Ballet Foundation collection of orchestral scores and parts

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id: 594
origination: Ballet Foundation
date statement: ca. 1938-1962
key date: 1938
identifier (local_mss): 19699
org unit: Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number: *MGZMD 52
b-number: b12179862
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repository: {"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract: {"value"=>"The Ballet Foundation gift, donated to the Dance Collection after the Foundation closed in 1984, contains orchestral and part scores for 82 ballets, as well as miscellaneous instrumental and vocal scores. The scores are boxed and grouped alphabetically by ballet title. Within each ballet, the part scores are organized by instrument. Those scores for which there are only one or two parts are also arranged alphabetically by ballet title and are collected in two boxes marked “Miscellaneous Ballet Scores.” Various instrumental and vocal scores which do not relate to specific ballets are arranged alphabetically by composer's name and are located in three boxes marked “Miscellaneous Scores.”"}
prefercite: {"value"=>"Ballet Foundation collection of orchestral scores and parts, *MGZMD 52. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination: {"value"=>"Ballet Foundation", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"<p>The Ballet Foundation, established in late 1939, was formed to stimulate interest and support for ballet in the United States. The foundation, sponsored by Universal Art, Inc., owners of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo sought to enlarge it support base beyond New York City by establishing committees in the various large American cities the company visited during its tours. The initial trustees were Julius Fleischmann, president of Universal Art, Edward Wardell, patron of the arts, and Watson Washburn, counsel for Universal Art. Since moving its base from Europe to New York, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo proclaimed itself as an American company. One of the foundation's first projects was the production for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of <span class=\"title\">Ghost Town,</span>music by Richard Rodgers, choreography by Marc Platoff (later Marc Platt), and décor by by Raoul Pène DeBois. The foundation continued to support the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo until its dissolution in 1962. The orchestral scores and parts were a gift to the Dance Collection by Irina Pabst, The Ballet Foundation, and Michel Subotin</p>"}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"<p>The Ballet Foundation gift, donated to the Dance Collection after the Foundation closed in 1984, contains orchestral and part scores for 82 ballets, as well as miscellaneous instrumental and vocal scores. The scores are boxed and grouped alphabetically by ballet title. Within each ballet, the part scores are organized by instrument. Those scores for which there are only one or two parts are also arranged alphabetically by ballet title and are collected in two boxes marked “Miscellaneous Ballet Scores.” Various instrumental and vocal scores which do not relate to specific ballets are arranged alphabetically by composer's name and are located in three boxes marked “Miscellaneous Scores.”|||The Box Inventory list identifies the ballet, the composer and which orchestral parts are contained in each box. If the ballet score is contained in more than one box, the publishers and type of transcription, whether manuscript or manuscript reproduction, are identified under the Box Inventory heading for the first box. The total number of parts, orchestral and piano scores is listed for each ballet at the end of the entry.|||Two other lists serve to further index the collection. A list of Ballets, by title, indicates the number of the box in which the score can be found. This list includes both those ballets for which there are complete scores and those for which there are only partial scores. A list of Ballet scores, by composer, includes both the title of the ballet by each composer, the title of the musical work if different from the title of the ballet, and the number of the box in which the score can be found.</p>"}
acqinfo: {"value"=>"<p>Gift of Irina Pabst, The Ballet Foundation, and Michael Subotin.</p>"}
accessrestrict: {"value"=>"<p>Currently stored offsite; advance notice recommended.</p>"}
