalie Rachmaninoff.
BOX 50 Writings by SR
Reminiscences
BOX-FOLDER 50/1 "Recollections of a Vanished World," by SR, as told to Frederick H. Martens. In English and Russian; with sparse annotations
BOX-FOLDER 50/2 "Recollections of a Vanished World," by SR, as told to Frederick H. Martens. In English and Russian, with substantial annotations, as well as several pages in the hand of Sophie Satin
Other Writings
BOX-FOLDER 50/3 Other writings of SR
(16 items)
Includes typescripts and published material, in English and Russian, of articles and editorial letters.
Interviews
BOX-FOLDER 50/4 Interviews with SR
(11 items)
Includes published material as well as a typescript of sources compiled by Sophie Satin; material is in English and German.
BOX 50 Writings Retained by SR
BOX-FOLDER 50/5 Contents lists of material in this subseries, prepared by Sophie Satin
Bears a handwritten inscription that reads "Personal work material, Quadrille, Germogen, Bring to Senar."
BOX-FOLDER 50/6 Amfiteatov, Aleksandr.
Buria. Muzykal'naia drama po SHekspiru (=The Tempest. Musical drama after Shakespeare), 1934
Manuscript libretto
Signed by Amfiteatrov on the libretto's last page.
BOX-FOLDER 50/7 Glinka, G. V.
Pis'ma o Pravoslavnom Bogosluzhenii. Bogosluzheniia strastnoĭ sed'mitsy i Sviatoĭ Paskhi (=Notes on the [Russian] Orthodox Church service. Liturgy of Holy Week and Easter), 1934
BOX-FOLDER 50/8 Naiboliee izviestnyyia figury Kadrili (=The Most famous figurations of the Quadrille), undated
Annotations in French and Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 50/9 Rubinstein, Anton.
Programs of his seven recitals in New York, 1872-1873
BOX-FOLDER 50/10 Spasskiĭ, F. (Father).
Two letters written by Spasskiĭ, 1935
Addressed to Evgeniĭ Somov, SR's secretary.
Includes responses.
BOX-FOLDER 50/11 Historical writings on Russian history (four documents)
Contents (1): Two appeals by Patriarch Germogen to all the Russian people about the iniquity of information from the throne of Tsar Vasiliĭ Ivanovich, after 25 February 1609.
Contents (2): Second message by Patriarch Germogen to the Tushinites.
Contents (3): Excerpts used by Kastal'skiĭ in his composition: Message read to the people of Moscow by Patriarch Germogen about the Tushinite traitors... in the year 1609.
Contents (4): Handwritten transcription of the previous typescript.
BOX-FOLDER 50/12 Yasser, Joseph [IAsser, Iosif].
Material on the Dies irae, 1945 and undated
Includes text material, in Russian; manuscript transcriptions and one copy of various versions of the Dies irae chant; one handwritten letter, from 22 October 1945, from Yasser to Sophie Satin; and bibliography of Yasser's Russian language articles.
BOX 50-52 Writings about SR
BOX 50-51 Lists Compiled by Sophie Satin about SR's Works, Performances, Repertoire
BOX-FOLDER 50/13 List of compositions by SR, arranged by opus number, with detailed annotations by Sophie Satin
BOX-FOLDER 50/14 List of compositions by SR, arranged chronologically by date of composition, with detailed annotations by Sophie Satin
BOX-FOLDER 50/15 List of works performed by SR and his concerts in Russia, Europe and North America (United States, Canada, Cuba), 1888-1943
BOX-FOLDER 50/16 List of cities in the United States and Canada where SR performed, 1909-1910, 1918-1943
Includes the number of times in each city; list of locations and number of times of SR's performances of various works for piano and orchestra (by SR and by other composers)
BOX-FOLDER 50/17 List of cities in the United States and Canada where SR performed, with performance dates indicated for each city
Prepared and donated by Betsy M. Green.
