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Leonard Bernstein Collection, circa 1900-1994, (bulk 1933-1990)

Title: Leonard Bernstein Collection circa 1900-1994 (bulk 1933-1990)

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, writer, lecturer, and pianist. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, personal business papers, the archives from his corporate identity, Amberson Inc., scrapbooks, clippings and press materials, programs, datebooks and schedules, iconography, address books, and fan mail. In addition, it contains music manuscripts for many of his compositions, including ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and . The Age of Anxiety (Symphony no. 2) Candide Chichester Psalms Fancy Free Jeremiah (Symphony no. 1) On the Waterfront Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" Trouble in Tahiti West Side Story Wonderful Town

ArchivalResource: around 400,000 items; 1227 boxes; 508 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu998001 View

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newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy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

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011 View

MS Mus. 1609. Rosenthal Correspondence. Vol. i (ff. 211). A -Bony.includes:f. 1 Harold David Rosenthal, writer on music: Licia Albanese, singer: Letter to Harold David Rosenthal from Licia Albanese: 1945: Typewritten, signed.ff. 2-3 Harold Davi...

Title: MS Mus. 1609. Rosenthal Correspondence. Vol. i (ff. 211). A - Bony.includes:f. 1 Harold David Rosenthal, writer on music: Licia Albanese, singer: Letter to Harold David Rosenthal from Licia Albanese: 1945: Typewritten, signed.ff. 2-3 Harold Davi... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Cary, Lowell Vernon, 1936-2006,. Bud Cary San Francisco opera collection.

Title: Bud Cary San Francisco opera collection.

ArchivalResource: 3 manuscript boxes ; 15 1/2 x 12 x 3 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263436746 View

Leonard Warren papers, 1938-1963

Title: Leonard Warren papers 1938-1963

The Leonard Warren Papers document the professional career of the American baritone. Warren was a leading performer with the Metropolitan Opera for over twenty years, whose significant accomplishments have been overshadowed by his dramatic death onstage during a performance. Much of the collection is comprised of clippings and scrapbooks, as well as some promotional materials, such as broadsides and posters. It also contains numerous condolence cards, letters, and telegrams sent in the wake of the singer's untimely death.

ArchivalResource: 8.92 linear feet; 8 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20405 View

George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).

Title: George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).

Papers documenting the American career of Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine. Also includes records of the New York City Ballet (1948-1987), and records of the George Balanchine Foundation and the George Balanchine Trust (1983-1989).

ArchivalResource: 115 boxes, 1volume, and 61 videotapes (62.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01785/catalog View

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997. Correspondence from Alma Mahler, n. d.

Title: Correspondence from Alma Mahler, n. d.

Congratulating Bing on a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155862944 View

Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974. Papers, 1920-1974.

Title: Papers, 1920-1974.

Papers of Ed Sullivan (1901-1974), a newspaper columnist and television host-producer. Writings include miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles; copies of his "Little Old New York" column, 1941-1974, for the New York Daily News; and an unpublished biography of Lee Shubert. General subject files contain awards, certificates, correspondence, clippings, legal records, scrapbooks, and speeches. Among the prominent correspondents are Steve Allen, Rudolf Bing, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Duke Ellington, J. Edgar Hoover, Lady Bird Johnson, Edward M. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Louis Nizer, Ronald Reagan, Don Rickles, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Richard Rodgers, Robert E. Sherwood, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Frank Stanton, and Adlai E. Stevenson. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

ArchivalResource: 9.0 c.f. (18 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 1 record center carton)1 reel of microfilm (35 mm.), and.26 films; plus.additions of 2.0 c.f. and.23.0 c.f. of film.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692820 View

Rudolf Bing collection, [19--?-ongoing].

Title: Rudolf Bing collection, [19--?-ongoing].

Collection contains clipping, misc., photograph and souvenir book files.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430358225 View

Nikolai Lopatnikoff Collection, 1916-1979, (bulk 1920-1976)

Title: Nikolai Lopatnikoff Collection 1916-1979 (bulk 1920-1976)

The collection includes music, manuscript and printed, of Lopatnikoff, as well as of other composers; correspondence and personal papers; photographs, clippings, and programs; writings by and about Lopatnikoff; and offical documents. A significant amount of material is related to Lopatnikoff's opera Danton. Among the correspondents are Rudolf Bing, Aaron Copland, Serge Koussevitzky, Joseph Rosenstock, Julius Rudel, Nicolas Slonimsky, and William Steinberg.

