Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation collection, 1912-1989.

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Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation collection, 1912-1989.

Includes memoirs and autobiographies of members of Ballets Russes, including Mstislav Dobuzhinskiĭ, Tamara Karsavina and Leonid Massine, and compositions on ballet history by others, letters by members of Ballets Russes, music scores of ballets from Ballets Russes repertory, sound recordings of ballet and opera music, primarily related to Ballets Russes, and recordings of interviews with dancers and composers, photographs from private collections of Ballets Russes dancers and images of Ballets Russes productions, costume and stage designs for Ballets Russes productions and portraits and sketches of dancers by Léon Bakst, Alexandre Benois, Eugene Berman, Vera Stravinsky, and others, and a few commemorative objects.

31 boxes (16 linear ft.) including 37 phonograph records, 12 audiotapes and 1 film reel.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7798655

Houghton Library

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Stravinsky, Vera, 1888-1982

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Vera Stravinsky (January 7, 1889[1] – September 17, 1982) was a Russian American dancer and artist. She is better known as the second wife of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, who married her in 1940. Born Vera Bosse (de Bosset), the daughter of Eduard Bosse (1854–1927)[2] and Hedwig von Ruckteschel (1866–1938).[3] Both parents were Baltic German nobility. She was sent to boarding school in Moscow, where she learned how to play piano.[5] Vera allegedly changed her ...

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

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Russian born composer and conductor. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. 1931-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723194 Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. From the description of Sketchbook, [1917?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465769 Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, set to the libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, was inspired by William Hogarth's series of paintings. Stravinsky had wan...

Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation

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Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation was established in New York in the 1950s by dance scholar and writer Parmenia Migel, known in the dance world as Mrs. Parmenia Ekstrom. The foundation collected material related to careers of Igor Stravinsky and Serge Diaghilev, and Ballets Russes, organized exhibitions on dance, and promoted dance research. From the description of Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation research files, 1920-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612795122 ...

Karsavina, Tamara

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Epithet: dancer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000321 ...

Dobuzhinskiĭ, Mstislav Valerianovich, 1875-1957

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Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskiĭ (1875-1957) was a Russian-born stage designer and painter who lived in New York City. From the description of Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskiĭ papers, ca. 1914-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314057 Painter and stage designer. From the description of Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii Papers, ca. 1910-1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320409492 Mstislav Valerianovich...

Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924

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Russian artist. From the description of Léon Bakst autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1922 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 528674978 Ballet, theater and opera designer, and artist Leon Bakst (1866-1924) was born in Grodno, Russia and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. Some of Bakst's best-known works were for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He died at his home in Paris. From the guide to the Leon Bakst designs, ca. 1911-1923, (The New...

Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929

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Serge Diaghilev was a Russian ballet impresario, the founder, producer and artistic director of Ballets Russes. In his late years he turned to book and manuscript collecting. He built up a collection of rare Russian printed books, manuscripts and scores. From the description of Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938 (inclusive), 1925-1929 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80095680 From the guide to the Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938...

Massine, Léonide, 1896-1979

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Leonide Feodorovitch Miassin (Massine) was born in Moscow in 1896. His mother, Eugenia, was a soprano in the Bolshoi Theatre chorus, and his father, Feodor, played French horn in the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra. Massine's parents had a daughter, Raissa, and three other sons. Although all of his brothers were engineers, Massine entered the Imperial Theatre School at age 8, studying both drama and ballet. Massine intended a career as an actor, and, in fact, was later noted for his drama...

Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960

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Russian stage designer, director, and art historian. From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : [Paris, 12 December 1933], to M.D. Calvocoressi in London, [1933 Dec. 12]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873163 ...

Migel, Parmenia

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Parmenia Migel Ekstrom (1908-1989) was a ballet historian and author, and founder and president of the Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation. Although she started her career as a writer under her maiden name, Parmenia Migel, in her subsequent career as a dance scholar and collector, she used her married name, Mrs. Parmenia Ekstrom, sometimes abbreviated PME in this finding aid. In the late 1930s she founded and headed the executive committee of the Ballet Guild (New York, N.Y.). From 1946 to 1955, she...

Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972

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Graphic artist, painter, and designer; d. 1972. From the description of Eugene Berman papers, 1930-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83211971 From the description of Eugene Berman papers, 1930-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646393580 Graphic artist, painter, designer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Eugene Berman interviews, 1972 June 3-1972 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184646 Eugene Berman (1899-1972) was a graphic...

Ballets russes

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The Ballets russes, founded by Serge Diaghilev in Paris in 1909, toured Spain and Portugal in 1917-1918, performing in Lisbon in December, 1918. From the description of Payroll for Ballets russes performances in Portugal, 1918 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162736 From the description of Payroll for Ballets russes performances in Portugal, 1918 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82981905 ...