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Box 6

 Container

Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:

Three Pieces for String Quartet [Kirchmeyer 19-1, De Lerma P35], 1922

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Edited by F.H. Schneider Miniature full score. Engraved first proof annotated by the composer. Berlin, Leipzig, Moscou: Russischer Musikverlag, G.m.b.H. [PN R.M.V. 401], 1922.

Octavo. Unbound. 8 leaves (4 bifolia) paginated 1-8 printed on rectos only.

With corrections, alterations, and annotations in Stravinsky's hand in red ink and pencil. Additional markings in pencil in another hand. Stamped "Korrektur [I]" in purple ink at upper outer corner of first leaf.
Dates: 1922

Renard histoire burlesque [Kirchmeyer 23, De Lerma R7]

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents Fine calligraphic manuscript piano-vocal score, possibly in the hand of Stravinsky's wife Catherine or another person close to him. With titling in Stravinsky's hand.Oblong octavo. Marbled boards. 147 pp.With occasional corrections and annotations to both text and music in pencil and ink, some of which appear to be in the composer's hand.Catherine Stravinsky was a frequent copyist of Igor Stravinsky's works; her musical handwriting is somewhat similar in...
Dates: 1908 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1938

Renard histoire burlesque chantee et jouée [Kirchmeyer 23-5, De Lerma R7], 1928 - 1929

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Miniature full score. Set of engraved proof sheets annotated by the composer. [Wien]: In die "Philharmonia Partiturensammlung" [PN W. Ph. V. 176 J.W.C. 60a], [1928-29].Oblong folio. Unbound. 148 pp. (most with 2 pages side-by-side) on 75 leaves printed on rectos only.With extensive corrections, alterations, and annotations in Stravinsky's hand in red, blue, and lead pencil and black ink; additional corrections and annotations in green and lead pencil in another hand....
Dates: 1928 - 1929

Le Chant du Rossignol Poème Symphonique pour Orchestre. Reduction pour piano à deux mains par Jacques Larmanjat [Kirchmeyer 26], ca 1924

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 9-10
Scope and Contents Musical manuscript in the hand of Jacques Larmanjat with annotations, corrections, and substantial rewriting of one passage in the hand of the composer. Undated, but 1924 based on letters written by Stravinsky in September and October of that year to Ernest Oeberg and Ernst Ansermet respectively in which Stravinsky declares that his corrections to Larmanjat's piano reduction are so extensive that he considers the reduction his own rather than Larmanjat's.Folio (348 x 267 mm.). 1...
Dates: ca 1924

Four Russian Peasant Songs for unaccompanied women's voices [Kirchmeyer 28-2, De Lerma R19], 1931

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Set of engraved proof sheets. London: J. & W. Chester [PN J.W.C. 9732], 1931. Folio. Unbound. Paginated 2-11, printed on one side of the leaf only. Stamped "3rd Proof 8 Sep. 1931" at upper blank margin of first leaf. With small rectangular slips of paper with titles printed in Russian laid down to each of the songs in addition to printed titles in English and French.

Textual corrections in pencil to page 9, probably not in the composer's hand.
Dates: 1931

Wrappers and drawing

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents All three sets of proofs contained in a heavy card folder illustrated with drawings in pencil, most likely by Catherine Stravinsky, two of which depict the composer: one from behind seated at a keyboard with an open score, the other a preliminary sketch of Stravinsky holding his head in his hand. The additional drawings consist of two floral arrangements in vases with a partial picture frame in the background and a boot.In brown wrapping paper with publisher's stamp and additional...
Dates: 1914 - 1917

Pribaoutki. Piano-vocal score. , 1917

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Piano-vocal score. Genève: Ad. Henn [PN A.70.H.], 1917. 4 songs for voice and piano paginated 3-14: I. L'oncle Armand pp. 3-4; II. Le Four pp. 5-6; III. Le Colonel pp. 7-9; and IV. Le Vieux et le Lièvre pp. 10-14. With several annotations and corrections in Stravinsky's hand in pencil and turquoise ink. Stravinsky adds a note in pencil to blank margin of first page: "Bon pour tirer prière de ma renvoyer cet exemplaire IStr." and "Salvan 1914" in turquoise ink and a note in pencil: "Sur une...
Dates: 1917

Pribaoutki. Full score. , 1917

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Full score. Genève: Ad. Henn [PN A.71.H.], 1917. 4 songs for voice and orchestra paginated 2- 22: I. L'oncle Armand pp. 2-6; II. Le Four pp. 7-9; III. Le Colonel pp. 10-15; and IV. Le Vieux et le Lièvre pp. 16-22. With annotations in Stravinsky's hand to first and final pages in pencil. Stravinsky adds "Salvan 1914" in turquoise ink and a note in pencil: "Sur une seule ligne et sous la dernière mesure" to foot of final page. Numbered "42290" in pencil at upper outer corner of first leaf and...
Dates: 1917

Berceuses du chat. Piano-vocal score. , 1917

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Piano-vocal score. Genève: Ad. Henn [PN A.68.H.], 1917. 4 songs for voice and piano paginated 3-8: I. Sur le poêle p. 3; II. Intérieur pp. 4-5; III. Dodo pp. 6-7; and IV. Ce Qu'il a, le chat p. 8. With minor annotations and corrections in Stravinsky's hand in pencil and turquoise and black ink. Stravinsky adds "Clarens-Morges 1915-1916" twice to foot of final page. Numbered "42291" in pencil at upper outer corner of first leaf and "42291 30/8" in blue pencil on verso of final leaf. Kirchmeyer...
Dates: 1917

Trois histoires pour enfants. [Three Children's Tales for voice and piano] [Kirchmeyer 24-1. De Lerma H10.], 1920

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 8
General Scope and Contents Contained in brown paper wrapping with list of contents in Stravinsky's hand in purple ink: "Ière Epreuves de l'Edition J. & W. Chester des: 1) 3 Pieces pour Clar. 2) Piano-Rag-Music; 3) 4 Chants russes 4) 3 Histoires pour enfants 5) Chant des Bateliers du Volga (orch.) 6) Suite du "Soldat" (Piano, Clar. et Violon) [this sixth piece is not included among the present sets of proofs]."With a note in the hand of Soulima Stravinsky attesting to the fact that the manuscript...
Dates: 1920