Milton Katims music scores and papers

Milton Katims music scores and papers, approximately 1913-2006

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Katims, Milton, 1909-2006

Title

Milton Katims music scores and papers

Dates

approximately 1913-2006 (inclusive)

Quantity

18.21 cubic feet (23 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

Collection Number

5530

Summary

Materials related to Seattle Symphony Orchestra conductor Milton Katims

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

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Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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Languages

English

Sponsor

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Milton Katims was a violist and conductor of the Seattle Symphony for more than two decades. He helped the Seattle Symphony grow into one of the major regional orchestras in the country as its Music Director.

Katims was born on June 24, 1909, in Brooklyn, New York, to Austro-Hungarian and Russian parents. He graduated from Columbia University with a psychology degree in 1929. He began his graduate studies at Columbia and switched from violin to viola.

Katims worked as the assistant conductor and solo violist for radio station WOR in New York from 1935 until 1943 and as first violist for the NBC Orchestra from 1943 until 1954. In 1947, Katims became assistant conductor of the NBC Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini, who invited Katims to guest conduct the orchestra in 52 coast-to-coast broadcasts. In the same year, he began teaching at the Julliard School of Music, a position he held until 1954. He often joined the Budapest String Quartet as a guest artist and produced several recordings with the group. Katims guest-conducted numerous orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, London Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and Montreal Symphony.

In 1953, Katims conducted three sold-out concerts with the Seattle Symphony and, one year later in 1954, accepted a post as Music Director of the Seattle Symphony. Virginia Peterson, his wife who had her own performing career, focused on promoting the Seattle Symphony, lending her name and presence to fundraising efforts, opening her home to donors, and educating and recruiting new audiences, all without a salary of her own. During his time as the Seattle Symphony’s 13th Music Director, Katims took the orchestra on two tours of Alaska and a tour of the West Coast, created the Little Orchestra, and expanded the Family Concerts to 15 urban and suburban areas. He increased the Seattle Symphony’s repertory and national profile as well as staged concert versions of 20th century operas such as Pulenc’s La Voix Humaine. The Symphony was awarded federal Title III funds and funding through the state legislature to fund free concerts for schoolchildren. The orchestra moved from the barn-like Civic Auditorium to a 3,000 seat Opera House after fundraising in 1962. The Opera House served as the orchestra’s home until 1998.

In 1970, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded the Seattle Symphony $100,000, which it increased the following year to $150,000. Katims received the Columbia University Alice M. Ditson Award for conductors in 1964. In 1966, he was named Seattle’s “First Citizen” by the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors. He became such a prominent figure in Seattle that in 1969 he was featured on the local telephone directory.

In 1976, Katims and his family moved to Texas after Katims was pushed out by the Symphony’s board of directors who encouraged him to move on. He served as the artistic director of the School of Music at the University of Houston for eight years. He eventually returned to Seattle and, in 2004, he and his wife wrote a memoir, “The Pleasure Was Ours.” In 1986, he was honored with the Arturo Toscanini Artistic Achievement Award and in 1997 received the Lifetime Accomplishment in the Arts award from the Seattle Corporate Council for the Arts. The publisher, International Music Company, printed about three-dozen of Katims’s editions and transcriptions for viola students and his recorded work as a conductor and viola player were released by CBS Records, RCA, Mercury, Vox, and Pantheon. Katims died on February 27, 2006, at the age of 96.

Sources: New York Times obituary, Playbill obituary, HistoryLink.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists primarily of annotated music scores belonging to Milton Katims and other materials documenting Katims' artistic career; programs from Milton Katims's memorial; high school diploma from Erasmus Hall High School and College Entrance Diploma; correspondence; clippings; articles; speeches; writings; scrapbook mainly with clippings of Katmis's time with the Seattle Symphony from 1964-1969 and a loose photograph of what appears to be the Seattle Symphony; cassette tapes; 8 and 16mm film; betacam tapes; VHS; 1/4" reel to reel; and vinyls. Moving image materials are about Katims' performances and travels with his family including a visit to Toscanini's house. Audio materials are mainly of his performances as a viola player and conductor.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries; copyrights to other materials unknown.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 3 accessions.

Accession No. 5530-001, Milton Katims collection of music scores, circa 1913-1977
Accession No. 5530-002, Milton Katims collection of music scores, 1955-1978, undated
Accession No. 5530-003, Milton Katims papers and audiovisual materials, 1926-2006

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 5530-001: Milton Katims collection of music scores, circa 1913-1977Return to Top

1.58 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged in alphabetical order by composer.

Scope and Content: Composers include: Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Cimarosa, Cowell, Debussy, Dvorak, Ginastera, Honegger, Kodaly, Liszt, Mayer, Montsalvatge, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Respighi, Schoenberg, Schubert, Scriabine, Shostakovich, Strauss, Stravinsky, Swanson, Tschaikovsky, Turina, Vaughan Williams, Verdi, Vivaldi, and Wagner; scores' publication dates are circa 1913-1977. The collection also includes one clipping detailing a performance Katims conducted in San Diego in 1968.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Transferred from the University of Washington Music Library, 2006 November.

