Music Division

Resources (60)

• In addition, the library has the Toscanini Memorial Archives, which contain microfilm reproductions of the following items:

• Abel' Abramovich Silberg

  "Marsh," composed by the band-master of the 96th Omsk Infantry Regiment, n.p., late 19th c., 5 11., full score, dedicated to the Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich; title-page design in watercolors.

• Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov

  [Cortege solonnel] (Torzhestvennoe shestvie), an 1894 score, 47 pp.

• Aleksandr Nikolaevich Cherepnin

  [Duo for violin and violoncello ?], copyist's manuscript, 3 11. [n.d.].

• Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov

  "Arise," for soprano and piano, text by Elizabeth Nathanson, holograph in ink, 3 pp.; "Crepuscule," for low voice and piano (poetry of Luc Durtain), holograph, 4 pp.; "Dobrinia Nikititch, suite symphonique" [1944?], 97 pp., orchestral score reproduced from his autograph manuscript; "Grande fete," overture, op. 178, score, holograph in ink on transparent paper (New York, 1945), 26 11.; same, score, 26 pp. [1945?], reproduced from holograph with titlepage in his own hand; "Lamentations de Jaroslavna" (text of Denis Roche), from the Slovo o polku Igoreve, holograph in ink with pencil corrections, 4 pp., for voice and piano; "Zhenit'ba" (Marriage), full score, 486 pp., and vocal score, 155 pp., in English and Russian, reproduced from holograph, a comic opera in 3 acts based on N. Gogol's "A bachelor's room" (op. 180, [1946?]); "Missa oecumenica" for 4 voices solo, choir, organ, and orchestra (op. 142, [1944?]), score, 148 pp., reproduced from holograph; "Les oeillets roses," for low voice and piano (poetry of Diana Tichengoltz), holograph in ink, 3 pp.; "Poeme elegiaque" for orchestra, op. 175 [1945?], score in ink, holograph, 27 pp.; "Poeme lyrique" for orchestra [op, 185], score, 64 11., holograph in ink on transparent paper, and reproduction of same, New York, 27 March 1948; Polka-vocalise for soprano and piano [1933?], holograph in ink, 4 pp.; Septet, op. 172a [1948?], score, 34 11., holograph in ink on transparent paper; "Slavlenie S. A. Kusevitskago. K 20-ti letiiu dirizhirovaniia Bostonskim orkestrom. Slova i muzyka A. Grechaninova" (English translation added in pencil: Glorification of S. A. Koussevitzky for his 20th anniversary as conductor of Boston symph.), for voice and piano, holograph in ink with corrections and additions in pencil, 16 May 1944, 3 pp.; Sonata for balalaika and piano, op. 188, no. 1 [1948?], 1 vol., reproduced from autograph manuscript; Sonata no. 1 for clarinet and piano, op. 161 [1940?], holograph in ink, 18 and 25 pp.; Sonata no. 2 for clarinet and piano, op. 172 [1940?], 19 pp., reproduced from holograph; Symphony no. 5, op. 153, score, holograph in ink (February 1938), 190 pp.; Symphony no. 6 [194-?], holograph in ink plus additional leaves in pencil, 28 pp.; "Towards victory," full score, "heroic poem" for orchestra and male chorus, in English and Russian, text by A. Pushkin, holograph in ink, New York, 1943, plus photostatic reproduction of same, 56 pp.; and 5 reels of microfilm with his collected manuscripts and published works, n.d., 134 items, and the same, ca. 150 items, 3 ft.

• Alexander Lipsky

  Sonata for violin and piano (192-?), score, holograph in ink, 19 11.

• Aloysius Hauptmann

  "1814, 19go Marta 1889. Iubilei marsh; po sluchaiu semidesiatipiatiletiia polka vsepokorneishe posviashchaet Ego Imperatorskomu Vysochestvu velikomu kniaziu Vladimiru Aleksandrovichu, Avgusteishemu Shefu leib gvardii Dragunskago polka, kapel'meister Aloizii Gauptman," n.p., 1889, for piano, 5 pp.

