Finding Aid for Jeffrey Sandborg Collection of Yrjo Kilpinen Music, circa 1918-2000 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Title: Jeffrey Sandborg Collection of Yrjo Kilpinen Music, circa 1918-2000

ID: 26/20/147

Primary Creator: Sandborg, Jeffrey Richard

Other Creators: Kilpinen, Yrjo (1892-1959)

Extent: 5.25 cubic feet

Arrangement: Organized in 6 series: Series 1) Published Music, Piano and Vocal Scores, ca. 1918-2000; Series 2) Facsimilies of Unpublished Manuscripts, ca. 1927-1945; Series 3) Printed Materials and Research, 1934-1998; Series 4) Photographs, ca. 1920-1953; Series 5) Published music, ca. 1930-1975; and Series 6) Recordings, ca. 1959-1987. Materials in each series are unarranged.

Subjects: Berlin, Germany, Composers, Compositions-Music, Music, Music -- Finland, National Socialism, Songs, Vocal music, World War II

Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings, Photocopies, Photographs, Sheet music, Sound Recordings

Languages: German, Swedish, Finnish

Consists of published scores, manuscripts (originals and facsimiles), newspaper and journal articles, concert programs, photographs, phonograph and reel-to-reel recordings, and other materials related to the life and works of 20th-century Finnish Lieder composer Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959). Of note are unpublished scores and manuscripts, as well as academic papers on the life and compositional output of the composer by Dr. Jeffrey Sandborg.

Dr. Sandborg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Knox College (Illinois), and a Master of Music degree in Voice and the D.M.A. in Choral Conducting and Literature from the University of Illinois. He was the Naomi Brandon and George Emery Wade Professor of Music in the Department of Fine Arts at Roanoke College, where he directed the Roanoke College Choir from 1985 until his retirement in 2023. Sandborg was the founder of the Oriana Singers at Roanoke, a group that he directed for fourteen years. During his time at Roanoke he also conducted the Roanoke Valley Choral Society. Sandborg is the author of "English Ways: Conversations with English Choral Conductors" published by Hinshaw Music in 2001.

Berlin, Germany
Composers
Compositions-Music
Music
Music -- Finland
National Socialism
Songs
Vocal music
World War II

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals:

Acquisition received September 29, 2010.

Research files and articles received from Sandborg August 22, 2024.

Related Publications: Sandborg, Jeffrey. "The Lost Legacy of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1892-1959" in Journal of Singing 67.4 (March/April 2011): 387-395.