Container(s)		Description
Box	Accession
1	5530-001	Bach - Respighi
2	5530-001	Schubert - Wagner

Accession No. 5530-002: Milton Katims collection of music scores, 1955-1978, undatedReturn to Top

14.07 cubic feet (15 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Annotated operatic and orchestral scores, programs, and other materials documenting Katims' artistic career.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Transferred from the Music Library, October 28, 2008 and July 22, 2009.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Accession
1	5530-002	Bizet: L'arlesienne suite no 2
1	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Sinfonia 9
1	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Symphony non 1
1	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Sinfonia 9
1	5530-002	Brahms: Symphony no 2
1	5530-002	Brahms: Symphony no 1
1	5530-002	Brahms: German requiem
1	5530-002	Brahms: Overtures
1	5530-002	Bartok: Violin concerto
1	5530-002	Bach: Toccata and fugure in d minor
1	5530-002	Bach: Cantata no 140
1	5530-002	Bach: Concerto 3
1	5530-002	Bach: Cantata
1	5530-002	Bruckner: Symphony 7
1	5530-002	Beethoven: Egmont overture
1	5530-002	Beethoven: Septet
1	5530-002	Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade
1	5530-002	Ravel: Introduction and allegro
1	5530-002	Brahms: Quartet (cello part)
1	5530-002	Brahms: Trio no 2 in cmajor op 87 (violin part)
1	5530-002	Mozart: Trio 7 in e flat major (viola part)
1	5530-002	Britten: Simply symphony
1	5530-002	Mozart: Concertante symphonie
1	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana, Suite no 4
1	5530-002	Schumann: Overture for manfred
1	5530-002	Schubert: Five germand dances
1	5530-002	Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des aminaux
1	5530-002	Rossini: Sonata no 3 in c major
1	5530-002	Rossini: Overture to cenerentola
1	5530-002	Rossini: l'italiana in algeri
1	5530-002	Ravel: Ma mere l'oye
1	5530-002	Stravinsky: Petrouchka
1	5530-002	Strauss: Second horn concerto
1	5530-002	Strauss: Ein heldenleben
1	5530-002	Strauss: Ouverture gypsy baron
1	5530-002	Schumann: Symphony no 1
1	5530-002	Verdi: Quartet
2	5530-002	Mozart: Ouverturen
2	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony no. 34
2	5530-002	Mozart: Divertimento b-dur
2	5530-002	Mozart: Six german dances score
2	5530-002	Moussourgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition
2	5530-002	Gould: Tap dance concerto
2	5530-002	Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
2	5530-002	Dvorak: Terzetto fur zwei vioin and viola
2	5530-002	Debussy: Premiere rhapsodie
2	5530-002	Copland: El Salon Mexico
2	5530-002	Copland: Lincoln portait
2	5530-002	Prokofieff: Suite symphonique, de l'opera, l'amour des trois oranges
2	5530-002	Mozart: Eine kleine nachtmusic
2	5530-002	Honegger: Jeanne d'arc au bucher
2	5530-002	Albeniz: Inserts "Fete dieu a Seville"
2	5530-002	Mozart: Quartetto I, Violin and Viola parts only
2	5530-002	Mendelssohn: 2 double bass parts for Octet made by Toscanini
2	5530-002	Cut portions of Boris
2	5530-002	100 Arturo Toscanini stamps and 1st day of issue envelope/stamp
2	5530-002	Notebook: Arturo Toscanini Artistic Achievement Awards programs for 1985 and 1986. Text for "Abduction of Persephone"
2	5530-002	Respighi: Reduced trumpet parts ofr Roman Festivals
2	5530-002	Debussy: 2 pages of revisions for "La Mer" score.
2	5530-002	Respighi: Pines of Rome. Parts and inserts for triangle and raganella, rombones, etc.
2	5530-002	Letter to Katims from Zonora Zastrow
2	5530-002	Letter to Katims from A. Clyde Roller
2	5530-002	2 Greeting Cards
2	5530-002	Columbia Artists Management brochere about Katims
2	5530-002	Letter to Katims from Sony Classical re: royalties
2	5530-002	Script for "Peter & the Wolf"
2	5530-002	Seattle Symphony Programs General Notes: includes some programs for the Little Orchestra of the Seattle Symphony.	1955-1969
3	5530-002	Shostakovich: Symphony no 1
3	5530-002	Shostakovich: 5th sympyony
3	5530-002	Shostakovich: op 93, symphony no 10
3	5530-002	Shostakovich: Piano concerto op 35
3	5530-002	Sibelius: Symphony no 2
3	5530-002	Strauss: Wine, women and song
3	5530-002	Strauss: Tales from the vienna woods
3	5530-002	Strauss: Emperor waltz
3	5530-002	Schumann: Symphony no 4
3	5530-002	Schumann: Symphony no 3
3	5530-002	Schumann: Symphony no 2
3	5530-002	Sessions: The black maskers
3	5530-002	Glinka: Overture to russlan and ludmilla
3	5530-002	Strauss: Salome's dance
3	5530-002	Strauss: Symphonia domestica
3	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony in d major
3	5530-002	Haydn: Nelson mass in d minor
3	5530-002	Haydn: Symphonie in c dur
3	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony no 102
3	5530-002	Handel: Deliriso amore
3	5530-002	Brahms: Quintet
3	5530-002	Haydn: The seasons
3	5530-002	Mahler: Symphony 3 mvt 4b
3	5530-002	Bach - Stokowski: Toccata and fugue in d minor
3	5530-002	Barber: Serenade
3	5530-002	Geminiani: Concerto grossso
3	5530-002	Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue
3	5530-002	Vaughan Williams: Concerto for oboe and strings