• Anatolii Konstantinovich Liadov

  [Morceaux, piano, op. 31] (Deux morceaux pour le piano), [ca. 1893], 16 pp. (5 blank).

• Anton Rubenstein

  ALS of 7 June 1892 (Lambert Collection); photostatic reproduction of an AL, 12 December 1888, 3 pp.; and a reproduction of 3 morceaux de salons [n.d.], 1 part, 2 pp.

• Arthur Lourie (b. 1884?)

  Song of Mitya Karamazov, ca. 1950, 9 11., music (sheet); and Toska Vospominaniya [1941], 10 11.

• Arturo Toscanini

  Correspondence received (1902-1939). 1 box. 4 telegrams, 14 letters, 6 photographs, and an autograph manuscript, Il testo del nuovo Patto marino, from Gabriele d'Annunzio; 3 letters from Emil Ludwig; 2 letters each from Alberto Randegger and Stefan Zweig; 1 letter and 1 photograph from Hans Paul Wolzegen; and 1 letter each from Daniele Amfiteatroff, Leo Blech, Ferruccio Busoni, Albert Einstein, Baron Alberto Franchetti, Lawrence Gilman, Italo Montemezzi, Alexander Siloti, and Templeton Strong. Language note: Chiefly in Italian; includes letters in French, German, and English. Finding aid available: http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20077

• B. A. Frisek

  "Marsh 'Vladimir,'" composed by the bandmaster of the 90th Onega Infantry Regiment, B. A. Frisek, n.p., late 19th c., 2 11., for piano, dedicated to the Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich.

• Charles Davidoff (i.e., Carl Iulevich Davidov?)

  ALS from London, 15 May 1862?, 2 pp.

• Elias I. Tziorogh

  "Ja rusyn byl; karpatorusskij hymn" for piano, mixed chorus, female voices, and male chorus—words of A. V. Duchnovich, arranged by I. I. Tziorogh [New York?, ca. 1927], 3 pp.; and "Podkarpatskiji rusyny, karpatorusskij hymn," a march for mixed chorus, arranged by Tziorogh, words by Duchnovich [New York?, ca. 1927], 5 pp.

• Fiodor Stepanovich Akimenko

  Melodie elegiaque for violoncello and piano, op. 47b, no. 1, in G minor [1912?], score, 7 pp., and part, 4 pp.; and Romance, score, 2 pp., and part, 1 p., 1911.

• Henri Wieniawski

  Le carnaval russe, 1873, 2 11., 11 pp.; and musical quotation with autograph signature (New York, 21 May 18—?).

• Henryk Pachulski

  Meditation, score, 9 pp., for string orchestra, op. 25, n.d., and 2 parts.

• Herbert Reynolds Inch

  A bibliography of Glinka [New York, 1935], typed, 16 ff., with annotations, plus a supplement bound with this item.

• Igor Stravinsky

  [Capriccio for piano and orchestra, arranged for 2 pianos], 1929, holograph, 53 pp. Symphony in 3 movements, completed in 1945, 107 pp., signed holograph dedicated to Arthur Sachs, full score; and Symphonie des psaumes [1930], song and piano arrangement by his son Sviatoslav, holograph, 40 pp.

• Igor Stravinsky

  Capriccio for piano and orchestra arranged for 4 hands; Le chant du Rossignol (ballet); Danses concertantes; L'oiseau de feu (original version); Symphony of psalms, arrangement for piano and voices; and Symphony in 3 movements.

• Il'ya Tyumenev

  "Sbornik khora uchenikov Imperatorskoi Akademii khudozhestv" [St. Petersburg, 1883], iv + 40 pp., reproduced from manuscript. Tyumenev was a pupil at the Academy.

• Ivan Belza

  Arsenal [192-?], 52 pp.

• J. Karnavicius

  "The impostor," a ballet in 1 act (Samozvanets), 127 pp., copyist's manuscript in ink, signed on last page: J. Karnavicius, Kaunas, 1940, with superlinear descriptive text in English and Russian and a typed scenario in Russian inserted, 4 pp.

