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Luigi von Kunits fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1877-1949.

Reference:

R15399-0-8-E, MUS 32

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

213865

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Luigi von Kunits fonds
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Date(s):

1877-1949.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

31 cm of textual records.
9 photographs.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds contains records pertaining to the musical career of Luigi von Kunits: autograph manuscripts of compositions and arrangements; lecture notes; correspondence; diploma; concert programmes; posters; press clippings; photographs of Luigi von Kunits, family members and possibly of the Pittsburgh Orchestra.

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Kunits, Luigi von, 1870-1931

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Kunits, Luigi von, 1870-1931 : Born in Vienna, Austria, Luigi von Kunits studied violin with Jacob Grün and Otakar Sevcik, and composition with Bruckner. In 1893, he went to the United States with an Austrian orchestra for the World Fair, and decided to settle there. He taught violin in Chicago and at the Pittsburgh Conservatory (1896-1910), then in Canada, starting in 1912, at the Canadian Academy of Music in Toronto. The same year, he formed the Academy String Quartet in Toronto, and in 1922 founded the New Symphony Orchestra (later the Toronto Symphony Orchestra), which he conducted until 1931. He composed concertos for violin, string quartet, a sonata for viola, pieces for voice or violin and piano, and melodies.

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Textual record : Graphic material (Electronic) This finding aid consists of 21 pages, digitized, descriptive list of manuscripts, compositions, arrangements, books and articles acquired in 1973, an additional descriptive list of contents acquired in 2003. (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002957.pdf

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2 : 2003-8
1 : 2003-8
6 : 1973-2
1 : 1973-2
2 : 1973-2
3 : 1973-2
4 : 1973-2
5 : 1973-2

Source:

Private

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MUS 32
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MUS 32 2003-8] 3--4

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MUS 32 1973-2] 7

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MUS 32 2003-8] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MUS 32 1973-2] 1--6

[Consultation 90 Open]

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