3	5530-002	Bruck: 8 pieces for clarinet, viola, piano
3	5530-002	Brahams: Symphony 4 string parts
3	5530-002	Brahams: Symphony 1: parts
4	5530-002	Rossini: Semiramide overture
4	5530-002	Rossini: La cenerentola overture
4	5530-002	Rossini: Tankred, Overture no 55
4	5530-002	Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3
4	5530-002	Schoenberg: Erwartung
4	5530-002	Schubert: Trout quintet
4	5530-002	Schubert: Symphony no 5
4	5530-002	Schubert: Trio in b flat major
4	5530-002	Schuman: Symphony for strings
4	5530-002	Schuman: New England triptych
4	5530-002	Schuman: Judith
4	5530-002	Schubert: Symphony no 2
4	5530-002	Mussorgsky: Boris Gudunov, Opera in 4 acts
4	5530-002	Gould: Spirituals in 5 movements
4	5530-002	Schubert: Unfinished symphony
4	5530-002	Schoenberg: Verklarte nacht
4	5530-002	Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherazade
4	5530-002	Rossini: Barber of Seville
4	5530-002	Puccini: La boheme
4	5530-002	Rachmaninoff: Symphony no 2
4	5530-002	Rachmaninoff: Third symphony
4	5530-002	Rossini: Barber of Seville overture
4	5530-002	Roussel: Bacchus and Ariane
4	5530-002	Gounod: Faust, An opera in five acts
4	5530-002	Rossini: La gazza ladra
5	5530-002	Weber: Euryanthe ouverture
5	5530-002	Weber: Freischutz ouverture
		Seattle Symphony programs, 1970-1975
		Katims correspondence
Box	Accession
5	5530-002	Weber: Obern ouverture
5	5530-002	Warlock: Capriol suite for string orchestra
5	5530-002	Wagner: Parsifal
5	5530-002	Hovhaness: Mysterious mountain
5	5530-002	Ibert: Escales
5	5530-002	Ibert: Divertissement
5	5530-002	Haydn: 3 symphonies
5	5530-002	Ives: Variations on America
5	5530-002	Mahler: Symphony no. 4
6	5530-002	Prokofieff: Violin concerto no 2 g minor op. 63
6	5530-002	Prokofieff: Symphony no. 5 opus 100puccini: crisantemi for string quartet
6	5530-002	Orff: Catulli carmina
6	5530-002	Orff: Carmina burana
6	5530-002	Ormandy: Transcriptions for orchestra
6	5530-002	Piston: Suite from the ballet "the incredible flutist"
6	5530-002	Prokofieff: Classical symphony op. 25
6	5530-002	Mahler: Symphony no. 2
6	5530-002	Mahler: Symphony no. 1
6	5530-002	Mahler: The song of the earth
6	5530-002	Mahler: Symphony no. 6
6	5530-002	Mayer: Inner and outer strings
6	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Symphony no 5
6	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Four pieces from "a midsummer night's dream"
6	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Overture the hebrides
6	5530-002	Mozart: String quintets no 4-8
6	5530-002	Brahms: Quartet no 1
6	5530-002	Verdi: Requiem
6	5530-002	Brahms: Quartet no 2
6	5530-002	Brahms: Quartet no 3
6	5530-002	Brahms: Quintet no 2
6	5530-002	Brahms: String sextet opus 36
6	5530-002	Brahms: Sextet in b flat major
6	5530-002	Brahms: Symphony no 4
6	5530-002	Brahms: Tragic overture d minor
6	5530-002	Brahms: Schicksalslied
6	5530-002	Brahms: Symphony no 3 f major
6	5530-002	Bloch: Concerto grosso for string orchestra
6	5530-002	Bizet: Symphony no 1
6	5530-002	Berlioz: Roman carnival overture
7	5530-002	chadwick: Jubilee and noel from symphonic sketches
7	5530-002	Copland: Saturday night waltz from rodeo
7	5530-002	Copland: Hoe-down from rodeo
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Quartet in e flat major op 16
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Quintet in e flat major op 4
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Trio in c minor op 9 no 3
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Duo for viola and cellobeethoven trio for piano, clarinet or violin, and cello
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Trio in g major
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Trio in be flat major op 11
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Leonore overture no 3 op 72 a
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 2
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 5
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony no 4
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 6
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 7
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 8
7	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 9
7	5530-002	Creston: Invocation and dance op 58
7	5530-002	Creston: Symphony no 11
7	5530-002	Creston: Two choric dances op 17 b
7	5530-002	Cowell: Symphony no 12
7	5530-002	Corelli: Concerto grossop op 6 no 8
7	5530-002	Verdi: La traviata
7	5530-002	Walton: Partita for orchestra
7	5530-002	Walton: Belshazzar's feast
7	5530-002	Walton: Facade
7	5530-002	Prokofieff: op 100, symphony no 5
8	5530-002	Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
8	5530-002	Vivaldi: Gloria
8	5530-002	Wagner: Die Meistersinger von nurnberg
8	5530-002	Wagner: Siegfried
8	5530-002	Rachmaninoff: Symphonic dances
8	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
8	5530-002	Turina: Le jeudi saint a minuit
8	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Symphonie pathetique
8	5530-002	Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol
8	5530-002	Stravinsky: Persephone
8	5530-002	Stravinsky: Suite de pulcinella
8	5530-002	Stravinsky: The soldier's tale
