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Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)

Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet

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Blumenthal, Jacques, 1829-1908. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 23 February 1902, to Mr. [Charles Kennedy] Scott, 1902 Feb. 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 23 February 1902, to Mr. [Charles Kennedy] Scott, 1902 Feb. 23.

Suggesting that he ask Joachim to approach Mme Albani to replace [Blanche] Marchesi, adding that Albani would "be a great card, though she is no more in her prime."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (obl. 32mo)

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‘Original letters’: Abell – Artôt (ff. 255); 1823-1913, n.d.includes:f. 1 Edith Abell, singer: Letter to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society: 1878: Autogr.f. 2-3 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Edith Abell, singer: Letter to..., 1823-1913

Title: ‘Original letters’: Abell – Artôt (ff. 255); 1823-1913, n.d.includes:f. 1 Edith Abell, singer: Letter to the Directors of the Philharmonic Society: 1878: Autogr.f. 2-3 Stanley Lucas, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Edith Abell, singer: Letter to... 1823-1913

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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‘Original letters’: Ritter – Saint-Säens (ff. 279); 1822-1913, n.d.includes:f. 1 Theodore Ritter, pianist: George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to George Hogarth from Theodore Ritter: 1860: Fr.ff. 2-4 ..., 1822-1913

Title: ‘Original letters’: Ritter – Saint-Säens (ff. 279); 1822-1913, n.d.includes:f. 1 Theodore Ritter, pianist: George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to George Hogarth from Theodore Ritter: 1860: Fr.ff. 2-4 ... 1822-1913

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Letter, 1882 April 18 : to Blanche Marchesi.

Title: Letter, 1882 April 18 : to Blanche Marchesi.

Signed holograph concerning Gounod's brother-in-law's illness.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

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‘Original letters’: MacMurdie – Martuicci (ff. 229); 1837-1910, n.d.includes:f. 1 C[arl] Klingemann, author and librettist: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: George William Budd, music publisher; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: J..., 1837-1910

Title: ‘Original letters’: MacMurdie – Martuicci (ff. 229); 1837-1910, n.d.includes:f. 1 C[arl] Klingemann, author and librettist: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: George William Budd, music publisher; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: J... 1837-1910

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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‘Original letters’: Tabb – Vert (ff. 269); 1821-1913, 1950-53, n.d.includes:f. 1 Richard Prestridge Valentine Tabb, cellist: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Letter to William Hayman Cummings from Richard Prestridge Valentine Tabb: circa 1908.f. 2 ..., 1821-1953

Title: ‘Original letters’: Tabb – Vert (ff. 269); 1821-1913, 1950-53, n.d.includes:f. 1 Richard Prestridge Valentine Tabb, cellist: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Letter to William Hayman Cummings from Richard Prestridge Valentine Tabb: circa 1908.f. 2 ... 1821-1953

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Marchesi, Blanche, 1864-1940. La foi (Droit d'enfant); drame en trois actes.

Title: La foi (Droit d'enfant); drame en trois actes. [1914]

ArchivalResource: 91 f. 27 cm.

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‘Original letters’: Smart – Stanislaus (ff. 278); 1820-1913, n.d.includes:ff. 1-2 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Charles Frederick Smart, double bass player, brother of George: Letters to [W. Watts] from Charles Frederick Smart: 18..., 1820-1913

Title: ‘Original letters’: Smart – Stanislaus (ff. 278); 1820-1913, n.d.includes:ff. 1-2 William Watts, Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Charles Frederick Smart, double bass player, brother of George: Letters to [W. Watts] from Charles Frederick Smart: 18... 1820-1913

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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‘Original letters’: Gui – Hayward (ff. 253); 1824-1913, 1952, n.d.includes:ff. 1, 9 Vittorio Gui, conductor and composer: David Ritson Smith, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letters to Vittorio Gui from David Ritson Smith: 1952: Drafts.ff. 2..., 1824-1952

Title: ‘Original letters’: Gui – Hayward (ff. 253); 1824-1913, 1952, n.d.includes:ff. 1, 9 Vittorio Gui, conductor and composer: David Ritson Smith, Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letters to Vittorio Gui from David Ritson Smith: 1952: Drafts.ff. 2... 1824-1952

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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(ff. 1-87). A-I.includes:f. 1. Art. Photographs: William Archer, drama critic and author: Portrait photograph of W. Archer: circa 1880-1890.f. 2 Michael Barnes, son of Kenneth Barnes: Photograph of M. Barnes: 1944?.ff. 3, 4 Hermann Bahr, Germa...

Title: (ff. 1-87). A-I.includes:f. 1. Art. Photographs: William Archer, drama critic and author: Portrait photograph of W. Archer: circa 1880-1890.f. 2 Michael Barnes, son of Kenneth Barnes: Photograph of M. Barnes: 1944?.ff. 3, 4 Hermann Bahr, Germa... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Ivanov, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1849-1927. Letter : Saint Petersburg, to Salvatore Marchesi, 1884 Sept. 9.

