- unitid
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{"value"=>"18621", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1903]-1945", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"inferred", "normal"=>"1903/1945"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1903
- date_inclusive_end
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1945
- keydate
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1903
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Modest Altschuler scores"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"16 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Modest Altschuler scores primarily hold music performed by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, including original published editions by notable Russian composers, as well as arrangements and original music by Altschuler."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Modest Altschuler scores, JPB 13-07. Music Division, New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Altschuler, Modest, 1873-1963", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Modest Altschuler (1873-1963) was a Russian cellist, conductor, and composer. Born near Kiev in what is today Belarus, he began studying cello at the Warsaw Conservatory when he was thirteen years old. He later moved to Moscow to study composition with Anton Arensky, harmony with Sergei Taneyev, and cello with Alfred von Glehn. He also studied conducting at the Moscow Conservatory.</p> <p>Altschuler immigrated to the United States in 1896, and in 1903 formed the Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York. The group was devoted to providing support and performance opportunities for recent Russian émigrés, and to promoting the music of recent Russian composers. Altschuler conducted its premiere performance at Cooper Union Hall in 1904, after which the ensemble expanded and moved uptown to Carnegie Hall.</p> <p>Altschuler kept the orchestra active for about nineteen years. Its repertoire was mainly Russian, including Altschuler's friend and Moscow classmate, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, and Igor Stravinsky, among others. Some performances were United States premieres, and the orchestra introduced to America such figures as the violinist Mischa Elman, pianist Josef Lhévinne, and the composers Sergei Prokofiev (performing his First Piano Concerto), and Aleksandr Scriabin (who appeared as guest conductor).</p> <p>Altschuler disbanded the organization in 1922 and moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote film scores, privately taught composition and orchestration, and conducted the Glendale Symphony Orchestra and the WPA Federal Symphony No. 1 of Los Angeles. His students included Charles Haubiel and Roy Harris. Altschuler was the great-uncle of the conductor Leonard Slatkin.</p> <p>Sources: Slatkin, Leonard. Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro. Milwaukee: Amadeus, 2012.</p> <p>\"Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York: A Chronological Listing.\" http://www.stokowski.org/Principal_Musicians_Russian_Symphony_of_NY.htm (Accessed March 22, 2013.)</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Modest Altschuler scores are in published and manuscript form. Many are full orchestral scores and/or parts for music performed by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, often in early Russian editions. Some are in their original form, while others are Altschuler arrangements. The arrangements consist of entirely new scores, and modifications of the original published scores. Featured composers include Anton Arensky, Aleksandr Glazunov, Reinhold Glière, Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Ilynsky, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Anton Rubinstein, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, and Sergei Vasilenko.</p> <p>Some of the scores bear rehearsal and performance markings. While many are published, in certain cases the parts seem to have been copied directly from published full scores and are therefore not considered arrangements. In other cases, Altschuler credits himself on the scores as arranger. In addition to the Russian composers named above, the Altschuler arrangements contain music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Percy Grainger, and Joaquín Malats, among others.</p> <p>Other scores in the collection are by colleagues or students of Altschuler, such as Charles Haubiel, and the composers Harlow Mills, John Powell, and Helen Howarth Wemmel. Altschuler's own music manuscripts include works for orchestra, songs, and small ensemble music meant for dancing, as well as untitled or unidentified score and part pages and sketches.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The scores are divided into Altschuler arrangements and compositions (arranged by composer and title, respectively), music by other composers, and unidentified/untitled manuscripts. Unless otherwise noted, all the scores under \"music by other composers\" are published.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by André M. Smith, 2011.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Matthew Snyder.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Processing consisted of foldering and arranging scores.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- physloc
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{"value"=>"JPB 13-07", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}
- extent_statement
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4 linear feet (16 boxes)
- date_start
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1903
- date_end
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1945