{"value"=>"<p>This series contains subject files including biographical material, correspondence, photographs, clippings, concert programs, diplomas, posters, and Shulman’s writings. All content is organized in one alphabetical listing. The largest portions of the series are devoted to Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony, the Violoncello Society, concert programs and general correspondence.</p> <p>The Toscanini files document Shulman’s time in the NBC Symphony. They contain tour itineraries, programs, correspondence from Toscanini and an essay by Shulman describing the experience of playing under the conductor. They also contain papers regarding the Symphony of the Air, documenting its history and the cancellation of one of its State Department-sponsored tours; and a file on reunions in the 1980s of musicians who played with Toscanini.</p> <p>The Violoncello Society files contain correspondence with the cellist and educator Lev Ginsburg and the publisher Alexander Broude, and general correspondence and information on the Society’s activities, particularly during Shulman’s years as President (1967-1972).</p> <p>The programs cover Shulman’s entire career and beyond; his son Alan, the collection donor, contributed programs dating up to 2005. They consist primarily of programs on which Shulman’s music was performed, but also include programs for the Kreiner and Stuyvesant Quartets and other chamber groups. Programs for the NBC Symphony and Symphony of the Air can be found with the Toscanini files.</p> <p>The general correspondence consists of letters from family members, fan mail, and alphabetical and chronological files that Shulman maintained. Correspondents include Jascha Heifetz, Dmitri Shostakovitch, Janos Starker, Fritz Reiner, Artur Rodzinski, Dmitri Mitropolous, Pablo Casals, Bruno Walter, Talullah Bankhead, Jerome Kern, and many other musicians, teachers and fellow cellists.</p> <p>The subject files hold correspondence and information regarding some of Shulman’s compositions. Each is listed by title, with the exception of The Three Faces of Glen Cove and Interstate 90, which are both covered in the file titled Band Works. Additional information for some pieces can be found with their scores in Series II. The file for Concerto for Violin and Orchestra contains the transcript of a 1983 phone interview of Shulman by Oliver Daniel regarding Dimitri Mitropoulos. Other works with information in this series include The Chinese Nightingale, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, In Memoriam – Sophie, A Laurentian Overture, Mood In Question, Suite for String Orchestra, Theme and Variations for Cello and Chamber Orchestra, and Theme and Variations for Solo Viola and Orchestra. The file for the song Too Late The Spring contains correspondence from Steve Allen.</p> <p>Further topics in the subject files include Shulman’s cello teacher Emanuel Feuermann (the file contains a photograph of him in performance with Jascha Heifetz); chamber groups Shulman played with (the Stuyvesant and Haydn String Quartets, and the Philharmonia Trio); notable cello educators; clippings documenting some of Shulman’s composition premieres and cello performances, including some of his earliest public appearances when he was a child; a selected discography; and Shulman’s work with Skitch Henderson.</p> <p>Biographical and publicity material on Shulman can be found in two files: Biographical Material and David Ewen (a publicist). Shulman’s writings include Some Observations on Polytonality; music criticism written for local newspapers in Westchester County, New York; and letters on music and local civic issues to the editors of various New York areas newspapers and magazines.</p> <p>The photographs mostly contain publicity shots and include solo portraits of Shulman (1946-1967), the National Orchestral Association (ca. 1928), the Kreiner Quartet (mid-1930s), the NBC Symphony (1942), the Philharmonia Trio (mid-1960s), and Shulman with Tallulah Bankhead (1952). The posters are advertisements for appearances by the Philharmonia trio and other chamber groups.</p>"}