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Vladimir Sokoloff collection (MSS 22)

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Held at: Archives [Contact Us]1720 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MSS 22
Repository:
Archives
Extent:
4.1 linear feet ((2) storage boxes, (2) archival boxes, (1) photo binder, (1) custom size box)
Language:
English
Date:
1930s-1980s (inclusive)
Form:
Music - manuscripts
Abstract:
Materials documenting the career of Vladimir Sokoloff as a pianist, accompanist, and member of the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Vladimir Sokoloff studied accompanying and chamber music at the Curtis Institute of Music (1929-38) and was a member of the faculty (1938-1993), where he taught vocal repertoire, accompanying, and chamber music, and directed the concert division. As a performer he played piano duets with his wife Eleanor Blum Sokoloff, served at the pianist for the Philadelphia Orchestra (1938-50) and was the accompanist of a number of musicians associated with the school, including Efrem Zimbalist, and the Curtis String Quartet.

The collection includes correspondence, programs, clippings, and recordings

The collection is arranged into the following series: 1. Subject and correspondence files 2. Scrapbooks, programs, and clippings 3. Personal and family papers 4. Photographs 5. Recordings (private and commercial) 6. Manuscripts (compositions performed)

Collected from his office after his retirement in 1995.

People
Occupation

Publisher
Archives
Finding Aid Author
Barbara Benedett
Finding Aid Date
2016
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

