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Leo Smit papers

Title: Leo Smit papers 1905-1998.
Author: Smit, Leo, 1921-1999.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 00-42 Box 1	Offsite
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Description

13 linear feet (22 boxes)

Summary

The Leo Smit Papers document the professional musical career of the distinguished pianist and composer.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Clippings.
Correspondence.
Lecture notes.
Librettos.
Photographs.
Programs.
Slides.
Scores.

Biography (note)

American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher, Leo Smit (1921-1999) enjoyed a career that spanned nearly seventy years.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

JPB 00-42

OCLC

NYPG06-A152

Author

Smit, Leo, 1921-1999.

Title

Leo Smit papers 1905-1998.

Biography

American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher, Leo Smit (1921-1999) enjoyed a career that spanned nearly seventy years. He established close working relationships and friendships with many of the most prominent musicians of the twentieth century, including Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Harold Shapero, William Schuman, and Lukas Foss. As a performer, Smit was an advocate and interpreter of the music of his time, especially the solo piano music of Aaron Copland, with whom he enjoyed an especially close relationship. Born in in Philadelphia, Smit received his earliest musical training from his parents and studied piano at the Curtis Institute of Music. He began his professional career as a pianist while still in his teens, his first job being rehearsal pianist for George Balanchine's American Ballet Company in 1936-1937. Smit gave his first recital as a solo pianist at Carnegie Hall in February 1939. Among his numerous teaching positions were Sarah Lawrence College (1947-1949), University of California, Los Angeles (1957-1963), and the State University of New York at Buffalo (1962-1984).

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Composers.

Pianists.

Added Author

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.

Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009.

Schuman, William, 1910-1992.

Shapero, Harold, 1920-

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Smit, Leo, 1921-1999. Ecstatic pilgrimage.

Smit, Leo, 1921-1999. Magic water.

Research Call Number

JPB 00-42

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