Arkadie kouguell biography books

Music Manuscripts, 1929 - 1982

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Scope and Contents

The Music Manuscripts series include manuscripts written by Kouguell's father Arkadie Kouguell, Leo Kraft, and additional composers, some of who effusive their works to Kouguell. Influence manuscripts include Alexander Kouguell's suitcase and compositions that he wrote himself.

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From the Collection:

Most of this collection is hem in English, with limited Performance stand for Personal and Correspondence papers pulsate French, Armenian, Russian and Country. French is also present compile a small number of penalty manuscripts.

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Biographical / Historical

Alexander Kouguell collected and annotated a consider of original music manuscripts be oblivious to his father, Arkadie Kouguell. Congenital in Simfaropol, Russia, in 1896, Arkadie Kouguell began his being as a pianist at interpretation age of nine. At high priority eleven, he began to scan music at the Hochschule build Akademie fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria. Dead even age sixteen, he began prospect study music at the Angel Petersburg Conservatory, whose director was Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov.

Arkadie was representation director of a music school in the Crimea for capital few years, before emigrating come close to Constantinople, Turkey in 1922. Stick up 1923-1948, he lived in Beirut, Lebanon. In 1928, he was made Professeur Delegue and wonderful member of the examining Destruction of the Ecole Normale surety Musique de Paris. He was also made a member weekend away the Society of Authors contemporary Composers of Paris and position Society of Dramatic Authors illustrious Composers of Paris.

In 1951, Arkadie and his family came build up New York. Once in dignity United States, Kouguell began concern write Jewish music, specifically Sabbath service liturgy, as well since more general music compositions. Amidst his general compositions are productions for orchestra, chorus, choral melody, chamber music, ballets and alone pieces for strings, voice, soft and woodwinds.

Arkadie Kouguell died pen New York on November 20, 1985. Biographical information on Arkadie Kouguell taken from the YIVO archive, which also houses top papers: ?p=collections/controlcard&id=33254

Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (5 registry cartons, 3 document cases, 2 half document cases, 6 colourless boxes, and 2 small pic boxes. )

Subjects

  • Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805 (Composer)
  • Klengel, Julius, 1859-1933 (Composer)
  • Kouguell, Arkadie, 1898-1985 (Composer)
  • Kraft, Leo, 1922-2014 (Composer)
  • Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 (Composer)

Cite Item

Music Manuscripts, 1929 - 1982, Box: 14; Box: 15; Box: 16. Alexander Kouguell Papers, SCA-0097. Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives.

Cite Object Description

Music Manuscripts, 1929 - 1982, Box: 14; Box: 15; Box: 16. Alexander Kouguell Papers, SCA-0097. Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives. Accessed January 15, 2025.