BSO Players
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
MC 5: Robert Ripley Oral History Interview Collection, 1991-2002
Sub-Series
Identifier: MC 5, Audio
Scope and Contents
Introduction
Between 1991 and 2002, Robert "Bob" Ripley recorded a series of oral history interviews with former members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their family members. In each interview, Ripley and the interviewee discuss the player’s early life and musical education, audition for and experience with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, chamber and solo music work, teaching experience, time with other orchestras, and their life outside of...
Dates:
Other: 1991-2002
MC 13: GEORGE HUMPHREY COLLECTION, 1924-1970, bulk: 1950-1965
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC 13
Scope and Contents
Photographs collected or taken by George Humphrey while a member of the viola section (1934-1975); Humphrey was one of the official photographers of the BSO. The bulk of the photographs are portraits of orchestra members, as well as formal and informal BSO group shots, and various BSO conductors although predominantly of Charles Munch.In addition, there are a number of Tanglewood scenes, portraits of guest artists, and photographs of subjects particularly close to Humphrey...
Dates:
1924-1970; Majority of material found within 1950-1965
MC 53: PERCY PAUL LEVEEN PAPERS, 1889-1966, bulk: 1912-1950
Series
Identifier: MC 53
Abstract
The Percy Paul Leveen papers contain the personal papers of Percy Paul Leveen, a violinst in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1919 to 1944, as related to the BSO, including published books about the BSO, his personal recollections of the BSO in the form of unpublished manuscript drafts, correspondence relating to publication, publicity photographs of Leveen, and photographs of Koussevitzky and the BSO during the Koussevitzky years.
Dates:
1889-1966; Majority of material found within 1912-1950