Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
2. Adaskin, Murray, 1906-2002
3. Ansermet, Ernest, 1883-1969
4. Auric, Georges, 1899-1983
5. Bilson, Malcolm
6. Boulanger, Nadia
7. Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
8. Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1903-1976
9. Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974
10. Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963
11. Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
12. Slenczynska, Ruth, 1925-
13. Tcherepnin, Alexander, 1899-1977
14. Totenberg, Roman
15. Uninsky, Alexander, 1910-1972

Summary

1. Correspondence and other material relating to Soulima Stravinsky as pianist, lecturer, and teacher; notebooks and other material about Mozart's piano concertos and other course material; clippings and other material about Igor Stravinsky; published scores associated with or inscribed to Igor Stravinsky; Sketchbook by Igor Stravinsky (1917?). Inscriptions are by Georges Auric, Serge Diaghilev, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, and Serge Prokofiev. Correspondents include Nadia Boulanger, Alexander Tcherepnin, Ernest Ansermet, Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Ruth Slenczynska, Murray Adaskin, Alexander Uninsky, and Malcolm Bilson. Several letters are from Igor Stravinsky, and there is one leaf in Igor Stravinsky's hand concerning Haydn's and Mozart's works among the published scores. The film of a rehearsal with Igor Stravinsky conducting has been separated from the collection and sent to NYPL Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Subject

1. Stravinsky, Soulima, 1910-1994.
2. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Clippings.
3. Musical scores.

Call number

1. JOB 87-14

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Sketchbook and 4 other items in the hand of Igor Stravinsky are in locked case with restricted access.

Source (note)

1. Stravinsky, Soulima

Biography (note)

1. Soulima Stravinsky is a pianist, teacher, and composer, son of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

Language (note)

1. Chiefly in English; some items in French and Russian.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Preliminary finding aid in the repository.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Soulima Stravinsky, 1976.

Processing action (note)

1. Accessioned
2. Processed

Description

1. 20 boxes ; 39 x 27 x 8 cm.
2. In 11 series: Business correspondence; Letters from students; Letters of recommendation; Miscellaneous correspondence; Material relating to organizations; Audition notes, course material, and notebooks on Mozart; Igor Stravinsky memorial (clippings and correspondence); Clippings on Igor Stravinsky; Published scores with inscriptions to Igor Stravinsky; Published works relating to Igor Stravinsky; Igor Stravinsky sketchbook (1917?).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material

Occupation

1. Pianists.