Jacob Avshalomov scores 1928-2001

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Jacob Avshalomov scores 1928-2001

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Jacob Avshalomov, composer, was born in China in 1919, but immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1937. He studied in Los Angeles with Ernst Toch, at the Eastman School of Music with Bernard Rogers, and at Tanglewood with Aaron Copland. Avshalomov spent the majority of his career as the director of the Portland Youth Orchestra from 1954 to 1995. The Scores contains various drafts and sketches and scores composed by Jacob Avshalomov from 1928-1998. The bulk of the material dates from 1940-1998, and in addition to the scores, the collection contains correspondence, libretti and programs. The collection also includes compositions written by the composers father, Aaron Avshalomov.

5.36 linear feet; 15 boxes

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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Avshalomov, Aaron, 1894-1965

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Russian-American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Shanghai, 27 August 1934, to Mr. [Melbert Brinkerhoff] Cary, 1934, 27 August. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680766 Composed 1948.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for flute and orchestra / A. Avshalomoff. 1948. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42720570 Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundatioin. Composed 1953. De...

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Building on a nucleus of students working with local violin teacher Mary V. Dodge, who had earlier founded and directed the acclaimed Sagebrush Symphony in Burns, Oregon, the Portland Junior Symphony Association recruited Russian conductor Jacques Gershkovitch to form a full youth orchestra. He agreed, and in 1924 the Portland Junior Symphony was established as the first youth orchestra in the United States and soon became a model for youth orchestras around the country. Gershkovitc...

American Music Collection

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Avshalomov, Jacob

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Jacob Avshalomov (1919- ) graduated from Reed College in 1943 and married Doris Felde, also class of '43. He played percussion and cello in the Portland Junior Symphony before earning advanced degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Avshalomov taught music at Columbia University from 1946 to 1954 before returning to Portland to become the Conductor of the Portland Junior Symphony, retiring after 40 years in 1994. From the description of Jacob Avshalomov Papers, 1954-2000. 1954-2000...