Eda Rothstein Rapoport Papers, circa 1915-1968, 1915-1968

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Series I: Original Accession



Box R1 Diaries



Box R2 Works


Box R2 Clarinet


Box R2 Piano A-R



Box R3 Piano S-Z


Box R3 Violin



Box R4 Violin and Piano



Box R5 Violoncello


Box R5 Violoncello and Piano


Box R5 Violin and violoncello



Box R6 Trios, Piano and String


Box R6 Trios, Strings



Box R7 Flute


Box R7 Quartet, Strings C major



Box R8 Mysterious Forest


Box R8 Pastoral Quartet


Box R8 Quartet on Hebrew Themes


Box R8 Quartet, Piano, Flute, Violin, and Violoncello


Box R8 Quartet, Piano and Strings


Box R8 Quartet, strings, G Major



Box R9 Adagietto


Box R9 Indian Legend


Box R9 Pastels


Box R9 Quintet, Flute and String Quartet no. 2


Box R9 Quintet-suite, Piano and Strings


Box R9 Suite (Hebrew)



Box R10 Works, Organ


Box R10 Miscellaneous Chamber Music


Box R10 Sketches


Box R10 The Freudian Complex



Box R11 Songs



Box R12 Works, Chorus


Box R12 The Raven


Box R12 Saul and David



Box R13 Children's Suite


Box R13 Hebrew Dance


Box R13 Lamentations



Box R14 Country Scenes


Box R14 Echoes from a Chinese Village


Box R14 Mulberry Bend


Box R14 Petite Suite



Box R15 Miniature Symphony


Box R15 Revolt in the Warsaw Ghetto



Box R16 Concerto, Piano


Box R16 Quintet, Flute and String Quartet no.1



Box R17 Concerto--Violin



Box R18 Israfel


Box R18 Midrash


Box R18 Song of Songs



Box R19 The Fisherman and his Wife



Box R20 G.I. Joe



Box R21 The Hobo and the Old Maid



Box R22 Little Symphony



Box R23 The Mathmid



Box R24 Symphonic Dances

Series II: Later Accession-Scores

This series is comprised of musical scores authored by Rapoport, and includes both manuscript and printed material.


Subseries II.1. Manuscript music

The bulk of the collection, this subseries contains manuscript musical scores, most of which are autographs. While most are not original manuscripts, the vast majority are engravings in Rapoport's own handwriting. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title.



Box 1 Folder 1 A December Day


Box 1 Folder 1 A Drinking Song


Box 1 Folder 1 A Moment


Box 1 Folder 1 A Study for unaccompanied violin


Box 1 Folder 1 The Acrobat for piano


Box 1 Folder 1 Adagietto for strings and flute


Box 1 Folder 2 Adagio


Box 1 Folder 2 Adventure, Plateaus


Box 1 Folder 2 Air de Ballet


Box 1 Folder 3 The Angel for voice and pianoforte


Box 1 Folder 3 Andate


Box 1 Folder 3 Arabesque for violin and pianoforte


Box 1 Folder 3 Arioso: Echo from the Canal


Box 1 Folder 3 Berceuse for violin and pianoforte


Box 1 Folder 4 The Broken Harp


Box 1 Folder 4 Butterfly for soprano


Box 1 Folder 4 Caprice for violin alone


Box 1 Folder 4 Chant


Box 1 Folder 4 Chant Hebraique for violoncello or viola and pianoforte


Box 1 Folder 4 Chinese Legend


Box 1 Folder 4 Classical Country Dance


Box 1 Folder 4 The Clown for violin and pianoforte


Box 1 Folder 4 Coastal Storm



Box 15 Folder 3 Concertino or Little Symphony for Orchestra


Box 15 Folder 2 Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra



Box 1 Folder 5 Concerto for violin and orchestra



Box 2 Folder 1 Concerto for violin and orchestra


Box 2 Folder 2 Concerto for violin and orchestra


Box 2 Folder 3 Concerto for violin and orchestra


Box 2 Folder 4 Conga for violin and pianoforte


Box 2 Folder 4 Dance of the Clowns


Box 2 Folder 4 Dance Eccentrique


Box 2 Folder 4 Dance Fantastique


Box 2 Folder 5 Dance Fantastique



Box 3 Folder 1 Dance Oriental


Box 3 Folder 2 Dance Oriental


Box 3 Folder 3 Dark Skins and Voodoo Magic


Box 3 Folder 3 Dawn


Box 3 Folder 3 Deep Night


Box 3 Folder 3 Der Klesmer (Die Fiedel)


Box 3 Folder 3 Do I Love Thee?


