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Article: The Leopold Stokowski Collection to be transferred to University of Pennsylvania
- Article from:
- American Music Teacher
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
- Author:
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The Curtis Institute of Music announced the transfer of the majority of the Leopold Stokowski Collection to the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, the Stokowski Collection will be housed in the Department of Special Collections in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, which houses and preserves manuscripts and printed books whose age, fragility or uncommoness requires special care. The Curtis Institute of Music will retain the instrumental portion of the collection, including percussion and folk instruments, which are frequently used in performance at Curtis.
The Leopold Stokowski Collection was given to The Curtis Institute of Music by the executors of Mr. ...