Rudolf Kolisch additional papers, ca. 1926-1964.

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Rudolf Kolisch additional papers, ca. 1926-1964.

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Includes: correspondence; a notebook recording concert dates; programs, reviews, and clippings of the Kolisch Quartett, New School Chamber Orchestra, and the Pro Arte Quartet; biographical materials on Kolisch; and photographs of Kolisch and the Kolisch Quartett. Correspondents include Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Krenek, Roger Sessions, and Edward Steuermann.

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Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985

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Composer and educator Sessions graduated from Harvard and studied under Horatio Parker at Yale. In 1926 he won a Guggenheim Professorship and worked at composition in Europe until 1933 as a winner of the American Rome Prize. He held posts at Princeton (1935), Berkeley, CA (1945), Princeton again (1953), and the Julliard School (1965). Among his compositions are four symphonies, several operas, a notable violin concerto (1935), and chamber music. His best known work remains his early BLACK MASKER...

Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978

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Rudolf Kolisch (b. July 20, 1896 in Klamm, Lower Austria; d. August 1, 1978 in Watertown, Massachusetts) was a prominent Viennese-American violinist and string quartet player. His Kolisch Quartet gave seminal performances and premieres of chamber music that included compositions by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. In 1935, Kolisch immigrated to the United States, where he developed a parallel career as a professor of music at the University of Wisconsin, the New England Conservat...

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...

Křenek, Ernst

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Krenek was an Austro-American composer. Robert Holliday was the director of the Hamline University Choir, St. Paul, Minn. Krenek was chair of the Hamline University Music Dept. the first six years of Holliday's tenure as director. From the description of Letters : to Robert Holliday, 1943-1976. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33996728 Commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra. Composed 1954. First performance Louisville, Kentucky, 12 February 1955, ...

Kolisch-Quartett

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Pro Arte Quartet.

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Steuermann, Edward

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Composed 1964. First performance New York, 11 November 1965, members of The Orchestra of America, Abraham Kaplan conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite for chamber orchestra / Edward Steuermann. c1964. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55088548 Composed 1959-1961.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Music for instruments : (1959-1960) / Edward Steuermann. [1961]. (Franklin & Marshall College). Wor...