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{"value"=>"JPB 06-40", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1844-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1844/1986"}
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1844
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1986
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1844
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{"value"=>"Irving Kolodin Papers"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"The Irving Kolodin Papers document the career of Irving Kolodin, music critic, author of several books and teacher at the Juilliard School. The collection dates from 1844 to 1986. In addition to Kolodin’s papers, dating from 1915-1986, there are also papers related to his patron, W. J. Henderson, and his close friend, Alfred Knopf. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, personal papers, drafts, galleys and research and publicity material used in Kolodin’s books and articles, lecture notes and supporting teaching material, scores, photographs, and scrapbooks."}
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{"value"=>"<p> Irving Kolodin Papers, JPB 06-40. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Kolodin, Irving, 1908-1988", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p> Irving Kolodin was born in February 21, 1908 in New York City. He was the son of Benjamin and Leah (Geller) Kolodin. After completing his high school education in Newark, New Jersey and a year in Extension Courses at Columbia University, in 1926 Kolodin studied at the Institute of Musical Art, which later became part of the Juilliard School. He began working as an instructor at the same institution from 1929 until 1931, when he got his first assignment as music critic at the <span class=\"title\">Brooklyn Daily Eagle</span>. Soon after, in 1932, Kolodin joined the staff at The New York Sun under W. J. Henderson. He remained with <span class=\"title\">The New York Sun</span> until it was merged with the <span class=\"title\">New York World-Telegram</span> in 1950, advancing from assistant critic to music editor.</p> <p> Kolodin’s longest employer was the <span class=\"title\">Saturday Review of Literature</span>. In 1947 he began there as the editor of a monthly Recordings section, moving on to music reviews and feature articles, as well as his most popular and long-lasting column, <span class=\"title\">Music to My Ears.</span> In addition, he contributed to many other magazines and newspapers, including <span class=\"title\">Newsday</span>, and the <span class=\"title\">New York Herald Tribune.</span></p> <p> Although the majority of Kolodin’s writings focus on classical music and opera, his articles cover a rich variety of subjects, ranging from jazz and popular music to dance. Kolodin was one of the first to focus on the newly emerging recorded music, following its development from phonograph records to compact discs. He wrote several articles on the subject, maintained relevant columns in both <span class=\"title\">The New York Sun</span> and the <span class=\"title\">Saturday Review,</span> and in 1941 published <span class=\"title\">A Guide to Recorded Music</span>, with subsequent revisions through 1951. He was also the author of <span class=\"title\">Mozart on Records</span> (1942), <span class=\"title\">The Saturday Review Home Book of Recorded Music and Sound Reproduction</span> (1952 and revised in 1956), and <span class=\"title\">Orchestral Music</span> (1955), part of a three-volume survey of long-playing recordings published by Alfred Knopf, Inc.</p> <p> Above all, Kolodin became famous for his authoritative works on the history of the Metropolitan Opera. <span class=\"title\">The Metropolitan Opera: 1883-1935,</span> published in 1936, was followed by a second edition, titled <span class=\"title\">The Story of the Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1950: A Candid History</span> (1953). It was further updated in 1966 and towards the end of his life he was working on a new edition in celebration of the Metropolitan Opera’s centennial, titled <span class=\"title\">The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Edition, 1966-1984.</span></p> <p> Other books by Kolodin include <span class=\"title\">The Continuity of Music: A History of Influence</span> (1969), <span class=\"title\">The Interior Beethoven: A Biography of the Music</span> (1975), <span class=\"title\">The Opera Omnibus: Four Centuries of Critical Give and Take</span> (1976), and <span class=\"title\">In Quest of Music: A Journey in Time</span> (1980).</p> <p> During the 1950s Kolodin collaborated with RCA Victor in the preparation of several albums, including a <span class=\"title\">Critic's Choice</span> album and a five-record set titled <span class=\"title\">50 Years of Great Operatic Singing</span>. He also wrote program notes for the New York Philharmonic from 1953 to 1958, and in 1970 he was part of the White House Record Library Commission, a committee entrusted with building the record collection of the Presidential Library. Kolodin was responsible for the classical section. In addition to his writings, Kolodin also was a faculty member at the Juilliard School from 1968 to 1986, teaching courses on the Music of Mahler and Music Criticism.</p> <p> Kolodin died in 1987 in New York, after suffering a stroke in the previous year.