8	5530-002	Bolcom: Fantasia concertante
8	5530-002	Strauss: Jick-jack-polka
8	5530-002	Francaix: Suite concertante pour violon and flute
8	5530-002	Rossini: La scala di sets
8	5530-002	Mozart: Cosi fan tutti: aria no 28
8	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
8	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6
8	5530-002	Telemann: Suite in a minor
8	5530-002	Williams: Fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis
8	5530-002	Verdi: Te deum
8	5530-002	Strauss: Der rosenkavalier
8	5530-002	Strauss: Rosenkavalier suite
8	5530-002	Strauss: Don quixote
8	5530-002	Strauss: Don juan
8	5530-002	Dvorak: Symphony no 7
8	5530-002	Dvorak: Dumky trio
8	5530-002	Dvorak: Quartet in e flat major
8	5530-002	Enesco: First romanian rhapsody in a major
8	5530-002	de Falla: Sept chansons populatirs espagnoles
8	5530-002	Faure: Quartet no 1
8	5530-002	Geminiani: Concerto grosso
8	5530-002	Gillis: Symphony no. 5 1/2
9	5530-002	Puccini: Tosca
9	5530-002	Bizet: Carmen
9	5530-002	Berlioz: L'enfance du christ
9	5530-002	Berlioz: Damnation of faust
9	5530-002	Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet
9	5530-002	Weber: Ouverturen
9	5530-002	Toscanini: Portraits of greatness
9	5530-002	Wagner: Parsifal
9	5530-002	Beethoven: Fidelio
9	5530-002	Verdi: Aida
9	5530-002	Verdi: Il trovatore
9	5530-002	Verdi: Othello
10	5530-002	Villa-Lobos: Trio vivaldi: op 3 concerto 4
10	5530-002	Moussorgsky: Musical folk drama in four acts
10	5530-002	Strauss: Musical folk drama in four acts
10	5530-002	Strauss: Die fledermaus
10	5530-002	Webern: Im sommerwind
10	5530-002	Copland: Applalacian Spring
10	5530-002	Copland: Third symphony
10	5530-002	Chopin: Piano concerto no.1
10	5530-002	Handel: The great elopement
10	5530-002	Handel: The great elopement
10	5530-002	Griffes: The white peacock
10	5530-002	Joachim: Concert for violin
10	5530-002	Bruckner: Symphonie in c minor
10	5530-002	Bloch: Schelomo
10	5530-002	Bloch: Concerto grosso no 11
10	5530-002	Bloch: Sacred service
10	5530-002	Bernstein: Serenade
10	5530-002	Bernstein: Overture to candide
10	5530-002	Bizet: Carmen
10	5530-002	Bizet: Carmen suite no 2
10	5530-002	Strauss: Fledermaus
10	5530-002	Strauss: Elektra
10	5530-002	Stravinsky: Rite of spring
10	5530-002	Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe
10	5530-002	Stravinsky: Firebird suite
10	5530-002	Tschaikovsky: Second symphony
10	5530-002	Tschaikovsky: Serenade
10	5530-002	Gershwin: Concerto in f
10	5530-002	Frescobaldi: From three oran pieces
10	5530-002	Donizetti: Lucia de Lammermoor
10	5530-002	Strauss: Ein heldenleben
10	5530-002	Egk: Franzosische suite
10	5530-002	Campbell, Esther: Bagpipes in the woodwind section	1978
11	5530-002	Bach: Toccata and fugue in c major
11	5530-002	Bach: Violin concerto no 2
11	5530-002	Arensky: Variations on a theme by tchaikovsky
11	5530-002	Bartok: Blaubart, bluebeard
11	5530-002	Bartok: Divertimento
11	5530-002	Barber: Medea's meditation and dance of vengeance
11	5530-002	Barber: Essay for orchestra
11	5530-002	Barber: Souvenirs ballet suite
11	5530-002	Barber: Two scenes from anotny and cleopatra
11	5530-002	Barber: Piano concerto
11	5530-002	Diamond: Rounds for string orchestra
11	5530-002	Debussy: Quartet in g minor
11	5530-002	Crumb: Echoes of time and the river
11	5530-002	Halvorsen: Passacaglia
11	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony no 86 d major
11	5530-002	Hindemith: Concertino
11	5530-002	Ives: Central Park in the dark
11	5530-002	Ives: Symphony no 2
11	5530-002	Mennin: Symphony no 3
11	5530-002	Mozart: Concerto in e flat majjor
11	5530-002	Mozart: Concerto in c major
11	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony no 34
11	5530-002	Mozart: The impresario overture
11	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony no 31
11	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony no 38
11	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony no 29
11	5530-002	Mozart: The marriage of figaro
11	5530-002	Mozart: The magic flute
11	5530-002	Mozart: mozart: symphony no 35
11	5530-002	Mozart: Two duets
11	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony no 41
11	5530-002	Mozart: Divertimento
11	5530-002	Mozart: Quintet
11	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 1
11	5530-002	Beethoven: Symphony 3
11	5530-002	Beethoven: Misa Solemnis
12	5530-002	Bach: Brandenburg concerto no 6
12	5530-002	Bach: St. Matthew passion
12	5530-002	Bartok: 3rd piano concert
12	5530-002	Bartok: Dance suites
12	5530-002	Bartok: Music for strings, percussion and celesta
12	5530-002	Bartok: Le wonderful mandarin
12	5530-002	Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
12	5530-002	Beethoven: Concert no 4 for piano
12	5530-002	Beethoven: Prometheus overture
12	5530-002	Beethoven: Violin concerto d major op 61
12	5530-002	Beethoven: op 56, Triple concerto
12	5530-002	Beethoven: Septet
12	5530-002	Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra, op 37
12	5530-002	Berlioz: op 14 symphonie fantastique
12	5530-002	Berlioz: Benvenuto cellini
12	5530-002	Berlioz: op 16, Harold in italy
12	5530-002	Berlioz: 3 pieces for orchestra
