Antoni Van der Voort papers, 1930s-1952.

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Antoni Van der Voort papers, 1930s-1952.

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The collection includes music manuscripts of the Dutch/American violinist and composer involved in the Depression-era Federal Music Project and composer of Dream of Life, Sketches from Fairyland and a Sinfonietta, winner of the 1942 Composition Prize from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7815809

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Federal Music Project (U.S.)

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The prime objective of the Federal Music Project (1935-1939) and the subsequent WPA Music Program (1939-1943) was "...to give employment to professional musicians registered on the relief rolls." The project employed these musicians as instrumentalists, singers, concert performers and teachers of music. The general purpose of the Music Project was to establish high standards of musicianship, to rehabilitate musicians by assisting them to become self-supporting, to retrain musicians and to educat...

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

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Born on January 10, 1910 in Lyon, the French conductor and composer, Jean Martinon entered the Lyon and Paris conservatoires to study the violin. At Lyon, his teacher was Maurice Foundray and at the Paris Conservatory, he studied violin technique with Jules Boucherit. While at the Paris conservatory, Martinon took composition with Albert Roussel and Vincent d’Indy. After completing the composition courses, he studied conducting with Charles Munch and Désormière. He graduated from ...

Van der Voort, Antoni

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First performance St. Louis, 22 November 1940, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann conductor. Won 1st Prize in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 60th Anniversary Competition.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sinfonietta / by Van der Voort. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56356441 ...