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Jascha Heifetz Collection

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Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) was an American violinist of Russian birth. He made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at age 11, and his American debut at Carnegie Hall at age 16 in 1917. A stellar international career followed, spanning six decades. The collection includes Heifetz's personal music library of original compositions, arrangements, and transcriptions (some of which are unpublished), and his annotated parts and scores, holographs and manuscripts of many of his contemporaries. Concert programs document his performances from 1911-1974, and photographs, photo albums and scrapbooks encompass the violinist’s entire life. The correspondence, constituting a small part of the collection, contains letters from such important musical figures of the 20th century as Leopold Auer, Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, George Bernard Shaw, and Sir William Walton; correspondence from Heifetz is also housed in other Music Division collections.

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General

Span Dates: 1802-1987
Bulk Dates: 1911-1974
Major Language(s): English
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 17500
Number of Containers: 280
Linear Feet: 52
Contents: The Music has been divided into four subseries: Compositions by Heifetz, Arrangements and Editions by Heifetz, Other Composers and Lists and Catalogs.The rest of the materials in the collection are divided into five series: Programs, Correspondence, Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous and Realia.
Processing History: Processed, 1998
Provenance: Deposit Jascha Heifetz 1952, Deposit Myra C. Livingston 1991

Access/Copyright

Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: The Jascha Heifetz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Subject(s)

Instruments: Other