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Guide to the Benjamin Suchoff collection of Bartokiana, 1945- 2001 Descriptive Summary Title : Benjamin Suchoff collection of Bartokiana Creator: Suchoff, Benjamin Antokoletz, Elliot Dates : N/A ID Number : B12 Size: 57 boxes Abstract: A collection of research and other documents concerning composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945). Language(s): English Hungarian German French Romanian Repository: Special Collections University of South Florida Libraries 4202 East Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, Florida 33620 Phone: 813-974-2731 - Fax: 813-396-9006 Contact Special Collections Administrative Summary Provenance: Suchoff, Benjamin Antokoletz, Elliot Acquisition Donation. Information: Access Conditions: The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for further information. Processing processed History: Preferred Citation: Benjamin Suchoff Collection of Bartokiana, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Related Material: Antokoletz, Elliott, and Paolo Susanni. Béla Bartó k: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Routledge, 2011. Internet resource. Information about related materials is available at http://www.usf.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx? p=668794 Biographical Note Dr. Benjamin Suchoff (1918-2011) attended Cornell University, Julliard School of Music, and received a doctorate from New York University. During World War II, he served in the United States Army, enlisting in 1941 as a private. He was an accomplished pianist in both classical and jazz. He went on to become Professor of Ethnomusicology at UCLA and a recognized world authority on composer Béla Bartók, for whose estate he served as a curator and trustee. He has written numerous books and articles on Béla Bartók, as well as on topics in Ethnomusicology. He died in Palm Beach, Florida in March of 2011. Obituary, Palm Beach Post, March 15, 2011. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=benjamin-suchoff&pid=149133562#fbLoggedOut Scope Note This collection contains research, manuscripts, interviews, articles, and letters concerning composer Béla Bartók (1881-- 1945), as collected by Dr. Benjamin Suchoff and Dr. Elliott Antokoletz. The collection features 25 boxes of selected works of the composer and includes analyses by Dr. Suchoff as well as full manuscripts of certain works with sheet music. Also contained within the collection are miscellaneous papers and documents pertaining to the Estate of Béla Bartók and Dr. Suchoff's personal papers from his time as Trustee to the Estate after the death of the former Trustee, Viktor Bader. Finally, the collection contains the lecture notes and recordings of Dr. Elliott Antokoletz's work on Béla Bartók and his research for his book Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartók. Arrangement Note: The collection is arranged in series by subject: 1. Bartók Estate Records 2. Suchoff Research on Bartók 3. Works of Béla Bartók 4. Antokoletz Research on Bartók Arrangement The collection is arranged in series by subject: 1. Bartók Estate Records 2. Suchoff Research on Bartók 3. Works of Béla Bartók 4. Antokoletz