Irina Sergeevna Volkonskaia Letters, 1951-1969

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Irina Sergeevna Volkonskaia Letters, 1951-1969

1951-1969

Letters sent to Volkonskai︠a︡. Among the correspondents are outstanding musical figures, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Geraldine Farrar, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Eugene Ormandy, and Svi︠a︡toslav Stokowski. There are also letters from the writer Ivan Bunin.

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Ormandy, Eugene

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Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937-....

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Volkonskai︠a︡, Irina Sergeevna, 1904-1969?

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Horowitz, Vladimir

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Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953

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Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870-1953) was a Russian writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933, and a member of the post-revolutionary Russian migr community in France From the guide to the Ivan Bunin papers, 1887-1998, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870-1953) was a Russian writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933, and a member of the post-revolutionary Russian migr community in France From the guide...

Richter, Sviatoslav

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Farrar, Geraldine

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American soprano. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p.], 1961, to [Joseph Chouinard?], 1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270913139 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Ridgefield, Conn., 31 January 1934 and New York [n.d., 1934], to H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1934 Jan. 31 and [n.d. 1934]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576719 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Ridgefield, Conn., 28 August ...

Gilels, Emil

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Kreisler, Fritz

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Originally composed for violin and piano. Attributed by Kreisler to Pugnani when first published by Carl Fischer in 1910. This transcription 1919.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Praeludium und Allegro / A. Pugnani- F. Kreisler. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52596205 Fritz Kreisler (b. Feb. 2, 1875, in Vienna; d. Jan. 29, 1962, in New York) was a violinist and composer. From the description of Fritz Kreisler colle...