• John Field

  [Fragment], 13 pp., autograph manuscript (?) for piano, a score partly in another hand; [Nocturne, piano, no. 5, B-flat major; arr.], for piano and orchestra (1815?), a score, 47 11.; facsimile of the same, Serenade, 3 pp.; facsimile of Nocturne no. 6 in F major, ca. 1814, 12 pp. on 6 11.

• John Field

  Nocturne no. 5 in Bb (piano alone and arrangement for piano and orchestra).

• Joseph Achron (1886-1943)

  A kapelle Konzertisten [n.p., 1928?], facsimile, 9 pp.

• Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943)

  Papers, divided into 3 broad categories: Joseph Schillinger Collection of Posters and Charts (in the Iconography Collection of the Music Division), including items on his work and posters relating to Russian/Soviet music (e.g., jazz in the late 1920s); in the Musical Manuscript Collection—his holograph musical scores, 36 folders, 24 notebooks for the Schillinger system of composition, 33 notebooks with other writings, some in Russian, and some notebooks of his students; and in the Letter Collection: correspondence, ca. 170 items, documents, ca. 60 items, 7 typescripts of general writings, some on Russian music, and miscellaneous notes and other papers, ca. 700 items.

• Joseph Strimer

  Musical manuscripts, ca. 50 items, in process.

• Karl Dondo

  "Marsh dlia fortepiano" dedicated to the Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich by the band-master of the 111th Don Infantry Regiment, Karl Dondo (Kovno, 1888), 2 11., full score; and "Marsh dlia orkestra" with the same dedication (Kovno, 1888), 3 11., full score.

• Karl Nawratil

  Autograph musical quotation (Andante from "C moll Konzert"), undated, received in 1929, 1 p. (Miscellaneous Collection)

• Kogda

  "Kogda moia radost' nachnet govorit' vorkuia nezhnee golubki...," n.p., late 19th c., 3 11.; these are the first lines of a song with Russian words, music for 1 voice with piano accompaniment.

• Kurt Schindler

  Autograph presentation copy of The Russians in America, paraphrased by Kurt Schindler [n.p., n.d.], 7 pp., song text in his hand, set to printed score of S. Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor (first line: "Chaliapine! Sergei Rachmaninoff, he heads the roster").

• Lazare Saminsky

  Autograph on "Little Sorele's Lamb," op. 2, no. 3 (New York, [ca. 1922]); autograph presentation copies of 3 works: Sabbath evening service (New York, 1930)—to Virgil Thomson, Three Shadows [1935] (London, [ca. 1938])—to Richard Singer, and The vision of Ariel (New York, [1951, 1950])—to Thomson and photostat reproduction of his IV Symphonie, op. 33, autograph manuscript score, 93 pp. (Vienna, 1927).

• Louis Gruenberg

  Signor Formica [1910], piano-vocal score in German, 165 pp.; and Volpone, score, various pagings (1948–59).

• Ludwig Goede

  "Vladimir Aleksandrovich, marsh," composed by L. Goede, n.p., 1882, 5 11., full score, dedicated to the grand duke.

• Max Rabinoff

  Signed postcard to Mr. Robinson Locke and TLS to Locke, New York, 14 February 1919.

• Michael Fokin

  Autographed presentation copy (to P. L. Miller) of his biography of Feodor Chaliapin, 23 pp. (New York, 1952).

• Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

  Russische National-Gesange (n.d.), 1 1.; and a facsimile of the same or a similar piece (Russian national airs) in his own hand, n.d., 2 pp.

• Mischa Elman (b. 1891)

  Approximately 9 letters and postcards to Sam Franko from the Russian-born violinist, 1910–16 and n.d., including 1 ALS from London (?), 4 pp., 10 December, no year. (In the Sam Franko Collection of programmes of performances...)

• Modeste Moussorgskii

  Kinderscherzo for piano.

