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|| About the Collection ||
Violinist Louis Kaufman and his wife, pianist Annette Leibole, were particularly active musicians in the film industry in the 1930s and 1940s. The bulk of the collection comprises a valuable archive of correspondence that includes letters to the Kaufmans from many important musical and artistic figures of the 20th century. Their collecting and lending activities with a number of important artists, museums, dealers and other venues with whom they dealt are also reflected in the correspondence. In addition, a number of programs and a subject file give an overview of the Kaufmans’ illustrious performing and collecting career.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1905-1994
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 9000
- Number of Containers
- 21
- Linear Feet
- 9
- Contents
- The bulk of the collection comprises a valuable archive of correspondence that includes letters to the Kaufmans from many important musical and artistic figures of the 20th century including Samuel Barber, Robert Russell Bennett, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Carlos Chavez, Aaron Copland, David Diamond, Olin Downes, Vladimir Dukelsky, Albert Einstein, Gerald Finzi, Morton Gould, Jascha Heifetz, Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Fritz Kreisler, Nicolai Lopatnikoff, Gian Francesco Malipiero,
Bohuslav Martinç, Darius Milhaud, Dimitri Mitropolous, Walter Piston, Quincy Porter, Francis Poulenc, Maud Powell, George Rochberg, Miklós Rózsa, Henri Sauguet, Frank Sinatra, Ernst Toch, Alice B. Toklas, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and others. Their collecting and lending activities with a number of important
artists, museums, dealers and other venues with whom they dealt are also reflected in the correspondence.
In addition, a number of programs and a subject file give an overview of the Kaufmans' illustrious performing and collecting career. - Processing History
- Processed, 2000
- Provenance
- Received from Dr. Annette Kauffman, 1999. Certain restrictions as to the use or copying of materials in this collection may apply. LOC has physical property rights only.
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- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