Box 3 Folder 3 Drift Wood


Box 3 Folder 3 Du Fregst Mich


Box 3 Folder 4 Duo I


Box 3 Folder 4 Duo II


Box 3 Folder 4 Duo Atmospheric


Box 3 Folder 4 Duo Episode


Box 3 Folder 4 Duo for Violin and Cello, Abstract and Non-Objective


Box 3 Folder 4 Duo-Image


Box 3 Folder 4 Duo-Legend


Box 3 Folder 5 Dusk


Box 3 Folder 5 Echoes from the Forest for violin and piano


Box 3 Folder 5 Eldorado


Box 3 Folder 5 Elegy for violoncello and piano


Box 3 Folder 5 Erinnerung


Box 3 Folder 5 Essay for flute and piano


Box 3 Folder 5 Etching for flute and piano


Box 3 Folder 5 Explorations for clarinet and piano


Box 3 Folder 5 Explorations


Box 3 Folder 5 Fallende Blatter


Box 3 Folder 5 Fantasia for saxophone and piano


Box 3 Folder 6 Five Songs


Box 3 Folder 6 A Little Madness


Box 3 Folder 6 Autumn Leaves


Box 3 Folder 6 Foolish Birds


Box 3 Folder 6 If Plot Is Not


Box 3 Folder 6 To An Air Cadet


Box 3 Folder 6 Foolish Birds


Box 3 Folder 6 Four Episodes from the Life of Moses for pianoforte


Four Songs


Box 3 Folder 6 If Plot Is Not


Box 3 Folder 6 A Little Madness


Box 3 Folder 6 Autumn Leaves


Box 3 Folder 6 Foolish Birds


Box 3 Folder 6 Hebrew Dance


Box 3 Folder 6 Hebrew Legend and Dance


Box 3 Folder 6 Hindu Dance



Box 4 Folder 1 The House on the Bay for pianoforte


Box 4 Folder 1 The House on the Hill


Box 4 Folder 1 Humoresque


Box 4 Folder 1 Imagination


Box 4 Folder 1 Impressions for solo flute


Box 4 Folder 1 Impressions for violin solo or violin and pianoforte


Box 4 Folder 1 Interlude


Box 4 Folder 1 Invocation and Caprice for cello and piano


Box 4 Folder 2 Israfel


Box 4 Folder 3 Israfel


Box 4 Folder 4 Israfel


Box 4 Folder 5 Israfel


Box 4 Folder 6 It is a Dream


Box 4 Folder 6 The Jeweled Tree


Box 4 Folder 6 The Kiss


Box 4 Folder 6 Kol Nidrei, for violin alone


Box 4 Folder 6 Konnt ich eine Blume sein


Box 4 Folder 6 Lake Louise, The Grand Canyon


Box 4 Folder 6 The Lamplighter


Box 4 Folder 6 Legend, for violin alone


Box 4 Folder 6 Liebe


Box 4 Folder 6 Little Mouse



Box 5 Folder 1 Looking Through My Window, for unaccompanied violin


Box 5 Folder 1 Lullaby


Box 5 Folder 1 Meditation, for violin alone


Box 5 Folder 1 Melodie, for violin and pianoforte


Box 5 Folder 1 Momentum I


Box 5 Folder 1 Momentum II


Box 5 Folder 1 Moods, for violoncello and piano


Box 5 Folder 2 Moods of the Past, for violin alone


Box 5 Folder 2 Mother and Child


Box 5 Folder 2 Mysterious Forest, for five strings and one flute


Box 5 Folder 2 Mystique, for flute alone


Box 5 Folder 2 Nei-Yor


Box 5 Folder 2 Night You Are a Gypsy, for soprano


Box 5 Folder 2 Nigun


Box 5 Folder 3 Nocturne in E, for violin and piano


Box 5 Folder 3 Nocturne No. 2


Box 5 Folder 3 Not Forgotten


Box 5 Folder 3 Nouvelle


Box 5 Folder 3 The Old Castle, Air de Ballet


Box 5 Folder 3 On the Azure Ocean


Box 5 Folder 3 On the Grand Canal


Box 5 Folder 4 Pastoral


Box 5 Folder 4 Perpetuum Mobile, for violin and pianoforte


Box 5 Folder 4 Petite Poem, for violin and piano


Box 5 Folder 4 Petite Suite for Strings


Box 5 Folder 5 Petite Valse


Box 5 Folder 5 Poem


Box 5 Folder 5 Prelude for Organ


Box 5 Folder 5 Pourquoi


Box 5 Folder 5 Quartet


Box 5 Folder 5 Quartet in G



Box 6 Folder 1 Quartet No. 3


Box 6 Folder 1 Rendezvous, for violin and piano


Box 6 Folder 2 Retort


Box 6 Folder 2 The River


Box 6 Folder 2 River Dree


Box 6 Folder 2 Rocks and Sea, for pianoforte solo


Box 6 Folder 2 Romanze, for violin and piano


Scenes of New York


Box 6 Folder 2 Melting Pot


Box 6 Folder 2 At Dusk on Brooklyn Bridge


Box 6 Folder 2 At the Playground


Box 6 Folder 2 Aeronautical Serenade


Box 6 Folder 3 Sea Fog, for violin and pianoforte


Box 6 Folder 3 Sea Song


Box 6 Folder 3 Second Violin Sonata


Box 6 Folder 3 Serenade to a Doll


Box 6 Folder 3 Shepherd Song


Box 6 Folder 3 Sholom Aleichem Suite, for violin and pianoforte


Box 6 Folder 3 Silhouette, for pianoforte solo


Box 6 Folder 4 Sonata, for cello and piano


Box 6 Folder 4 Sonata No. 1, for pianoforte


Box 6 Folder 5 Sonata No. 3, for pianoforte


Box 6 Folder 5 Sonatina, for pianoforte


Box 6 Folder 5 Sonatina No. 4, for pianoforte


Box 6 Folder 5 Song and Dance, for violin alone


Box 6 Folder 5 Song of the Gondolier, for violin alone


Box 6 Folder 5 Song of the River, for cello and piano



Box 7 Folder 1 The Song of Songs


Box 7 Folder 2 Souvenir


Box 7 Folder 2 Space


Box 7 Folder 2 Spanish Serenade


Box 7 Folder 2 Staccato


Box 7 Folder 2 Stars


Box 7 Folder 3 String Quartet No. 3


Box 7 Folder 3 Spring


Box 7 Folder 3 Student's Song


Box 7 Folder 4 Summer


Box 7 Folder 4 The Swallow


Box 7 Folder 4 Tango


Box 7 Folder 4 Tarantalla


Box 7 Folder 5 Tears in My Heart


Three Dances


Box 7 Folder 5 Air de Ballet


Box 7 Folder 5 Hindu Dance


Box 7 Folder 5 A La Valse


The Three Graces


Box 7 Folder 5 Sara


Box 7 Folder 5 Theresa


Box 7 Folder 5 Eda



Box 8 Folder 1 Three Little Songs


Box 8 Folder 1 A Moment


Box 8 Folder 1 Three Visitors


Box 8 Folder 1 I Only Laughed


Three Pastels


Box 8 Folder 1 A Weeping Willow


Box 8 Folder 1 In the Garden at Dawn



Box 15 Folder 1 Three Pastels

1. A Weeping Willow, 2. The Boatman, 3. In the Garden at Dawn.



Box 8 Folder 1 Three Patriarchs


Box 8 Folder 2 Three Pieces


Box 8 Folder 2 Spanish Serenade


Box 8 Folder 2 Impromptu


Box 8 Folder 2 Recitativo


Box 8 Folder 2 Three Preludes


Three Sketches


Box 8 Folder 2 From the Terrace


Box 8 Folder 2 Shepherd Song


Box 8 Folder 2 Butterfly


Three Songs


Box 8 Folder 2 For a Friend


Box 8 Folder 2 For a Friend


Box 8 Folder 2 Moonrise over Charleston


Box 8 Folder 2 Through My Window


Box 8 Folder 2 To A Soldier Boy


Box 8 Folder 2 To An Air Cadet


Box 8 Folder 3 To Mrs. D


Box 8 Folder 3 Trio in A-minor


Box 8 Folder 4 Triple Play


Box 8 Folder 4 Two Small Pieces


Two Songs


Box 8 Folder 4 The Lark


Box 8 Folder 4 My Heart and Lute


Box 8 Folder 4 Valse


Box 8 Folder 5 Valse Pathetique



Box 9 Folder 1 Washerwoman's Song


Box 9 Folder 1 Welcome, Queen Sabbath


Box 9 Folder 2 Welcome, Queen Sabbath


Box 9 Folder 2 Wind and Sea


Box 9 Folder 2 Winter and April Woods


Box 9 Folder 2 Wieg-Lied


Box 9 Folder 2 You Do Not Care


Subseries II.2. Printed music

This subseries contains printed reproductions of Rapoport's works. Unlike Subseries I.1, they are not handwritten copies; rather, they are machine-produced and were intended for commercial distribution. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title.


Box 9 Folder 3 Agada, for violin or violoncello and piano


Box 9 Folder 3 Berceuse Perpetuum Mobile, for violin and pianoforte


Box 9 Folder 3 Drinking Song, words from the Russian, by Harry Fein



Box 13 Folder 7 Echoes from a Chinese Village


Box 13 Folder 5 Hebrew Dance


Box 13 Folder 1 Lament for String Orchestra (Revolt in the Warsaw Getto)



Box 9 Folder 3 Lamentations, based on Hebrew Themes, for violoncello and piano



Box 13 Folder 4 Lamentations for Violoncello & Orchestra



Box 9 Folder 3 Midrash, for violin and cello



Box 13 Folder 6 Miniature Symphony


Box 13 Folder 8 Mulberry Bend



Box 9 Folder 3 Nigun, for violin or violoncello and piano


Box 9 Folder 4 Quartet in G


Box 9 Folder 4 The River, poem by Paul Eisman


Box 9 Folder 4 Sleep, Little Baby, song by Eda Rapoport


Box 9 Folder 5 String Quartet, on Hebrew themes



Box 13 Folder 3 Suite for Orchestra (children's)



Box 9 Folder 5 Suite, for two pianos


Box 9 Folder 6 Thoughts in the Night, for violin or violoncello and piano


Box 9 Folder 6 Thoughts in the Night (Harhorey Lailah), poem by Ch. N. Bialik


Box 9 Folder 6 Three Etchings


Box 9 Folder 6 Three Impressions, for pianoforte


Box 9 Folder 6 Three Pastels, for piano


Box 9 Folder 6 To A Cactus


Box 9 Folder 6 Vacation


Works, Chorus:



Box 13 Folder 2 Borechu


Box 13 Folder 2 Comfort Ye My People


Box 13 Folder 2 Psalm 98 (for women's voices and piano)


Box 13 Folder 2 Psalm 121 (for chorus and organ or piano)


Box 13 Folder 2 Shema Yisroel


Box 13 Folder 2 V'Shomru


Box 13 Folder 2 Welcome Queen Sabbath

Series III: Sound recordings

This series contains 81 lacquer or aluminum phonograph disc recordings, one recording on open reel audio tape, and 22 digital sound files. Their dates range from 1939 to 1966. The majority are live concert recordings of pieces composed by Eda Rapoport, which were created by or for the radio station WNYC. Others appear to have been recorded in studios in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Some of the recordings feature Rapoport herself, performing her own compositions on the piano. Other musicians who frequently appear include the violinists Yvette Rudin Bader, Carmela Ippolito, and Harold Kohon; the pianists Esther Ostroff and and Maria Rey; the cellist Alexander Goldfield; and the soprano vocalist Gretchen Ganvoort.



Box 10 Reel 1 Town Hall concert recording, 1966 September 30, 1 open reel audiotapes; 1/4 inch open reel audiotape, 7 inch reel

1. "Three Canvases for Violin and Cello," Yvette Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello. 2. "Two Pieces for Unaccompanied Violin," Yvette Bader, violin.


Box 10 Disk 1 Nocturne #2, 1952 February 21, 1 phonograph records; Disc 1, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM recording. Esther Ostroff, pianist.


Box 10 Disk 2 "Hypothesis" Duo for Violin and Cello, 1961 January 15, 1 phonograph records; Disc 2, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Yvette Rudin Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.


Box 10 Disk 2 Second "American" Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1961 January 15, 1 phonograph records; Disc 2, side 2.; Lacquer disc.


Box 10 Disk 3 Nocturne, 1956 April 15, 1 phonograph records; Disc 3, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist.


Box 10 Disk 3 Tarantella, 1956 April 15, 1 phonograph records; Disc 3, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 10 Disk 4 Two Pieces for Unaccompanied Violin, 1960 February 13, 1 phonograph records; Disc 4, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

"Plateaus (Fantasy)" and "Adventure." WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin. Copy 1.


Box 10 Disk 5 Two Pieces for Unaccompanied Violin, 1960 February 13, 1 phonograph records; Disc 5, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

"Plateaus (Fantasy)" and "Adventure." WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin. Copy 2.


Box 10 Disk 6 Abstract or Non Objective Duo for Violin and Cello, 1958 February 16, 1 phonograph records; Disc 6, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.


Box 10 Disk 7 Guitar, 1958 January 2, 1 phonograph records; Disc 7, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM. Yvette Rudin, violin; Ada Kopetz, piano.


Box 10 Disk 8 Espagnol, 1958 March 9, 1 phonograph records; Disc 8, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violin; Fania Mann, piano.


Box 10 Disk 9 Twilight, 1957 September 22, 1 phonograph records; Disc 9, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Yvette Rudin, violin; Ada Kopetz, piano.


Box 10 Disk 10 The Wind and the Sea, 1957 July 14, 1 phonograph records; Disc 10, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist.


Box 10 Disk 11 Andante for Violin and Piano, 1957 February 21, 1 phonograph records; Disc 11, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Esther Ostroff, piano; Yvette Rudin, violin.


Box 10 Disk 11 Pastoral, 1957 February 24, 1 phonograph records; Disc 11, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Keyboard Masters. Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 10 Disk 12 Momentum, for Violin and Cello, 1959 April 14, 1 phonograph records; Disc 12, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.


Box 10 Disk 13 Duo for Violin and Cello and Contrasts for Unaccompanied Flute: 1. Land 2. Sky., 1962 February 18, 1 phonograph records; Disc 13, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Carnegie Recital Hall Chamber Music. Yvette Rudin Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello. Milton Wittgenstein, flute.


Box 10 Disk 14 Impression, after a painting by Benjamin Benno, 1954 November 28, 1 phonograph records; Disc 14, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Brooklyn Museum concert. Milton Wittgenstein, flute.


Box 10 Disk 15 Hebrew Legend and Dance, 1954 August 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 15, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Stanley Drucker, clarinetist.


Box 10 Disk 16 Arioso, 1958 September 4, 1 phonograph records; Disc 16, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Alexander Goldfield, cellist; Joseph Gurt, pianist. Copy 1.


Box 10 Disk 17 Arioso, 1958 September 4, 1 phonograph records; Disc 17, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Alexander Goldfield, cellist; Joseph Gurt, pianist. Copy 2.


Box 10 Disk 18 Deep Night, 1952 August 10, 1 phonograph records; Disc 18, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Yvette Rudin, violinist.


Box 10 Disk 19 Tarantella, 1958 April 27, 1 phonograph records; Disc 19, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Alexander Goldfield, cellist.


Box 10 Disk 20 "When Shall We Meet Again," "A Dream," and "Vacation", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 20, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.


Box 10 Disk 20 "Meeting and Parting," "The Kiss," and "Spring", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 20, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.


Box 10 Disk 21-22 Scenes of New York, 1941 May 12, 2 phonograph records; Disc 21, sides 1-2; Disc 22, sides 1-2.; Lacquer discs.

1. At Dusk on Brooklyn Bridge, 2. Melting Pot, 3. At the Playground, 4. Aeronautical Serenade. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.


Box 10 Disk 23 "Triad," "Autumn," "Butterfly," and "Three Little Songs", 1961 April 11, 1 phonograph records; Disc 23, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Dorothy Renzi, Soprano; Helena Kaprielian, Piano.


Box 10 Disk 24 "Winter," "April Woods," "Butterfly," and Tarantella, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 24, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Ingeborg Pedersen. Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 10 Disk 25 The Enchanted Forest, 1952 December 14, 1 phonograph records; Disc 25, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert.


Box 10 Disk 26 "Autumn Leaves" and "River Dree", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 26, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Ingeborg Pedersen, Eda Rapoport.


Box 10 Disk 26 "The Lamplighter" and "Three Little Songs: 1. A Moment, 2. Three Visitors, 3. I Only Laughed.", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 26, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Ingeborg Pedersen, Eda Rapoport.


Box 10 Disk 27 Hebrew Dance for Solo Violin, 1954 April 9, 1 phonograph records; Disc 27, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Yvette Rudin, violinist.


