Book/Printed Material Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Serge Koussevitzky archive, Koussevitzky archive
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Title
- Serge Koussevitzky archive,
Other Title
- Koussevitzky archive
Alternate Title
- Koussevitzky archive
Names
- Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951.
- Koussevitzky, Olga.
- Naumov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1868-1950.
- Serge Koussevitzky Collection (Library of Congress)
Headings
- - Koussevitzky, Serge,--1874-1951
- - Koussevitzky, Serge,--1874-1951--Archives
- - Koussevitzky, Serge,--1874-1951--Correspondence
- - Koussevitzky, Serge,--1874-1951--Photographs
- - Koussevitzky, Serge,--1874-1951--Performances
- - Music--20th century--Sources
- - Conductors (Music)--United States
- - Conductors (Music)--Russia
- - Composers--United States
- - Composers--Russia
- - Double bassists--United States
- - Double bassists--Russia
- - Koussevitzky, Natalie
- - Koussevitzky, Natalie--Correspondence
- - Koussevitzky, Natalie--Photographs
- - Koussevitzky, Olga
- - Koussevitzky, Olga--Correspondence
- - Koussevitzky, Olga--Photographs
- - American International Music Fund
- - Berkshire Music Center
- - Berkshire Music Center--Photographs
- - Boston Symphony Orchestra
- - Boston Symphony Orchestra--Photographs
- - Koussevitzky Music Foundation
- - Library of Congress.--Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation
- - International Music Fund
- - Berkshire Music Festival
- - Berkshire Symphonic Festival
- - Édition Russe de Musique
- - Library of Congress.--Music Division
- - Abell, Arthur M.--Correspondence
- - Bales, Richard,--1915-1998--Correspondence
- - Barber, Samuel,--1910-1981
- - Barraud, Henry,--1900-1997
- - Bartók, Béla,--1881-1945
- - Berezowsky, Nicolai,--1900-1953--Correspondence
- - Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-1990
- - Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-1990--Correspondence
- - Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-1990--Photographs
- - Borovsky, Alexander,--1889-1968--Correspondence
- - Boulanger, Nadia--Correspondence
- - Bulley, Hebe--Correspondence
- - Burgin, Richard,--1892-1981
- - Cabot, Henry B.--(Henry Bromfield),--1894-1974--Correspondence
- - Cabot, Henry B.--(Henry Bromfield),--1894-1974--Photographs
- - Carpenter, John Alden,--1876-1951--Correspondence
- - Carvalho, Eleazar de--Correspondence
- - Carvalho, Eleazar de--Photographs
- - Casadesus, Henri Gustave,--1879-1947--Correspondence
- - Chardon, Yves,--1902-2000--Correspondence
- - Chasins, Abram,--1903-1987--Correspondence
- - Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague,--1864-1953--Correspondence
- - Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague,--1864-1953--Photographs
- - Copland, Aaron,--1900-1990
- - Copland, Aaron,--1900-1990--Correspondence
- - Dane, Ernest Blaney--Correspondence
- - Diamond, David,--1915-2005--Correspondence
- - Downes, Olin,--1886-1955--Correspondence
- - Duke, Vernon,--1903-1969
- - Engel, Carl,--1883-1944--Correspondence
- - Foss, Lukas,--1922-2009
- - Graf, Herbert,--1903 or 1904-1973--Correspondence
- - Grant, Margaret--(Executive Secretary)
- - Hadley, Henry,--1871-1937--Correspondence
- - Hanson, Howard,--1896-1981--Correspondence
- - Harris, Roy,--1898-1979--Correspondence
- - Harris, Johana--Correspondence
- - Hindemith, Paul,--1895-1963--Correspondence
- - Kachouk, Michel--Correspondence
- - Karr, Gary,--1941
- - Knopf, Alfred A.,--1892-1984--Correspondence
- - Koshetz, Marina--Correspondence
- - Leavitt, Donald L.--Correspondence
- - Leinsdorf, Erich,--1912-1993
- - Lipkin, Seymour--Correspondence
- - Lipkin, Seymour--Photographs
- - Lourié, Arthur,--1892-1966--Correspondence
- - Mackinnon, Lilias--Correspondence
- - Martinů, Bohuslav,--1890-1959--Correspondence
- - Moore, Douglas,--1893-1969--Correspondence
- - Munch, Charles,--1891-1968
- - Munch, Charles,--1891-1968--Correspondence
- - Nabokov, Nicolas,--1903-1978--Correspondence
- - Naumov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich,--1868-1950
- - Newman, Ernest,--1868-1959--Correspondence
- - Ozawa, Seiji,--1935---Photographs
- - Paĭchadze, Gabriel--Correspondence
- - Piatigorsky, Gregor,--1903-1976--Correspondence