note: {"value"=>"(Choreographer in parentheses) Ancient Russia (Nijinska) - Box no. 1, 2 Apollon Musagète (Balanchine) - Box no. 171 L'Aprés Midi d'un Faune (Nijinsky) - Box no. 2A Bacchanale (Massine) - Box no. 3, 4 Le Baiser de la Fée (Balanchine) - Box no. 171 Ballad (Cieplinski) - Box no. 171 Le Beau Danube (Massine) - Box no. 5, 6, 7 Birthday (Chamié) - Box no. 8-11 Black Swan pas de deux (after Petipa) - Box no. 152 Bluebird pas de deux (after Petipa) - Box no. 12 Bogatyri (Massine) - Box no. 13, 14, 15 La Boutique Fantasque (Massine) - Box no.171 Capriccio Espagnol (Argentinita and Massine) - Box no.16, 17 Carnaval (Fokin) - Box no.171 Chopin Concerto (Nijinska) - Box no.18 Circe (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.171 Cirque de Deux (Boris) - Box no.19 The Comedians (Starbuck) - Box no.171 Concerto Barocco (Balanchine) - Box no.20 Coppélia (Sergeev, after Cecchetti, Ivanov & Petipa) - Box no.21 La Dame de Pique - Box no.171 Danses Concertantes (Balanchine) - Box no.22, 23 Don Juan (Fokin) - Box no.24, 25 Don Quixote pas de deux (Petipa) - Box no.171 Les Elfes (Fokin) - Box no.26-27 España (Danielian) - Box no.28 Étude (Nijinska) - Box no.29 Gaîté Parisienne (Massine) - Box no.30-42 Ghost Town (Platoff) - Box no.43, 44, 45 Gift of the Magi (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.55 Giselle (Coralli and Perrot) - Box no.46-50 Graduation Ball (Lichine) - Box no.51-54 Harlequinade (Romanoff, after Petipa) - Box no.56-59 Harold in Italy (Massine) - Box no.60, 61, 62 Igrouchki (Fokin) - Box no.63 Jeu de Cartes (Balanchine) - Box no.64 Lola Montez (Caton) - Box no.65 Madroños (Cobos) - Box no.68-71 Magic Swan [Act III of Swan Lake] (after Petipa) - Box no.149, 150, 151 Mazurka (Danielian) - Box no.72, 73 Mikado (Cobos) - Box no.74, 75 Mlada - Box no.172 Mountain Echoes (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.55 Mozartiana (Balanchine) - Box no.172 Mute Wife (Cobos) - Box no.76, 77 Naughty Lisette - Box no.172 The New Yorker (Massine) - Box no.78A, 78-81 Night Shadow (Balanchine) - Box no.82, 83, 84 Nobilissima Visione [St. Francis] (Massine) - Box no.85, 86, 87 Nocturne (Gsovsky) - Box no.88 Nuages (Theilade) - Box no.172 The Nutcracker (Fedorova-Fokin, after Ivanov) - Box no.89-99 O Espantalho (unproduced ballet score?) - Box no.172 Paquita (Danilova, after Petipa) - Box no.100, 101 Pas de Quatre (Dolin) - Box no.102 Pas de Trois [Minkus] (Balanchine) - Box no.172 Perseus (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.172 Petrouchka (Fokin) - Box no.103, 104, 105 Prima Ballerina (Chamié) - Box no.106, 107, 108 Prince Igor (Fokin) - Box no.109, 110, 111 Quelques Fleurs (Boris) - Box no.112, 113 Raymonda (Balanchine and Danilova, after Petipa) - Box no.114 The Red Poppy (Shvetzov) - Box no.115-118 Rodeo (De Mille) - Box no.119 Rouge et Noir (Massine) - Box no.120, 121 Saratoga (Massine) - Box no.122-125 Schéhérazade (Fokin) - Box no.126-130 Schubert Seventh Symphony (ballet unknown) - Box no.131 Sea Dreams (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.55 Serenade (Balanchine) - Box no.132 Seventh Symphony (Massine) - Box no.133, 134 Sleeping Beauty (Petipa) - Box no.172 The Snow Maiden (Nijinska) - Box no.135, 136, 137 Snowflakes (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.55 Sombreros (Danielian) - Box no.172 Le Spectre de la Rose (Fokin) - Box no.138 Springtime (Novak, E.) - Box no.139 Springtime (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.55 Suite Française (ballet unknown) - Box no.140 Swan Lake (after Petipa) - Box no.141-148 Les Sylphides (Fokin) - Box no.153-157 Tragedy in Calabria (Juarez) - Box no.158, 159 Tribute (Franklin) - Box no.160 Le Tricorne (Massine) - Box no.172 Triumph of Neptune (unproduced ballet score) - Box no.172 Variations Classiques (Novak, N.) - Box no.161, 162 Vienna 1814 (Massine) - Box no.163-167 Virginia Sampler (Bettis) - Box no.168, 169, 170"}

{"value"=>"Adam, Adolphe: Giselle - Box no. 46-50 Auber, Daniel François Esprit: Quelques - Fleurs 112, 113 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Etude (concerti) - Box no. 29 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto Barocco (Konzert für zwei Violinen in D moll) - Box no. 20 Bate, Stanley: Perseus - Box no. 172 Beethoven, Ludwig van: Seventh Symphony - Box no. 133, 134 Berlioz, Hector: Harold in Italy - Box no. 60 (folder), 61, 62 Lord Berners: Triumph of Neptune - Box no. 172 Borodine, Alexandre: Bogatyri (Deuxième Symphony) - Box no. 13-15 Borodine, Alexandre: Prince Igor - Box no. 109-111 Brahm, Johannes: Variations Classiques (Variations on a Theme of Handel) - Box no. 161, 162 Breton, Tomás; R. Chapi; Enrique Granados: España (compilation of several works) - Box no. 28 Castle, Josef: Circe - Box no. 171 Chopin, Frédéric: Chopin Concerto (Piano Concerto in E Minor) - Box no. 18 Chopin, Frédéric: Les Sylphides - Box no. 153 (folder), 154-157 Copland, Aaron: Rodeo - Box no. 119 De Falla, Manuel: Le Tricorne - Box no. 172 Debussy, Claude: L'Aprés Midi d'un Faune - Box no. 171 Debussy, Claude: Nuages (Nocturnes I. Nuages) - Box no. 172 Délibes, Leo: Coppélia - Box no. 21 Donaldson, Herbert: Ballad (Divertimento) - Box no. 171 Draper, Hazel Archibold: Springtime (Pas de deux) - Box no. 139 Drigo, Richard: Harlequinade (Les Millions d'Arlequin) - Box no. 56 (folder), 57-59 Franck, Cesar: Tribute (Symphonic Variations) - Box no. 160 Gershwin, George: The New Yorker (various pieces) - Box no. 78 Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado - Box no. 74, 75 Glazounov, Alexandre: Raymonda - Box no. 114 Glazounov, Alexandre: The Snow Maiden - Box no. (Les Saisons) 135-137 Glière, Reinhold Moritzovich: The Red Poppy - Box no. 115-118 Glück, Christophe Willibald: Don Juan - Box no. 24, 25 Gounod, Charles: Cirque de Deux (Walpurgis Night) - Box no. 19 Harkness, Rebekah: Gift of the Magi - Box no. 55 Harkness, Rebekah: Mountain Echoes - Box no. 55 Harkness, Rebekah: Sea Dreams - Box no. 55 Harkness, Rebekah: Snowflakes - Box no. 55 Harkness, Rebekah: Springtime - Box no. 55 Hindemith, Paul: Nobilissima Visione [St. Francis] - Box no. 85-87 Kabelevsky, Dmitri: The Comedians - Box no. 171 Lecocq, Alexandre: Prima Ballerina - Box no. 106-108 Leoncavallo, Ruggiero: Tragedy in Calabria (themes from Pagliacci) - Box no. 158, 159 Mendelssohn, Felix: Les Elfes (Overture to a Mid-summer Night's Dream: andante and allegro from Concerto In E Minor for Violin) - Box no. 26, 27 Mignone, Francisco: O Espantalho - Box no. 172 Milhaud, Darius: Suite Française - Box no. 140 Minkus, Ludwig: Paquita - Box no. 100, 101 Minkus, Ludwig: Pas de Trois - Box no. 172 Moszkowski, Yradier, et al.: Madroños (various works) - Box no. 68-71 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Mozartiana (arr. By Tchaikovsky) - Box no. 172 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Nocturne (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) - Box no. 88 Offenbach, Jacques: Gaîté Parisienne - Box no. 30 (folder), 31-42 Paganini, Niccoló: Mute Wife (Perpetual Motion) - Box no. 76, 77 Pugni, Césare: Pas de Quatre - Box no. 102 Rieti, Vittorio: Night Shadow - Box no. 82-84 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicholas: Capriccio Espagnol - Box no. 16, 17 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicholas: Igrouchki (Fantasie de Concert) - Box no. 63 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicholas: Mlada - Box no. 172 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicholas: Scheherazade - Box no. 126-130 Rodgers, Richard: Ghost Town - Box no. 43-45 Rossini, Gioacchino: Birthday - Box no. 8 (folder), 9-11 Rossini, Gioacchino: La Boutique Fantasque - Box no. 171 Schubert, Franz: Love Song (1. Schubertiana, 2. Am Meer, 3. Rosamunde, 4. Du Bist die Ruh, 5. Waltz in B Minor, 6. Seligkeit, 7. Valse Sentimentale—No. 7, 8. Ecossaisen [1823], 9. Ecossaisen, 10. Valse Sentimentale—No. 5) - Box no. 66, 67 Schubert, Franz: [ballet unknown] (Seventh Symphony) - Box no. 131 Schumann, Robert: Carnaval - Box no. 171 Shostakovitch, Dmitri: Rouge et Noir (Symphony No. 1, Op. 10) - Box no. 120, 121 Smit, Leo: Virginia Sampler - Box no. 168 (folder), 169, 170 Strauss, Johann: Le Beau Danube - Box no. 5-7 Strauss, Johann: Graduation Ball - Box no. 51-54 Stravinsky, Igor: Apollon Musagète - Box no. 171 Stravinsky, Igor: Le Baiser de la Fée - Box no. 171 Stravinsky, Igor: Jeu de Cartes - Box no. 64 Stravinsky, Igor: Petrouchka - Box no. 103-105 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich: Ancient Russia (Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23) - Box no. 1, 2 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich: Bluebeard pas de deux (from Sleeping Beauty) - Box no. 12 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich: La Dame de Pique - Box no. 171 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich: The Nutcracker (The Nutcracker Suite) - Box no. 89-99 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich: Serenade (Serenade for Strings) - Box no. 132 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich: Sleeping Beauty - Box no. 172 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich: Swan Lake - Box no. 141-152 Wagner, Richard: Bacchanale (Tannhäuser) - Box no. 3, 4 Weber, Carl Maria von: Vienna 1814 - Box no. 163-167 Weber, Carl Maria von: Le Spectre de la Rose - Box no. 138 Weinberger, Jaromir: Saratoga - Box no. 122-125 Witt, Fred: Lola Montez - Box no. 65 Composer unknown: Naughty Lisette - Box no. 172 Composer unknown: Sombreros - Box no. 172"}
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date_inclusive_start: 1938
date_inclusive_end: 1962
keydate: 1938
langmaterial: {"value"=>"English"}
processinfo: {"value"=>"<p>Processed by Lesley Farlow, with Amy Taylor Alpers.</p>"}
extent_statement: 72 linear feet (177 boxes)
date_start: 1938
date_end: 1962

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