1926-1936.
Carton 1 Folder 1
1940s.
Carton 1 Folder 2
1946-1948.
Carton 1 Folder 3
1950s.
Carton 1 Folder 4
1959.
Carton 1 Folder 5
1960s.
Carton 1 Folder 6-7
1966.
Carton 1 Folder 8
1970s.
Carton 1 Folder 9
1976.
Carton 1 Folder 10
1978-1979.
Carton 1 Folder 11
1980s.
Carton 1 Folder 12
1980.
Carton 1 Folder 13
Miscellaneous, 1957-1972.
Carton 1 Folder 14
American Federation of Musicians.
Carton 1 Folder 15
American Foundation.
Carton 1 Folder 16
Andrews Music House.
Carton 1 Folder 17
Arnett, Kitty.
Carton 1 Folder 18
Bach Festival Choir.
Carton 1 Folder 19
Bailly, Louis.
Carton 1 Folder 20
Berkowitz, Ralph.
Carton 1 Folder 21
Bermuda (with Curtis String Quartet).
Carton 1 Folder 22
Boatwright, McHenry.
Carton 1 Folder 23
Bok, Curtis.
Carton 1 Folder 24
Bosworth, Francis.
Carton 1 Folder 25
Brown, Raymond (Penn State).
Carton 1 Folder 26
Brazilian consulate.
Carton 1 Folder 27
Brubaker, Virginia.
Carton 1 Folder 28
Brusilow, Ashel.
Carton 1 Folder 29
Buonoassisi, Rosemarie.
Carton 1 Folder 30
Carpenter, John Alden.
Carton 1 Folder 31
Chamber Series Academy.
Carton 1 Folder 32
Clickner, Sue.
Carton 1 Folder 33
Colleges and music clubs.
Carton 1 Folder 34
Collyer, Francis.
Carton 1 Folder 35
Columbia Artists Management.
Carton 1 Folder 36
Columbus Museum of Arts & Crafts (Margaret Bloomer).
Carton 1 Folder 37
Cramer, Ambrose C.
Carton 1 Folder 38
Curry, Diane.
Carton 1 Folder 39
Davis, Eutha.
Carton 1 Folder 40
Dawson, Helen.
Carton 1 Folder 41
Dearing, Bruce (Swarthmore College).
Carton 1 Folder 42
Delluva, Adelaide.
Carton 1 Folder 43
De Pasquale, Joseph.
Carton 1 Folder 44
Druian, Rafael.
Carton 1 Folder 45
Easley, Edward (Eastman School of Music).
Carton 1 Folder 44
Elmore, Robert.
Carton 1 Folder 45
Elsom, Terry.
Carton 1 Folder 46
Evans, Ruth E.
Carton 1 Folder 47
Evans, Wilbur.
Carton 1 Folder 48
Ezerman, Willem, Dr.
Carton 1 Folder 49
Fasenella, Patsy (Associated Musicians of Greater New York).
Carton 1 Folder 50
Feldman Chamber Music Society.
Carton 1 Folder 51
Fidler, Douglas.
Carton 1 Folder 52
Fine Arts Council.
Carton 1 Folder 53
Former students.
Carton 1 Folder 54
Franklin Broadcasting Co.
Carton 1 Folder 55
Freund, Florence Rothschild.
Carton 1 Folder 56
Friedburg, Ruth.
Carton 1 Folder 57
Friends Neighborhood Guild (Milford Payson).
Carton 1 Folder 58
Garabedian, Paul.
Carton 1 Folder 59
General Church of New Jerusalem (Bryn Athyn).
Carton 1 Folder 60
Glazier, Harvey.
Carton 1 Folder 61
Goldberg, Arthur J., Justice.
Carton 1 Folder 62
Goodman, Stephen.
Carton 1 Folder 63
Gottschall, John.
Carton 1 Folder 64
Greene, Adele.
Carton 1 Folder 65
Greene, Hinda.
Carton 1 Folder 66
Gregory, Euphemia Giannini (award).
Carton 1 Folder 67
Haddonfield Symphony solo competition .
Carton 1 Folder 68
Harrell, Lynne.
Carton 1 Folder 69
Harsanyi, Janice.
Carton 1 Folder 70
Heistad, Gladys.
Carton 1 Folder 71
Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall.
Carton 1 Folder 72
Hubbard, Florence.
Carton 1 Folder 73
Hudson, Edith F.
Carton 1 Folder 74
Hunn, Marianne (Musical America).
Carton 1 Folder 75
Hurok Attractions.
Carton 1 Folder 76
Jewish Community Center of Baltimore.
Carton 1 Folder 77-84
Johnson, Ted.
Carton 1 Folder 85
Johnson, W. Russell.
Carton 1 Folder 85
Kassler, Michael.
Carton 2 Folder 1
Kaufman, Lillian.
Carton 2 Folder 2
Kirk, William.
Carton 2 Folder 3
Kojima, Alban (Ted).
Carton 2 Folder 4
Koniers, Kathy.
Carton 2 Folder 5
Kozinsky, David.
Carton 2 Folder 6
Kravis, Marcia.
Carton 2 Folder 7
Kwartin, Bernard.
Carton 2 Folder 8
Lafayette College.
Carton 2 Folder 9
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra.
Carton 2 Folder 11
Lawson-Gould Music Publishers.
Carton 2 Folder 12
Leadbetter, Gil.
Carton 2 Folder 13
Leduc, Alphonse.
Carton 2 Folder 14
Leeds Music Catalogue.
Carton 2 Folder 15
Library of Congress.
Carton 2 Folder 16
Lingelbach, Anne.
Carton 2 Folder 17
Loring, Short & Harmon Books.
Carton 2 Folder 18
Luboshutz, Pierre & Genia.
Carton 2 Folder 19
Main Line Symphony Orchestra.
Carton 2 Folder 20
Mannering, Alma.
Carton 2 Folder 21
Marks, Virginia Pancoast.
Carton 2 Folder 22
Marlboro Books.
Carton 2 Folder 23
Mauclair, Blanche, Mme.
Carton 2 Folder 24
McCurdy, Alexander.
Carton 2 Folder 25
Megasuik, Jaro.
Carton 2 Folder 26
Metropolitan Opera National Council (regional auditions).
Carton 2 Folder 27
Millay, Norma.
Carton 2 Folder 28
Mittelmann, Norman.
Carton 2 Folder 29
Moffitt, Edward, Mrs.
Carton 2 Folder 30
Moffo, Anna.
Carton 2 Folder 31
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Montal, Andre.
Carton 2 Folder 32
Montgomery, William.
Carton 2 Folder 33
