The Edward Kilenyi Archive Edward Kilenyi Junior Materials .........................................2-7 Edward Kilenyi Senior Materials.........................................7-11 Kilenyi Archival Records...................................................12-32 1 The Edward Kilenyi Archive INDEX Edward Kilenyi Jr. KILENYI I: -Letters from Kilenyi to Father -49 letters, 5 postcards, 19 telegrams, 8 envelopes -detailed description included in front of binder --(Notes) Worrying father, concerned about meeting the right people, K. worried about low draft number for war (Jan. 4, 1941), got a 2A deferment until June 15 and then he would have passed 30th b-day, constant money concerns KILENYI II: -Letters from Kilenyi to Father -63 letters, 4 postcards, 1 telegram --(Notes) see above descriptions KILENYI III: -Letters from Kilenyi to Parents -34 letters, 1 envelope --(Notes) money issues, loans, argue with folks about career moves, frustration, death of cousin, death of aunt KILENYI IV: -Letters from Kilenyi to his wife -119 letters, 45 postcards, 9 envelopes, 1 business card --(Notes) letter written by day of the week (even if overseas), worried if don’t hear from one another in more than a few days, worried about his wife’s physical and metal health KILENYI Va: -Letters from Kilenyi’s mother -43 letters, 6 postcards, 1 telegram --(Notes) Mother wants him to eat well, exercise, weigh himself, signs as “Mumsie,” poor English, grammar, changes languages in writing, concern with dressing himself/buying the right clothes, meet the “right people”; making his circle of contacts larger, make better contacts, be in the right hotel to make a good impression, relax, be calm, his depressed attitude is a “babyish act,” frustrated with him for not responding to her letters, the Dohnányi’s consider him like a son KILENYI Vb: -Letters to Kilenyi’s mother -10 letters, 16 postcards, 1 passport (K.’s mother, Ethel), 1 French Visa (?), 7 pharmacy prescriptions --(Notes) Letters from various friends, etc., passport: $10 fee, $5 renewal. Mrs. K’s occupation: “married woman” 2 KILENYI VI: -Correspondences with Uncle Julio Kilenyi (sculptor in New York) -44 letters, 7 postcards, 7 newspaper clippings, 6 photos, 4 envelopes, 3 programs, 2 business cards, 1 telegram, 1 song list KILENYI VII A: -1 sm. photo album (63 photos) -36 loose photos (unidentified), 1 notebook, 1 junior high grade (percentage) listing by term -Photos of sculptures/medals made by Julio Kilenyi (“Kilenyi, Pianist” sculpture) -Homework notebook: history KILENYI VII B: (many items to/from K. Sr. and wife) - 86 items total -Black book (unknown contents: medical/shot book, citizenship book?) -Gray book (Non-English, drawn diagrams of something) -Business cards from Budapest -Photo of sculpture by Julio Kilenyi -Edi Kilenyi business cards -Sm. book in French on women in Hungary -Postcards (Salsburg, Morroco, etc.) -Invitations to events -Passenger lists: “French Line” TransAtlantic ship (1st class: K. Sr. and wife) -Hotel St. George in Algiers -Ship postcards (White Star Line) -Telegrams to K. Sr. from Jr., wife, Julio, others -Letters (unknown, college on successful concert, from Steinway & Sons European Gen. Manager encouraging Englishman to take interest in K. Jr., from K. Sr. to wife, etc.) KILENYI VII C: -8 contracts; 39 correspondences re: concerts; 26 assorted items, 60 recording advertisement booklets, 3 letters re: recordings, 1 Kilenyi envelope from Columbia Broadcasting Systems -Contracts: concerts -Correspondences re: concerts -Recordings correspondences -“Liner notes” for records/advertisement booklets. Columbia Records -Review brochure-- best albums of Columbia Masterworks series (includes K. Jr.’s Chopin recordings) --(Notes) items in numerous languages 3 KILENYI VII D: -44 plastic sleeves filled with items (approx. 150 items) -Promotional posters, flyers, etc -Typed promotional blurbs/concert reviews from international newspapers (various languages), and “best lines” from reviews -“A young pianist ... so impressed the Prince of Wales that he expressed a wish to hear him again soon...” -Articles from the Musical Courier - Review of the World’s Music -Articles discuss his U.S. debut as a Hungarian -- some do not mention he was born in U.S. -Newspaper clippings -Small scrapbook of newspaper clippings (identified by date, location, and paper) KILENYI VII E: -22 plastic sleeves filled with items (approx. 