Milton Katims music scores and papers, approximately 1913-2006
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Katims, Milton, 1909-2006
- Title
- Milton Katims music scores and papers
- Dates
- approximately
1913-2006 (inclusive)19131978
- 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
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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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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.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Biographical Note
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 Description
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 Collection
Restrictions on Use
The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries; copyrights to other materials unknown.
Administrative Information
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 Collection
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Accession No. 5530-001: Milton Katims collection of music scores, circa 1913-1977
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.
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Description: Bach - RespighiContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-001
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Description: Schubert - WagnerContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-001
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Accession No. 5530-002: Milton Katims collection of music scores, 1955-1978, undated
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.
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Description: Bizet: L'arlesienne suite no 2Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Sinfonia 9Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Symphony non 1Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Sinfonia 9Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Symphony no 2Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Symphony no 1Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: German requiemContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: OverturesContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: Violin concertoContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: Toccata and fugure in d minorContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: Cantata no 140Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: Concerto 3Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: CantataContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bruckner: Symphony 7Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Egmont overtureContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: SeptetContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Wolf-Ferrari: SerenadeContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ravel: Introduction and allegroContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Quartet (cello part)Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Trio no 2 in cmajor op 87 (violin part)Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Trio 7 in e flat major (viola part)Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Britten: Simply symphonyContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Concertante symphonieContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana, Suite no 4Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Overture for manfredContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Five germand dancesContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des aminauxContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: Sonata no 3 in c majorContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: Overture to cenerentolaContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: l'italiana in algeriContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ravel: Ma mere l'oyeContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: PetrouchkaContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Second horn concertoContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Ein heldenlebenContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Ouverture gypsy baronContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Symphony no 1Container: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Verdi: QuartetContainer: Box 1, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: OuverturenContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony no. 34Container: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Divertimento b-durContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Six german dances scoreContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Moussourgsky: Tableaux d'une expositionContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gould: Tap dance concertoContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gershwin: Porgy and BessContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Dvorak: Terzetto fur zwei vioin and violaContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Debussy: Premiere rhapsodieContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Copland: El Salon MexicoContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Copland: Lincoln portaitContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Suite symphonique, de l'opera, l'amour des trois orangesContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Eine kleine nachtmusicContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Honegger: Jeanne d'arc au bucherContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Albeniz: Inserts "Fete dieu a Seville"Container: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Quartetto I, Violin and Viola parts onlyContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: 2 double bass parts for Octet made by ToscaniniContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Cut portions of BorisContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: 100 Arturo Toscanini stamps and 1st day of issue envelope/stampContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Notebook: Arturo Toscanini Artistic Achievement Awards programs for 1985 and 1986. Text for "Abduction of Persephone"Container: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Respighi: Reduced trumpet parts ofr Roman FestivalsContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Debussy: 2 pages of revisions for "La Mer" score.Container: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Respighi: Pines of Rome. Parts and inserts for triangle and raganella, rombones, etc.Container: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Letter to Katims from Zonora ZastrowContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Letter to Katims from A. Clyde RollerContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: 2 Greeting CardsContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Columbia Artists Management brochere about KatimsContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Letter to Katims from Sony Classical re: royaltiesContainer: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Script for "Peter & the Wolf"Container: Box 2, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Seattle Symphony Programs
General Notes: includes some programs for the Little Orchestra of the Seattle Symphony.