Title: Letter : Saint Petersburg, to Salvatore Marchesi, 1884 Sept. 9.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

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Marchesi, Blanche, 1864-1940. Letter [n.d.] London, to [M.S.] Mackinley[sic] [London?].

Title: Letter [n.d.] London, to [M.S.] Mackinley[sic] [London?].

Declines an invitation.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. Holograph signed.

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Marchesi, Blanche, 1864-1940. Letter [n.d.] London, to [M. S.] Mackinley[!] [London?]

Title: Letter [n.d.] London, to [M. S.] Mackinley[!] [London?]

Declines an invitation.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. Holograph signed.

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Lye, Leonard. Correspondence of the Marchesi family, 1862-1939, 1967 [manuscript].

Title: Correspondence of the Marchesi family, 1862-1939, 1967 [manuscript]. [1862-1939]

Correspondence received by the Marchesi family spanning the period, 1862-1910 (1967). Most of the letters are written in French and Spanish. Postcards from Blanche Marchesi to George McNeilly, 1935-1939. The papers were brought together by Leonard Lye, a pupil of George McNeilly.

ArchivalResource: 0.06 m. (1 folder) + 1 packet.

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(ff. 88-147). J-N.includes:f. 1. Art. Photographs: William Archer, drama critic and author: Portrait photograph of W. Archer: circa 1880-1890.f. 2 Michael Barnes, son of Kenneth Barnes: Photograph of M. Barnes: 1944?.ff. 3, 4 Hermann Bahr, Ger...

Title: (ff. 88-147). J-N.includes:f. 1. Art. Photographs: William Archer, drama critic and author: Portrait photograph of W. Archer: circa 1880-1890.f. 2 Michael Barnes, son of Kenneth Barnes: Photograph of M. Barnes: 1944?.ff. 3, 4 Hermann Bahr, Ger... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Correspondence of members of the Farjeon family, other than Eleanor and Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, outside the family. Not all correspondents named below are indexedIncludes:Letters to Margaret Farjeon to, among others: Dion Boucicault, Albert Chevali..., 1868-1954

Title: Correspondence of members of the Farjeon family, other than Eleanor and Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, outside the family. Not all correspondents named below are indexedIncludes:Letters to Margaret Farjeon to, among others: Dion Boucicault, Albert Chevali... 1868-1954

ArchivalResource: 1 file

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Vol. V (ff. 272). J-R.includes:f.1 Georges Jacobi, conductor: Letter to P. Pitt: 1906.f. 3 Edvard Armas Järnefelt, conductor: Letter to P. Pitt: 1912.: Germ.f. 4 Léon Jehin, conductor: Letter to P. Pitt: 1919.: Fr.: Signed.f. 5 Isabelle Johns...

Title: Vol. V (ff. 272). J-R.includes:f.1 Georges Jacobi, conductor: Letter to P. Pitt: 1906.f. 3 Edvard Armas Järnefelt, conductor: Letter to P. Pitt: 1912.: Germ.f. 4 Léon Jehin, conductor: Letter to P. Pitt: 1919.: Fr.: Signed.f. 5 Isabelle Johns... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Marchesi, Mathilde (Graumann), l822-1913. [Marchesi collection].

Title: [Marchesi collection]. [l871-1965].

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (ca. 650 items) : ill., music ; 39 x 30 x 8 cm. or smaller.

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Marchesi, Blanche, 1864-1940. Letter [n.d., n.p.] to [Teresa?] Parodi, 78 Boulevard Babignalles [Paris?]

Title: Letter [n.d., n.p.] to [Teresa?] Parodi, 78 Boulevard Babignalles [Paris?]

Expresses concern for her student's [i.e. Madame Parodi's] throat.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. Holograph signed.

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Giles Lytton Strachey (ff. 151). Letters from Lytton Strachey to Lamb; Aug. 1913-13 June 1915, n.d. Mostly autograph. Partly French. Strachey’s work in progress includes: his review of Les Possédés (f. 61v); articles on Stendhal (ff. 25, 41, 47) and...

Title: Giles Lytton Strachey (ff. 151). Letters from Lytton Strachey to Lamb; Aug. 1913-13 June 1915, n.d. Mostly autograph. Partly French. Strachey’s work in progress includes: his review of Les Possédés (f. 61v); articles on Stendhal (ff. 25, 41, 47) and... Aug 1913-13 Jun 1915

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Marchesi, Blanche, 1863-1940. Autograph letters signed (2) and autograph letter in the third person, dated : London, 11 November [n.y., 1896?, and n.d.], and Paris, 21 November 1896, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, [1896?] Nov. 11, n.d., and 1896 Nov. 21.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2) and autograph letter in the third person, dated : London, 11 November [n.y., 1896?, and n.d.], and Paris, 21 November 1896, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, [1896?] Nov. 11, n.d., and 1896 Nov. 21.

Thanking him for a kind critique and all he did for her in London, expressing the hope that she will sing better next time and that "it will be less foggy as it hurts very much my voice, I am not used to the dampness of the air," reporting that in five recitals in Berlin in the past year she has introduced with great success English airs and songs "from Purcell to our own days," etc.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (5 p.) ; (12mo and obl. 32mo)

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