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Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951

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Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949. Koussevitzky's appointment as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was the beginning of a golden era for the ensemble that would continue until 1949. Over that 25-year period, he built the ensemble's reputation into that of a leading American orchestra. ...

Ansermet, Ernest, 1883-1969

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Swiss conductor. From the description of Document signed, dated : London, 14 June 1921, 1921 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873879 The Orchestre symphonique de Paris was founded in 1929; Calvocoressi prepared the French translation of Boris, eventually for performances in Paris at the Salle Gaveau, 31 December 1935. Cf. Loewenberg, A. Annals of opera. From the description of Letter : to M.D. Calvocoressi, Paris, [between 1929 and 1935] Mar. 20. (Harva...

Rodziński, Artur, 1892-1958

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Artur Rodzinski was born in Spalato, Dalmatia (now Croatia), in 1892. He studied music in Lwów, Poland before taking a law degree in Vienna. While in Austria, Rodzinski studied composition with Joseph Marx and Franz Schreker, conducting with Franz Schalk, and piano with Emil Sauer, a Liszt pupil. Rodzinski started as a choral conductor and then made his conducting debut with Ernani at the Lwów Opera in 1920. Leopold Stokowski invited Rodzinski to visit Philadelphia in 1925. He was a sought-aft...

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944

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Russian-born painter and writer on art. From the description of Mitgliedskarte, ca. 1908, for Neue Künstlervereinigung München. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80564007 The Russian-born artist, Wassily Kandinsky [Vasilii Vasil'evich Kandinskiĭ] is considered one of the creators of abstract painting. He taught at the Bauhaus between 1922 and 1933. From the description of Wassily Kandinsky papers, 1911-1940 (bulk 1921-1937). (Getty Research Insti...

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich

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First performed in St. Petersberg at the Mariinsky on 7/19 January 1898. From the description of Adagio (Raymonda) : A. Glazunov : manuscript, [1898?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612868490 Originally composed for horn and piano 1890. For Glazunov's own transcription for horn and orchestra see F.C. no. 539 m. From the description of Rêverie, op. 24, for horn solo and orchestra / Alexander Glazunov ; transcribed by B. Jivoff. [1---?] (Franklin & Marshall Co...

Weingartner, Felix, 1863-1942

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Austrian conductor, composer, and author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Chemnitz, 28 January 1917, to Herr Dette, 1917 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874555 Austrian conductor, composer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 14 February 1918, to an unidentified recipient, 1918 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679094 From the description of Partially printed document ...

Wood, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1869-1944

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English composer. From the description of [Album leaf] autograph manuscript, 1927 Oct. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919891 English conductor. From the description of Printed program of the Clifton Chamber Concerts, second season, fourth concertsigned, dated : Clifton, 17 March 1904, 1904 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679372 From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : London, 29 June 1914, and Chorley Wood, 20 Mar...

Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983

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Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (1889-1983) was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was not called up due to ill health, but served as an Orderly Officer training troops in Cheshire and North Wales before working as a translator for MI5 and as an assistant to Frederick Marquis, later Lord Woolton, at the War Office. He later became a musician and conductor. From the guide to the Sir Adrian Boult papers, 1977, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Epithet: CH, co...

Hartmann, Olga de, 1885-1979

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Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942

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Mikhail Fokine, Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and ballet director, was born in St. Petersburg May 5, 1880. He was trained at the Imperial Theatre School, St. Petersburg where he graduated in 1898. He was a dancer and choreographer at the Maryinsky Theatre and teacher at the Imperial Theatre School. His choreography for the Maryinsky included The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova and Le Pavillion d'Armide. From 1909-1912, Fokine was chief choreographer for Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev, p...

Kandinsky, Nina

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Crosby, John, 1926-2002.

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Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951

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Russian composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed on his visiting card : [n.p., Moscow?, n.d., ca. 1915-1920?], to Herr [Rudolf Ewald?] Zingel, [n.d., ca. 1915-1920?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582106 Epithet: composer and pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0003ab Nikolay Karlovich Medtner (b. Jan. 5, 1880, in Moscow; d. Nov. 13, 1951, in Lo...

Leschetizky, Theodor, 1830-1915

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Polish pianist, teacher, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna Nov. 18 1883, to an unidentified recipient in Paris, 1883 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667305 From the description of Autograph letter signed on his visiting card, dated : [Vienna, n.d.], to Sarazate [i.e. Pablo de Sarasate], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667301 From the description of "Tarantella, op. 39, No. 5. Th. Leschetizky" : autogra...

Belaieff, M. P. (Mitrofan Petrovich)

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Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949

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Hartmann, Thomas de

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Russian-born composer. From the description of The Thomas de Hartmann papers, 1902-1982 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702138682 The first edition of "La Guzla," a collection of ballads about mystical themes by Prosper Mérimée, was published anonymously in 1827. Purportedly translated from the original "Illyrian" (i.e. Serbo-Croatian) by one Hyacinthe Maglanowich, the pretended prose translations of Illyrian songs turned out to be a hoax and are the or...

Bigot, Eugène.

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