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> The Irving Kolodin Papers contain correspondence, diaries and daybooks, scores, drafts and galley proofs, research notes, clippings, press kits and press releases, photographs, scrapbooks, lecture notes and other teaching material, financial papers, original artwork and oversized material, documenting the career of Irving Kolodin, music critic, author and teacher at the Juilliard School. The collection dates from 1844 to 1986. Although Kolodin was born in 1908 and his own material dates from 1915 to 1986, the collection includes a substantial amount of earlier papers related to his mentor, W. J. Henderson, and his close friend, Alfred Knopf, as well as research material that predates Kolodin’s lifetime.</p> <p> Kolodin’s correspondence consists of personal and professional correspondence with personalities in the music, as well as the publishing world. It includes contracts, negotiations and scholarly collaboration related to a wide range of subjects on which Kolodin wrote. There are also letters from the various artists Kolodin reviewed in his articles, and letters by readers. This series also includes correspondence of Alfred Knopf with various individuals other than Kolodin.</p> <p> The largest series in this collection is Kolodin’s writings, which include drafts, galley proofs or copies of his articles and several but not all of his books, both published and unpublished. This series also includes a substantial number of research notes kept by Kolodin, as well as interview transcripts, programs, clippings, press kits and other publicity material, scholarly periodicals and article imprints. Among the books represented here are <span class=\"title\">The Continuity of Music: A History of Influence</span> (1969), <span class=\"title\">The Interior Beethoven: A Biography of the Music</span> (1975), <span class=\"title\">In Quest of Music: A Journey in Time</span> (1980), and ample material for the various editions of his history of the Metropolitan Opera, including the nearly complete <span class=\"title\">The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Edition, 1966-1984</span>. There is also material for some of the books Kolodin never completed or published.</p> <p> The collection contains a small number of annotated published and manuscript scores. The majority of these scores were used for musical examples in Kolodin’s books, or for teaching. There is also a small number of personal papers, noteworthy among which are Kolodin’s diary entries, documenting his trips to Europe, Japan and Australia, as well as his personal insights on his encounters with various personalities in the music world.</p> <p> Teaching material includes lecture notes, course syllabi, reading materials, song lyrics and scores for musical examples, tests, quizzes, and examination booklets for the two courses that Kolodin taught at the Juilliard School, The Music of Mahler, and Criticism of Music.</p> <p> The photographs found in this collection include personal and publicity photographs of the wide range of individuals featured in Kolodin’s writings. Several are inscribed to Kolodin. There are also photographs of Kolodin, alone or with colleagues and personalities with whom he maintained personal relations.</p> <p> The scrapbooks found in this collection were created by W. J. Henderson and Kolodin. Fashioned in the same way, the scrapbooks contain clippings of the two men’s reviews, as well as of their colleagues at <span class=\"title\">The New York Sun</span> and other publications.</p> <p> Oversized materials include artwork, such as sketches, caricatures and lithographs, as well as photographs, galley proofs, programs, record jackets and research materials used in Kolodin’s various writings.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Irving Kolodin Papers are arranged in eight series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c627039'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1912 - 1986,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>9 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains correspondence with Irving Kolodin’s colleagues and friends, documenting his personal and professional life as music critic, author and teacher.</p> <p> The letters reflect Kolodin’s professional activities, and the relations and friendships that he formed during his career as music critic with opera singers, musicians and composers. In addition, Kolodin’s research brought him into contact with music scholars, publishers, and decision-makers in the world of opera. There are also letters from the various artists Kolodin reviewed in his articles and by readers with praise or opposing views on his opinions.</p> <p>Noteworthy among the correspondents for their close ties with Kolodin are opera singers Maria Callas and Mary Costa. This series also includes a considerable number of Alfred Knopf’s correspondence with Kolodin and several other individuals, such as Joseph Hergesheimer, H. L. Mencken, and Willa Cather.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c627180'>Series II: Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1915 - 1986,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains biographical material, diaries, daybooks and address books, financial records and ephemera. Of special interest are Kolodin’s diaries, which document his trips to Europe, Japan and Australia, as well as his personal insights on his encounters with various personalities in the music world.