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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 57", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19702", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1935-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1935/1964"}
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{"value"=>"Louis Horst papers"}
- repository
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{"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
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{"value"=>"Louis Horst papers, *MGZMD 57. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Horst, Louis", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"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=\"emph\">Primitive Mysteries</span>(1931), <span class=\"emph\">Frontier</span>(1935), and <span class=\"emph\">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=\"emph\">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=\"emph\">Pre-Classic Dance Forms</span>(1937) and <span class=\"emph\">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
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Louis Horst</span> Papers document his professional, and primarily his personal, life from 1962 to 1964. There are, however, letters and contractual information dating back as early as 1935 and 1959. The importance of this collection lies in its personal nature. The appreciation, gratitude, and honor bestowed upon <span class=\"persname\">Horst</span> by students, contemporaries, supporters, and friends is repeated again and again in the correspondence written to him. The content consists mainly of correspondence to <span class=\"persname\">Horst</span> by friends, such as <span class=\"persname\">Gertrude Lippincott</span>, and dance associates, such as <span class=\"persname\">Harriet Berg</span>. There is also correspondence from relatives, primarily <span class=\"persname\">May</span>, his sister, <span class=\"persname\">George</span>, her husband, and <span class=\"persname\">Betty</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Horst's</span> wife.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Louis Horst papers are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19702#c360889'>I. Personal Memorabilia</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>10 items, 1 folder</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19702#c360898'>II. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>11 items, 1 folder</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>[to Horst unless specified]</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19702#c360961'>III. Documents - Business and Legal</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>5 items, 2 folders</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19702#c360968'>IV. Notes</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19702#c360974'>V. Miscellaneous</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>5 items, 2 folders</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Personal Memorabilia</li> <li>II. Correspondence</li> <li>III. Documents - Business and Legal</li> <li>IV. Notes</li> <li>V. Miscellaneous</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Louis L. Himber. Received: November 8, 1976.</p>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1935
- date_inclusive_end
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1964
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Primarily correspondence relating to Louis Horst's professional and personal life from 1962 to 1964, with some letters and contractual information dating back as early as 1935. Includes letters from friends, such as Gertrude Lippincott, dance associates, and relatives</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>In five series: Personal memorabilia; Correspondence; Business and legal documents; Notes (Compositional and choreographic ideas, music, dance, criticism); and Miscellaneous</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- keydate
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1935
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Marcia Ethel Hicks.</p>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" The <span class=\"persname\">Louis Horst</span> Papers document his professional, and primarily his personal, life from 1962 to 1964. There are, however, letters and contractual information dating back as early as 1935 and 1959. The importance of this collection lies in its personal nature. The appreciation, gratitude, and honor bestowed upon <span class=\"persname\">Horst</span> by students, contemporaries, supporters, and friends is repeated again and again in the correspondence written to him. The content consists mainly of correspondence to <span class=\"persname\">Horst</span> by friends, such as <span class=\"persname\">Gertrude Lippincott</span>, and dance associates, such as <span class=\"persname\">Harriet Berg</span>. There is also correspondence from relatives, primarily <span class=\"persname\">May</span>, his sister, <span class=\"persname\">George</span>, her husband, and <span class=\"persname\">Betty</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Horst's</span> wife.", "generated"=>true}
- extent_statement
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116 items in 14 folders
- date_start
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1935
- date_end
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1964