• Nicolas Nabokov

  [Sonata no. 2 for piano], (1940?), 24 pp., reproduced from his manuscript, autographed presentation copy to Andor Foldes.

• Nikolai Andreevich Rimskii-Korsakov

  Act 3 from the opera-ballet Mlada, n.p., 1914, score, 98 pp.

• Nikolai Platonovich Ogariov

  Facsimile of his autograph "Romance," setting of M. Lermontov's poem "Tuchki" (Clouds) for 1 voice with piano accompaniment (original apparently in the Moscow Gosudarstvennyi literaturnyi muzei).

• Nikolai Topusov

  Reproduction from typed copy of his Berlin dissertation Carl Reinecke [Sofia, 1943], cover printed, with author's autograph (one of 100 copies), ca. 461 pp.

• Nina Borovka

  Autograph on her compilation of Crimean Tatar folk songs and dances (Stockholm, 19—), 8 pp.

• Ossip Gabrilowitsch

  ALS of 13 November 1900 and 11 December 1902 (in Mason Collection) and ALS to Mr. W. Weyman, Berlin, of 1 and 29 October 1908.

• Pauline Viardot-Garcia

  "Der Gartner. Lied von Morike, Musik von Pauline Viardot," song with piano accompaniment, 3 pp.

• Petr Ilich Chaikovski

  Aveux passionne, n.p., n.d., 2 11. (facsimile of autograph manuscript); and a photostat reproduction of 3 measures of his Andante cantabile from the String Quartet, in his hand, signed P. Chaikovskii [Tchaikovsky], 1 p.

• Petr Il'ich Chaikovskii [Tchaikovsky]

  Aveux passiones for piano; Concerto for piano no. 1 in Bb minor; Concerto for violin, Op. 35; Manfred; The Nutcracker; Overture 1812; Quartet, strings in D major, op. 11; Quartet, strings in F major, op. 22; Quartet, strings in Eb minor, op. 30; Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy; Sextet for strings "Souvenir de Florence" in D minor; Suite no. 1 for orchestra in D minor; Suite no 2 for orchestra in C; Suite no. 3 for orchestra in G; Swan Lake; Symphony no. 3; Symphony no. 4; Symphony no. 5; Symphony no. 6 (first draft and final version); Trio for piano and strings in A minor, op. 50; and Variations on a rococo theme for cello and orchestra.

• Samuil Moiseyevich Maikapar

  "Prelude in Des dur fur Clavier," Vienna, 13 May 1895, in manuscript (probably Maikapar's hand), with presentation note to Ossip Gabrilowitsch, 2 11.

• Serge Koussevitzky

  TLS, Boston, 15 March 1927 (Sam Franko Collection).

• Sergei Mikhailovich Liapunov

  Reproduction of Concerto for violin (ca. 1915), score, 31 pp.

• Sergei Puchkov

  "Marsh 'Razsvet'," dedicated to the Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich (n.p., 1880), autograph manuscript, for piano; title-page design in water-colors, 3 11.

• Sergei Rakhmaninov

  Christmas card, visiting card, and his wife's visiting card with a few autograph words (Lambert Collection).

• Theodore Leschetizky

  Visiting card with several words in script; [Arabesque, piano, op. 45 no. 1 in A-flat major] (Deux arabesques), [1899], [2], 4 pp.; and [Souvenirs d'ltalie], 10 pp. [ca. 1888].

• Vaslav Nijinsky

  Autograph (W. Nizhinski) in Roberto Montenegro's biography Vaslav Nijinsky (London, 1913?).

• Vassily Ilyich Safonoff

  ALS, 11 April 1907; APS, 10 October 1906; ALS of 4 August 1908 (Mason Collection); and ALS to Mr. W. Weyman, 15 May 1910.

• Vladimir Heifetz

  Babi Yar, score [196-?], 17 pp.

• Vladimir Rudolfovich Vogel

  Losung (Devise), full score, for brass and percussion, Strasbourg, 1934, 23 pp.

• W. Labunski (b. 1895)

  Impromptu [1925?], 2 pp. (facsimile).