Nikolai Lopatnikoff collection, 1916-1979 (bulk 1920-1976).

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Nikolai Lopatnikoff collection, 1916-1979 (bulk 1920-1976).

The collection includes manuscript and printed music by Lopatnikoff and other composers; correspondence and personal papers; photographs, clippings, and programs; writings by and about Lopatnikoff; and offical documents. A significant amount of material is related to Lopatnikoff's opera Danton. Correspondents include Rudolf Bing, Aaron Copland, Serge Koussevitzky, Joseph Rosenstock, Julius Rudel, Nicolas Slonimsky, and William Steinberg.

around 1,085 items (27 boxes, 37 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8072977

Library of Congress

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

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. ...

Rudel, Julius

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Epithet: American conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000086 Austrian-born American conductor and impresario of the New York City Opera. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 10, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861656 ...

Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1903-1976

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From the opera in three acts and ten scenes. Composed 1930-32. Suite extracted 1933.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Danton suite : suite from the opera "Danton," op. 20 / Nikolai Lopatnikoff. [1965] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52833186 Nikolai Lopatnikoff (b. Mar. 16, 1903, in Revel (now Tallinn), Estonia; d. Oct. 7, 1976, in Pittsburgh) was a composer. His family settled in Heidelberg after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and in ...

Steinberg, William, 1899-1978

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Steinberg had been in the U.S. since 1938. He apparently developed a friendly relationship with Alma Mahler over the course of this period, with her attending some performances and inviting him to her home. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1948-1954. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864539 ...

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer. During the years 1964 and 1965 Copland wrote, conducted, narrated, and hosted a series of twelve television programs entitled Music in the 20s = Music in the Twenties. The transcripts described in this collection were transcribed from filmed interviews recorded live at the WGBH studios in Boston, Mass. between 1964 Nov. 11 and 1965 Jan. 26. These unedited, preliminary tape recordings later formed the basis of the series...

Rosenstock, Joseph, 1895-1985

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At the time of the correspondence Joseph Rosenstock was conductor of the New York City Opera, as well as chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo. Marilon Rosenstock was Joseph's wife. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler, 1956-1962. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864264 ...

Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995

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Composed 1933. First performance Hollywood Bowl, 13 July 1933, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fragment of chorus from "Orestes" of Euripides : from a conjectural version (400 B.C.) / arranged by Nicolas Slonimsky. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54759973 Movements 1-6 and 8 originally composed 1928 in Studies in Black and White for piano. Transcribed and Valse added, 1941. First performance Buenos Aire...

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997

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General manager of the Metropolitan Opera. From the description of Rudolf Bing letter to Hubert Pryor, 1951 Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 614998562 Bing was the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972. From the description of Correspondence from Alma Mahler, n. d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862944 Epithet: KBE, impresario British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Perso...