Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection [collection]

Title

Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection [collection]

Dates Created

Span: 1750-1950

Bulk: 1890-1929

Language

Russian, French, English

Form

collection

Physical Description

91 ft.

81 boxes

Abstract

Serge Diaghilev had a profound influence on music, ballet and art in the twentieth century. His musical interests, as demonstrated in this collection, spanned a range of styles; much of the material represents works considered by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes and many bear annotations and performance indications. This library, acquired by Serge Lifar, Diaghilev's protégé, is rich in eighteenth-century Italian works, nineteenth-century Russian and French compositions, popular works from the early Soviet era, works for jazz band, and popular songs. In addition to printed music, the collection contains music manuscripts, correspondence, libretti and synopses, books and monographs, magazines, and Diaghilev's personal notebook dating from 1926 until his death in 1929.

Contents Note

In addition to printed music, most from Diaghilev's personal library, the collection contains music manuscripts, correspondence, libretti and synopses, books and monographs, magazines, and Diaghilev's personal notebook, which the impresario used from 1926 until his death in 1929.

Note

Three items in Prints and Photographs Division, The Library of Congress

Preferred Citation

Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Access Permissions

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Copyright Information

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Subjects

Ballet
Orchestral Music
Jazz
Songs
Popular Music
Dance
Diaghilev, Serge
Lifar, Serge
Paisiello, Giovanni
Cimarosa, Domenico
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Mussorgsky, Modest
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolay
Glinka, Mikhail
Tchaikovsky, Peter
Dargomïzhsky, Alexander
Liadov, Anatoly
Chabrier, Emmanuel
Gounod, Charles
Delibes, Léo
Respighi, Ottorino
Satie, Eric
Milhaud, Darius
Auric, Georges

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Finding Aid

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/music/eadxmlmusic/eadpdfmusic/mu003011_x.pdf

Updated

06-04-2009