- Creator
- Stravinsky, Soulima, 1910-
- Call number
- JOB 87-14
- Language
- Chiefly in English; some items in French and Russian
- Preferred Citation
- Soulima Stravinsky papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Music Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
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.
Administrative information
Custodial history
Gift of Soulima Stravinsky, 1976.
Source of acquisition
Gift, Stravinsky, SoulimaKey terms
Names
- Stravinsky, Soulima, 1910-
- Adaskin, Murray, 1906-2002
- Ansermet, Ernest, 1883-1969
- Auric, Georges, 1899-1983
- Bilson, Malcolm
- Boulanger, Nadia
- Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
- Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1903-1976
- Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974
- Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963
- Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
- Slenczynska, Ruth, 1925-
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
- Tcherepnin, Alexander, 1899-1977
- Totenberg, Roman
- Uninsky, Alexander, 1910-1972
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Music DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Sketchbook and 4 other items in the hand of Igor Stravinsky are in locked case with restricted access.