Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Jascha Heifetz collection, 1802-1987 |
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| Span Dates | 1802-1987 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1911-1974) |
| Call No. | ML31.H4 |
| Creator | Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987 |
| Extent | circa 17,500 items ; 280 boxes ; 52 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Summary | The collection includes Heifetz's personal music library of original compositions, arrangements, and transcriptions (some of which are unpublished), his annotated parts and scores, holographs and manuscripts of many of his contemporaries, and hundreds of printed scores. Concert programs document his performances from 1911 to 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, Sergei Prokofiev, George Bernard Shaw, and Sir William Walton; correspondence from Heifetz is also housed in other Music Division collections. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003008 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/2003561024 |