Nicolas Nabokov Papers 1907, 1950-1978

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (b. May 27, 1923, Furth, Bavaria, Germany - November 29, 2023, Kent, Connecticut) served as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 under both President Nixon and President Carter. He also served as National Security Advisor from 1968 to 1975 under President Nixon. He was the first person to hold both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor at the same time. He was born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger but changed his name to Henry after immigrating to the U.S....

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967

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J. Robert Oppenheimer: Physicist (quantum theory and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley in theoretical physics, 1929-1947; director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1943-1945; chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1952; director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, 1947-1966....

Cocteau, Jean

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright and filmmaker. Antonin Artaud -- French poet, essayist, actor and director -- was the leading playwright of the 'Theatre of Cruelty.' From the description of Le moine de M.G. Lewis raconté par Antonin Artaud [manuscript], ca. 1931 / Jean Cocteau. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 318989605 French poet, novelist, playwright, and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Boulanger, Nadia, 1887-1979

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French composer and music teacher. From the description of [Letter] 1977 October 27 [to] Dear Mr. Wilson 1977. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 755584222 Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was a Parisian composer, music teacher and conductor. From the description of Nadia Boulanger American music scores, 1925-1937 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612769739 French composer and composition teacher. From the d...

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

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An American violinist, Yehudi Menuhin was engaged in 1947 by Two Continent Pictures to appear and play in a projected moving picture named Delirium and an associated short movie; and later for a series of short films. He suggested changes in the script and performed the Mendelssohn Concerto for Delirium, but the picture apparently was not completed, nor were the short films although 22 reels were recorded and photographed. From the description of Letters and other papers relating to ...

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), Jr., 1917-2007

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Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. (born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the 1952 an...

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

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Russian born composer and conductor. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. 1931-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723194 Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. From the description of Sketchbook, [1917?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465769 Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, set to the libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, was inspired by William Hogarth's series of paintings. Stravinsky had wan...

Ormandy, Eugene

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0001db Conductor; Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-1980. From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213481085 From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsyl...

Boulez, Pierre

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French composer and conductor. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (5), Typewritten letter, and Autograph envelope, dated London and Baden-Baden, 1971-1975, to Joan Peyser, 1971-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992184 French Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x00027d ...

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...

Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996

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McGeorge Bundy (1919-1996) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the national security advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He attended school at private institutions, including Dexter, Groton, and Yale University, from which he graduated first in his class with a degree in mathematics. As a junior fellow at Harvard University, Bundy changed his specialization to international relations. After serving in U.S. Army Intelligence during World War II, during which he rose...

Bieber, Marion

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Stone, Shepard

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Lasky, Melvin J.

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Epithet: of 'Encounter' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000270 Der Monat, a German-language political and cultural journal, first appeared in Germany in October 1948. After the Allied occupation of Germany in November 1944, all German media services were suspended. The Office of the Military Government for Germany (US) [OMGUS] filled the information gap, which resulted from this prohibitio...

Pablo, Luis de

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Charter, Elliot, 19108-

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Lieberman, Rolf, 1910-

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Stuckenschmidt, Hans H.

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Epithet: German music critic and musicologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x000006 ...

Perdigao, Jose de Azerado

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Markevitch, Igor

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Italian conductor and composer of Russian birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vevey], 27 January [1933], to Comtesse Etienne de Beaumont in Paris, 1933 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581831 ...

Berlin, Isaiah, Sir

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Societe des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Music (France)

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Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007

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Hilpert, Viola

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Jaudel, Etienne

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Bertucelli, Jean-Louis, 1942-

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Burnier, Raymond

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Josselson, Michael

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Craft, Bob

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Mansouroff, Paul, 1896-1983

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Stajanovic, Josip

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Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992

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Thomas, Virgil, 1896-

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Arndt, Adolf, 1904-1947

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Watanabe, Akeo, 1919-1990

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Nestler, Peter 1937-

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Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985

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Russian-French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed (1) and greeting cards signed (2) : Marseilles and St. Paul, to John Rewald, 1941 Jan. 3, 1967 July 18 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870508 Marc Chagall was a Russian-born painter working chiefly in France whose works frequently featured themes from Russian-Jewish folklore and from the Bible. From the description of Marc Chagall letter to D. Vaughan, 1967 February 21. (Pennsyl...

Bogianckino, Massimo

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St. Aubyn, Frederic C. (Frederic Chase), 1921-

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

Boosey and Hawkes, Inc

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Adorno, Theodor

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Epithet: German philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000db Adorno was a German professor of philosophy at the Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, and associate director of the Institut für Sozialforschung in Frankfurt. From the description of Music in radio (memorandum), 1938, [microform]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309774179 From the de...