- - Piatigorsky, Gregor,--1903-1976--Photographs
- - Prokofiev, Sergey,--1891-1953--Correspondence
- - Rachmaninoff, Sergei,--1873-1943
- - Roosevelt, Eleanor,--1884-1962--Correspondence
- - Roosevelt, Eleanor,--1884-1962--Photographs
- - Roussel, Albert,--1869-1937--Correspondence
- - Rybner, Dagmar de Corval,--1890-1965--Correspondence
- - Saarinen, Eero,--1910-1961--Correspondence
- - Saarinen, Eliel,--1873-1950--Correspondence
- - Sevitzky, Fabien,--1891-1967--Correspondence
- - Shaw, Robert,--1916-1999
- - Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich,--1906-1975--Correspondence
- - Sibelius, Jean,--1865-1957--Correspondence
- - Smith, Moses,--1901-1964
- - Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich,--1889-1968--Correspondence
- - Spivacke, Harold,--1904-1977--Correspondence
- - Stravinsky, Igor,--1882-1971--Correspondence
- - Strunk, W. Oliver--(William Oliver),--1901-1980--Correspondence
- - Tansman, Alexandre,--1897-1986--Correspondence
- - Zederbaum, Vladimir--Correspondence
- - Britten, Benjamin,--1913-1976.--Peter Grimes
- - Conducting
- - Orchestral music--Performances
- - Musicians--Correspondence
- - Music--Instruction and study--United States
- - Music--Commissioning
- - Music patronage--United States
- - Music in education
- - Music publishing--United States
- - Music trade--United States
- - Musicians--Labor unions--Massachusetts--Boston
- - Musicians--Caricatures and cartoons
- - Music--Caricatures and cartoons
- - Music--United States--History and criticism
- - Music--United States--20th century
- - Double bass
- - Radio Corporation of America.--RCA Victor Division
- - Sound recording industry--United States
- - Sound recordings--Production and direction--United States
- - Fan mail--United States
- - American Federation of Musicians
- - Baldwin Piano Company
- - Arts, Russian--20th century--Political aspects
- - Arts, Russian--20th century
- - United States--Relations--Soviet Union
- - Soviet Union--Relations--United States
- - Russia--Politics and government--1894-1917
- - Russia (Federation)--Civilization--20th century
- - Soviet Union--Civilization
- - World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Soviet Union
- - World War, 1939-1945--War work
Genre
- Articles
- Artifacts (Object genre)
- Awards
- Blueprints (Reprographic copies)
- Caricatures
- Clippings (Information artifacts)
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Drawings (Visual works)
- Financial records
- Minutes
- Notes (Documents)
- Photographic prints
- Posters
- Programs (Documents)
- Promotional materials
- Scrapbooks
- Writings (Documents)
Notes
- - Organized into the following series: I. Correspondence, 1909-1977, II. Writings, 1914-1975, III. Personal Files, 1880-1978, IV. Visual Materials, 1888-1973, V. Business and Organizational Files, 1881-1978, VI. Subject Files, 1908-1977, VII. Clippings, 1908-1977, VIII. Scrapbooks, 1921-1945, IX. Programs, 1907-1977, X. Awards and Honors, 1946-1949, undated, XI. Realia.
- - Serge Koussevitzky (b. July 26, 1874, Vishniĭ Volochek, Russia - d. June 4, 1951, Boston, Mass.) was a conductor, composer, and double-bassist. He was an innovator and visionary in his roles as a composer, music director, music publisher, recording artist, champion of contemporary music, and supporter of musicians' rights. He founded the Berkshire Music Center (now Tanglewood Music Center) in 1940, and as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949, he championed the music of American composers. His publishing house, Édition Russe de Musique, issued music by Scriabin, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff.
- - Collection material in English, Russian, and French.
- - Gift; Olga Koussevitzky; 1960.
- - Bequest; Olga Koussevitzky; 1978.
- - KMF scrapbooks and Olga's Music for Israel scrapbook; Gift; Boston Symphony Orchestra; 2017.
- - Musical compositions commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky are part of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Collection, and are shelved in ML30.3c, ML30.3c2, ML30.3c3, and ML30.3e2.
- - The materials had been maintained at one time by Mrs. Koussevitzky in the Koussevitzky's home in Lenox, Mass., and in an apartment in New York.
