Papers, 1943-1978.

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Papers, 1943-1978.

Correspondence, programs, and publicity material, relating to Illinois String Planning Conferences (1945-1948), students, bow grip and violin neck inventions, music programs, string quartet trip, violin camp, summer youth programs, American String Teachers Association, University of Illinois School of Music, National Academy of Music, and other topics. Correspondents include Ernest Harris, Duane Haskell, Frank Hill, Yehudi Menuhin, Leonard Ratner, Max Rostal, Mary Sexton, Joseph Szigeti, Rex Underwood, and Phyllis Weyer.

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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 ...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Chartered as Illinois Industrial University 1867; adopted name University of Illinois in 1885 and know as the Urbana-Champaign campus; became University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966). From the description of Afro-American Studies and Research Program records, 1980-1984. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70970126 ...

Ratner, Leonard G.

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Dedicated to Albert Elkus.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite for string orchestra / Leonard Ratner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53343088 ...

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). School of Music

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Sexton, Mary

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University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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Underwood, Rex, 1884-

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Hill, Frank W. (Frank William)

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Weyer, Phyllis

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American String Teachers Association

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Harris, Ernest E. (Ernest Edward), 1917-

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Illinois String Planning Conferences

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Haskell, Duane Hedrick, 1905-1974

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Rostal, Max

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National Academy of Music.

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Rolland, Paul.

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Professor of music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (earlier name: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)); b. 1911; d. 1978. From the description of Papers, 1943-1978. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28413291 ...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. School of Music

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After five years of study and discussion on the subject, the Board of Trustees organized the School of Music on June 9, 1897, to offer courses in musical instruction. 1 Initially the courses of study included vocal and instrumental training as well as work in the history of music. 2 In 1922 the curriculum of Music Education was added in cooperation with the College of Education. 3 When the College of Fine and Applied Arts was organized on March 12, 1931, the school of Music was incl...

Szigeti, Joseph

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Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) was an American violinist of Hungarian birth. He studied first with his father, then with Jeno Hubay. He settled in the United States in 1940 and became a citizen in 1951. His true strength was contemporary music, and he often forced concert managers to include contemporary pieces in concert programs. He was friends with Bartok and several other prominent composers, many of whom dedicated works to him. He played a Guarneri violin, and held his bow in the old fashioned ...