Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Correspondence B6680-101
Abstract/Contents
- Description
- Correspondence: 1966-1974 involving Nicholas Bessaraboff Bodley, Elizabeth Blaker Bodley (daughter), David Boyden, Marjorie Bram, R.E. Fryxell, CMH and James Pruett. Includes news clipping and some biographical material.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Date created | 1966 - 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | reformatted digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Bodley, Nicholas B. (Nicholas Bessaraboff), 1894-1973 |
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Bibliographic information
| Biographical note | Nicholas Bessaraboff is the author of the definitive book "Ancient European Musical Instruments, An Organological Study of the Instruments in the Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston" (October House 1964). When he first heard all the Violin Octet instruments he became very excited and said that this was the treatment that the violin family had needed for a long time. Marjorie Bram (MacPhillamy) taped an interview with Bessaraboff which is in the CAS Newsletter. Bessaraboff originally came to the USA during the first world war as an agent for the Russian Government to purchase arms. He was also a waldhorn player in the Russian Army Band. He stayed here and developed his long-time interest in early musical instruments and helped to catalogue those in the above collection. During the second war he changed his name to Bodley. He died in NYC in 1973. Wife: Virginia, Son: Nicholas, Daughter: Elizabeth. |
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| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
| Location | M1711 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gg899db9979 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Special Collections Public Services Librarian at speccollref@stanford.edu.
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