- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"6.4 linear feet (26 boxes)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 96-2", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20379", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1900-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1900/1985"}
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1900
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1985
- keydate
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1900
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Alexei Haieff papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span>, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"This collection contains the papers and scores of Alexei Haieff (1914-1994), Russian-American composer."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Multiple languages"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>The Alexei Haieff papers, JPB 96-2, Music Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Alexei Haieff was born in Blagoveshchensk, Siberia, on August 25, 1914. He received his primary education at Harbin, Manchuria, China. He emigrated to the United States in 1931, first studying privately with Constantin Schwedoff (1933-34) and then at Juilliard School of Music (1934-38) with Rubin Goldmark and Frederick Jacobi. During 1938-40 he studied with Nadia Boulanger in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Paris.</p> <p>In addition to composing and teaching privately, Haieff was an accompanist to singer Olga Averino (1938-40), and led the Woody Herman Orchestra on tour in 1946. He received Guggenheim fellowships in 1946 and 1949, won a prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1946, and was a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome from 1947-48. In an article that appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine of March 14, 1948 (located in Series 5, box 1, folder 6), Aaron Copland remarked that Haieff not only had a strong affinity with the music of Stravinsky but was a close personal friend as well. In 1952, the New York Music Critics Circle cited three works, among them Haieff's Piano Concerto, as one of the best musical compositions for that year.</p> <p>Haieff was composer-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome (1952-53), was a professor at the University of Buffalo (1962-68), and was composer-in-residence at the University of Utah from (1968-70). In the last years of his life, he and his wife Sheila, lived in Italy.</p> <p>Alexei Haieff died on March 1, 1994.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p> The Alexei Haieff Papers provide a detailed view of the career of the Russian-American composer. In many cases, the evolution of his works can be viewed in multiple stages, from sketches to the final composition. Such access to different compositional manifestations provides scholars and musicians with a unique view of the creative process.</p> <p>While the amount of Haieff's personal papers is not voluminous, there are numerous clippings and programs that trace his career, as well as personal documents and correspondence that shed light on his life and professional activities.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Alexei Haieff papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20379#c602578'>Series 1: Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20379#c602718'>Series 2: Published works and oversized scores</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20379#c602760'>Series 3: Sketchbooks, early works and ephemera</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20379#c602813'>Series 4: Works of other composers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20379#c602898'>Series 5: Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20379#c602943'>Series 6: Photographs and Drawings</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> The first four series of the Alexei Haieff Papers consist of musical compositions.</p> <p>Series 1 contains manuscripts of Haieff's own compositions.</p> <p>Series 2 contains the published versions of Haieff's works.</p> <p>Series 3 contains sketches, early works and other material.</p> <p>Series 4 contains works by other composers, some of which are dedicated to Haieff.</p> <p>Series 5 contains clippings, programs, and personal documents.</p> <p>Series 6 contains photographs.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Alexei Haieff Papers were donated to the Music Division by the composer's widow, Mrs. Sheila Haieff, in <date>1994</date>.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to copy or publish contact the Music Division.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Haieff, Alexei, 1914-", "type"=>"persname"}
- langmaterial_code
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eng
rus
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by John David Smith; machine readable finding aid created by Apex Data Services and revised by Chatham Ewing.</p>"}
- date_start
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1900
- date_end
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1985