Research on Bartók Subject Headings Personal Names: Bartok, Bela, 1881 - 1945 Subject Terms: Composers -- United States Ethnomusicology -- Hungary -- History Ethnomusicology -- United States -- History Folk Music -- Hungary -- History and criticism COLLECTION CONTENTS Series 1 : Bartók Estate Records BOX 1 : Bartók Estate Records FOLDER 1 : Biographical Material FOLDER 2 : Estate Administration FOLDER 3 : Principle Schedules notes FOLDER 4 : Estate Issues and Problems - Part 1 FOLDER 5 : Estate Issues and Problems - Part 2 FOLDER 6 : Estate Legal Documents FOLDER 7 : Trustee Litigation Results, 1961 FOLDER 8 : Conspiracy Statements FOLDER 9 : Estate Correspondence, 1951 - 1960 FOLDER 10 : The Hungarian Problem BOX 2 : Bartók Estate Records - Accession Listing and Financial Documents FOLDER 1 : Musical Works Listing FOLDER 2 : Manuscript and Reproductions Inventory FOLDER 3 : New York Bartók Archives - Chronological Listing of Works FOLDER 4 : New York Bartók Archives - Accession Listing - Part 1, 1983 FOLDER 5 : New York Bartók Archives - Accession Listing - Part 2, 1983 FOLDER 6 : New York Bartók Archives - Accession Listing - Part 3, 1983 FOLDER 7 : New York Bartók Archives - Accession Listing - Part 4, 1983 FOLDER 8 : Official Listings of Estate, 1983 FOLDER 9 : Sotheby's Estate Appraisal, 1983 - 1984 FOLDER 10 : Financial Documents - Part 1 FOLDER 11 : Financial Documents - Part 2 FOLDER 12 : Financial Documents - Part 3 FOLDER 13 : Financial Documents - Part 4 BOX 3 : Bartók Estate Records - New York Bartók Archives FOLDER 1 : New York Bartók Archives FOLDER 2 : Correspondence, 1953 - 1983 FOLDER 3 : Public Records FOLDER 4 : Promotional Literature FOLDER 5 : News Clippings FOLDER 6 : Béla Bartók - Last Will and Testament BOX 4 : Bartók Estate Records - New York Bartók Archives - Master Index Lists ITEM : Peter Bartók's Master List, 1984 FOLDER 2 : Master Index - 1 - 40 FOLDER 3 : Master Index - 41 - 85 FOLDER 4 : Master Index - Y1 - Y13 ; A1 - A2 ; M2 BOX 5 : Bartók Estate Records - New York Bartók Archives - Thematic Catalog of Bartók Works FOLDER 1 : Thematic Catalog - Part 1 FOLDER 2 : Thematic Catalog - Part 2 FOLDER 3 : Thematic Catalog - Part 3 FOLDER 4 : Thematic Catalog - Part 4 FOLDER 5 : Thematic Catalog - Part 5 FOLDER 6 : Thematic Catalog - Part 6 FOLDER 7 : Catalog of Compositions BOX 6 : Bartók Estate Records - Suchoff - Correspondence FOLDER 1 : Personal, 1978 FOLDER 2 : Correspondence, 1950 - 1967 FOLDER 3 : Correspondence - Boosey and Hawkes - Part 1, 1953 - 1969 FOLDER 4 : Correspondence - Boosey and Hawkes - Part 2, 1969 - 1987 FOLDER 5 : Correspondence - Peter Bartók, 1976 - 1986 FOLDER 6 : Correspondence - Peter Bartók, 1986 FOLDER 7 : Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1945 - 1988 FOLDER 8 : Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1970 - 1975 BOX 7 : Bartók Estate Records - Catalog of Bartók Works ITEM : Somfai and Lampert - Chronological List of Works ITEM : Bartók Estate Properties: A Preliminary Estimate of Holdings FOLDER 3 : A Magyar Rádió és A Néprajzi Múzeum Gyüjteménye FOLDER 4 : Bartók's Lists of His Manuscripts FOLDER 5 : Catalog of Bartók Works FOLDER 6 : Contracts and Copyrights FOLDER 7 : "His Master's