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Contact information: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2020570063
DACS was used as the primary description standard.
Collection material in English and French.
Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale placed the manuscripts on deposit and converted them to a gift in 1967.
No further accruals are expected.
Melissa Capozio Jones processed and coded the finding aid for the Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection of Music Manuscripts in 2020.
Other materials related to Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale can be found at the Juilliard School Archives in the Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection and at Yale University in the Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Papers.
The Aaron Copland Collection and Leonard Bernstein Collection contain correspondence and photographs related to Gold and Fizdale.
Materials from the Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection of Music Manuscripts are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
The Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection of Music Manuscripts is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection of Music Manuscripts, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Arthur Gold (1917-1990) and Robert Fizdale (1920-1995) met while studying at the Juilliard Graduate School in the late 1930s. They formed a piano duo together in 1943 and made their professional debut in 1944 with a program of works by John Cage, followed by their New York Town Hall debut in 1946. In 1948, they traveled to Paris, where they were introduced to Germain Tailleferre and subsequently to other members of the notable French composers, "Les Six." Throughout their careers, Gold and Fizdale commissioned numerous works from American and European composers, and the friendships they established resulted in a number of dedications and two-piano works written for them to perform. In the late 1970s, the duo embarked on a secondary career as authors, and in 1980 penned a biography of Misia Sert, a Parisian pianist and patron of the arts in the early twentieth century. In 1982, Fizdale officially retired from performing due to arthritis, and the duo turned to culinary pursuits alongside their writing. They wrote food articles for Vogue magazine, briefly hosted a television cooking show, and published
The Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection of Music Manuscripts contains nine manuscript scores dated from 1948 to 1965. All nine pieces are scored for two pianos, and were written for or dedicated to Gold and Fizdale by the composers. Three of the six composers appearing in this collection (Georges Auric, Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre) were members of the twentieth-century group of French composers known as "Les Six." Francis Poulenc's
The Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale Collection of Music Manuscripts is organized in one series:
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The music series contains nine holograph manuscript scores, all for two pianos. It includes Francis Poulenc's
Arranged alphabetically by composer.