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Jascha Heifetz Collection, 1802-1987 [collection]
- Title
- Jascha Heifetz Collection, 1802-1987 [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1802-1987
- Bulk: 1911-1974
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 52 ft.
- 280 boxes
- Abstract
- Jashca Heifetz (1901-1987) was an American violinist of Russian birth. He made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at age 11, and his American debut at Carnegie Hall at age 16 in 1917. A stellar international career followed, spanning six decades. The collection includes Heifetz's personal music library of original compositions, arrangements, and transcriptions (some of which are unpublished), and his annotated parts and scores, holographs and manuscripts of many of his contemporaries, hundreds of printed scores. Concert programs document his performances from 1911-1974, and photographs, photo albums and scrapbooks, encompassing the violinist's entire life. The correspondence, constituting a small part of the collection, contains letters from such important musical figures of the 20th century as Leopold Auer, Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, George Bernard Shaw, and Sir William Walton; correspondence from Heifetz is also housed in other Music Division collections.
- Contents Note
- Holograph scores, annotated published music, programs, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks.
- Preferred Citation
- Jascha Heifetz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
- Violin Music
- Heifetz, Jascha
- Auer, Leopold
- Britten, Benjamin
- Prokofiev, Sergey
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Walton, William
- Call Number
- ML31.H4
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003008
Last Updated: 09-24-2012