12	5530-002	Brahms: Quintet op 111
12	5530-002	Brahms: Symphony no 4
12	5530-002	Brahms: Ouverture
12	5530-002	Brahms: Piano concerto 2
12	5530-002	Brahms: Variations on a theme for haydn
12	5530-002	Borodin: Danses polovtsiennes
12	5530-002	Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
12	5530-002	Berwald: Sinfonie Singuliere
12	5530-002	Chabrier: Espana rhapsody for orchestra
12	5530-002	Chausson: Symphony in b flat major
12	5530-002	Elgar: Variations on an original theme
12	5530-002	Dohnanyi: Suite for orchestra
12	5530-002	Sorcier: Scherzo d'apres une ballade de goethe
12	5530-002	d'Indy: Symphony on a french mountain air
12	5530-002	Elgar: op. 47 introduction and allegro
12	5530-002	Dvorak: Slavonic dances
12	5530-002	Dvorak: Symphony no 5
12	5530-002	Ginastera: Estancia
12	5530-002	de Falla: El amor brujo
12	5530-002	Franck: Symphony d minor
12	5530-002	Franck: Symphonic variations.
12	5530-002	Gould: American salute
12	5530-002	Grieg: Piano concerto in a minor
12	5530-002	Hindemith: Nobilissima visione
12	5530-002	Holst: The planets
12	5530-002	Gould: Latin-American symphonette
12	5530-002	Glinka: Ruslan und Ludmila
12	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony no 49
12	5530-002	Haydn: Messiah
12	5530-002	Haydn: The creation
12	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony no 4
12	5530-002	Haydn: haydn: symphony no 2
12	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony no 99
12	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony no 13
12	5530-002	Haydn: Symphonie no 1
12	5530-002	Haydn: Symphony 45
12	5530-002	Haydn: Symphonie no 16
12	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Elijah
12	5530-002	Mendelssohn: A midsummer night's dream
12	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
12	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Symphonie no 4
12	5530-002	Mendelssohn: Scotch symphony no 3
12	5530-002	Mozart: Piano concerto in E flat majo
12	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony in e flat major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony no 40
12	5530-002	Mozart: Missa c moll
12	5530-002	Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
12	5530-002	Mozart: Serenade no 8
12	5530-002	Mozart: Symphonie, C major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony, D major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Symphonie in E flat major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Violin concert D major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Piano concerto a major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony c major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Piano concerto d major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Violin concerto
12	5530-002	Mozart: Piano concerto in c major
12	5530-002	Mozart: Symphony d major
12	5530-002	Mozart: The magic flute
12	5530-002	Mozart: Piano concert
12	5530-002	Mozart: il Seraglio
13	5530-002	Respighi: Pini di roma
13	5530-002	Respighi: Trittico botticelliano
13	5530-002	Schumann: Symphony 2
13	5530-002	Schumann: Piano concerto
13	5530-002	Schumann: Symphony no 3
13	5530-002	Schumann: Symphony no 1
13	5530-002	Strauss: Death and transfiguratoin
13	5530-002	Strauss: Tales from the vienna woods
13	5530-002	Sibelius: The swan of tuonela
13	5530-002	Sibelius: Don Quixote
13	5530-002	Sibelius: Symphony no 5
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Francesca da rimini
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Manfred, op 58
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Casse-Noisette
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Overture fantasy, Romeo and Juliet
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6
13	5530-002	Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5
13	5530-002	Villa-Lobos: Uirapuru
13	5530-002	Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending
13	5530-002	Schumann: Overture genofera
13	5530-002	Wagner: Parsifal
13	5530-002	Wagner: Lohengrin
14	5530-002	Kodaly: Galanta dances
14	5530-002	Kabelevsky: Colas breugno
14	5530-002	Liszt: Faust symphony
14	5530-002	Mahler: Symphony n o5
14	5530-002	Martin: Concerto
14	5530-002	Moussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition
14	5530-002	Milhaud: Le boef sur le toit
14	5530-002	Montsalvatge: Partita 1958
14	5530-002	Prokofieff: Peter and the wolf
14	5530-002	Milhaud: Suite Francaise
14	5530-002	Prokofieff: Cinderella suite
14	5530-002	Prokofieff: Symphony no 7
14	5530-002	Prokofieff: Piano concerto no 3
14	5530-002	Ravel: Bolero
14	5530-002	Rachmaninoff: Rapsodie:
14	5530-002	Smetana: The bartered bride
14	5530-002	Shostakovich: Festive overture
14	5530-002	Schubert: symphonie 7
14	5530-002	Schubert: Symphonie 8
14	5530-002	Schubert: Symphony 4
15	5530-002	Lees: lees: scarlatti porfolio
15	5530-002	Brahms: Symphony no 4
15	5530-002	Gould: Concerto for viola and orchestra
15	5530-002	Smedvig: Overture for Katims
15	5530-002	Suderburg: Orchestra music 1
15	5530-002	Suderburg: Orchestra music 2,3,4
15	5530-002	Gould: Vivaldi gallery
folder:oversize
16	5530-002	Gould: Venice

