Israel Amter Winona Piano Score
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Israel Amter (1881-1954) was an official in the Communist Party, USA who had studied music at the Leipzig Conservatory, where in 1912 he composed a never-performed opera, Winona, which concerns the love between a U.S. army officer and a Native American woman, Winona.
Historical/Biographical Note
Israel Amter, founding member of the Communist Party, USA and a leading functionary into the 1940s, was born on March 26, 1881, in Denver to Jewish immigrant parents. He joined the Socialist Party in 1901, and in 1903 moved to Germany where he remained until 1914, editing the German Export Review, participating in the Social Democratic Party, and studying music at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he composed his never-performed opera Winona (1912), which concerns the love between a U.S. army officer and a Native American woman, Winona.
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Contains the piano score for the opera Winona (150 pages), and a photocopy of the libretto (25 pages).
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Materials are open without restrictions, however, patrons must use photocopy.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by Israel Amter was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
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Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Donald Amter in 2003. The accession number associated with this gift is 2003.018.
