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Papers of Sophie Satin, 1929-1974 (continued)
Writings (continued)
Biographical Material about SR (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 83/8 Lecture by Satin given in Philadelphia, 18 March 1974
Manuscript draft ; 34 pages
In Russian.
Laid in: original cover of folder (bearing Satin's handwriting)
BOX-FOLDER 83/9 SR's "Recollections of a Vanished World" (as told to Frederick H. Martens), 1931
Manuscript and typescript drafts ; 31 pages
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 83/10 SR's "Recollections of a Vanished World" (as told to Frederick H. Martens), undated
Typescript drafts ; 56 pages
In English.
Contains extensive annotations in several hands, including that of Satin.
Includes an undated typed contract between SR and Frederick H. Martens regarding the publication of these memoirs.
BOX-FOLDER 83/11 Typescript drafts of unpublished biographical articles about SR by Earle Ferris Co., Anastasiia Gul'kevich (née Rimskaia-Korsakova), Lolliĭ Lvov, O. Mandrovskaia, Daniel Gregory Mason, Victor Seroff, Boris Chaliapin and Sophie Satin, undated
In Russian and in English.
BOX 83-85 Research Notes Related to SR's Career
BOX-FOLDER 83/12 List of SR's holograph manuscripts in the Library of Congress and in the Glinka Museum, Moscow
Handwritten material and typescripts ; 28 items
In English and Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 83/13 List of published musical scores of SR's works and other published material (books, articles) retained in SR's family library (subsequently donated to the Library of Congress)
Handwritten material and annotated typescripts (both original and carbon copies) ; 41 items
In English.
List is not comprehensive.
BOX-FOLDER 83/14 List of compositions by SR
Annotated original and carbon copy typescripts ; 158 pages
Primarily in English.
BOX-FOLDER 83/15 List of concerts in which SR's works were first performed
Annotated typescript ; 16 items
In Russian.
BOX-FOLDER 83/16 List of works (piano solo, chamber music, orchestral concerti) performed and/or conducted by SR
Annotated manuscript notes and typescripts (original and carbon copy) ; 35 items
In Russian and in English.
BOX-FOLDER 83/17 List of cities in Russia, Europe and North America where SR performed, 1888-1943, and the number of times in each city
Annotated typescripts ; 106 items
BOX-FOLDER 83/18 List of concerts (occasionally including repertoire) performed by SR in North America, 1923-1943
Annotated typescripts ; 92 items
Includes related correspondence (most notably by NR and Boston Symphony Orchestra manager George Judd)
BOX-FOLDER 84/1 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America, 1909-1910 and 1918-1930
Annotated typescripts (originals and carbon copies) ; 115 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/2 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in North America, 1930-1943
Annotated typescripts (originals and carbon copies) ; 111 items
Includes an itinerary of SR's 1940-1941 concert tour of the USA and Canada,as well as an original typescript of the concert encores performed by SR during his "last 5-6 years," compiled by NR, and prepared by Sophie Satin.
BOX-FOLDER 84/3 List of concerts performed by SR in Russia and Europe, 1891-1917
Annotated typescripts ; 95 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/4 List of concert programs (including repertoire) performed by SR in Europe, 1918-1939
Annotated typescripts (originals and carbon copies) ; 75 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/5 List of sound recordings and piano rolls made by SR, as well as royalty statements from the Victor Talking Machine Company/RCA Victor which were generated by these recordings
Manuscript notes and typescripts ; 58 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/6 List of articles about SR published in Russia, 1892-1917
Typescripts and transcriptions (original and carbon copies), photoreproductions ; 78 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/7 List of articles about SR published in North America, 1918-1943
Annotated typescripts and transcriptions (original and carbon copies); photoreproduced clippings ; 40 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/8 List of articles about SR which were published in Europe and in the Soviet Union, 1918-1943
Handwritten notes, typescripts and transcriptions (original and carbon copies), original clippings, photoreproductions ; 60 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/9 Lists and transcriptions of articles about SR, 1943-1971
Handwritten and annotated notes, typescripts and transcriptions (original and carbon copies), original and photoreproduced clippings ; 60 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/10 List of individuals and institutions from whom SR received greetings on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Handwritten notes ; 3 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/11 Obituaries of SR, 1943
Original and photoreproduced clippings ; 57 items
BOX-FOLDER 84/12 Articles in remembrance of SR
Handwritten notes, typescripts and transcriptions (original and carbon copies), original and photoreproduced clippings ; 22 items
In Russian and English.
BOX-FOLDER 85/1 Concerts, lectures, and exhibits held in memory of SR
Annotated typescripts, concert programs, newspaper clippings ; 38 items
BOX-FOLDER 85/2 Primarily handwritten notes about SR's concert performances and repertoire; citations for journal and newspaper articles and reviews about SR
(83 items)
In Russian (primarily) and in English.
BOX 85 MAPCASE 5 Genealogical Information about the Rachmaninoff and Satin Families
BOX-FOLDER 85/3 Genealogical information about the Rachmaninoff family
(7 items)
Includes handwritten notes, in Russian; a color reproduction of, and information about, the Rachmaninoff family coat-of-arms; and a published copy of O Rodie Rakhmaninovykh=Regarding the Nobility of the Rachmaninoff Family, 1895.
