Finding Aid for the Nina Koshetz Collection of Vocal Music PASC-M.0086
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Title: Nina Koshetz collection of vocal music
Creator:
Koshetz, Nina
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0086
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear Feet
(1 flat box and 1 oversize flat box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1915-1978
Abstract: This collection consists of the largely handwritten sheet music of Russian soprano Nina Koshetz. Manuscripts include vocal,
full, and other scores for songs and operatic arias performed by Koshetz, by Russian composers Borodin, Glinka, Mussorgsky,
Rachmaninoff, Rimsky- Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English, French, and Russian.
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[Identification of item], Nina Koshetz Collection of Vocal Music (Collection PASC-M 86). UCLA Library Special Collections,
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Biography
Nina Koshetz (born on Dec. 30, 1894) was a Russian soprano, recital singer, and singing instructor. Born in Kiev to parents
who were opera singers, she studied piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory. She became interested in singing and
received voice lessons in France, touring Europe and extensively in Russia throughout the 1910s. During this time she met
and worked closely with Sergei Rachmaninoff, who dedicated a cycle of six love songs to her (Opus 38). She moved to the United
States in 1920, after the Bolshevik Revolution, appeared as a soloist with major American orchestras, and sang recitals of
Russian songs. After moving back to France for a time, she retired to Hollywood in 1940 and devoted herself to teaching (students
included Marlene Dietrich, Ann Blyth and Claudette Colbert) and took bit parts in various films. She died on May 14, 1965
in Santa Ana, California.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscript scores, arranged alphabetically by composer, for Koshetz's performances of songs and operatic
arias by Russian composers Borodin, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff (with whom she worked personally), Rimsky- Korsakov,
and Tchaikovsky. With the exception of one 1978 reproduction, these scores originate from the time of Koshetz's career in
the early twentieth century. Most bear annotations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music -- Manuscripts.
Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged -- Scores and parts.
Koshetz, Nina, 1894-1965--Archives.
Raab, Leonid
box 1, folder 1
Borodin (orchestration by Rimsky- Korsakov): Prince Igor- Jaroslavna's aria
undated
box 1, folder 2
Glinka: Ruslan And Lyudmila- Gorislava's aria
undated
box 1, folder 3
Mussorgsky: The Fair at Sorochyntsi- Parassia's Reverie
undated
box 1, folder 4
Rachmaninoff: Georgian Song (Sing Not to Me, Beautiful Maiden), Op.4 No.4
1922
box 1, folder 5-6
Rachmaninoff: All- Night Vigil- Glory to God in the Highest, Op.37
circa 1915
box 2, folder 1
Rimsky-Korsakov: Eastern Romance (The Rose Has Charmed the Nightingale), Op.2 No.2
undated
box 2, folder 2
Rimsky-Kosakov: In Spring, Op.43 No.1
undated
box 2, folder 3
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride
undated
box 2, folder 4
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko- Berceuse
undated
box 2, folder 5-6
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades- Lisa's aria
undated
box 2, folder 7
Tchaikovsky songbook- Queen of Spades (photocopy)
1978
