Vernon Duke Collection, 1918-1968 Span: 1918-1968 English collection 52 ft. 145 boxes Vernon Duke, author, poet, translator, and business man, as well as composer, was born Vladimir Alexandrovitch Dukelsky on Oct. 10, 1903, in Minsk. He studied composition with Reinhold Glière and Marian Dombrovsky at the Kiev Conservatory. Upon fleeing the Revolution with his family, Dukelsky ended up in New York in 1921. There followed a string of musicals, principally in London and New York, from 1925 to 1956. During the same period, Vernon Duke (his legally changed name from 1939, when he became a U.S. citizen) composed music for film and the concert hall. He died on Jan. 16, 1969, in Santa Monica, California. Stage, vocal, and instrumental music by Duke; sketchbooks; lyric sheets; music by others, including the holograph of Signature for the High-low concerts by Aaron Copland; correspondence; subject files; clippings; photographs; programs; scrapbooks; and other miscellaneous material. Recordings (reel-to-reel tapes, acetate disks, and commercial recordings) have been transferred to the custody of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Vernon Duke Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Duke The papers of the Russian-born American composer. 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. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Composers American Musical Theater Duke, Vernon Balanchine, George Charnin, Martin Copland, Aaron De Vries, Peter Dietz, Howard Dixon, Dean Ertegun, Nesuhi Gershwin, Ira Herrmann, Bernard Koussevitzky, Natalie Koussevitzky, Olga Koussevitzky, Serge Latouche, John Lawrence, Jerome Lee, Robert Edwin Lehmann, Lotte ML31.D98 Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu005004 IHAS 110216 loc.natlib.scdb.200033725