Morris, Herbert C., Mrs. (Van Pelt Series).
Carton 2 Folder 34
Mosher, Thomas Bird.
Carton 2 Folder 35
Mucci, Wayne, Mrs.
Carton 2 Folder 36
Mueller, Irene.
Carton 2 Folder 37
National Association for American Composers (Stokes Musical Scholarship).
Carton 2 Folder 38
National Federation of Music Clubs.
Carton 2 Folder 39
Nelson and Neal .
Carton 2 Folder 40
Ness, J. Earl.
Carton 2 Folder 41
New Jersey Music Education Council.
Carton 2 Folder 42
New School of Music.
Carton 2 Folder 43
Newman, Alfred.
Carton 2 Folder 44
Norman, Ginna Illgres.
Carton 2 Folder 45
O'Brien, F.M. (bookseller).
Carton 2 Folder 46
Ocharov, Sol.
Carton 2 Folder 47
Oda, Yukie.
Carton 2 Folder 48
Old Bookshop.
Carton 2 Folder 49
Ormandy, Eugene (interview).
Carton 2 Folder 50
Orr, George P. (board member).
Carton 2 Folder 51
Otey, Orlando.
Carton 2 Folder 52
Pacific String Quartet.
Carton 2 Folder 53
Painter, Temple.
Carton 2 Folder 54
Pancoast, Robert.
Carton 2 Folder 55
Parker, Louise.
Carton 2 Folder 56
Patelson Music House.
Carton 2 Folder 57
Peck, Donald.
Carton 2 Folder 58
Pecorello, Jeanette.
Carton 2 Folder 59
Pennsylvania Military College.
Carton 2 Folder 60
Peters, C.F. (music publisher).
Carton 2 Folder 61
Philadelphia (city of).
Carton 2 Folder 62-63
Philadelphia College of Bible.
Carton 2 Folder 64
Philadelphia High School for Girls.
Carton 2 Folder 65
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Carton 2 Folder 66
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet.
Carton 2 Folder 67
Phillips, Karen.
Carton 2 Folder 68
Pocono Music Center (contract).
Carton 2 Folder 69
Powell, John F.
Carton 2 Folder 70
Powell, Verne Q.
Carton 2 Folder 71
Rachmaninoff (programs).
Carton 2 Folder 72
Reading Symphony.
Carton 2 Folder 73
Redheffer, Gertrude.
Carton 2 Folder 74
Riggle, Dorothy.
Carton 2 Folder 75
Rene, Henri.
Carton 2 Folder 76
Ricordi, G. (music publisher).
Carton 2 Folder 77
Richmond, Aaron.
Carton 2 Folder 78
Roadside Bookshop.
Carton 2 Folder 79
Rockport Boat Club.
Carton 2 Folder 80
Rosen, Elaine.
Carton 2 Folder 81
Rowley Saco, Ruth.
Carton 2 Folder 82
Rudin, Esther.
Carton 2 Folder 83
Rutin, Julius (music dealer).
Carton 2 Folder 84
Saperton, David.
Carton 2 Folder 85
Schoenbach, Sol .
Carton 2 Folder 86
Scientific Library Service.
Carton 2 Folder 87
Sessler Books.
Carton 2 Folder 88
Settlement Music School.
Carton 2 Folder 89
Shumway, Mary.
Carton 2 Folder 90
Silverstein, Joseph.
Carton 2 Folder 91
Snyder, Barry.
Carton 2 Folder 92
Sokoff Artist Management.
Carton 2 Folder 93
Sokoloff, Laurie.
Carton 2 Folder 94
Sokolove, Herbert.
Carton 2 Folder 95
Solum, John.
Carton 2 Folder 96
Sowiak, Oksana.
Carton 2 Folder 97
Stanford, Caroline.
Carton 2 Folder 98
Stone, David.
Carton 2 Folder 99
Strauss, Marjorie.
Carton 2 Folder 100
Streuber, R.G., Mrs.
Carton 2 Folder 101
Sternberg, Gertrude.
Carton 2 Folder 102
Suarez, Jorge.
Carton 2 Folder 103
Sugitani, Takaoki.
Carton 2 Folder 104
Suzuki, Hidego.
Carton 2 Folder 105
Sweitzer, Dotty.
Carton 2 Folder 106
Swenson, Elizabeth.
Carton 2 Folder 107
Synnestredt, Raymond, Mrs.
Carton 2 Folder 108
Temple University (Ambler Festival).
Carton 2 Folder 109
Till, E.G., Mrs.
Carton 2 Folder 110
Transcription Fund Concerts.
Carton 2 Folder 111-112
Treasch, Leonard.
Carton 2 Folder 113
Tree, Michael.
Carton 2 Folder 114
Tricounty Concerts Association.
Carton 2 Folder 115
University of Wisconsin (voice coaching seminar).
Carton 2 Folder 116
Uppman, Theodore.
Carton 2 Folder 117
Ursinus College.
Carton 2 Folder 118
Varis, Jina.
Carton 2 Folder 119
Vauclain, Conrad.
Carton 2 Folder 120
Victor Kamkin Bookstore.
Carton 2 Folder 121
Viglione, Gina.
Carton 2 Folder 122
Vinalhaven Concerts.
Carton 2 Folder 123
VIttorini, Domenico.
Carton 2 Folder 124
Vrbsky, Alice.
Carton 2 Folder 125
Vyner, Lou.
Carton 2 Folder 126
Wells, Charlotte B.
Carton 2 Folder 127
Wentworth, Earnest.
Carton 2 Folder 128
Westchester State University (master class).
Carton 2 Folder 129
Wheeler, W. Earlyn.
Carton 2 Folder 130
Windfall Press.
Carton 2 Folder 131
Whitney, John Hay (Foundation).
Carton 2 Folder 132
WHYY.
Carton 2 Folder 133
Wolf, H. Ray.
Carton 2 Folder 134
Wolf, Morris.
Carton 2 Folder 135
Wolf, Thomas.
Carton 2 Folder 136
Wolff, Katherine.
Carton 2 Folder 137
Wolff, S. Drummond.
Carton 2 Folder 138
Woron, Caroline.
Carton 2 Folder 139
WRCV Television.
Carton 2 Folder 140
Zimbalist, Efrem (Competition).
Carton 2 Folder 141
Zimbalist, Efrem (75th anniversary).
Carton 2 Folder 142
Zimbalist, Efrem.
Carton 2 Folder 143
Zimbalist, Mary Louise Curtis Bok.
Carton 2 Folder 144
Composers , 1848-1963.
Carton 2 Folder 145
Scope and Contents