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Description: Shostakovich: Symphony no 1Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Shostakovich: 5th sympyonyContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Shostakovich: op 93, symphony no 10Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Shostakovich: Piano concerto op 35Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Sibelius: Symphony no 2Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Wine, women and songContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Tales from the vienna woodsContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Emperor waltzContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Symphony no 4Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Symphony no 3Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Symphony no 2Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Sessions: The black maskersContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Glinka: Overture to russlan and ludmillaContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Salome's danceContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Symphonia domesticaContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony in d majorContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Nelson mass in d minorContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphonie in c durContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony no 102Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Handel: Deliriso amoreContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: QuintetContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: The seasonsContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mahler: Symphony 3 mvt 4bContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach - Stokowski: Toccata and fugue in d minorContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Barber: SerenadeContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Geminiani: Concerto grosssoContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gershwin: Rhapsody in blueContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Vaughan Williams: Concerto for oboe and stringsContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bruck: 8 pieces for clarinet, viola, pianoContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahams: Symphony 4 string partsContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahams: Symphony 1: partsContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: Semiramide overtureContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: La cenerentola overtureContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: Tankred, Overture no 55Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schoenberg: ErwartungContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Trout quintetContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Symphony no 5Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Trio in b flat majorContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schuman: Symphony for stringsContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schuman: New England triptychContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schuman: JudithContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Symphony no 2Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mussorgsky: Boris Gudunov, Opera in 4 actsContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gould: Spirituals in 5 movementsContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Unfinished symphonyContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schoenberg: Verklarte nachtContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rimsky-Korsakoff: ScheherazadeContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: Barber of SevilleContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Puccini: La bohemeContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rachmaninoff: Symphony no 2Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rachmaninoff: Third symphonyContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: Barber of Seville overtureContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Roussel: Bacchus and ArianeContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gounod: Faust, An opera in five actsContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: La gazza ladraContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Weber: Euryanthe ouvertureContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Weber: Freischutz ouvertureContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Seattle Symphony programs, 1970-1975
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Description: Katims correspondence
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Description: Weber: Obern ouvertureContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Warlock: Capriol suite for string orchestraContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Wagner: ParsifalContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Hovhaness: Mysterious mountainContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ibert: EscalesContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ibert: DivertissementContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: 3 symphoniesContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ives: Variations on AmericaContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mahler: Symphony no. 4Container: Box 5, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Violin concerto no 2 g minor op. 63Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Symphony no. 5 opus 100puccini: crisantemi for string quartetContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Orff: Catulli carminaContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Orff: Carmina buranaContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ormandy: Transcriptions for orchestraContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Piston: Suite from the ballet "the incredible flutist"Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Classical symphony op. 25Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mahler: Symphony no. 2Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mahler: Symphony no. 1Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mahler: The song of the earthContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mahler: Symphony no. 6Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mayer: Inner and outer stringsContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Symphony no 5Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Four pieces from "a midsummer night's dream"Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Overture the hebridesContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: String quintets no 4-8Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Quartet no 1Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Verdi: RequiemContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Quartet no 2Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Quartet no 3Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Quintet no 2Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: String sextet opus 36Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Sextet in b flat majorContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Symphony no 4Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Tragic overture d minorContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: SchicksalsliedContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Symphony no 3 f majorContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bloch: Concerto grosso for string orchestraContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bizet: Symphony no 1Container: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: Roman carnival overtureContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-002
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Description: chadwick: Jubilee and noel from symphonic sketchesContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Copland: Saturday night waltz from rodeoContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Copland: Hoe-down from rodeoContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Quartet in e flat major op 16Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Quintet in e flat major op 4Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Trio in c minor op 9 no 3Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Duo for viola and cellobeethoven trio for piano, clarinet or violin, and celloContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Trio in g majorContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Trio in be flat major op 11Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Leonore overture no 3 op 72 aContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 2Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 5Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony no 4Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 6Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 7Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 8Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 9Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Creston: Invocation and dance op 58Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Creston: Symphony no 11Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Creston: Two choric dances op 17 bContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Cowell: Symphony no 12Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Corelli: Concerto grossop op 6 no 8Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Verdi: La traviataContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Walton: Partita for orchestraContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Walton: Belshazzar's feastContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Walton: FacadeContainer: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: op 100, symphony no 5Container: Box 7, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank BridgeContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Vivaldi: GloriaContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von nurnbergContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Wagner: SiegfriedContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rachmaninoff: Symphonic dancesContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: HamletContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Turina: Le jeudi saint a minuitContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Symphonie pathetiqueContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: Chant du rossignolContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: PersephoneContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: Suite de pulcinellaContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: The soldier's taleContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bolcom: Fantasia concertanteContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Jick-jack-polkaContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Francaix: Suite concertante pour violon and fluteContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rossini: La scala di setsContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Cosi fan tutti: aria no 28Container: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5Container: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6Container: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Telemann: Suite in a minorContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Williams: Fantasia on a theme by thomas tallisContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Verdi: Te deumContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Der rosenkavalierContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Rosenkavalier suiteContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Don quixoteContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Don juanContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Dvorak: Symphony no 7Container: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Dvorak: Dumky trioContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Dvorak: Quartet in e flat majorContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Enesco: First romanian rhapsody in a majorContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: de Falla: Sept chansons populatirs espagnolesContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Faure: Quartet no 1Container: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Geminiani: Concerto grossoContainer: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gillis: Symphony no. 5 1/2Container: Box 8, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Puccini: ToscaContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bizet: CarmenContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: L'enfance du christContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: Damnation of faustContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: Romeo and JulietContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Weber: OuverturenContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Toscanini: Portraits of greatnessContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Wagner: ParsifalContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: FidelioContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Verdi: AidaContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Verdi: Il trovatoreContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Verdi: OthelloContainer: Box 9, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Villa-Lobos: Trio vivaldi: op 3 concerto 4Container: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Moussorgsky: Musical folk drama in four actsContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Musical folk drama in four actsContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Die fledermausContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Webern: Im sommerwindContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Copland: Applalacian SpringContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Copland: Third symphonyContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Chopin: Piano concerto no.1Container: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Handel: The great elopementContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Handel: The great elopementContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Griffes: The white peacockContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Joachim: Concert for violinContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bruckner: Symphonie in c minorContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bloch: SchelomoContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bloch: Concerto grosso no 11Container: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bloch: Sacred serviceContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bernstein: SerenadeContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bernstein: Overture to candideContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bizet: CarmenContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bizet: Carmen suite no 2Container: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: FledermausContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: ElektraContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: Rite of springContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russeContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Stravinsky: Firebird suiteContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tschaikovsky: Second symphonyContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tschaikovsky: SerenadeContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gershwin: Concerto in fContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Frescobaldi: From three oran piecesContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Donizetti: Lucia de LammermoorContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Ein heldenlebenContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Egk: Franzosische suiteContainer: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Campbell, Esther: Bagpipes in the woodwind sectionDates: 1978Container: Box 10, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: Toccata and fugue in c majorContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: Violin concerto no 2Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Arensky: Variations on a theme by tchaikovskyContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: Blaubart, bluebeardContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: DivertimentoContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Barber: Medea's meditation and dance of vengeanceContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Barber: Essay for orchestraContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Barber: Souvenirs ballet suiteContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Barber: Two scenes from anotny and cleopatraContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Barber: Piano concertoContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Diamond: Rounds for string orchestraContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Debussy: Quartet in g minorContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Crumb: Echoes of time and the riverContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Halvorsen: PassacagliaContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony no 86 d majorContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Hindemith: ConcertinoContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ives: Central Park in the darkContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ives: Symphony no 2Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mennin: Symphony no 3Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Concerto in e flat majjorContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Concerto in c majorContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony no 34Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: The impresario overtureContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony no 31Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony no 38Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony no 29Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: The marriage of figaroContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: The magic fluteContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: mozart: symphony no 35Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Two duetsContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony no 41Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: DivertimentoContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: QuintetContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 1Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Symphony 3Container: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Misa SolemnisContainer: Box 11, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: Brandenburg concerto no 6Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bach: St. Matthew passionContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: 3rd piano concertContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: Dance suitesContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: Music for strings, percussion and celestaContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: Le wonderful mandarinContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Bartok: Concerto for orchestraContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Concert no 4 for pianoContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Prometheus overtureContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Violin concerto d major op 61Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: op 56, Triple concertoContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: SeptetContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra, op 37Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: op 14 symphonie fantastiqueContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: Benvenuto celliniContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: op 16, Harold in italyContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berlioz: 3 pieces for orchestraContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Quintet op 111Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Symphony no 4Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: OuvertureContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Piano concerto 2Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Variations on a theme for haydnContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Borodin: Danses polovtsiennesContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank BridgeContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Berwald: Sinfonie SinguliereContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Chabrier: Espana rhapsody for orchestraContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Chausson: Symphony in b flat majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Elgar: Variations on an original themeContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Dohnanyi: Suite for orchestraContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Sorcier: Scherzo d'apres une ballade de goetheContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: d'Indy: Symphony on a french mountain airContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Elgar: op. 47 introduction and allegroContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Dvorak: Slavonic dancesContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Dvorak: Symphony no 5Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ginastera: EstanciaContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: de Falla: El amor brujoContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Franck: Symphony d minorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Franck: Symphonic variations.Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gould: American saluteContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Grieg: Piano concerto in a minorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Hindemith: Nobilissima visioneContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Holst: The planetsContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gould: Latin-American symphonetteContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Glinka: Ruslan und LudmilaContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony no 49Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: MessiahContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: The creationContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony no 4Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: haydn: symphony no 2Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony no 99Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony no 13Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphonie no 1Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphony 45Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Haydn: Symphonie no 16Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: ElijahContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: A midsummer night's dreamContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Violin concertoContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Symphonie no 4Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mendelssohn: Scotch symphony no 3Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Piano concerto in E flat majoContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony in e flat majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony no 40Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Missa c mollContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Cosi fan tutteContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Serenade no 8Container: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphonie, C majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony, D majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphonie in E flat majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Violin concert D majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Piano concerto a majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony c majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Piano concerto d majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Violin concertoContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Piano concerto in c majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Symphony d majorContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: The magic fluteContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: Piano concertContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mozart: il SeraglioContainer: Box 12, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Respighi: Pini di romaContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Respighi: Trittico botticellianoContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Symphony 2Container: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Piano concertoContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Symphony no 3Container: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Symphony no 1Container: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Death and transfiguratoinContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Strauss: Tales from the vienna woodsContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Sibelius: The swan of tuonelaContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Sibelius: Don QuixoteContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Sibelius: Symphony no 5Container: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Capriccio ItalienContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Violin concertoContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Francesca da riminiContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Manfred, op 58Container: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Casse-NoisetteContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Overture fantasy, Romeo and JulietContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6Container: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5Container: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Villa-Lobos: UirapuruContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Vaughan Williams: The lark ascendingContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schumann: Overture genoferaContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Wagner: ParsifalContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Wagner: LohengrinContainer: Box 13, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Kodaly: Galanta dancesContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Kabelevsky: Colas breugnoContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Liszt: Faust symphonyContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Mahler: Symphony n o5Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Martin: ConcertoContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Moussorgsky: Tableaux d'une expositionContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Milhaud: Le boef sur le toitContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Montsalvatge: Partita 1958Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Peter and the wolfContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Milhaud: Suite FrancaiseContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Cinderella suiteContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Symphony no 7Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Prokofieff: Piano concerto no 3Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Ravel: BoleroContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Rachmaninoff: Rapsodie:Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Smetana: The bartered brideContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Shostakovich: Festive overtureContainer: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: symphonie 7Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Symphonie 8Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Schubert: Symphony 4Container: Box 14, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Lees: lees: scarlatti porfolioContainer: Box 15, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Brahms: Symphony no 4Container: Box 15, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gould: Concerto for viola and orchestraContainer: Box 15, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Smedvig: Overture for KatimsContainer: Box 15, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Suderburg: Orchestra music 1Container: Box 15, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Suderburg: Orchestra music 2,3,4Container: Box 15, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gould: Vivaldi galleryContainer: Box 15, Accession 5530-002
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Description: Gould: VeniceContainer: Folder:oversize 16, Accession 5530-002
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Accession No. 5530-003: Milton Katims papers and audiovisual materials, 1926-2006
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.
