Found 4 collections related to Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

An American violinist, Yehudi Menuhin was engaged in 1947 by Two Continent Pictures to appear and play in a projected moving picture named Delirium and an associated short movie; and later for a series of short films. He suggested changes in the script and performed the Mendelssohn Concerto for Delirium, but the picture apparently was not completed, nor were the short films although 22 reels were recorded and photographed. 4 letters from Yehudi Menuhin, including 2 TLS and 1 ALS, to representatives of Two Continent Pictures, chiefly Paul Gordon; 3 letters to Menuhin, including 2 TLS from Gordon; copy sent to Gordon of TL from Menuhin to his uncle and lawyer, Sidney Ehrman; TLS from Ehrman's associate Louis Heilbron to Paul Gordon; contract; 2 drafts of business agreements, and 2 itineraries. The 13-leaf TLS from Menuhin to Gordon with suggestions for changes in the script of Delirium contains many handwritten emendations, and a 13-leaf typed fair copy of the script suggestions is also included. less

Dorle Jarmel Soria (1900-2002) was a publicist, record company impresario, and journalist in the classical music world of the mid-twentieth century, best known for her founding of the Angel Records label with her husband, Dario Soria. Her papers include business records, publicity materials, photographs, and correspondence with some of the most notable figures in twentieth-century classical music. less

The Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings forms a part of the Toscanini Legacy housed at The New York Public Library. The recordings collection consists of acetate discs, shellac discs, vinyl discs, reel tapes, Selenophone recordings, kinescope films, and metal parts for 78 rpm recordings. It includes a set of 1926 La Scala rehearsals for concerts on October 7-9, 1926, then skips to the 1939/40 season, beginning with the rehearsals on April 10-12, 1940. The collection contains comprehensive holdings of rehearsals from the 1946/47 season to the 1953/54 season, as well as performance recordings from the 1932/33 season through the 1953/54 season, and recording sessions from 1920 to 1954. less