Box 10 Disk 28-29 Second Violin Sonata "American", 1954 December 24, 2 phonograph records; Disc 28, sides 1-2; Disc 29, side 1.; Lacquer discs.

First and third movements. WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violinist; Juliette Arnold, pianist.


Box 10 Disk 30 Gypsy Song, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 30, side 1.; Aluminum disc.

Soprano.


Box 10 Disk 30 Hebrew Song, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 30, side 2.; Aluminum disc.


Box 10 Disk 31 Hebrew Songs, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 31, sides 1-2.; Aluminum disc.

Myerowitz, bass.


Box 10 Disk 32 [torn label] Tears, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 32, sides 1-2.; Aluminum disc.

Myerowitz, baritone; Eda Rapoport, piano.



Box 11 Disk 33-35 Sonatina for Pianoforte, 1944 May 3, 3 phonograph records; Disc 34, side 1; Disc 35, side 1; Disc 33, side 1.; Lacquer discs with glass base.

Town Hall concert recording. Milton Kaye, pianist.


Box 11 Disk 34 From the Terrace, for flute alone, 1944 May 3, 1 phonograph records; Disc 34, Side 2.; Lacquer disc with glass base

Town Hall concert recording. Harry Moscovitz, flute.


Box 11 Disk 33, 36 Quartet for violin, viola, cello, and pianoforte, 1944 May 3, 2 phonograph records; Disc 36, Side 1; Disc 33, Side 2; Disc 36, side 2.; Lacquer discs with glass base.

Town Hall concert recording. Stephen Sopkin Quartet.


Box 11 Disk 35 Etching, for Flute and Piano, 1944 May 3, 1 phonograph records; Disc 35, side 2.; Lacquer disc with glass base.

Town Hall concert recording. Harry Moscovitz, flutist; composer Eda Rapoport at piano.


Box 11 Disk 37-38 Revolt in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1944 May 3, 2 phonograph records; Disc 37, side 1; Disc 38, side 2.; Lacquer discs with glass base. Disc 37 glass cracked.

Town Hall concert recording.


Box 11 Disk 37 Night, 1944 May 3, 1 phonograph records; Disc 37, side 2.; Lacquer disc. with glass base; glass cracked.

Song. Town Hall concert recording.


Box 11 Disk 38 "To a Cactus" and "Coastal Storm", 1944 May 3, 1 phonograph records; Disc 38, side 1.; Lacquer disc with glass base.

Songs. Town Hall concert recording.


Box 11 Disk 39 "Peggy" and "To a Soldier Boy", 1944 May 3, 1 phonograph records; Disc 39, side 1.; Lacquer disc with glass base.

Songs. Town Hall concert recording.


Box 11 Disk 39 Autumn Leaves, 1944 May 3, 1 phonograph records; Disc 39, side 2.; Lacquer disc with glass base.

Town Hall concert recording.


Box 11 Disk 40 "The River" and "Students Song", 1944 May 3, 1 phonograph records; Disc 40, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Songs. Town Hall concert recording.


Box 11 Disk 40-41 Quartet on Hebrew Themes, 1944 May 3, 2 phonograph records; Disc 40, side 2; Disc 41, sides 1-2.; Lacquer discs.

Town Hall concert recording.


Box 11 Disk 42-43 Sonata #2 ("American"), 1954 September 19, 2 phonograph records; Disc 42, sides 1-2; Disc 43, side 1.; Lacquer discs.

Harold Kohon String Quartet concert. Harold Kohon, Marya Sielska.


Box 11 Disk 44 Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1939 November 24, 1 phonograph records; Disc 44, sides 1-2.; Side 1 label missing. Lacquer disc..

Carmella Ippolito, violinist; B. Frank, piano.


Box 11 Disk 45 Second Violin and Piano Sonata, 1956 October 26, 1 phonograph records; Disc 45, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Composers Group of New York City. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 11 Disk 46-47 Lamentations of Jeremiah, undated, 2 phonograph records; Disc 46, sides 1-2; Disc 47 side 1.; Aluminum discs.

Violoncello solo played by Jean Bedetti. Eda Rapoport at the piano.


Box 11 Disk 48-49 Chaconne, 1948 December 19, 2 phonograph records; Disc 48, side 1; Disc 49, side 1.; Lacquer discs.

Played by Harold Kohon, violinist.


Box 11 Disk 48 Voodoo Magic, 1949 January 9, 1 phonograph records; Disc 48, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Played by Marie Rae.