- - Sound recordings; Serge Koussevitzky Collection (MAVIS collection no. 3173); Transferred to the; Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
- - Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002008
- - Serge Koussevitzky Archive, Music Division, Library of Congress.
Medium
- approximately 200,000 items (505 boxes, 224 linear feet)
Extent
- 145 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- ML31 .K66
Repository
- Library of Congress Music Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2002604961
Rights Advisory
- Restrictions apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Music Division for information concerning these restrictions.
Access Advisory
- Open to research.
- Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact
Access Condition
- Restrictions apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Music Division for information concerning these restrictions.
LC Classification
- ML31 .K66
Online Format
- image
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Additional Metadata Formats
Finding Aid
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Contributor
- Koussevitzky, Olga
- Koussevitzky, Serge
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Naumov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich
- Serge Koussevitzky Collection (Library of Congress)
Dates
Location
Language
Subject
- (Executive Secretary)
- (Henry Bromfield)
- (William Oliver)
- 20th Century
- Abell, Arthur M
- Abell, Arthur M.
- American Federation of Musicians
- American International Music Fund
- Archives
- Articles
- Artifacts (Object Genre)
- Arts, Russian
- Awards
- Baldwin Piano Company
- Bales, Richard
- Barber, Samuel
- Barraud, Henry
- Bartók, Béla
- Berezowsky, Nicolai
- Berkshire Music Center
- Berkshire Music Festival
- Berkshire Symphonic Festival
- Bernstein, Leonard
- Blueprints (Reprographic Copies)
- Borovsky, Alexander
- Boston
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Boulanger, Nadia
- Britten, Benjamin
- Bulley, Hebe
- Burgin, Richard
- Cabot, Henry B.
- Caricatures
- Caricatures and Cartoons
- Carpenter, John Alden
- Carvalho, Eleazar De
- Casadesus, Henri Gustave
- Chardon, Yves
- Chasins, Abram
- Civilian Relief
- Civilization
- Clippings (Information Artifacts)
- Commissioning
- Composers
- Conducting
- Conductors (Music)
- Contracts
- Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague
- Copland, Aaron
- Correspondence
- Dane, Ernest Blaney
- Diamond, David
- Double Bass
- Double Bassists
- Downes, Olin
- Drawings (Visual Works)
- Duke, Vernon
- Engel, Carl
- Fan Mail
- Financial Records
- Finding Aid
- Foss, Lukas
- Graf, Herbert
- Grant, Margaret
- Hadley, Henry
- Hadley, Henry Kimball
- Hanson, Howard
- Harris, Johana
- Harris, Roy
- Hindemith, Paul
- History and Criticism
- Instruction and Study
- International Music Fund
- Kachouk, Michel
- Karr, Gary
- Knopf, Alfred a
- Knopf, Alfred A.
- Koshetz, Marina
- Koussevitzky Music Foundation
- Koussevitzky, Natalie
- Koussevitzky, Olga
- Koussevitzky, Serge
- Labor Unions
- Leavitt, Donald L.
- Leinsdorf, Erich
- Library of Congress
- Lipkin, Seymour
- Lourié, Arthur
- Mackinnon, Lilias
- Martinů, Bohuslav
- Massachusetts
- Minutes
- Moore, Douglas
- Munch, Charles
- Music
- Music Division
- Music in Education
- Music Patronage
- Music Publishing
- Music Trade
- Musicians
- Nabokov, Nicolas
- Naumov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich
- Newman, Ernest
- Notes (Documents)
- Orchestral Music
- Ozawa, Seiji
- Paĭchadze, Gabriel
- Performances
- Peter Grimes
- Photographic Prints
- Photographs
- Piatigorsky, Gregor
- Political Aspects
- Politics and Government
- Posters
- Production and Direction
- Programs (Documents)
- Prokofiev, Sergey
- Promotional Materials
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei
- Radio Corporation of America
- Rca Victor Division
- Relations
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Roussel, Albert
- Russia
- Russia (Federation)
- Rybner, Dagmar De Corval
- Saarinen, Eero
- Saarinen, Eliel
- Scrapbooks
- Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation
- Sevitzky, Fabien
- Shaw, Robert
- Shostakovich, Dmitrii? Dmitrievich
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
- Sibelius, Jean
- Smith, Moses
- Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich
- Sound Recording Industry
- Sound Recordings
- Sources
- Soviet Union
- Spivacke, Harold
- Stravinsky, Igor
- Strunk, W. Oliver
- Tansman, Alexandre
- United States
- War Work
- World War
- Writings (Documents)
- Zederbaum, Vladimir
- Édition Russe De Musique