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By Mark Puente
Collection Overview
Title: Jeffrey Sandborg Collection of Yrjo Kilpinen Music, 1920-1940![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/library_web/images/addtocart.gif)
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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.
Subjects: Compositions-Music, Music, Photographs, Vocal music
Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings, Photocopies, Sheet music, Sound Recordings
Languages: German, Swedish, Finnish
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection 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 composer Yrjo Kilpinen. The collection includes unpublished scores and manuscripts as well as academic papers on the life and compositional output of the composer.
Biographical Note
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 is currently Professor of Music in the Department of Fine Arts at Roanoke College and has directed the Roanoke College Choir since 1985 as well as the Roanoke Valley Choral Society. Sandborg is the author of "English Ways: Conversations with English Choral Conductors" published by Hinshaw Music in 2001.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
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.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Published Music Piano/Vocal Scores, ca. 1920-2000],
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Series 2: Facsimiles of Unpublished Manuscripts, ca. 1927-1945],
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Series 3: Printed Materials and Research, 1934-1998],
[Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1920-1953],
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Series 5: Published Music, ca. 1930-1975],
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Series 6: Recordings, ca. 1959-1987],
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- Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1920-1953
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- Consists of photographs and portraits of Kilpinen. Materials are unarranged.
- Box 9
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- Folder 16: Portrait of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1940
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- Folder 17: Portrait of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1935
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- Folder 18: Portrait of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1920
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- Folder 19: Portrait of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1940
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- Folder 20: Portrait of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1935
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- Folder 21: Portrait of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1930/1950
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- Folder 22: 6 Portraits of Kilpinen and others, 1920-1957
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- Folder 23: Photo of baritone Jelge Lindberg, Undated
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- Folder 24: Photos of Meilahti, Undated
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- Folder 25: Kilpinen Speaking at Sibelus's Funeral, Undated
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- Folder 26: Portrait of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1953
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- Folder 27: Miscellaneous Photographs of Yrjo Kilpinen, 1940-1950
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- Folder 28: Kilpinen Photographs from "Youth", 1920s
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- Folder 29: 3 Photographs of Cellist Paul Grummer, 1937
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Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Published Music Piano/Vocal Scores, ca. 1920-2000],
[
Series 2: Facsimiles of Unpublished Manuscripts, ca. 1927-1945],
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Series 3: Printed Materials and Research, 1934-1998],
[Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1920-1953],
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Series 5: Published Music, ca. 1930-1975],
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Series 6: Recordings, ca. 1959-1987],
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All]