Accession No. 5530-003: Milton Katims papers and audiovisual materials, 1926-2006Return to Top

2.56 cubic feet (6 boxes)

Scope and Content: Accession includes sheet music for cello and piano including Virginia Peterson Katims's personal copies and handwritten transcriptions by Milton; programs from Milton Katims's memorial; high school diploma from Erasmus Hall High School and College Entrance Diploma; correspondence; clippings; articles; speeches; writings; scrapbook mainly with clippings of Katmis's time with the Seattle Symphony from 1964-1969 and a loose photograph of what appears to be the Seattle Symphony; cassette tapes; 8 and 16mm film; betacam tapes; VHS; 1/4" reel to reel; and vinyls. Moving image materials are about Katims' performances and travels with his family including a visit to Toscanini's house. Audio materials are mainly of his performances as a viola player and conductor.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access for paper-based materials. Media is open for previewing onsite in the Special Collections Reading Room only. User access copy cannot be made without permission from the curator. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights to material created by Katims transferred to UW; copyrights to other materials unknown.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Pamela Katims Steele, daughter of Milton Katims, on August 18, 2015.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Manuscripts
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	5530-003	Speeches and writings	1963-1979
1/2	5530-003	Seattle Opera program	1964
1/3	5530-003	International Classic Record Collectors article and on Katims	1998
1/4	5530-003	Virginia Peterson	undated
1/5	5530-003	Correspondence related to Kennedy Center Honors	1996
1/6	5530-003	Houston Symphony	1978-1983
1/7	5530-003	International Music Company correspondence	1986-1996
1/8	5530-003	Miscellaneous news clippings	1978-1990
1/9	5530-003	Memorial program	2006
1/10	5530-003	Correspondence and programs related to Arturo Toscanini General Notes: Papers found in "Brahms Conducted by Toscanini" vinyl.	1952-1983
Box
5	5530-003	High School Diploma	1926
OSVF	5530-003	College Entrance Diploma	1926
6	5530-003	Scrapbook	undated
		Series 2: Music scores
Box/Folder	Accession
2/1	5530-003	Brahms, "Sonata No. 1" with viola transcription by Katims	approximately 1960
2/2	5530-003	Saint-Saëns, "The Swan" with viola transcription by Katims	approximately 1960
2/3	5530-003	Popper, "High School of Cello Playing 40 Etudes Opus 73"	1979
2/4	5530-003	Bach, "Six Suites for Cello Solo"	approximately 1972
2/5	5530-003	Valentin, "Sonata in E Major for Cello and Piano"	undated
2/6	5530-003	"The New Grandus ad Parnassum"	undated
2/7	5530-003	"Orchesterstrudien - Orchestral Studies, violoncello, Band II"	undated
2/8	5530-003	"Valse Sentimentale" score in Russian	1935
2/9	5530-003	Miscellaneous scores for cello	undated
Box
5	5530-003	J.S. Bach Six Suites pour violoncello seul	undated
		Series 3: Media
		Audio
Box	Accession
5	5530-003	Beethoven Serenade in D Major for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op. 25, featuring Milton Katims, viola vinyl General Notes: 2 copies	1948
5	5530-003	Rossini Overtures, Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra vinyl	1950
5	5530-003	Dvořák Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97, Budapest String Quartet with Milton Katims, viola vinyl	1951
5	5530-003	Richard Strauss Four Last Songs vinyl Scope and Content: Handwritten on cover: "To my dear Milton and Virginia Katims, auf Wiedersehen! Elisabeth Schwarzkopf April 1962"	1962
5	5530-003	The Istomin with Stern Rose Trio vinyl	1966
4	5530-003	Prokofiev and Debussy audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Prokofiev R.+J [Romeo and Juliet]. Last parts 11-12. Side B: Debussy - ?. S.S.O. [Seattle Symphony Orchestra] Oct. 1, 1973.	1973
4	5530-003	The Ariel Trio, Young Audiences Preview '79 audiocassette 1 audiocassette	1979
3	5530-003	Interview with Milton Katims, Art of Viola P.W.: Kaleido May 29, 1983 1 reel : sound ; 1/4" Reel to Reel Scope and Content: Interview (5 sections)	1983
4	5530-003	Rivier and Wolf audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side I: Rivier - Symphony/0-290 305-455. Geminiani. Side II: Wolf -Ferrari. Serenade 0-296.	1983
4	5530-003	Brahms B-flat sextet op. 18 and Brahms E-flat viola sonata audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side 1: Brahms b-flat Sextet op. 18 Lack, Muenzer, Wheeler, Katims, Jensen, V. Katims. Side 2: Brahms E-flat Viola Sonata Katims - Simon.	undated
4	5530-003	Brahms and Beethoven audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side 1: Brahms 1st I-II. Side 2: Beethoven Egmont. Brahms 1st III-IV. Arthur Benjamin - Romantic Fantasy. Heifetz(?) - violin. Primrose, viola. Igor(?) Solomon, conductor.	undated