Box 11 Disk 49 The Little Mouse, 1949 January 9, 1 phonograph records; Disc 49, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Played by Marie Rae.


Box 11 Disk 50 Song of Songs, Agada, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 50, sides 1-2.; Aluminum disc.

Harry Volk, violin; composer Eda Rapoport at piano.


Box 11 Disk 51 Arioso, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 51, side 1.; Aluminum disc.


Box 11 Disk 51 "The Brook" and "In the Garden", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 51, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Piano solos.


Box 11 Disk 52-55 The Mathmid, 1943 January 31, 4 phonograph records; Discs 52-55, sides 1-2.; Lacquer discs.

Symphonic poem. Emerson Buckley conducts the City Symphony.


Box 11 Disk 56 Valse Pathetique, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 56, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Dean Dixon, conductor.


Box 11 Disk 56 Danse Fantastique, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 56, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Dean Dixon, conductor.


Box 11 Disk 57 Dance Orientelle, 1943 May 28, 1 phonograph records; Disc 57, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

Dean Dixon, conductor.


Box 11 Disk 58-59 Mulberry Bend, 1954 May 14, 2 phonograph records; Discs 58-59, sides 1-2.; Lacquer discs.

WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Harold Kohon Ensemble.


Box 11 Disk 60-61 Adagio for Strings, 1946 February 12, 2 phonograph records; Disc 60, sides 1 and 2; Disc 61, side 1.; Lacquer discs.

WNYC-FM American Music Festival. Dean Dixon, conductor.


Box 11 Disk 61 Shepherd Song, 1947 June 9, 1 phonograph records; Disc 61, side 2; Lacquer disc.

Played by Carmela Ippolito, unaccompanied violin.



Box 14 Disk 62 Improvisations on a Hebrew Theme, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 62, side 1.; Delaminating lacquer disc.

Carmela Ippolito, violinist.


Box 14 Disk 62 Valse Ballet, violin and piano, undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 62, side 2.; Delaminating lacquer disc.

McNamara, violin.



Box 11 Disk 63 Midrash, 1945 July 19, 1 phonograph records; Disc 63, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

Harold Kohon, violinist.



Box 12 Disk 64 Poem, 1955 September 17, 1 phonograph records; Disc 64, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.



Box 14 Disk 65 "The Old Castle" and "Air de Ballet", 1939 November 6, 1 phonograph records; Disc 65, side 1.; Delaminating lacquer disc.

Eda Rapoport at the piano.


Box 14 Disk 65 Notturno and "The Brook", 1939 November 6, 1 phonograph records; Disc 65, side 2.; Delaminating lacquer disc.

Eda Rapoport at the piano.



Box 12 Disk 66 In the Garden, 1947 April 27, 1 phonograph records; Disc 66, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Contemporary Music. Maria Rey, pianist.


Box 12 Disk 66 The Brook, 1947 April 27, 1 phonograph records; Disc 66, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Contemporary Music. Maria Rey, pianist.


Box 12 Disk 67 Hebrew Moods, 1954 July 25, 1 phonograph records; Disc 67, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Yvette Rudin, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 67 In the Forest, 1954 July 25, 1 phonograph records; Disc 67, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Esther Ostroff, pianist.


Box 12 Disk 68 A Day in the Country, 1954 December 31, 1 phonograph records; Disc 68, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

Suite for two pianos. WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Played by Esther Ostroff and Gene Mills.


Box 12 Disk 69 "Kont Ich Blume Sein" and "The Invisible Light", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 69, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.


Box 12 Disk 69 "In the Stilly Night" and "The House on the Hill", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 69, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Songs. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.


Box 12 Disk 70 Trio in A Minor, 1954 November 28, 1 phonograph records; Disc 70, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Harold Kohon, violin; Sidney Edwards, cello; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 12 Disk 71 Trio in A Minor, First Movement, 1954 November 28, 1 phonograph records; Disc 71, sides 1-2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Harold Kohon, violin; Sidney Edwards, cello; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 12 Disk 72-74 Trio, 1948 May 23, 3 phonograph records; Disc 73, side 1; Disc 72, side 2; Disc 74, side 1.; Lacquer discs.

Played by the Harold Kohon Trio.


Box 12 Disk 72 "Masquerade" and "Nocturne", 1948 May 23, 1 phonograph records; Disc 72, side 1.; Lacquer disc.


Box 12 Disk 74 The Little Mouse, 1948 May 23, 1 phonograph records; Disc 74, side 2.; Lacquer disc.