Composer biographies and works including Debussy, J.S. Bach, Giovanni Papini, and Sergei Rachmaninoff; and music score catalogs

Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall.
Carton 2 Folder 146
Report cards (Curtis).
Carton 2 Folder 147
Rockport, Maine.
Carton 2 Folder 148
Rockport tax list.
Carton 2 Folder 149
Singher (Martial) blurb.
Carton 2 Folder 150
Sokoloff, Vladimir.
Carton 2 Folder 151
Texts of songs.
Carton 2 Folder 152
Teaching schedule.
Carton 2 Folder 153
Tamiment concert programs.
Carton 2 Folder 154
Vocal programs.
Carton 2 Folder 155

Scrapbooks (3 volumes), 1930s, 1950s.
Box 3 Folder 1-3
Clippings, circa 1940-1970.
Box 3 Folder 4
Programs, circa 1950-1972.
Box 4 Folder 5-6
Programs - instrumental (general), 1950s-1960s.
Box 4 Folder 1

Contracts Curtis Institute of Music (Vladimir and Eleanor), 1933-1993.
Box 4
Passports, 1936-1980.
Box 4
Army records, 1944-1946.
Box 4
Pocket sized photographs and personal effects (carried in pocket book), circa 1935-1976.
Box 4
Assignment book piano coaching, 1961-1974.
Box 4
Date book, 1980.
Box 4
Address book, undated .
Box 4

