Louis Horst collection

id
3953
origination
Horst, Louis
date statement
1928-1964
key date
1928
identifier (local_mss)
19639
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMC-Res. 22
b-number
b12177077
total components
241
total series
0
max depth
N/A
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:54 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:14:24 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMC-Res. 22", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19639", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Louis Horst collection"}
repository
{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Louis Horst collection, *MGZMC-Res. 22. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Horst, Louis", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Louis Horst was born to Conrad and Leva Horst on the twelfth of January, 1884, in Kansas City, Missouri. Horst began to study piano at an early age. He became a professional accompanist, playing for silent films, stock theater companies, Broadway rehearsals, and later for many of the modern dance personalities of the thirties and forties.</p> <p>In 1915, Horst joined the Denishawn Company as accompanist; his wife, Betty, was a member of the company. He remained with Denishawn until 1925. There he met, among others, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Martha Graham. Horst later collaborated with these second generation modern dance pioneers as accompanist, composer and teacher of choreography.</p> <p>Leaving Denishawn with Martha Graham, Horst composed several of Graham's early group works: <span class=\"title\">Primitive Mysteries</span>(1931), <span class=\"title\">Frontier</span>(1935), and <span class=\"title\">El Penitente</span>(1940). He also wrote scores for other dance artists, for dance classes and for publication. He taught the art of choreography at the Neighborhood Playhouse, several colleges such as the Juilliard School of Music and Connecticut College, and in workshops around the country.</p> <p>In 1934, Horst founded a major dance periodical, <span class=\"title\">The Dance Observer.</span>This magazine was a voice through which modern dance spoke. He and the other writers volunteered their knowledge, experience, and time to the critical review of modern dance concerts and recitals. Horst also published two books, <span class=\"title\">Pre-Classic Dance Forms</span>(1937) and <span class=\"title\">Modern Dance Forms</span>(1960). Aside from Horst's musical, literary, and aesthetic criticism of modern dance performances, he “managed to train at least half of the choreographers now producing.” His students include Anna Sokolow, Meredith Monk, Yvonne Rainer, and Lucinda Childs.</p> <p>Louis Horst was granted many awards, including the Capezio Award and an honorary degree from Wayne State University in 1964.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Part of the bequest of the late <span class=\"persname\">Louis Horst</span>, this collection consists of five groups of manuscript materials: [Personal] Correspondence, Business Correspondence, Manuscripts, Records, and Miscellaneous items (mostly photostats of drawings and paintings). The personal correspondence, excepting a folder of letters from his mother to <span class=\"persname\">Louis Horst</span> ca. 1928-29, is primarily social and congratulatory, i.e., telegrams, birthday cards, postcards, and Christmas cards. The business correspondence is almost exclusively concerned with [UNK] Observer, the magazine <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Horst</span> founded in 1934 and edited until his death in 1964. The majority of the manuscripts, which comprise the bulk of the collection, are edited articles for Dance observer. There is, however, a notebook containing <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Horst's</span> classes in pre-classic dance forms and modern dance forms, and a second notebook, possibly kept by <span class=\"persname\">Gertrude Lippincott</span>, for a class in dance composition taught by <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Horst</span> in [UNK]. The records and miscellaneous items are scant representations of a career fully documented in: *MGZRS <span class=\"persname\">Horst, Louis</span>, 1884-1964. Scrapbooks, 1915-1959.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Louis Horst collection is arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19639#c335841'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19639#c335879'>II. Business Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19639#c335889'>III. Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19639#c336045'>IV. Records</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19639#c336056'>V. Miscellaneous</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Correspondence</li> <li>II. Business Correspondence</li> <li>III. Manuscripts</li> <li>IV. Records</li> <li>V. Miscellaneous</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Louis Horst Estate. Material received on: 1964.</p>"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1928-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1928/1964"}
date_inclusive_start
1928
date_inclusive_end
1964
note
{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of five groups of manuscript materials: Personal correspondence, Business correspondence, Manuscripts, Records, and Miscellany</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Excepting a folder of interesting letters to Louis Horst from his mother, ca. 1928-29, the personal correspondence consists primarily of friendly, social, and congratulatory items, i.e., telegrams, postcards, birthday cards, and Christmas cards, from Martha Graham, Gertrude Lippincott, Doris Rudko, Arthur Todd, Walter Sorell, George Beiswanger, Lucia Dlugoszewski, Louise Mattlage, Betty Horst, and Horst's sister, May</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>The business correspondence is almost exclusively concerned with Horst's journal, Dance observer. Most manuscripts in the collection are edited articles for Dance observer</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Also contains two notebooks, one kept by Louis Horst, the other kept perhaps by Gertrude Lippincott, which are concerned with Mr. Horst's theories in dance forms and composition</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>For location of folders and items consult register and folder list</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1928
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by A.M. Wentink.</p>"}
abstract
{"value"=>" Part of the bequest of the late <span class=\"persname\">Louis Horst</span>, this collection consists of five groups of manuscript materials: [Personal] Correspondence, Business Correspondence, Manuscripts, Records, and Miscellaneous items (mostly photostats of drawings and paintings). The personal correspondence, excepting a folder of letters from his mother to <span class=\"persname\">Louis Horst</span> ca. 1928-29, is primarily social and congratulatory, i.e., telegrams, birthday cards, postcards, and Christmas cards. The business correspondence is almost exclusively concerned with [UNK] Observer, the magazine <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Horst</span> founded in 1934 and edited until his death in 1964. The majority of the manuscripts, which comprise the bulk of the collection, are edited articles for Dance observer. There is, however, a notebook containing <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Horst's</span> classes in pre-classic dance forms and modern dance forms, and a second notebook, possibly kept by <span class=\"persname\">Gertrude Lippincott</span>, for a class in dance composition taught by <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Horst</span> in [UNK]. The records and miscellaneous items are scant representations of a career fully documented in: *MGZRS <span class=\"persname\">Horst, Louis</span>, 1884-1964. Scrapbooks, 1915-1959.", "generated"=>true}
extent_statement
500 items 94 folders
date_start
1928
date_end
1964

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