Masani, Minocheher Rustom, 1905-....

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Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978

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Beginning in 1934, Lincoln Kirstein put efforts towards producing a ballet entitled Tom, inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's cabin. Kirstein first commisioned a libretto from poet E.E. Cummings and music from Virgil Thompson. These initial efforts, however, were rejected by choreographer George Balanchine. The following year, Kirstein comissioned set and costume designs from Ben Shahn and a new score from Nicolas Nabokov, working with both artists, as well as Balan...

Bornoff, Jack

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Balanchine, George

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Padhye, Prabhakar, 1909-

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B. Schott's Söhne (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977

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Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian and American novelist, poet, short-story writer, lecturer, and literary critic. From the description of Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987 bulk (1934-1975) [microform]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 210012737 From the description of Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987 bulk (1934-1975). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465556 From the guide to the Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987, 1934-1975, (The New Y...

M.P. Belaieff Musikverlag (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

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Einem, Gottfried von, 1918

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Bote and Bock

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Kallin, Anna

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Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1974

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Charles "Chip" Eustis Bohlen (1904-1973), diplomat and Russian specialist, was born in Clayton, New York. After Bohlen took his B.A. at Harvard in 1927, he went on a world tour on a tramp ship. Although he had not intended to become a diplomat, his extensive world travels with his family as a child and his course work at Harvard caused him to enter the Foreign Service in Washington in 1929. He was assigned as vice-consul at Prague until 1931, when he became vice-consul at Paris. Here he began se...

Labroca, Mario

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Robin, Jean

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Dubuis, Gisele

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Brankca, Vittore

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Bhatia, Vanraj

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Nabokov family

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Seefehlner, Egon, 1912-

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Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991.

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Chilean pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Wittenburg, 30 August 1926, to Herr [Alexander Maria] Schnabel, 1926, 30 August. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680676 ...

McGhee, George Crews, 1912-....

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Petroleum producer, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of George Crews McGhee : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481210 ...

Byrns, Harold, 1903-1977

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American conductor. From the description of "Mahler Strauss Byrns Tradition[al]." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562133 From the description of "Mahler--Byrns 7. Symphony / (Nachtmusik)." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562128 ...

Bomhard, Moritz

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Slater, Joe E.

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Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Abteilung Darstellende Kunst

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Heller, Anatole

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Moseley, Carlos

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Sellner, Gustav Rudolf

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Blake, Patricia

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Jelenski, Constantin, 1922-

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Roberts, Laurence P.

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Propes, Aron Zvi

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Hiller, Lejaren, 1924-1994

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Lejaren Hiller was born on February 23, 1924, in New York City. He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton University, where he also studied music theory and composition with Milton Babbitt and Roger Sessions. In 1958, Hiller received his M.Mus. from the University of Illinois where he founded the Experimental Music Studio. In 1957, Hiller collaborated with Leonard Isaacson on the Illiac Suite, the first significant use of a computer in composition. The Illiac Suite (Strin...

Hunt, John C.

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Bahr, Egon, 1922-....

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Bessie, Simon Michael

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Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Simon Michael Bessie : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726992 ...

Bellow, Saul

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Blacher, Boris, 1903-1975

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German composer of Baltic descent. From the description of La Vie / (Life) / a modern Ballet / by Robert Falconer / Musik [sic] by Boris Blacher / Score. / B. Blacher / Berlin--Steglitz / Buggestr. 21. [1938?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561889 Composed 1940. First performance Hamburg, 18 October 1942, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Konzert für Streichorchester, op. 20 / Boris Blach...

Bois, Mario

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Weidenfeld, George Weidenfeld, Baron

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Danielou, Alain

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Diamond, Peter

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Wakefield, Rowan Albert, 1919-

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Emmanuel, Pierre

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Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989

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Journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Wright Alsop : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122308198 Authors and journalists. Full names: Joseph Wright Alsop and Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop (1914-1974). From the description of Papers of Joseph and Stewart Alsop, 1699-1989 (bulk 1937-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061964 ...

Nabokov, Peter

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Horgan, Barbara

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Frugoni, Orazio, 1921-1997

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Bond, Alison

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Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005

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George Kennan (1845-1924), American journalist and author, was best-known for his writings on Russia. In 1865 he was sent to Siberia as part of a surveying party to find a route for a telegraph line to connect Europe and America. Kennan traveled across Russia and wrote about his experiences in Tent Life in Siberia (1870). He worked as assistant manager of the Associated Press and wrote about the Russian prison and exile system for Century Magazine. In addition to his wor...

Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm)

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Cage, Betty

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Chiaromonte, Nicola

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Westerman, Gerhart von.

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