Serge Diaghilev papers 1910-1929

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Serge Diaghilev papers 1910-1929

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19671

This collection relates primarily to the last ten years of les Ballets Russes of . There are a few items from 1910-1911 regarding . The Papers have been divided into three sections and arranged chronologically. The first comprises holograph copies and some originals of letters written by to various correspondents, such as , , , , , and . The second section consists of letters from various correspondents to , as well as letters relating to but neither written to nor by him. The last section contains documents, contracts, and receipts. Some of the material concerns the process in judicial cases brought against by , , , and -various artists of les Ballets Russes-for failure to execute contracts. Other pieces are, by contrast, relative to the cases brought by against and . Serge Dyagilev Michel Fokine Dyagilev Michel Fokine Guido Gatti Désiré Inghelbrecht Sergei Grigoriev Serge Lifar Alicia Markova Dyagilev Dyagilev Dyagilev Rastorgoueff Mme. Bewicke Gulbenkian Nijinsky Dyagilev Fokine de Palignac

131 items in 25 folders

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6310840

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Inghelbrecht, D. E. (Désiré Emile), 1880-1965.

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Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986

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Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929

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