Papers, 1900-1961.

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Papers, 1900-1961.

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Collection consists of correspondence between Harry Kaufman and his family, but mostly with people in the world of classical music. Also contains photographs of musical personalities, programs, clippings, scrapbooks, 34 issues of Overtones, personal financial material, and a copy of Great ballet prints of the romantic era by Parmenia Migel (c1981). Correspondents include: Wilhelm Backhaus, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Van Wyck Brooks, Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, Dorothy Chandler, Will and Ariel Durant, Pierre Fournier, George and Ira Gerschwin, Joseph Hofmann, Sol Hurok, Eric Leinsdorf, Joseph Lhevinne, Lawritz Melchior, Gian Carlo Menotti, Henry Miller, Eugene Ormandy, William Primrose, Fritz Reiner, Jean Renoir, Arthur Rodzinski, Miklós Roźsa, Arthur Rubenstein, Elizabeth Schuman, Gertrude Stein, William Steinberg, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, Joseph Szigeti, Henri Temianka, Virgil Thomson, Lilly Toch, Louis Untermyer, Alfred Wallenstein, Meredith Willson, and Efrem Zimbalist.

23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409645

University of California, Los Angeles

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Curtis Institute of Music.

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Kaufman, Harry, 1894-1961

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Kaufman was born on Sept. 6, 1894 in New York City; he was a pianist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia; for 17 years he headed the Dept. of Accompanying, during the time his former piano teacher Joseph Hofman was director of the Institute; he had a career as a piano soloist with orchestras in the US and Europe, and accompanied such artists as Joseph Szigeti, Toscha Seidel, Nathan Milstein, George London, William Primrose, and others; he died on Aug. 21, 1961. ...