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Thomas Scherman papers

Title: Thomas Scherman papers, 1945-1979.
Author: Scherman, Thomas.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 7	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 9	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 10	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 06-58 Box 12	Offsite

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Description

8.5 linear feet (12 boxes )

Summary

The Thomas Scherman Papers consists mainly of scores arranged (and sometimes composed) by Thomas Scherman for performance by the Little Orchestra Society.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Correspondence.
Librettos.
Photographs.
Scores.

Source (note)

Scherman, Thomas

Biography (note)

American conductor, Thomas Kielty Scherman (1917-1979) is well remembered for founding the Little Orchestra Society in New York City.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

JPB 06-58

OCLC

99655145

Author

Scherman, Thomas.

Title

Thomas Scherman papers, 1945-1979.

Biography

American conductor, Thomas Kielty Scherman (1917-1979) is well remembered for founding the Little Orchestra Society in New York City. Scherman was a son of Harry Scherman, founder and president of the Book-of-the-Month Club. He attended Columbia University, studied piano with Isabelle Vengerova, and trained as a conductor with Carl Bamberger and Otto Klemperer. Scherman became Klemperer's assistant, helping to lead a chamber orchestra composed of European refugees at the New School for Social Research in New York (1939-1941). In 1947, he became assistant conductor of the National Opera in Mexico City. In that same year, Scherman organized the Little Orchestra Society for the purposes of presenting new works and reviving forgotten music of the past. The organization, which Scherman helped support out of his own financial resources, also specialized in presenting concert versions of operas in English translation. Young People's Concerts were added in 1948 and low-cost dress rehearsals for the public began being offered at Town Hall in 1951. In 1950, Scherman made his first European appearance, conducting in Vienna and Switzerland. He terminated the seasons of the Little Orchestra Society in 1975, but organized the New Little Orchestra Society to present children's concerts, which he led until his death in 1979. Dino Anagnost took over as musical director after the death of Scherman; the organization is currently known as the Little Orchestra Society.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Occupation

Conductors (Music)

Added Author

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Goldman, Richard Franko, 1910-

Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924.

Little Orchestra Society.

Research Call Number

JPB 06-58

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