100 items) -Programs (numerous), tickets, payment stubs for concerts -1924-1942 KILENYI VIII: -1 scrapbook of programs (35 programs included) -1924-1931 KILENYI IX: -22 posters, 4 magazines, 1 promotional flier, 1 piece of music -Posters of 1939 concert -Signed (by composer) copy of piece “The Master is Coming” by Arthur Bergh -Magazines: Hollywood Bowl; Keyboard (w/ article by K. honoring Dohnányi); Scott Radio Company KILENYI X: -6 items -Record poster (scroll) -Large poster: 1935 Paris concert -Framed copy of New York Times posting of Kilenyi in Hamburg 1932, announcement by Steinway & Sons on the performance -2 large posters: Kilenyi (Grand Prix du Disque) (1 very good condition, 1 poor condition); photograph of poster displayed -Large photograph of Kilenyi Jr. KILENYI XI: -Correspondences between Julia M. Morgan and Charles E. Miller (FSU) regarding donated Kilenyi materials (3 letters) -Kilenyi Interview Transcripts for tapes #1,2,3 (Morgan) KILENYI XII: -Kilenyi Interview Transcripts for tapes #4,5,6 (Morgan) KILENYI XIII: -Kilenyi Interview Transcripts for tapes #7,8,9,10,11 (Morgan) 4 KILENYI XIV: - 93 items - COPIES OF PICTURES, POSTERS, PROGRAMS, ETC. -Childhood -Hungary -Concert Career -Return: Army -Bavaria - Dohnányi -Kathleen (wife) & Julio -Post War Career -Misc. -Age of Giants (sections correspond to memoir chapters) KILENYI XV: “I Remember...” The Memoir of Edward Kilenyi. -Compiled and edited by Julia M. Morgan -Unpublished Manuscript (unbound) -185 pages KILENYI XVI: - 26 items COPIES OF KILENYI PAPERS (1946-1950, 1981) -New York Times editorial/piece (6/2/46) -Various letters from conductors, agent (?), United Hungarian Jews of America -C.V.: performance cities, conductors, recordings -Speech: Between the Wars series: “Personal Recollections: Art and Politics Between the Wars in Budapest, Paris, London, and Berlin” -- Jan. 26, 1981; Lecture series schedule of speakers/events LISZT (BY KILENYI) -16-page essay: Liszt in Romantic Fiction BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL -Copies of newspaper articles -Programs -1984 Keynote with Dohnányi article -Biography -Tallahassee Democrat Limelight -- “Kilenyi in Concert” -- 1989 -Tallahassee magazine, 1984: Kilenyi article -Newspaper article, 1985 -CV KILENYI XVII: - 149 items -COPIES OF NEWSPAPER REVIEWS (1935--) -Concert Reviews, press releases, record reviews 5 KILENYI XVIII: - 14 items - PICTURES, ETC. OF KILENYI -Concerts (performing, in front of billboards) -New York Times picture of Julio Kilenyi, W. A. Hyman, and President Harry Truman -At piano, NY 1940 -Copies of pictures, article -Tallahassee magazine, March/April 1990 KILENYI XIX: -Faculty file, special collections of Allen Music Library -Newspaper clippings, FSU concert programs (Kilenyi, students of Kilenyi), magazine articles, LP record information on Kilenyi records KILENYI XX: -16 items - INTERVIEW TAPES Tape # Date Side 1 Date Side 2 Transcript 1 7/9/85 7/9/85 yes 2 7/9/85 8/20/85 yes 3 8/20/85 (8/20/85) yes 4 8/20/85 9/23/85 yes 5 9/23/85 unknown yes 6 unknown unknown yes 7 unknown unknown yes 8 unknown unknown yes 9 1/27/91 NA yes 10 6/11/91 NA yes 11 8/15/91 NA yes CONCERT RECORDINGS (Reel to Reel) Florida State University: -RR1: Edward Kilenyi, piano and harpsichord; Elena Nikolaidi, mezzo soprano; Faculty Recital; June 18, 1962 -RR2: Edward Kilenyi, piano; February 11, 1953 (1 of 3 reels); includes program “The Musical Offering”.............................................................J.S.Bach “Sonata in B Flat Major, Opus 106, “Hammerklavier”...........Beethoven (broken) -RR3: Edward Kilenyi, piano; February 11, 1953 (2 of 3 reels) “Sonata in B Flat Major, Opus 106, “Hammerklavier”...........Beethoven (broken) “Four Preludes, From Book Two.............................................Debussy -RR4: Edward Kilenyi, piano; February 11, 1953 (3 of 3 reels) “With Drums and Pipes”...................Bela Bartok “Achtamar”.......................................Alan Hovhaness “Dance of the White Indian”............Heitor Villa-Lobos 6 “Szekely Lament”.............................Zoltan Kodaly “Ruralia Hungarica”.........................Ernst von Dohnányi Encores: “Clair de Lune”.......................Claude Debussy “Revolutionary Etude”...........Frederick Chopin -RR5: Edward Kilenyi, piano and harpsichord; Elena Nikolaidi, soprano; Bela Urban, violin; “Artist-Teachers at the Florida State University” (A program prepared for the ABC series “American Campus on the Air” -- Announcer: Rob Carter) “Sonata in C Major”.......................Domenico Scarlatti “Dance of Pack”.............................Claude Debussy “Revolutionary Etude”...................Frederick Chopin Kilenyi, piano Nikolaidi sings Schubert, Faure, and Dohan “Four Hungarian Folk Songs”.........Bela Bartok “Allegro”.........................................Fioko KILENYI RECORDINGS: SEE ATTACHED LIST: KILENYI ARCHIVAL RECORDS Edward Kilenyi Sr. KILENYI XXI Cry of the Wolf An opera in one act. Autograph musical manuscript of the prelude and a significant portion of the first act in piano-vocal score. New York. Ca. 1916. Contained in a music manuscript notebook approximately 182 x 240 mm. Cloth-backed