JAVS Spring 2006

New Viola d'amorc Library Collection T he Music Division of the T he New Yo rk Public Library for the Performing Arrs , located ar Lincoln Center, New York City has recently acquired an impor tant coll ection of viola d'amore music which is now available to players and scholars. The collec tion - The Karl StumpfViola d'amorc Library - was given to the Viola d'amore Society ofAmerica by Karl Stumpf in the 1980s. This important collection was subsequently donated ro the New Yo rk Public Library where it is now housed. Karl Stumpf ( 1907 1988) was a violist in the Vienna Philharmonic and Sraatsope r, a professor at the Vienna Akademie fi.i r Musik where he taught a spe cial course in viola d'amo re and rhe author of the important Neue Schule fiir Viola d'arnore. Incl uded in this coll ection are standard Baroque- and Classical-period viola d'amo re works, many of Stumpf's own editions and origi nal manuscripts hy 20th-cen tury Viennese composers who dedicat ed their works to Stumpf. T he holdings in this collection can be seen at: http://d igi lib.nypl. org/ dynaweb/ead/music/mussrump and the call number for rhe col lection is JOI3 04-4. If any violist/viola d'amore playe r is "cleaning house" and would consider donating his/her own library of viola d'amore music to the New York Public Library, the Viola d'amore Society of America would be happy ro be

history, pcrronners, and peda gogues. T he body of the wo rk should be 1500-3500 wo rds in length and incl ude relevant foot notes and bibliographic informa tion. Entries must be postmarked by May 15, 200G. For complete information please sec the announcement advert isemen t in this issue. Please address any fur ther questions to JAVS Edi to r Matthew Dane at mdanc@ou.edu . recent travel entries on rhe AVS Web site? Recoun ted are tr ips throughout Europe and South America, worki ng with all sorts of peopl e on all kinds of music from the Debussy Trio ro a new two-person opera (of which Garth is one) by Oscar Strasnoy. Sound and video clips forthcoming! Violas for Sale Now on AVS Web Site Th is segment now appears on the AVS web site. Listing an instru ment or bow is a free service fo r AVS members- more inrormar ion can be found under "Member ads" in rhe Marketplace section of www.arnericanviolasociety.o rg. Katims Tribute Planned Katims Tribu te Planned With the recent passing of Mil ton Karims, a collective tribute is planned for the next issue. If he was your col league, conductor, reacher, men tor, fri end/acquaintance, or if he has inAuenced your life in some other way and you wou ld li ke ro write, please contact M'atthew Dane direcrly ar mdane@ou.edu. Phoros would also be welcome. Garth Knox, Travel Writct· Have you read Garth Knox'

the channel to do this, receive the music and rhen get ir to the NYPL ar Lincoln Center. Th is would serve a worthy cause and add to their already-exisring col lection of viola d'amore music, which is li kely the best library of viola d'amore music in the world. To this end, contact: Myron Rosenb lum, 39-23 47rh Srreet, Sunnyside, NY I I 104. E Mai l: rmcviola@ea rthlink.net r:

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