ArchivalResource: around 1085 items; 27 boxes; 37 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu005001 View

Bing, Rudolf, Sir, 1902-. Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1960-1974.

Title: Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1960-1974.

Comprises 3 items from Bing and 2 items from Ormandy.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (8 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63645966 View

Grimm, Peter. Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1962-1963.

Title: Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1962-1963.

Comprises 3 items from Grimm regarding the Concert Artists Guild Award to Rudolf Bing and 1 item from Ormandy or his representative.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (4 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63646411 View

Max Rudolf Papers, 1922-1993, (bulk 1945-1992)

Title: Max Rudolf Papers 1922-1993 (bulk 1945-1992)

Max Rudolf was a German-born American conductor and music educator. He is best known for his work with the Metropolitan Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Curtis Institute of Music. The collection contains Rudolf's extensive correspondence with prominent 20th century musical figures, Metropolitan Opera annual files documenting his years with that organization, and a few photographs.

ArchivalResource: approximately 4,500 items; 22 containers; 11.5 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu011010 View

Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995. Max Rudolf papers, 1922-1993 (bulk 1945-1992).

Title: Max Rudolf papers, 1922-1993 (bulk 1945-1992).

The collection contains Rudolf's extensive correspondence with prominent 20th century musical figures, Metropolitan Opera annual files documenting his years with that organization, and a few photographs of Rudolf alone and with others. Rudolf corresponded with many notable figures from all realms of the music world, including Samuel Barber, Rudolf Bing, Luigi Dallapiccola, Norman Dello Joio, David Diamond, Antal Dorati, Glenn Gould, Erich Leinsdorf, Ira Levin, James Levine, Gian Carlo Menotti, Eugene Ormandy, Gunther Schuller, William Schuman, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Georg Szell, and Bruno Walter. His tenure at the Curtis Institue of Music and affiliation with the American Symphony Orchestra League are well documented in this collection. The Metropolitan Opera annual files represent the years Rudolf was active with that organization. Each annual file includes operatic programs (often annotated by Rudolf), Metropolitan Opera annual publications, contracts, correspondence, itineraries, travel-related expense bills, articles, clippings, radio broadcast scripts, press releases, rehearsal schedules, broadsides, and other miscellaneous documents.

ArchivalResource: around 4500 items (22 boxes, 11.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746316406 View

Robinson, Francis, 1910-. Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 25 February 1964, to Jack Ishmole, 1964 Feb. 25.

Title: Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 25 February 1964, to Jack Ishmole, 1964 Feb. 25.

Saying that Mr. [Rudolf] Bing regrets that he cannot comply with Ishmole's request for a statement and thanking him and Miss Ronsheim for their kind thought.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270874516 View

Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1903-1976. Nikolai Lopatnikoff collection, 1916-1979 (bulk 1920-1976).

Title: Nikolai Lopatnikoff collection, 1916-1979 (bulk 1920-1976).

The collection includes manuscript and printed music by Lopatnikoff and other composers; correspondence and personal papers; photographs, clippings, and programs; writings by and about Lopatnikoff; and offical documents. A significant amount of material is related to Lopatnikoff's opera Danton. Correspondents include Rudolf Bing, Aaron Copland, Serge Koussevitzky, Joseph Rosenstock, Julius Rudel, Nicolas Slonimsky, and William Steinberg.

ArchivalResource: around 1,085 items (27 boxes, 37 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71055990 View

National Press Club (U.S.). Luncheon speakers collection [sound recording].

Title: Luncheon speakers collection [sound recording]. 1952-<1989>

Scope: The collection contains speeches by world statesmen and women, politicians and diplomats, contemporary newsmakers, and various international figures from all walks of life. American presidents Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton have all been recorded at the club on numerous occasions at different stages of their careers. International leaders such as Adenauer, de Gaulle, Sukarno, Nehru, Castro, Meir, Gandhi, and Khrushchev speak. In addition, figures from various fields including business, education, entertainment, literature, sports, and medicine appear such as Arnold Toynbee, Artur Rubinstein, Leonard Bernstein, Alex Haley, Rudolf Bing, Muhammad Ali, Harry Belafonte, Gloria Steinem, Jonas Salk, Margaret Mead, Arthur Ashe, and Bob Hope. Recordings also include the concluding question-and-answer periods from the luncheon speakers series and simultaneous translations of talks not in English.

