Louis Horst papers 1935-1964

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Louis Horst papers 1935-1964

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19702

The Papers document his professional, and primarily his personal, life from 1962 to 1964. There are, however, letters and contractual information dating back as early as 1935 and 1959. The importance of this collection lies in its personal nature. The appreciation, gratitude, and honor bestowed upon by students, contemporaries, supporters, and friends is repeated again and again in the correspondence written to him. The content consists mainly of correspondence to by friends, such as , and dance associates, such as . There is also correspondence from relatives, primarily , his sister, , her husband, and , wife. Louis Horst Horst Horst Gertrude Lippincott Harriet Berg May George Betty Horst's

116 items in 14 folders

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Horst, Louis

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Louis Horst was born to Conrad and Leva Horst on the twelfth of January, 1884, in Kansas City, Missouri. Horst began to study piano at an early age. He became a professional accompanist, playing for silent films, stock theater companies, Broadway rehearsals, and later for many of the modern dance personalities of the thirties and forties. In 1915, Horst joined the Denishawn Company as accompanist; his wife, Betty, was a member of the company. He remained with Denishawn u...