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Creator
Lourié, Arthur, 1892-1966
Call number
JPB 92-61
Physical description
3 linear feet
Language
Includes papers and vocal texts in French, English, Russian, German, Italian, and Latin
Preferred Citation

Arthur Lourié papers

Repository
Music Division
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Chiefly music scores, including holographs, copyists' manuscripts, and published music. Besides scores, there are brief biographical sketches in Russian and English (JPB 92-61 no. 88) ; an essay by Lourié (Our march) on Russian futurism with some notes on his composition, Nash marsh (JPB 92-61 no. 87) ; a small box of notes chiefly in Russian on filing cards (JPB 92-61 no. 88) ; and 1 folder of librettos and synopses of operas and other textual material relating to Lourié's vocal works (JPB 92-61 no. 68). Scores are cataloged separately in the Scores file. 1 reel-to-reel tape has been separated from the collection and transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Biographical/historical information

Arthur Lourié was a Russian-American composer.

Scope and arrangement

Chiefly music scores, including holographs, copyists' manuscripts, and published music. Besides scores, there are brief biographical sketches in Russian and English (JPB 92-61 no. 88) ; an essay by Lourié (Our march) on Russian futurism with some notes on his composition, Nash marsh (JPB 92-61 no. 87) ; a small box of notes chiefly in Russian on filing cards (JPB 92-61 no. 88) ; and 1 folder of librettos and synopses of operas and other textual material relating to Lourié's vocal works (JPB 92-61 no. 68). Scores are cataloged separately in the Scores file. 1 reel-to-reel tape has been separated from the collection and transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Administrative information

Related Material

Correspondence between Arthur Lourié and Irene Graham located in: Amherst Center for Russian Culture, Box 2268, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002-5000, USA; http://www.amherst.edu/ãcrc/archives.html#graham

Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor