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Vivian Fine Collection

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Vivian Fine was a piano prodigy, and at the age of five became the youngest student to be awarded a scholarship at the Chicago Musical College. At 11 she became a student of Djane Lavoie-Herz, a former student of Scriabin, and at 13 studied with Ruth Crawford and later with Roger Sessions and George Szell. She was a member of the Young Composer’s Group and participated in the first Yaddo Festival of Contemporary American Music. Her chamber music, operas, and large-scale symphonic and choral works are represented in the collection.

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General

Span Dates: 1929-1994
Major Language(s): English
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 233
Number of Containers: 4
Linear Feet: 12
Contents: Principally holographs, with work sheets, concert notices, programs and reviews. Sound Recordings: reels and cassette tapes
Processing History: Unprocessed

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions: Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
On Microfilm?: No
Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: Vivian Fine Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress