Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Amter, I. (Israel), b. 1881. |
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| Title: | Israel Amter: Winona Piano Score |
| Dates: | 1912 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Quantity: | 0.5 Linear feet (150 pages) |
| Call Phrase: | TAM 232 |
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.
Return to topScope and Content Note
Contains the piano score for the opera Winona, and a photocopy of the libretto (25 pages).
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There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions, however, patrons must use photocopy.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2630
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: peter.filardo@nyu.edu
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Donald Amter, August 2003.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
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.
Container List
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| 1 | 1 | Libretto | 1912 | ||
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| 1 | 2 | Piano Score | 1912 | ||
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