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Beyond Paper: Treasures and Curiosities from the Gilmore Archives

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chopin portrait
Arturo Toscanini Baton, 1939
chopin polonaise, op. 71, no. 3, manuscript
Robert Shaw Baton
Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa piano exercises

 

 

Madeleine Forte’s
Dactyfort
(Practice Piano)

     

Quatre mazurkas pour le piano, Op. 24

Henry Gilbert
Baby Hair, 1869

Quatre mazurkas pour le piano, Op. 24

Henry Gilbert
Death Mask, 1928

 

 

 

 
     
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Cast of Frédéric Chopin’s
Left Hand

 

Cast of Vladimir Horowitz’s Hands

Thomas de Hartmann
Pince-Nez

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J. Rosamond Johnson’s Cane

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Impressions of
Benny Goodman’s Teeth

Virgil Thomson's
Hearing Aid

 

 

     
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Robert Shaw’s
Dental X-Rays, 1963

Robert Shaw
Concert Shoes

Vladimir Horowitz’s
Bow Tie

     
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Baseballs Autographed for Vladimir
Horowitz by the New York Mets and
St. Louis Cardinals
Shea Stadium, June 20, 1969

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H.M.S. Pinafore Playing Cards,
(New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1879)

Vladimir Horowitz
Oven Mitt

 

 

     

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Arnold Schoenberg Playing Cards
Nuria Schoenberg-Nono
(Vienna: Platnick Edition, 1981)

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Musical Game Devised
by Henry Gilbert

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Benny Goodman Button
Drawing by Al Hirschfeld

 

 

 

     

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Vladimir Horowitz,
Grammy Award, Horowitz at
Carnegie Hall— An Historic Return

Best Classical Instrumental
Soloist, 1965

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Paul Hindemith
Liqueur Glass

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Easter Egg
Decorated by Paul Hindemith

 

 

 

     

Credits

Exhibit by Richard Boursy.
Web design by Remi Castonguay.
Special thanks to: Emily Ferrigno, Eva Heater,
Angie Hurlbut, Suzanne Lovejoy, Christine McCarthy,
and Richard Warren for their help with this exhibit.