4	5530-003	London Philharmonic and Scottish National Orchestra audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side 1: Gustav Holst - "Beni Mora" - Oriental. Suite Op. 29 no. 1. Boult - London Philharmonic. Side 2: Hamilton Harty: "With the Wild Geese" Scottish Nat. Orch. - Gibson.	undated
4	5530-003	Antiphon V and International Viola Congress audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Hauff Concerto-Walther, Katims, T. Benjamin " - Wheeler, "TCO XI Int. Viola Congress 6-4-83. Side B: A. Benjamin Romantic Fantasy. Gadd-Schotten-Katims TCO. Horvit-Antiphon Katims & Tape.	undated
4	5530-003	Ysaye Sonatas - Oscar Shumsky audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Ysaye Sonatas - Oscar Shumsky. #1 G. min., #2 A. min., #3 D. min ballad, #4 E min. Side B: Ysaye Sonatas - Oscar Shumsky. #5 G. maj., #6 E. maj.	undated
4	5530-003	Rachmaninoff audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side 1: Rachmaninoff, 3rd, Janis. Side 2: Rachmaninoff, 2nd, Janis.	undated
4	5530-003	Ostransky, Dolby, NHFB audiocassette 1 audiocassette	undated
4	5530-003	Lalo, Goldmark, Glazounov, Saint-Saens audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side I: Lalo: Le Roi D'ys. Overture Goldmark: In Springtime Overture. Side 2: Goldmark: Springtime (concl.). Glazounov: Carneval, Saint-Saens: La Princesse Jaune.	undated
4	5530-003	McDonald, Loeffler, Foote, Gillis audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Harl McDonald - Suite from childhood. Loeffler: A Pagan Poem. Side B: Arthur Foote - Suite in E Minor. Don Gillis - Symphony #5 1/2 (Perpetual emotional, spiritual?, Scherzofrenia, Conclusion?)	undated
4	5530-003	Brahms - G Minor, piano quartet, Hirsh-Lack, V-M [Virginia - Milton] Katims audiocassette 1 audiocassette	undated
4	5530-003	Bolcom/piano concerto (Katims) audiocassette 1 audiocassette	undated
4	5530-003	Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet I, #1-#10 audiocassette 1 audiocassette	undated
4	5530-003	Brahms sextet audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Brahms B-flat Sextet op. 18 (Lack, Muenzer, Wheeler, M. Katims, Jensen & V. Katims) (2-18-83). Side B: Brahms Sextet in G major, op. 36 (Lack, Muenzer, M. Katims, Wheeler, Jensen & V. Katims) (11-22-81) UH.	undated
4	5530-003	Barber and Hindemith audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side I: Barber, adagio. Side II: Hindemith, Op. 11 no. 4.	undated
4	5530-003	Brahms, Copland, Handel audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side 1: Brahms - Ac. Fest Ov. Copland - Sat. Nite - Hoedown. Side 2: Handel - Ormandy concerto.	undated
4	5530-003	Hague Philharmonic - Van Otterloo audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: "For Milton Katims, with high hopes that you will play this masterpiece someday! Yense Fiore"	undated
4	5530-003	Brahms, Loeffler audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: 00-537: Brahms Sextet no. 1, op. 18 (Casals Festival). 540-640: Loeffler, Rhapsody no. 1 (Gomberg, Katims, Mitropoulos). 00-245: Loeffler, Rhapsody no. 2 (Gomberg, Katims, Mitropoulos)	undated
4	5530-003	Concert at doctor's home audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Concert at Doctor's home. Side B: Fredell, Virginia, Albert + MK in concert at doctor's home.	undated
4	5530-003	Bach, Respighi, Liszt audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Bach - Stokowski - Tocatta + Fugue in D Minor. Side B: Respighi - Feste 1-285. Liszt - Les Preludes - 290-540.	undated
4	5530-003	Villa-Lobos audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side 1: Villa-Lobos (22:10). Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 1. Preludio 2. Coral 3. Aria 4. Dansa. Side 2: Villa-Lobos B.B. No. 7. 1. Preludio 2. Giga 3. Tocata 4. Fuga. 26:50.	undated
4	5530-003	Henselt audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side 1: Symphony no. 24 - Chicago symphony. Adolf von Henselt - Piano concerto in F minor - 1st movement. Raymond Lewenthal, pianist, Charles Markassas (?) and London symphony. Side 2: Henselt - piano concerto - 2nd and 3rd movements. Plus discussion and illustrations of Henselt concenrts. Also - 4th movement. Rubinstein symphony no. 2 - "Ocean"	undated
4	5530-003	Maurice Gardner viola and orchestra pieces audiocassette 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Side A: Rhapsody for Viola & Orchestra - M. Gardner perf. By Jerzy Kosmala, acc. By U.S. Air Force Symph. July 13, 79 at VII International Viola Congress, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Side B: Tricinium Sonata for solo Viola by Maurice Gardner. Performed by Joen Vasquez - Womens Guild recital for Great Neck, N.Y. Symph. Society Nov. 26, 1979.	undated
