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Velimirović, Miloš. Papers of Miloš Velimirović [manuscript], 1933-1990.

Title: Papers of Miloš Velimirović [manuscript], 1933-1990.

These papers, donated by musicologist and retired professor Miloš Velimirović, consist mainly of personal and professional correspondence to friends and acquaintances and colleagues in the music field and academia. Musicologist Dmitri ("Jim") Conomos and religious studies professor Stephen Reynolds are well represented in the correspondence, and there is a transcript of a BBC radio broadcast about King Peter II of Yugoslavia written by Sir Cecil Parrott. There is also correspondence with Byzantine studies scholars at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Center and materials related to a presentation by Velimirović ("The Use and Abuse of Folk Music") given at the International Musicological Society's 12th Congress in 1977. There are also a number of papers related to Russian-born composer Alfred Swan, a colleague and friend of Velimirović. These include biographical and autobiographical materials, correspondence, and materials related to a collection of Swan papers donated in the 1990s to the University of Virginia where Swan taught in the 1920s. Of interest are accounts of Swan's experiences in revolutionary Russia and his ultimately successful effort to leave that war-torn country. Included with Swan material are articles written by Swan on Russian church music, folk songs, and liturgical chant. Also included in the Swan materials are papers related to Russian composer Pavel Chesnokov. Velimirović assembled the papers while preparing for publication in the United States all of Chesnokov's available letters. They include copies of correspondence written in the 1930s by Chesnokov to Swan and one of his students, American composer John Davison.

ArchivalResource: ca.1400 items.

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