Voice" Bartók Records FOLDER 8 : Hungarian List of Bartók Works Performed, 1892 - 1930 FOLDER 9 : Inventory of Bartók Editions FOLDER 10 : Inventory of Folk Music FOLDER 11 : Manuscript Inventory FOLDER 12 : NYBA Folk Music Manuscripts List FOLDER 13 : Sheet Music FOLDER 14 : The Hungarian Folksong Series 2 : Suchoff Research on Bartók BOX 8 : Béla Bartók Letters, 1888 - 1945 FOLDER 1 : Letters, 1888 - 1918 FOLDER 2 : Letters, 1919 - 1939 FOLDER 3 : Letters, 1940 - 1942 FOLDER 4 : Letters, 1943 - 1945 FOLDER 5 : Letters BOX 9 : Bartók Lecture Notes FOLDER 1 : Lecture Notes - Part 1 FOLDER 2 : Lecture Notes - Part 2 FOLDER 3 : Lecture Notes - Part 3 FOLDER 4 : Lecture Notes - Part 5 FOLDER 5 : Lecture Notes - Part 6 BOX 10 : Research Materials: Abraham - Burk FOLDER 1 : Abraham FOLDER 2 : Adattár FOLDER 3 : Agawu FOLDER 4 : Ahrendt FOLDER 5 : Antokoletz - Part 1 FOLDER 6 : Antokoletz - Part 2 FOLDER 7 : Arauco FOLDER 8 : Aurle FOLDER 9 : Austin FOLDER 10 : Babbitt FOLDER 11 : Bachmann FOLDER 12 : Balázs FOLDER 13 : Balogh FOLDER 14 : Bartók, Béla, Jr. FOLDER 15 : Bartók, János FOLDER 16 : Bartók, Peter FOLDER 17 : Bator FOLDER 18 : Batta FOLDER 19 : Berény FOLDER 20 : Berlász FOLDER 21 : Berger FOLDER 22 : Berleant FOLDER 23 : Berry FOLDER 24 : Bigelow FOLDER 25 : Bîrlea FOLDER 26 : Bónis FOLDER 27 : Borsai FOLDER 28 : Braioiv FOLDER 29 : Bratuz FOLDER 30 : Breuer FOLDER 31 : Brown FOLDER 32 : Burk BOX 11 : Research Materials: Canby - Dustin FOLDER 1 : Canby FOLDER 2 : Carner FOLDER 3 : Cehan FOLDER 4 : Chapman FOLDER 5 : Child FOLDER 6 : Clegg FOLDER 7 : Cohn FOLDER 8 : Collins FOLDER 9 : Cowell FOLDER 10 : Crawford FOLDER 11 : Cross FOLDER 12 : Crow FOLDER 13 : Dallin FOLDER 14 : Dawson FOLDER 15 : De Lisle FOLDER 16 : Demény FOLDER 17 : Deri FOLDER 18 : Dille - Part 1 FOLDER 19 : Dille - Part 2 FOLDER 20 : DoBossy FOLDER 21 : Dobszay FOLDER 22 : Doflein FOLDER 23 : Dunsby FOLDER 24 : Dustin - Part 1 FOLDER 25 : Dustin - Part 2 BOX 12 : Research Materials: Fenyo - Kroó FOLDER 1 : Fenyo FOLDER 2 : Fodor FOLDER 3 : Forte FOLDER 4 : Fricsay FOLDER 5 : Gergely FOLDER 6 : Gillies FOLDER 7 : Glück FOLDER 8 : Gow FOLDER 9 : Griffiths FOLDER 10 : Hamilton FOLDER 11 : Haraszti FOLDER 12 : Hayes FOLDER 13 : Homolya FOLDER 14 : Howat FOLDER 15 : Hunkemöller FOLDER 16 : Josephson FOLDER 17 : Kacsóh FOLDER 18 : Kárpáti FOLDER 19 : Katzarna FOLDER 20 : Keller FOLDER 21 : Kenessey BOX 12 BOX 22 : Kenyon FOLDER 23 : Kerényi FOLDER 24 : Keresztury FOLDER 25 : Kodaly FOLDER 26 : Kolodin FOLDER 27 : Kossuth FOLDER 28 : Kostka FOLDER 29 : Kovács FOLDER 30 : Krader FOLDER 31 : Kristof FOLDER 32 : Kroó BOX 13 : Research Materials: Laade - Ottó FOLDER 1 : Laade FOLDER 2 : Lacatos FOLDER 3 : Lackó FOLDER 4 : Laki FOLDER 5 : Lampert FOLDER 6 : Lang FOLDER 7 : Lanner FOLDER 8 : László FOLDER 9 : Leafstedt FOLDER 10 : Lendvai - Part 1 FOLDER 11 : Lendvai - Part 2 FOLDER 12 : Lenoir FOLDER 13 : Liebner FOLDER 14 : Lincoln FOLDER 15 : Loft FOLDER 16 : Lukács - Popper FOLDER 17 : Macleod FOLDER 18 : Maconie FOLDER 19 : Marcus FOLDER 20 : Martin FOLDER 21 : Mason FOLDER 22 : Menuhin FOLDER 23 : Meyer FOLDER 24 : Michael FOLDER 25 : Mitchell FOLDER 26 : Molnár
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