5	5530-003	Brahms Conducted by Toscanini vinyl Scope and Content: The Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Brahms: Four Symphonies, Tragic Overture, Variations on a Theme of Haydn. The Arturo Toscanini Society ATS 1030/31/32/33. Note on back: "Private limited edition. Available to members of the ATS only. Not for sale."	undated
5	5530-003	Debussy Suite from "Pelléas and Mélisande" vinyl Scope and Content: Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Cleveland Orchestra. Debussy - Sonata no. 2 for flute, viola, and harp; Laura Newell, harp; Milton Katims, viola; John Wummer, flute.	undated
		Video
Box	Accession
3	5530-003	Martha's Vineyard, [1939 New York Worlds Fair, California, Woodstock, Peter Katims, vacations] 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 38 minutes) ; VHS	1939-1943
3	5530-003	Milton and Virginia 1939-6/1952 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 54 mins) : sound, black and white and color ; VHS	1939-1952
3	5530-003	1944-1950 Home Movies 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 40 minutes) ; VHS	1940-1950
3	5530-003	Summer 1942-Summer 1951 1 videocassette (MiniDV) : silent, color ; MiniDV	1942-1951
3	5530-003	1952 Home Movies 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 38 minutes) ; VHS	1952
3	5530-003	1952 Paris-Versailles--Chartres thru to Casals Festival at Prades 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm Scope and Content: 1952 Paris - Versailles, Chartres, via Le Puy to Prades - Casals and Musicians of Festival - Folk Dancing	1952
3	5530-003	1952 Toscanninin's home (Isolino) prades, Riviera, Portofino, Rome, Florence, Israel 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm Scope and Content: 1952 Toscanninin's home (Isolino) prades, Riviera, Portofino, Rome, Florence, Israel	1952
3	5530-003	1952 Visiting Toscannini's…Paris…Israel…1954, thea foss, 1956 Opening Day 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm Scope and Content: 1952 Visiting Toscanini on Isolino in Lago Magiore; Virginia and Milton in Paris 1952 before Casals Festival; Milton conducting Israel Philharmonic in ZDA Shell; 1954 Thea Foss etc. including Adm. Smith; May 1956 (Pam and Peter); Opening day - Pratts - Scheyer, Snoqualmie; New Mast-Haruffa (Jack Graham)	1952
3	5530-003	NY-Seattle 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm Scope and Content: Road trip from New York to Seattle with stops at multiple National Parks	1954
3	5530-003	1955 London/Paris Jimmy 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 minutes) ; VHS	1955
3	5530-003	London…Paris…Part II 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm	1960
3	5530-003	London…Paris…Part I Rubenstein 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mm Scope and Content: From envelope May 1961. Note inside can: "London - Gina Bachauer(?) and Alec - Paris - Copley's(?) place [unreadable] American pianist - Julius Katchen - Ben Lees - year ?? Part I Rubenstein"	1961
3	5530-003	Milton Katims 1976 "Mozart in Seattle" Dub 1 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; Betacam Scope and Content: Notes, and shot list for potential PSA for Katims return to SSO	1976
3	5530-003	Milton Katims at Home April 6, 1992 1 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; Betacam	1992
3	5530-003	Milton Katims Home 4/6 Tapes 1-3 1 videocassette (Betacam) (20 minutes) : sound, color ; Betacam	1992
3	5530-003	Milton Katims Opera House "In concert" April 16, 1992 1 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; Betacam	1992
3	5530-003	Milton Katims Rehearsal 1-3 1 videocassette (Betacam) (20 minutes) : sound, color ; Betacam	1992
3	5530-003	Milton Katims Rehearsal April 16, 1992 1 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; Betacam	1992
3	5530-003	"Special Tribute to Milton Katims PSA 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (3 minutes) : sound, color ; Betacam SP	1992
3	5530-003	"Katims Reel # 1-4 4/16" 2MK Conducts Rehearsal 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; Betacam SP Scope and Content: Sony Betacam BC30, Tape 1 has a shot log from 2/6/2006 (Ben Saboonchian)	2006
3	5530-003	Katims in Seattle 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (11 minutes) : silent, color ; MiniDV	undated
3	5530-003	Katims in Seattle 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm Scope and Content: "Katims in Seattle" on can. "David Altschull" written on film.	undated
3	5530-003	Milton Katims Performance 1-3 1 videocassette (Betacam) (20 minutes) : sound, color ; Betacam	undated
3	5530-003	Roberta Peters Arriving at Seatac for Appearance in the SSO 1 reel (50 feet) : silent, black and white ; 16mm	undated

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