ArchivalResource: 1266 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.8 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.<312> sound cassettes : analog.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32490167 View

Bing, Rudolf, Sir, 1902- . Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1955-1966.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1955-1966.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (5 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63564314 View

The Love Family Papers, 1850-1960 (inclusive)

Title: The Love Family Papers 1850-1960 (inclusive)

Letters to Lucy Prindle Love and Helen Love Scranton, as well as clippings, photographs, and other items

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (3 linear feet)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0001 View

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1930-1983.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1930-1983.

Comprises 24 items, 11 leaves correspondence. Contain correspondence with Rudolf Bing, Francis Robinson, Anthoney A. Bliss, and Alfred F. Hubay.

ArchivalResource: 24 items (34 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63559962 View

The Bruno Walter papers, ca. 1887-ca. 1966

Title: The Bruno Walter papers ca. 1887-ca. 1966

The Bruno Walter Papers represent the career of the conductor Bruno Walter. The collection contains correspondence (primarily from after his emigration to the United States in 1941) as well as photographs, some books and music, and memorabilia.

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http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20155 View

The Bruno Walter papers, ca. 1887-ca. 1966

Title: The Bruno Walter papers ca. 1887-ca. 1966

The Bruno Walter Papers represent the career of the conductor Bruno Walter. The collection contains correspondence (primarily from after his emigration to the United States in 1941) as well as photographs, some books and music, and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20155 View

Guelph Spring Festival Archives. Letters from People of Note - response to requests made by M.H.MacKinnon to become an honorary patron of the Guelph Spring Festival, 1968-1973.

Title: Letters from People of Note - response to requests made by M.H.MacKinnon to become an honorary patron of the Guelph Spring Festival, 1968-1973. 1968-73.

ArchivalResource: 1 file.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/626437098 View

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951)

Title: Serge Koussevitzky Archive 1920-1976 (bulk 1924-1951)

The archive is a collection of correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs, and other materials which document some of the most significant aspects of twentieth-century music. Through his work as a conductor and publisher, and his efforts to commission new musical works, Koussevitzky maintained deep ties with many of the finest composers and musicians of the day. These figures are represented in their personal and professional affiliations with the conductor. In addition to serving as a record of Koussevitzky's life and career, the collection extensively chronicles periods in the history of organizations such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, and the American International Music Fund. Material in the collection dates from Koussevitzky's years in his native Russia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1924 to 1951; it also contains material created after Koussevitzky's death, reflecting his widow's continuing work with various organizations and projects. Musical compositions commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky are part of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Collection, and are shelved in ML30.3c, ML30.3c2, ML30.3c3, and ML30.3e2.

ArchivalResource: circa 13,000 items; 138 boxes; 100 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002008 View

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997,. Sir Rudolf Bing farewell [sound recording]

Title: Sir Rudolf Bing farewell [sound recording] [1972]

Interview with Sir Rudolf Bing, conducted by Sir Cyril Ritchard during the intermissions of a Metropolitan Opera performance of Verdi's Don Carlo, April 22, 1972. This was the final performance under Bing's tenure as general manager. The Texaco broadcast is announced by Milton Cross. Mrs. August Belmont and Anthony A. Bliss each speak about Bing's career at the Metropolitan Opera. Farewell messages and songs are performed by the following artists: Leontyne Price, James McCracken, Regine Crespin, Roberta Peters, Joan Sutherland, Thomas Stewart, Leonie Rysanek, Cyril Ritchard, Marilyn Horne, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, and Renata Tebaldi. The program concludes with Marian Anderson singing Auld lang syne.

ArchivalResource: 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks ; 5 in., 1/4 in. tape.1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape.1 sound cassette : analog, Dolby B processed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228657373 View

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Leonard Bernstein collection : Part II, circa 1900-1994 (bulk 1933-1990).

Title: Leonard Bernstein collection : Part II, circa 1900-1994 (bulk 1933-1990).

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, personal business papers, the archives from Bernstein's corporate identity, Amberson Inc., scrapbooks, clippings and press materials, programs, datebooks and schedules, iconography, and fan mail. In addition, there are music manuscripts for many of his compositions, including The age of anxiety (Symphony no. 2); Candide; Chichester Psalms; Fancy free; Jeremiah (Symphony no. 1); On the waterfront; Prelude, fugue and riffs; Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"; Trouble in Tahiti; West Side story; and Wonderful town.

ArchivalResource: around 400,000 items (1180 boxes, 508 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/470850868 View

Kolodin, Irving, 1908-1988,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Mar. 4, 1977 [sound recording].