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c627217'>Series III: Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1885 - 1987,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>62 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series is divided in three sub-series: Books, containing drafts and research materials related to his books; General research, containing research materials on broad subjects, as well as notepads with notes on more than one subject; and Subject files, containing material related to Kolodin’s articles and specific subjects on which he wrote.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c627997'>Series IV: Teaching material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1914 - 1985,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains lecture notes, course syllabi, reading materials, song lyrics and scores for musical examples, tests, quizzes, and examination booklets for the two courses that Kolodin taught at the Juilliard School, The Music of Mahler, and Criticism of Music. In particular his lecture notes are very detailed, with long texts for each class meeting written in full prose that recreates the contents of each class in a lively manner. There is also a course proposal for Criticism of Music, with comments and amendments for the future after the first year the course was taught.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c628074'>Series V: Scores</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1924 - 1980,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains a small number of annotated scores intended for musical examples in Kolodin’s books, or for teaching. They include published scores or copies of manuscript scores. Of interest may be a copy of few pages from Mahler’s manuscript drafts for his 10th Symphony, including verbal comments believed to be addressed to his wife, Alma. There is also the score of a song for which Kolodin wrote the music.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c628101'>Series VI: Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1900 - 1986,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>9 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains mostly black and white, personal and promotional photographs of composers, conductors, musicians, opera singers, and music scholars, as well as performance photographs from productions at the Metropolitan Opera and other institutions. Several are inscribed to Kolodin, while some have been mounted on frames next to personal notes or letters.</p> <p> There are also personal and publicity photographs of Kolodin, alone as well as with colleagues and personalities with whom he maintained personal relations. Many of the photographs in this collection appear to have been intended for use in support of Kolodin’s various articles and books. Some of the photographs from the collection had been removed before processing and integrated into the Music Division's general Iconography files.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c628359'>Series VII: Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1875 - 1949,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>58 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains scrapbooks created by W. J. Henderson and Kolodin. Fashioned in the same way, the scrapbooks contain clippings of the two men’s reviews, as well as of their colleagues at The New York Sun and other publications. Several scrapbooks include handwritten indexes at the end. Additional indexes of contents and other related research notes for W. J. Henderson’s scrapbooks can be found in the General research sub-series of the Writings series.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20431#c628423'>Series VIII: Oversized Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1844 - 1986,</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>9 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains artwork, such as sketches, caricatures and lithographs, as well as photographs, galley proofs, programs, record jackets and research materials used in Kolodin’s various writings.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Correspondence, 1912-1986, undated</li> <li>Series II: Personal Papers, 1915-1986, undated</li> <li>Series III: Writings, 1885-1987, undated <ul> <li> Sub-series 1 – Books, 1901-1986, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2 – General research, 1903-1987, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3 – Subject files, 1885-1986, undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series IV: Teaching Material, 1914-1985, undated</li> <li>Series V: Scores, 1924-1980, undated</li> <li>Series VI: Photographs, 1900-1986, undated</li> <li>Series VII: Scrapbooks, 1875-1949, undated</li> <li>Series VIII: Oversized Material, 1844-1980, undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p> The Irving Kolodin Papers were donated to the Music Division in 1989 by Nancy Zeckendorf.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> The William Henderson scrapbooks can also be found in microform, call no. *ZB-3440.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Aikaterini Dimitriadou-Shuster; Machine-readable finding aid created by Aikaterini Dimitriadou-Shuster.</p>"}
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77 linear feet (157 boxes)
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1844
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1986