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Creator
Krasner, Louis, 1903-1995
Call number
JPB 99-10
Physical description
13 items, 28 cm; 13 items, 28 cm
Language
Chiefly in English ; includes some pages in German
Preferred Citation
Louis Krasner, musician, teacher, innovator, Music Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Music Division
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Louis Krasner, a Russo-American violinist, commissioned the Alban Berg Violin Concerto and gave it its first performance ; he also gave the first performance of the Arnold Schoenberg Violin Concerto. Articles by and about Krasner, and typescripts of unpublished talks by Krasner. Includes clippings and typescripts, some with autograph emendations (photocopies).

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Dolgow, Ruth, 09/--/1991

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