Found 13 collections related to Musical scores

A violinist and conductor, Max Pollikoff was born in Newark, N.J., in 1904, and died in New York City in 1984. He organized Music in Our Time, a concert series which ran from 1954 to 1974 at the 92nd St. YMHA, New York. Published and unpublished music by various composers with markings by Pollikoff, scrapbook, programs, clippings, photographs, poster, receipts, checks, contracts, brochures, pamphlets, periodicals, address books, appointment books, memorabilia, and correspondence including letters relating to Music In Our Time. less

Richard Waslav Rychtarik was an American set and costume designer of major productions at the Metropolitan Opera and other companies. Photographs, marked scores and librettos, letters, sketches, and clippings pertaining to productions, and some non-theater related designs. less

Soulima Stravinsky is a pianist, teacher, and composer, son of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Correspondence and other material relating to Soulima Stravinsky as pianist, lecturer, and teacher; notebooks and other material about Mozart's piano concertos and other course material; clippings and other material about Igor Stravinsky; published scores associated with or inscribed to Igor Stravinsky; Sketchbook by Igor Stravinsky (1917?). Inscriptions are by Georges Auric, Serge Diaghilev, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, and Serge Prokofiev. Correspondents include Nadia Boulanger, Alexander Tcherepnin, Ernest Ansermet, Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Ruth Slenczynska, Murray Adaskin, Alexander Uninsky, and Malcolm Bilson. Several letters are from Igor Stravinsky, and there is one leaf in Igor Stravinsky's hand concerning Haydn's and Mozart's works among the published scores. The film of a rehearsal with Igor Stravinsky conducting has been separated from the collection and sent to NYPL Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. less

Henry Hadley was an American composer and conductor, founder of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. Correspondence, contracts and royalty statements, libretti and programs, clippings (reviews), scrapbooks, financial records (receipts, checks, loan papers), diaries, motion picture films, and photographs relating to Hadley's life and career; musical scores by various composers (chiefly reproductions of manuscripts); and records of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. less

Jean Morel was a French conductor who emigrated to the U.S. in 1939, taught at Brooklyn College and the Juilliard School of Music, and conducted at the Metropolitan Opera House. The collection consists chiefly of published music with markings by Morel, some with composers' dedications to Morel, some signed by Morel. less

John Allison was an American singer, composer, lyricist, and collector of folk songs. Folk songs, chiefly lyrics only, including songs for Space way ballads and Katonah; correspondence, radio scripts, clippings, scrapbooks, brochures, and published music with markings by Allison. less

Holograph musical scores by various composers including extensive sketches and drafts of Chausson's Symphony in B♭ major and single pages from works by Dukas, d'Indy, and Montemezzi; Toscanini's own works composed as a student, ca. 1882-1884, including holographs, photocopies of holographs, and copyists' manuscripts; arrangements, transcriptions, and reductions in Toscanini's hand of works and parts of works by various composers including extensive passages from Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony; letter, note, and rehearsal schedule in Toscanini's hand; clippings of 2 articles about Toscanini; flyer including Toscanini's portrait; 2 photographs; commemorative Italian stamps and coins with Toscanini's portrait. less

Established in New York in 1961 with Rebekah Harkness as president, the Harkness Ballet Foundation sponsored Robbins's Ballet:USA in its European tour, 1961, and the Joffrey Ballet, 1962-4. 179 compositions and 9 arrangements by Rebekah Harkness; and 90 works of various composers used for ballet. less

Frank Damrosch was born Franz Heino Damrosch in Breslau, the son of Leopold Damrosch. A choral conductor, composer, and educator, he founded the Musical Art Society of New York and the Institute of Musical Art which became affiliated with the Juilliard School of Music. Drafts of autobiographical and other writings and lectures; published articles by and about Frank Damrosch; letters received; programs; clippings; scrapbooks; minutes of meetings of the Musical Art Society; material from the People's Choral Union; copies of The Baton, a publication of the Institute of Musical Art and The Juilliard School; and published scores of 10 choral works composed or arranged by Frank Damrosch and of 3 songs composed by Frank Damrosch. less

Marcella Sembrich was a Polish born coloratura soprano who sang leading roles in European and American opera during her highly successful career. From 1898 to 1909 she was a regular member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York. She continued performing as a concert singer after her retirement from the operatic stage. Sembrich also became an instructor of singing at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School of Music, becoming mentor to many pupils who later became famous in their own right. The correspondence, papers, posters, and programs in this collection represent the career and activities of Marcella Sembrich and her family from 1851 to 1988. The collection consists of an extensive amount of correspondence with the leading musical figures of the day; posters, concert advertisements and programs from Sembrich (and other) performances throughout her career; and memorabilia including an autograph album with signatures and drawings of famous musicians and others. Series IX "Photographs" also includes some 15-20 original graphic art works among its 2284 items. Subjects include Sembrich, places she lived, places she performed, and people with whom she performed. The sheet music and musical scores (Series X) are currently being processed. less