BOX-FOLDER 85/4 Genealogical information about the Rachmaninoff and Bakhmetev families
(25 items)
Includes handwritten notes (perhaps in the hand of Mariia Litvinova, "a cousin of SR's mother") and typescripts, in Russian; includes two undated letters from Mariia Litvinovato "Varvara Arkad'evna"
MAPCASE-DRAWER 5/15 Graphic "family trees" tracing the Rachmaninoff family's lineage, undated
Three large-format handwritten documents
In Russian.
In Folder 10.
MAPCASE-DRAWER 5/15 Graphic "family trees" tracing the Rachmaninoff family's lineage from Moldavian rulers Dragoş (died circa 1353) and Bogdan I (died circa 1367), undated
Three large-format published documents
In Russian.
In Folder 11.
BOX-FOLDER 85/5 Genealogical information about the Satin family
Handwritten notes and other documentation (photoreproductions) ; 65 items
In Russian.
BOX 85-88 Material Relating to Bertensson and Leyda's Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Lifetime in Music (1956)
BOX-FOLDER 85/6 Draft "A" (folder 1 of 6; 180 [54, 125] pages). From material labelled "Part One"
BOX-FOLDER 85/7 Draft "A" (folder 2 of 6; 134 pages). From material labelled "Part One"
BOX-FOLDER 85/8 Draft "A" (folder 3 of 6; 208 pages). From material labelled "Part One"
BOX-FOLDER 85/9 Draft "A" (folder 4 of 6; 173 pages). From material labelled "Part One"
BOX-FOLDER 86/1 Draft "A" (folder 5 of 6; 242 pages). From material labelled "Part Two"
Includes correspondence, dated 1954 and 1955, to and/or from Sergei Bertensson, Jay Leyda and Sophie Satin, as well as P. L. Aldridge, Israel Citkowitz, Wilson Follett, E. C. Forman, Eleanor Porter, Theodor Reik, and Edwin S. Smith.
Also includes typed and handwritten transcriptions of correspondence, both by and to SR.
BOX-FOLDER 86/2 Draft "A" (folder 6 of 6; 158 pages). From material labelled "Part Two"
Includes correspondence, dated between 1951 and 1955, to and/or from Sergei Bertensson, Jay Leyda and Sophie Satin, as well as Carroll G. Bowen, Abram Chasins, Richard Franko Goldman, Nina Koshetz, Douglas MacKinnon, Joseph Reither, Nicolas Slonimsky, and Edward N. Waters.
Also includes typed and handwritten transcriptions of correspondence, both by and to SR; and copies of original biographical articles (held elsewhere within this Archive).
BOX-FOLDER 86/3 Draft "B" (folder 1 of 8; 124 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 86/4 Draft "B" (folder 2 of 8; 144 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 86/5 Draft "B" (folder 3 of 8; 148 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 86/6 Draft "B" (folder 4 of 8; 147 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 86/7 Draft "B" (folder 5 of 8; 180 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 87/1 Draft "B" (folder 6 of 8; 161 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 87/2 Draft "B" (folder 7 of 8; 185 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 87/3 Draft "B" (folder 8 of 8; 148 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 87/4 Correspondence, 1952-1956
Folder 1 of 2 ; 99 items
To Sergei Bertensson, Jay Leyda and/or Sophie Satin, from: Carroll G. Bowen, Charles E. Cunningham, Noel Farrand, Wilson Follett, Irving Kolodin, Maxim Lieber, Pearn, Pollinger & Higham, Ltd., Joseph Reither, Edward N. Waters, Herbert Weinstock, and Thomas J. Wilson.
BOX-FOLDER 87/5 Correspondence, 1949-1955
Folder 2 of 2 ; 108 pages
To Sergei Bertensson, Jay Leyda and/or Sophie Satin, from Robert Russell Bennett. Also includes two copies of report on Bertensson's and Leyda's Rachmaninoff: A Lifetime in Music, by Edward N. Waters, from 1950.
BOX-FOLDER 87/6 Annotated draft notes for Bertensson/Leyda biography of SR (from folder labelled "Translated letters") (1 of 2)
Includes handwritten transcriptions and typescripts of correspondence of and to SR; typescripts of articles.
(202 items)
BOX-FOLDER 87/7 Annotated draft notes for Bertensson/Leyda biography of SR (from folder labelled "Translated letters") (2 of 2)
Includes handwritten transcriptions and typescripts of correspondence of and to SR; bibliography of published articles related to SR.
(187 items)
BOX-FOLDER 88/1 Annotated draft notes for Bertensson/Leyda biography of SR
Includes handwritten transcriptions and typescripts; lists of correspondence sent to Bertensson.
(142 items)
BOX-FOLDER 88/2 Annotated draft notes for Bertensson/Leyda biography of SR
Includes handwritten transcriptions and typescripts; copies of Bertensson and Leyda's correspondence with Sophie Satin, Maxim Lieber, and others.
(102 items)
BOX-FOLDER 88/3 Miscellaneous material related to Bertensson/Leyda biography of SR
Includes clippings of reviews in Russian and English.
(19 items)
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