Autograph postcards signed (58), Autograph letters signed (9), and Typewritten letters signed (2), dated Hanover, N.H., London, Dublin, Mainz, Warsaw, Vilnius, Helsinki, Budapest, Florence, Vienna, Amsterdam, Portland, Ore., and many other places, 1970-1999, 1970-1999.

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Autograph postcards signed (58), Autograph letters signed (9), and Typewritten letters signed (2), dated Hanover, N.H., London, Dublin, Mainz, Warsaw, Vilnius, Helsinki, Budapest, Florence, Vienna, Amsterdam, Portland, Ore., and many other places, 1970-1999, 1970-1999.

Of a social nature, reporting on concerts heard and conducted, mentioning [Leon] Barzin, Dallapiccola, Lutoslawski, Luciano [Berio], Ligeti, [Leonard] Bernstein, Debussy, Gershwin, Varese, Gian Carlo Menotti, Boulez, John Cage, Nicolas Slonimsky, Henze, Elie Siegmeister, Shchedrin, Janacek, Blitzstein, and others, etc.

69 items (86 p.) ; various sizes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7236294

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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Cage, John.

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American composer. From the description of Imaginary landscape no. 4 or March no. 2, 1951. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 406987239 American composer, philosopher, and writer on music. From the description of [Renga]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967275 In the summers of 1940 and 1941, John Cage was on the dance faculty of Mills College (Oakland, Calif.). He composed Dance music for Elfrid Ide when she was a student in 1940. ...

Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975

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Luigi Dallapiccola, an Italian composer, wrote Rencesvals, a piece for voice and piano based on three fragments of La Chanson de Roland, for French baritone Pierre Bernac. From the description of Correspondence concerning Rencesvals : Firenze, to Pierre Bernac, Paris, 1945-1946. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122640078 From the guide to the Correspondence concerning Rencesvals : Firenze, to Pierre Bernac, Paris, 1945-1946, (The New York Public Library. Music ...

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 ...

Lutoslawski, Witold

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0000e1 ...

Ligeti, György, 1923-2006

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0000de ...

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...

Blitzstein, Marc

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Composer. From the description of Marc Blitzstein autograph letter to Eric Bentley, 1953 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 366668199 From the description of Autograph page signed, dated : Berlin, 1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270911558 From the description of Marc Blitzstein autograph letter to Eric Bentley, 1951 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 614998569 American composer. From the description of "Theater for the Cabaret." /...

Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich, 1932-

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Composed 1961.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Kamernai︠a︡ si︠u︡ita / R. Shchedrin. 1961. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 76952512 Russian composer. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 14, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861588 ...

Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012

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Hans Werner Henze is a German composer. Gert von Gontard (1906-1979) was a German author and editor who lived in the United States after the 1940's. From the description of Letters to Gert and Hilde von Gontard, 1974 Aug. 25-1975 Sept. 19. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122314117 Hans Werner Henze is a German composer. From the description of Correspondence to Heddy Baum, 1973 Feb. 12-1990 Dec. 10. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86...

Di Bonaventura, Mario, 1924-

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American conductor. From the description of Autograph postcards signed (58), Autograph letters signed (9), and Typewritten letters signed (2), dated Hanover, N.H., London, Dublin, Mainz, Warsaw, Vilnius, Helsinki, Budapest, Florence, Vienna, Amsterdam, Portland, Ore., and many other places, 1970-1999, 1970-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992181 From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, May 14, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Li...

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007

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Composer. From the description of Papers, 1982-1989. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 21072004 Orlando Cole, American, cellist of the Curtis String Quartet, and educator (cello faculty, The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pa.), was a classmate of Menotti's and Barber's at the Curtis Institute. From the description of [Letter, 1936, summer, St. Wolfgang, Austria, to] Landy [Orlando Cole, Rockport, Me.] / Gian-Carlo ; Sam [Samuel Barb...

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

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Claude Debussy (b. 22 August 1862–d. 25 March 1918) was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France he attended the Conservatoire de Paris originally to study piano before switing to composition. His orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899), Images (1905–1912). In 1904 he rose to international fame for his opera Pelléas et Mélisande. He also composed two books of Préludes a...

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965

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American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic progression. He was interested in electric instruments and composed pieces with sounds on tape. From the description of Autograph letters to François Bernouard, 1907-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872672 American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic pro...

Janácek, Leos, 1854-1928

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Czech composer. From the description of [Karel do pekla zajel, from Říkadla : in an arr. by the composer for voice, clarinet and piano of the 1925 version of the work]. [1925?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566508 From the description of Autograph note on his visiting card, dated : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipients, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899280 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., n.d., 1890 or later], t...

Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995

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Composed 1933. First performance Hollywood Bowl, 13 July 1933, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fragment of chorus from "Orestes" of Euripides : from a conjectural version (400 B.C.) / arranged by Nicolas Slonimsky. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54759973 Movements 1-6 and 8 originally composed 1928 in Studies in Black and White for piano. Transcribed and Valse added, 1941. First performance Buenos Aire...

Peyser, Joan.

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Music writer. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, June 4, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862226 ...

Siegmeister, Elie

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Barzin, Leon

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American conductor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (25), postcards signed (2), and Christmas card signed, dated : Woodstock (N.Y.), New York, Paris, Munich [and other places], to Mrs. Melbert B. Cary [i.e. Mary Flagler Cary], 1931-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672027 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [Paris], to Langdon van Norden, 1958 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672032 Violinist. ...

Berio, Luciano

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Italian composer. From the description of Album leaf, 1975, Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919773 From the description of Autograph letters signed (10), Typewritten letters signed (9), Autograph postcard signed, Typewritten letter signed (copy) of a letter to Karl Heinz [Stockhausen], Typewritten letter signed (copy) of a letter to [Donal] Henahan, Printed program with Autogrph note signed, Copies (2) of an article about Berio in a Paris newspaper with Autograph ...