Papers of Miloš Velimirović [manuscript], 1933-1990.

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Papers of Miloš Velimirović [manuscript], 1933-1990.

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These papers, donated by musicologist and retired professor Miloš Velimirović, consist mainly of personal and professional correspondence to friends and acquaintances and colleagues in the music field and academia. Musicologist Dmitri ("Jim") Conomos and religious studies professor Stephen Reynolds are well represented in the correspondence, and there is a transcript of a BBC radio broadcast about King Peter II of Yugoslavia written by Sir Cecil Parrott. There is also correspondence with Byzantine studies scholars at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Center and materials related to a presentation by Velimirović ("The Use and Abuse of Folk Music") given at the International Musicological Society's 12th Congress in 1977. There are also a number of papers related to Russian-born composer Alfred Swan, a colleague and friend of Velimirović. These include biographical and autobiographical materials, correspondence, and materials related to a collection of Swan papers donated in the 1990s to the University of Virginia where Swan taught in the 1920s. Of interest are accounts of Swan's experiences in revolutionary Russia and his ultimately successful effort to leave that war-torn country. Included with Swan material are articles written by Swan on Russian church music, folk songs, and liturgical chant. Also included in the Swan materials are papers related to Russian composer Pavel Chesnokov. Velimirović assembled the papers while preparing for publication in the United States all of Chesnokov's available letters. They include copies of correspondence written in the 1930s by Chesnokov to Swan and one of his students, American composer John Davison.

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Chesnokov, P. G. (Pavel Grigorʹevich), 1877-1944

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Conomos, Dimitri E.

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Swan, Alfred J. (Alfred Julius), 1890-1970

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Composer and first professor of music at Haverford College; also taught at the University of Virginia and Swathmore. From the description of Papers of Alfred J. Swan collected by his student John Davison, 1894-1955. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56947016 Musicologist. From the description of Papers of Alfred J. Swan [manuscript], 1909-1923, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821138 ...

Petar II Karađorđevi*c, King of Yugoslavia, 1923-1970.

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International Musicological Society. Congress 1977 : Berkeley, Calif.)

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Parrott, Cecil, 1909-1984

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Davison, John (John H.)

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Composed 1973. First performance Philadelphia, 15 May 1974, Mostovoy Soloist, Marc Mostovoy conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto grosso : for three violas and string orchestra / John Davison. 1973. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43933425 Originally titled Rhapsody on a Gregorian Hymn. Based on the medieval plainchant hymn Pange Lingua. Composed 1974. Selected for performance by the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia as ...

Reynolds, Stephen, 1937 March 14-

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Velimirović, Miloš

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Retired University of Virginia professor of music, Milo*s Velimirovic was born December 10, 1922, in Belgrade. He studied at the Belgrade Academy of Music and the University of Belgrade, where he earned a diploma in the history of fine arts. He later earned an MA and PhD at Harvard and then served on the faculty at Yale, 1957-1969, then the University of Wisconsin until 1973 and finally the University of Virginia until his retirement in 1993. A prolific writer of articles in scholarly journals, ...

Dumbarton Oaks.

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Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss donated their home Dumbarton Oaks and its library and collections to Harvard University in 1940 to serve as a research center in Byzantine studies. In 1969, upon the death of Mildred Bliss, her Garden Library collection of rare and modern materials was willed to Harvard, to become a part of the over-all institution of Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. From the description of Garden Library collection, ca. 1500-1900 (inclusive...