Boris Koutzen Collection, 1889-2005
Span: 1889-2005
Bulk: 1954-1965
English, Russian, French, German
collection
8.5 ft.
24 boxes
Boris Koutzen (1901-1966) was born in Uman, Southern Russia. He began composing at the age of six and studied violin with his father. In 1918 his family moved to Moscow, where Boris entered the Moscow Conservatory to study violin with Leo Zetlin, and composition with Reinhold Glière. That same year, he won the national competition for the position of first violin in the State opera House Orchestra, and later joined the Moscow Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky. In the fall of 1923 Koutzen came to the United States and became a member of the first violin section of the Philadelphia orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. From 1937 until 1945 he was a member of the NBC Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. Mr. Koutzen was head of the violin department of the Philadelphia Conservatory from 1925-1962. In 1944 he joined the faculty of Vassar College, where he taught violin and conducted the Vassar orchestra until 1966.
Printed and photocopied manuscript music scores, negative photostats of holograph music, clippings, programs, photographs, and a printed catalog of Koutzen's compositions.
Boris Koutzen Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
Koutzen, Boris
Music and papers of the eminent violinist.
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Violin Music
Koutzen, Boris
ML31.K68
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Music Division, Library of Congress
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu011001
IHAS
120906
loc.natlib.scdb.200033548