Fritz Rikko professional papers, 1933-1975.

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Fritz Rikko professional papers, 1933-1975.

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The Fritz Rikko professional papers primarily document Rikko's scholarly work on the Renaissance and Baroque composers, Salamone Rossi and Alessandro Scarlatti, and consist mainly of correspondence generated by Rikko, research materials he gathered, and scores for musical compositions written by these two composers edited by Rikko for performance, publication, or study.

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Newman, Joel, 1918-

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Rikko, Fritz

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Fritz Rikko (1903-1980) was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the Baroque era. Born in Werden, Germany, he immigrated to the United States in 1941 and founded the Collegium Musicum of New York in 1951. The early music ensemble played many engagements and made recordings, but perhaps is best remembered for the free summer concerts it gave in Washington Square Park from 1956 through 1974 with Rikko as conductor. Rikko had been a violist with the Busch Chamber Players an...

Rossi, Salamone, 1570?-approximately 1630

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Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725

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Ms. of the original toccata for harpsichord is in the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan. This transcription for full orchestra, 1945; first performance Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 11 September 1945, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defaw conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Tocatta nona / Alessandro Scarlatti ; orch. by Leon Stein. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54030281 Italian composer. From th...