Title: Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Mar. 4, 1977 [sound recording].

Kolodin discusses details of Stokowski's performance of Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961, including Rudolf Bing's reaction to Stokowski. He also discusses research sources for information on Stokowski's earliest years in the United States with the Cincinnati Orchestra.

ArchivalResource: Tape 1 sound cassette : analog.Tape 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tapeSound disc digital : 4 3/4 in.Transcript 15 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155861222 View

New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986

Title: New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers 1955-1994 1967-1986

The New York Times Company records: A.M. Rosenthal papers document the editorial career of Managing and Executive Editor Abraham Michael Rosenthal (1922-2006), noted for his stewardship of that newspaper during one of its most tumultuous periods, from the 1960s through the 1980s. The collection contains Rosenthal's office files from , spanning the era of his editorial tenure. Containing extensive professional correspondence, the papers illustrate the deliberations and thought processes behind the decisions made at the very top of arguably the most important newspaper in the world. New York Times The New York Times

ArchivalResource: 54.18 linear feet; 129 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/17929 View

My life in Germany contest, 1940.

Title: My life in Germany contest, 1940.

Autobiographical essays submitted for a Harvard-sponsored contest by those who lived in Germany in 1933.

ArchivalResource: 25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01275/catalog View

Photographs of the Metropolitan Opera [graphic] / Harry G. Schumer, ca. 1945-1965

Title: Photographs of the Metropolitan Opera [graphic] / Harry G. Schumer ca. 1945-1965

Harry G. Schumer (1893-1971) was Orchestra Librarian of the Metropolitan Opera from 1938 to 1968. Chiefly informal backstage photographs of artists in costume taken during opera productions between 1945 and 1965. Some sight-seeing slides taken on tour are also included. About 500 persons have been identified as subjects, associated with productions of more than 60 different operas.

ArchivalResource: 6920 slides; col; 132 transparencies; col; 10 x 6 cm; ca. 4000 negatives

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20189 View

Baldwin, Faith, 1893-1978. Smart Set Papers, 1952-1964.

Title: Smart Set Papers, 1952-1964.

Collection consists mainly of letters written to Carl R. Dolmetsch by persons who had contributed material to Smart Set magazine, 1930-1950. The letters were written in response to inquiries that he made in connection with his book Smart Set; a History and Anthology (New York: Dial Press, 1966). Includes printed galleys for the book and reviews of it. The collection also contains letters received by Professor Dolmetsch in connection with his chairmanship of the Committee on Arts and Lectures at the College of William and Mary. Prominent correspondents include Faith Baldwin, Jacques Barzun, S.N. Behrman, Rudolf Bing, Kenneth Burke, James Branch Cabell, Padraic Colum, Babette Deutsch, William Golding, H.L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair, C.P. Snow, Louis Untermeyer, Mark Van Doren, Colin Wilson and Edmund Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 378 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23077321 View

Ruby Mercer Collection (University of Guelph). Collection of slides and photographs of Edward Johnson in various operatic roles and of opera houses; photographs of E. Johnson, family, associates, and various landmarks in Italy.

Title: Collection of slides and photographs of Edward Johnson in various operatic roles and of opera houses; photographs of E. Johnson, family, associates, and various landmarks in Italy. 1900- 1970.

ArchivalResource: 2 files, 115 slides, 49 photographs (chiefly b&w), 2 col. postcards.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/627564607 View

New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999

Title: New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers 1823-1999

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of xxThe New York Timesxx from 1935 until 1961 and chairman of the board of The New York Times Company from 1961 until 1968. While he was publisher, circulation of The Times almost doubled; the editorial page developed a reputation for strong opinions; news events were subjected to more analysis and coverage of specialized topics was strengthened; new sections and departments were created for food, fashion, and women; and the overall style of the paper became less rigid and more aesthetically pleasing. The papers document Sulzberger's life and career at xxThe New York Timesxx, with the majority of the collection relating to Sulzberger's 26 years as president and publisher of the paper. Included in the collection are correspondence with family members, friends, colleagues, world leaders, and other dignitaries; memoranda regarding the business of the newspaper, including Sulzberger's notes of praise and criticism to his editors, managers, and writers; reports on his meetings with world leaders, including Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman; and photographs of Sulzberger, his family, business trips, vacations, and The Times' buildings.

ArchivalResource: 129.9 linear feet; 297 boxes, 10 volumes