BOX-FOLDER 50/18 List of concerts performed by SR in Russia and Europe, 1888-1917
BOX-FOLDER 50/19 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in Russia and Europe, 1888-1917
BOX-FOLDER 50/20 List of concerts performed by SR in North America, 1909-1910, 1918-1943
BOX-FOLDER 50/20 List of concerts performed by SR in Europe, 1918-1939
BOX-FOLDER 50/21 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America, 1909-1910, 1918-1920
BOX-FOLDER 50/22 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America, 1920-1925
BOX-FOLDER 50/23 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America, 1925-1930
BOX-FOLDER 50/24 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America and Europe, 1930-1935
BOX-FOLDER 50/25 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America and Europe, 1935-1940
BOX-FOLDER 50/26 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America and Europe, 1940-1943
BOX-FOLDER 50/27 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in Europe, 1918-1930
BOX-FOLDER 50/28 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in Europe, 1930-1940
BOX-FOLDER 50/29 List of works conducted by SR
BOX-FOLDER 50/30 List of conductors with whom SR performed, including countries and dates of performances
BOX-FOLDER 51/1 List of authors whose texts were set by SR
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/2 List of dedicatees of SR's works
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/3/ List of epigraphs that appear in SR's works
Typescripts in Russian, English and French.
Includes two versions of Vladimir Nabokov's English translation of Aleksandr Pushkin's Miserly Knight.
BOX-FOLDER 51/4 List of works published by TAIR editions
BOX-FOLDER 51/5 List of vocal works by SR which were published by Muzgiz editions, Moscow, 1947
Under the editorship of Pavel A. Lamm.
In Russian.
Includes Russian text for the introductions to these editions, written by Lamm, B. Dobrokhotov and N. Zagronyĭ.
BOX-FOLDER 51/6 List of errors compiled by Sophie Satin in SR's published letters (Pis'ma, 1955), undated
BOX-FOLDER 51/7 List of errors compiled by Sophie Satin in Oskar von Riesemann's Rachmaninoff's Recollections (1934), undated
BOX-FOLDER 51/8 List of sound recordings and piano rolls made by SR
BOX-FOLDER 51/9 List of unauthorized editions by Keyboard Artistry-International Piano Library, compiled by Sophie Satin
Verso bears a handwritten list of sound recordings made by SR.
BOX-FOLDER 51/10 List of letters sent by SR to Russian and American newspapers
BOX-FOLDER 51/11 List of published interviews given by SR
BOX-FOLDER 51/12 List of institutions in the Soviet Union to which SR sent parcels in 1922 via the American Relief Administration
BOX-FOLDER 51/13 List of individuals to whom SR loaned money
BOX-FOLDER 51/14 List of individuals with whom SR was photographed
BOX 51 Biographical Materials
BOX-FOLDER 51/15 Contents lists of much of the material in this subseries, prepared by Sophie Satin
BOX-FOLDER 51/16 Denierec, M. Rachmaninoff, as I Remember Him, after 1943
Typescript
In English.
BOX-FOLDER 51/17 Earle Ferris Company. Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff – Biography, circa 1948
Typescript
In English.
According to Sophie Satin, this biographical sketch was written for the Rachmaninoff Fund.
BOX-FOLDER 51/18 Gul'kevich, Anastasiia Rimskaia-Korsakova. V svoeĭ pervom turne po Rossii Sergieĭ Vasil'evich Rakhmaninov... (=In his first tour of Russia, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff...), circa 1944
Manuscript
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/19 Hirst, Arthur. Rachmaninoff the Man, undated
Typescript
In English.
BOX-FOLDER 51/20 Korzukhin, I. S. V. Rakhmaninov, 1918
Manuscript
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/21 L'vov, Lolliĭ. Rakhmaninov, 1934
Typescript
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/22 L'vov, Lolliĭ. Rakhmaninov, 1943
Manuscript
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/23 L'vov, Lolliĭ. Tam, gde zhil i tvoril Rakhmaninov (=There, where Rachmaninoff lived and created)
Typescripts
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/24 Mandrovskaia, Ol'ga. Iz dalekogo proshlogo (=From the distant past), 1945
Manuscript
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/25 Rashevskiĭ, N. S. V. Rakhmaninov, undated
Typescript
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 51/26 Satin, Sophie. S. V. Rachmaninoff, undated
Typescript
In English.
BOX-FOLDER 51/27 Satin, Sophie. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), circa 1945
This brief biographical sketch was written at the request of a Russian priest for a small magazine (Esperanto) in Australia.
BOX-FOLDER 51/28 Satin, Sophie. Sergieĭ Vasil'evich Rakhmaninov, 1948
Typescript, with annotations
In English.
Written for S. Bertensson and J. Leyda for the prologue of their book Sergei Rachmaninoff (1956)
BOX-FOLDER 51/29 Satin, Sophie. Written for Bertensson and Leyda, 1955
Typescript
In Russian.
Written for S. Bertensson and J. Leyda's 1956 biography of SR, but not used.
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