- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".63 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 12-02", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18616", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1929-1992", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1929/1992"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1929
- date_inclusive_end
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1992
- keydate
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1929
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Eugene Weintraub papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Eugene Weintraub papers consist of correspondence between Weintraub and his clients, and a biographical file about Weintraub, including essays by the publishers. Much of the correspondence is from the composer George Antheil."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Eugene Weintraub papers, JPB 12-02. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Weintraub, Eugene", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Eugene Weintraub (1904-1992) was a music publisher who helped introduce the music of 20th century Russian composers to American audiences. Born in Russia, he trained as a violinist at the Curtis Institute of Music before entering the publishing world in 1940. Weintraub worked with Arturo Toscanini, Vladimir Horowitz and others to arrange the first American performances of works by Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Aram Khachaturian, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and more. He was instrumental in arranging the premiere of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony, using a microfilm of the score that had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union during the Second World War.</p> <p>From 1944 to 1950 Weintraub was in charge of Soviet music for Leeds Publishing. In 1950, he established the Weintraub Music Company, which specialized in works by American composers, including George Antheil, Virgil Thomson, Robert Kurka, Howard Swanson and Benjamin Lees. Weintraub went into semi-retirement in 1987 after Music Sales Corporation acquired the Weintraub firm.</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>W. Thomas Marrocco and Mark Jacobs. \"Weintraub, Eugene.\" In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/30051 (accessed December 13, 2011).</p> <p>\"Eugene Weintraub, Music Publisher, 88,\" The New York Times, Nov 24, 1992.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Eugene Weintraub papers primarily consist of correspondence between Weintraub and his clients. The letters of the composer George Antheil comprise the bulk of the collection (some of which are from his wife, Boski Marcus). Antheil's correspondence discusses his opera <span class=\"title\">Volpone</span> as well as his general frustration at the lack of his music's public acceptance. The 1980 folder contains correspondence related to Antheil's estate and royalties.</p> <p>Other correspondents with significant content include Dmitri Shostakovich, Howard Swanson, and Virgil Thomson. The Shostakovich correspondence folders include an account of how scores of the Seventh Symphony were derived from the blurred microfilm of the original. Some of the Shostakovich correspondence is in Russian.</p> <p>Many important figures have much smaller amounts of correspondence. These include writers Joseph Campbell and Ezra Pound, conductors Leonard Bernstein and Max Rudolf, and composers Marc Blitzstein, Henry Cowell, David Diamond, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Percy Grainger, Roy Harris, Jacques Ibert, Darius Milhaud and Walter Piston. The papers also include biographical information and writings by Weintraub about his business, publishing and musical matters. These can be found in the first two folders of the collection under Biographical File.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection is divided into biographical files and correspondence. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Eugene Weintraub in 1969 and 1976.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Matthew Snyder.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Processing consisted of arranging correspondence. The George Antheil correspondence was previously cataloged under *MNY-Amer. Scans of the original catalog cards may be accessed through the archival portal.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">George Antheil papers, 1912-1959, JPB 94-1. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Several other collections at the Music Division have Antheil content, including: Composers' Forum Inc. records (JPB 12-01), Henry Cowell papers (JPB 00-3), League of Composers/ISCM records (JPB 11-5), and the Arthur Berger papers (JPB 04-38).).</span> <span class=\"archref\">George Antheil Papers, 1919-1959. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.</span>"}
- extent_statement
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.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
- date_start
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1929
- date_end
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1992