Box 12 Disk 75-76 Quartet in G, undated, 2 phonograph records; Disc 75, sides 1-2; Disc 76, side 1.; Lacquer discs.


Box 12 Disk 77 Looking Through My Window, 1954 September 24, 1 phonograph records; Disc 77, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Young American Artist program. Yvette Rudin, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 77 Hebrew Legend and Dance, 1954 August 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 77, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 12 Disk 78 Echoes from the Forest, 1955 April 22, 1 phonograph records; Disc 78, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM. Yvette Rudin, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 79 Meditation, 1948 February 16, 1 phonograph records; Disc 79, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 79 Prelude, 1948 February 16, 1 phonograph records; Disc 79, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 80 Dance, 1948 February 16, 1 phonograph records; Disc 80, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 80 Caprice, 1948 February 16, 1 phonograph records; Disc 80, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Musical Festival Program. Played by Stephen Sopkin, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 81 Three Canvases for Unaccompanied Violin, 1961 May 12, 1 phonograph records; Disc 81, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Night, "on the Canal," and "Landscape." Played by Yvette Rudin Bader, violin.


Box 12 Disk 82-84 Piano Sonata, 1939 June 29, 3 phonograph records; Disc 82, side 1; Disc 83 side 1; Disc 84 side 1.; Lacquer discs.

Composer's Forum. Eda Rapoport at the piano.


Box 12 Disk 83 Arioso, 1939 June 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 83, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist. Eda Rapoport at the piano.


Box 12 Disk 84 Hebrew Legend, 1939 June 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 84, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 85 Berceuse, 1939 June 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 85, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist. Eda Rapoport at the piano.


Box 12 Disk 86 Hebrew Impressions, 1939 June 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 86, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 85 Three Sonnets, 1939 June 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 85, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Composer's Forum. Carmela Ippolito, violinist.


Box 12 Disk 86 "The Music Box" and "I Love Thee" , 1939 June 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 86, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Composer's Forum. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.


Box 12 Disk 87 The River, 1939 June 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 87, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Composer's Forum. Gretchen Ganvoort, soprano.


Box 12 Disk 87-88, 82 Cello Sonata, 1939 June 29, 3 phonograph records; Disc 87, sides 1-2; Disc 88, sides 1 and 2; Disc 82 side 2.; Lacquer discs.

Composer's Forum.


Box 12 Disk 89 Lullaby/Berceuse, 1956 July 29, 1 phonograph records; Disc 89, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Brooklyn Museum Concert. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 12 Disk 90 Dusk, 1956 September 9, 1 phonograph records; Disc 90, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Chamber Music Time. Yvette Rudin, violin; Esther Ostroff, piano.


Box 12 Disk 91 "Impression," "Deep night," "Classical country dance," "Arioso," "Guitar", 1958 November 2, 1 phonograph records; Disc 91, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Composers Alliance Program.


Box 12 Disk 91 Hebrew Dance for Solo Violin, 1958 November 2, 1 phonograph records; Disc 91, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

WNYC-FM Composers Alliance Program.


Box 12 Disk 91 Arioso and Stacatto, 1958 December 4, 1 phonograph records; Disc 91, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Composers Group of New York City. Alexander Goldfield, cello; Joseph Gurt, piano.


Box 12 Disk 92 Three Canvases for Violin and Cello: Abstract, Non-Objective, Surrealist, 1964 May 1, 1 phonograph records; Disc 92, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Town Hall concert recording. Yvette Rudin Bader, violin; Alexander Goldfield, cello.


Box 12 Disk 92 "River Dree," "Summer," "Night, You Are a Gypsy", 1964 May 1, 1 phonograph records; Disc 92, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Town Hall concert recording. Songs by Eda Rapoport set to poems by Mary Clary. Sung by Dorothy Renzi.


Box 12 Disk 93 "A Lonely Cactus" and "Song of the East", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 93, side 1.; Lacquer disc.

Sung by Ann and Bets Gantvoort.


Box 12 Disk 93 "The flower girls" and "A moment", undated, 1 phonograph records; Disc 93, side 2.; Lacquer disc.

Sung by Ann and Bets Gantvoort.



Box 15 Albums 8 and 9, circa 1940s-1950s

Two of the nine albums formerly used to store the lacquer and aluminum discs in this collection. The discs were rehoused. Other albums were discarded.