- unitid
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{"value"=>"24554", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"JPB 18-05", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b19028590", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1950-1967", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1967"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Juilliard String Quartet Collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Juilliard String Quartet has been one of the leading chamber ensembles in the US and internationally. The collection documents the quartet's domestic and international engagements between 1960 and 1967."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Juilliard String Quartet", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Juilliard String Quartet was founded in 1946 by William Schuman, then president of the Juilliard School, and violinist Robert Mann. During the years documented in this collection, Robert Mann served as First Violin, Isadore Cohen as Second Violin (replaced by Earl Carlyss in 1966), Raphael Hillyer as Viola, and Claus Adam as Cello. Since its inception the quartet has been one of the leading chamber ensembles in the US and internationally. In 1961 it toured extensively in Southeast Asia and Russia, returning to Japan in 1966.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection primarily documents the activities of the Juilliard String Quartet during the years 1961-1962 and 1966-1967, with the bulk of materials covering 1966-1967 when Seymour Krawitz served as publicist. The collection includes letters, concert invitations and other items of correspondence to and from Mr. Krawitz. The collection documents the quartet's touring as part of the American National Theatre and Academy program in locations such as Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Laos, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Also included are several pages of notes from an earlier period in the mid-1950s when the ensemble was managed by Miriam E. de Kika.</p>"}
- date_start
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1950
- keydate
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1950
- date_end
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1967
- date_inclusive_start
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1950
- date_inclusive_end
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1967
- extent_statement
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.21 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Juilliard String Quartet Collection, JPB 18-05. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}