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Series 1: Manuscripts
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Description: Speeches and writingsDates: 1963-1979Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Seattle Opera programDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 5530-003
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Description: International Classic Record Collectors article and on KatimsDates: 1998Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Virginia PetersonDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Correspondence related to Kennedy Center HonorsDates: 1996Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Houston SymphonyDates: 1978-1983Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 5530-003
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Description: International Music Company correspondenceDates: 1986-1996Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Miscellaneous news clippingsDates: 1978-1990Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Memorial programDates: 2006Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Correspondence and programs related to Arturo Toscanini
General Notes: Papers found in "Brahms Conducted by Toscanini" vinyl.
Dates: 1952-1983Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: High School DiplomaDates: 1926Container: Box 5, Accession 5530-003
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Description: College Entrance DiplomaDates: 1926Container: Box OSVF, Accession 5530-003
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Description: ScrapbookDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Accession 5530-003
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Series 2: Music scores
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Description: Brahms, "Sonata No. 1" with viola transcription by KatimsDates: approximately 1960Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Saint-Saëns, "The Swan" with viola transcription by KatimsDates: approximately 1960Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Popper, "High School of Cello Playing 40 Etudes Opus 73"Dates: 1979Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Bach, "Six Suites for Cello Solo"Dates: approximately 1972Container: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Valentin, "Sonata in E Major for Cello and Piano"Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/5, Accession 5530-003
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Description: "The New Grandus ad Parnassum"Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/6, Accession 5530-003
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Description: "Orchesterstrudien - Orchestral Studies, violoncello, Band II"Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/7, Accession 5530-003
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Description: "Valse Sentimentale" score in RussianDates: 1935Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Miscellaneous scores for celloDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/9, Accession 5530-003
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Description: J.S. Bach Six Suites pour violoncello seulDates: undatedContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-003
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Series 3: Media
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Audio
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Description: Beethoven Serenade in D Major for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op. 25, featuring Milton Katims, viola vinyl
General Notes: 2 copies
Dates: 1948Container: Box 5, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Rossini Overtures, Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra vinylDates: 1950Container: Box 5, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Dvořák Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97, Budapest String Quartet with Milton Katims, viola vinylDates: 1951Container: Box 5, Accession 5530-003
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Description: 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"
Dates: 1962Container: Box 5, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: The Istomin with Stern Rose Trio vinylDates: 1966Container: Box 5, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Prokofiev and Debussy audiocassette1 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.
Dates: 1973Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: The Ariel Trio, Young Audiences Preview '79 audiocassette1 audiocassetteDates: 1979Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Interview with Milton Katims, Art of Viola P.W.: Kaleido May 29, 19831 reel : sound ; 1/4" Reel to Reel
Scope and Content: Interview (5 sections)
Dates: 1983Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Rivier and Wolf audiocassette1 audiocassette
Scope and Content: Side I: Rivier - Symphony/0-290 305-455. Geminiani. Side II: Wolf -Ferrari. Serenade 0-296.
Dates: 1983Container: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Brahms B-flat sextet op. 18 and Brahms E-flat viola sonata audiocassette1 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.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Brahms and Beethoven audiocassette1 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.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: London Philharmonic and Scottish National Orchestra audiocassette1 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.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Antiphon V and International Viola Congress audiocassette1 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.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Ysaye Sonatas - Oscar Shumsky audiocassette1 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.
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Description: Rachmaninoff audiocassette1 audiocassette
Scope and Content: Side 1: Rachmaninoff, 3rd, Janis. Side 2: Rachmaninoff, 2nd, Janis.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Ostransky, Dolby, NHFB audiocassette1 audiocassetteDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Lalo, Goldmark, Glazounov, Saint-Saens audiocassette1 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.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: McDonald, Loeffler, Foote, Gillis audiocassette1 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?)
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Brahms - G Minor, piano quartet, Hirsh-Lack, V-M [Virginia - Milton] Katims audiocassette1 audiocassetteDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Bolcom/piano concerto (Katims) audiocassette1 audiocassetteDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet I, #1-#10 audiocassette1 audiocassetteDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Brahms sextet audiocassette1 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.
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Description: Barber and Hindemith audiocassette1 audiocassette
Scope and Content: Side I: Barber, adagio. Side II: Hindemith, Op. 11 no. 4.
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Description: Brahms, Copland, Handel audiocassette1 audiocassette
Scope and Content: Side 1: Brahms - Ac. Fest Ov. Copland - Sat. Nite - Hoedown. Side 2: Handel - Ormandy concerto.