Publicity photos Vladimir Sokoloff.
Box PH 21
Family photographs.
Box PH 21
Group photos.
Box PH 21
Photos of other individuals (including signed photos).
Box PH 21
Unidentified.
Box PH 21

Sokoloff, Vladimir: Liszt - Piano concerto no. 1, undated.
Box 5 Folder 18
Scope and Contents

RCA Victor test pressing D6-7B-3069-1a (78 rpm 10")

Sokoloff, Vladimir: Rhapsody no. 14, undated .
Box 5 Folder 21
Scope and Contents

RCA test pressing D6-7B 3066-1a (78 rpm 10")

Sokoloff, Vladimir: Valse Oubliee, undated .
Box 5 Folder 22
Scope and Contents

RCA test pressing D6-7B 3068-1a (78 rpm 10")

Sokoloff, Vladimir/Henry Rene and his Orchestra: Liszt album - A Sigh, undated.
Box 5 Folder 27
Scope and Contents

D6-7B-2894-1a (78 rpm 10", damaged)

Sokoloff, Vladimir/Henry Rene and his Orchestra: Liszt - Dream of Love.
Box 5 Folder 19
Scope and Contents

RCA test pressing D6-7B-2895-1a (78rpm 10")

Beethoven - The Lovely Lass of Inverness/Recitative for Baritone and Tenor; preceding trio from "Mount of Olives", 1934 November 9.
Box 5 Folder 42
Scope and Contents

Featuring Charlotte Daniels(Soprano, Voice '36); Fritz Krueger (Tenor, Voice '38); Lester Englander (Bariton; Voice '38); Vladimir Sokoloff (Piano), Charles Jaffe (Violin '35); Victor Gottlieb (Cello '35);

Hilger, Elsa/Vladimir Sokoloff - Swan, Traumerei/Spinning Song/Habenera/Nocturne, 1960 November 26.
Box 5 Folder 17
Scope and Contents

Soundcraft audition recording disc (T.V.); (78 rpm 10")

Sokoloff, Eleanor and Vladimir: unknown , undated .
Box 5 Folder 23
Scope and Contents

78rpm 10"

Washburn - Overture; Beglarian - First Portrait for Band; Jenkins - Three Miniatures; Muczynski - Dovetail Overture; Mailman - Prelude and Fugue; Coker - Lyric Statement , 1961 February 28.
Box 5 Folder 46
Scope and Contents

All Philadelphia Senior High School Band/Edwin E. Heilakka

Beethoven - 9th Symphony/Debussy - Des Pas Sur la Neige , 1947 October 9.
Box 5 Folder 28
Scope and Contents

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Heilakka, Edwin - Fanfare in stereo , undated .
Box 5 Folder 24
Anton Rubinstein - Piano concerto nos. 3 and 4 , undated.
Box 5 Folder 44
Scope and Contents

Hofmann, Josef on piano, with orchestra (GNR private recording)

Samuel Berull - While the candles burn, 1951.
Box 5 Folder 29
Scope and Contents

Thomas Perkins (Voice '46), Lois Putlitz (Piano; Violin '31)

Bach - Brandenburg concerto nos. 2 and 4 .
Box 5 Folder 16
Scope and Contents

Albert Tipton (Flute '39), Marion Head (Violin '36), Edith Evans Braun, piano

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no. 5.
Box 5 Folder 26
Scope and Contents

unknown performer

Ravel - Last Movement Sonatine; Debussy - Clair de Lune; Liszt - Liebestraum.
Box 5 Folder 41
Scope and Contents

Sergei Rachmaninoff and unknown performer

Mr. Fleisher - Santa Claus , 1945 December 24.
Box 20 Folder 20
"Performance".
Box 5 Folder 43
"Sen. Brewster" (?).
Box 5 Folder 45
Not labeled , undated .
Box 5 Folder 25
Not labeled , undated.
Box 5 Folder 31
Scope and Contents

78 rpm 10"

