Articles by and about Krasner, and typescripts of unpublished talks by Krasner. Includes clippings and typescripts, some with autograph emendations (photocopies).
Introduction by Ruth Dolgow -- Articles from Grove Dictionary of Music and from Who's Who in Music -- Boston Symphony dinner talk -- Article by Andrew L. Pincus -- Article in Tanglewood Music Center Newsletter -- About Webern as conductor / Louis Krasner -- The Whittall Stradivarius collection in the Library of Congress / Louis Krasner -- Some memories of Anton Webern, the Berg Concerto, and Vienna in the 1930's / Louis Krasner as told to Don C. Seibert -- Koussevitzky Society address / Louis Krasner -- Talks/walks, Tanglewood / talk by Louis Krasner -- The origins of the Alban Berg Violin Concerto / talk by Louis Krasner -- A performance history of Schoenberg's Violin Concerto, op. 36 / Louis Krasner -- Review by Heinrich von Lüttwitz.
Call number
JPB 99-10
Note
Gift of Ruth Dolgow.
Source (note)
Dolgow, Ruth
Biography (note)
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.
Language (note)
Chiefly in English ; includes some pages in German.
Processing action (note)
Cataloged
Author
Krasner, Louis, 1903-
Title
Louis Krasner, musician, teacher, innovator, 1954-1990.
Biography
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.
Language
Chiefly in English ; includes some pages in German.