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Description: Hague Philharmonic - Van Otterloo audiocassette1 audiocassette
Scope and Content: "For Milton Katims, with high hopes that you will play this masterpiece someday! Yense Fiore"
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Description: Brahms, Loeffler audiocassette1 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)
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Description: Concert at doctor's home audiocassette1 audiocassette
Scope and Content: Side A: Concert at Doctor's home. Side B: Fredell, Virginia, Albert + MK in concert at doctor's home.
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Description: Bach, Respighi, Liszt audiocassette1 audiocassette
Scope and Content: Side A: Bach - Stokowski - Tocatta + Fugue in D Minor. Side B: Respighi - Feste 1-285. Liszt - Les Preludes - 290-540.
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Description: Villa-Lobos audiocassette1 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.
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Description: Henselt audiocassette1 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"
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Description: Maurice Gardner viola and orchestra pieces audiocassette1 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.
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Description: 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."
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Description: 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.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 5, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Martha's Vineyard, [1939 New York Worlds Fair, California, Woodstock, Peter Katims, vacations]1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 38 minutes) ; VHSDates: 1939-1943Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Milton and Virginia 1939-6/19521 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 54 mins) : sound, black and white and color ; VHSDates: 1939-1952Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: 1944-1950 Home Movies1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 40 minutes) ; VHSDates: 1940-1950Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Summer 1942-Summer 19511 videocassette (MiniDV) : silent, color ; MiniDVDates: 1942-1951Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: 1952 Home Movies1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour and 38 minutes) ; VHSDates: 1952Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: 1952 Paris-Versailles--Chartres thru to Casals Festival at Prades1 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
Dates: 1952Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: 1952 Toscanninin's home (Isolino) prades, Riviera, Portofino, Rome, Florence, Israel1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
Scope and Content: 1952 Toscanninin's home (Isolino) prades, Riviera, Portofino, Rome, Florence, Israel
Dates: 1952Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: 1952 Visiting Toscannini's…Paris…Israel…1954, thea foss, 1956 Opening Day1 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)
Dates: 1952Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: NY-Seattle1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
Scope and Content: Road trip from New York to Seattle with stops at multiple National Parks
Dates: 1954Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: 1955 London/Paris Jimmy1 videocassette (VHS) (50 minutes) ; VHSDates: 1955Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: London…Paris…Part II1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 8mmDates: 1960Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: London…Paris…Part I Rubenstein1 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"
Dates: 1961Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Milton Katims 1976 "Mozart in Seattle" Dub1 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; Betacam
Scope and Content: Notes, and shot list for potential PSA for Katims return to SSO
Dates: 1976Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Milton Katims at Home April 6, 19921 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; BetacamDates: 1992Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Milton Katims Home 4/6 Tapes 1-31 videocassette (Betacam) (20 minutes) : sound, color ; BetacamDates: 1992Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Milton Katims Opera House "In concert" April 16, 19921 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; BetacamDates: 1992Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Milton Katims Rehearsal 1-31 videocassette (Betacam) (20 minutes) : sound, color ; BetacamDates: 1992Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Milton Katims Rehearsal April 16, 19921 videocassette (Betacam) : sound, color ; BetacamDates: 1992Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: "Special Tribute to Milton Katims PSA1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (3 minutes) : sound, color ; Betacam SPDates: 1992Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: "Katims Reel # 1-4 4/16" 2MK Conducts Rehearsal1 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)
Dates: 2006Container: Box 3, Accession 5530-003 -
Description: Katims in Seattle1 videocassette (MiniDV) (11 minutes) : silent, color ; MiniDVDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Katims in Seattle1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
Scope and Content: "Katims in Seattle" on can. "David Altschull" written on film.
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Description: Milton Katims Performance 1-31 videocassette (Betacam) (20 minutes) : sound, color ; BetacamDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Description: Roberta Peters Arriving at Seatac for Appearance in the SSO1 reel (50 feet) : silent, black and white ; 16mmDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Accession 5530-003
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Opera--Scores
- Orchestral music--Scores
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Katims, Milton, 1909-2006--Archives
- Katims, Milton, 1909-2006--Archives