Not labeled , undated.
Box 5 Folder 31
Not labeled, undated.
Box 5 Folder 48
Not labeled, undated.
Box 5 Folder 47
Puccini - la Boheme / O soave fanciulla, undated.
Box 5 Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Lucrezia Bori(soprano), John McCormack (tenor)

Blaufuss - Your eyes have told me so, undated.
Box 5 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Eddy Brown (violin)

Conditions Governing Use

cracked

Mascagn - Cavalleria Rusticana / "Voi lo sapate", undated.
Box 5 Folder 12
Scope and Contents

Emma Calve

Teschemacher-d'Hardelot - Because, undated.
Box 5 Folder 11
Scope and Contents

Enrico Caruso (tenor)

Vieni Sul Mar!, undated.
Box 5 Folder 9
Scope and Contents

Enrico Caruso(tenor)

Verdi - Ballo in Maschera / Barcarola / Di tu se fedele, 1911.
Box 5 Folder 13
Scope and Contents

Enrico Caruso (tenor)

O'Reilly-Geehl - For You Alone, undated.
Box 5 Folder 10
Scope and Contents

Enrico Caruso(tenor)

Mendelshohn - Symphony 3 opus 56, undated.
Box 5 Folder 33
Scope and Contents

Chicago Symphony/Artur Rodzinski

Conditions Governing Use

cracked

Diverse Winds album, undated.
Box 5 Folder 34
Scope and Contents

Frederick Fennell (conductor); Vincent Persichetti, Percy Grainger, Walter S. Hartley, Aram Khachaturian

Hummel-Burmester - Walzer, 1913.
Box 5 Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Mischa Elman (violin), Percy B. Kahn (piano)

Conditions Governing Use

damaged

Bishop - Lo, Here the Gentle Lark, undated.
Box 5 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Gluck, Alma (soprano), Clement Bishop (flute obligato)

Conditions Governing Use

damaged

Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G Minor, undated.
Box 5 Folder 39
Riccardo Drigo / Leopold Auer - Serenade from Les Millions d'Arléquin, undated.
Box 5 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Sascha Jacobsen (violin), Samuel Chozinoff (piano)

Karl Goldmark - Rustic Wedding Symphony, undated.
Box 5 Folder 40
Scope and Contents

New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue /An American in Paris, undated.
Box 5 Folder 36
Scope and Contents

New York Philharmonic/Columbia Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein

Mishka Odesit: Sailor's song / Dorogoi shirokoi - On the highway with you / from Volga-Volga, circa 1942.
Box 5 Folder 15
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, undated.
Box 5 Folder 32
Scope and Contents

Philadelphia Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski

Hutchison - Dream Faces, undated.
Box 5 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Carmela Ponselle(mezzo-soprano)

Gene Gutche - Icarus / Vincent Persichetti - The Hollow Men , undated.
Box 5 Folder 37
Scope and Contents

Icarus - Rochester Philharmonic/David Zinman; The Hollow Men - Ted Parker (trumpet)/Philhelmonia Virtuosi of New York

Simenetti - Madrigale, undated.
Box 5 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Toscha Seidel(violin), Harry Kaufman (piano)

Ah non Giunge from La Sonnambula, undated.
Box 5 Folder 38
Scope and Contents

Marcella Sembrich (soprano)

Samuel Barber - Knoxville, Summer of 1915 / Four Excursions, 1951.
Box 5 Folder 14
Torchy Jones Brass Quintet - Catch the Brass Ring, 1960.
Box 5 Folder 35
Franz Drdla - Souvenir, undated.
Box 5 Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Efrem Zimbalist(violin), Francis Moore (pianoforte)

Ghenady Meirson - "Riddle of Silence".
Box MSS D Folder 4
Existence and Location of Copies

facsimile

Vincenzo Bellini - Concert Aria .
Box MSS D Folder 4
Existence and Location of Copies

holograph

Ira Levin - cadenzas for Mozart Concerto K 491, K 449 , 1980.
Box MSS D Folder 4
Existence and Location of Copies

facsimile

Print, Suggest