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Friday, August 19, 2016

Anahid Ajemian and George Avakian Produce Music For Moderns at Town Hall, 1957 by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

Anahid Ajemian, Duke Ellington, and Dimitri Mitropoulos in a promotional photograph for the Music For Moderns series, spring 1957. During the 1950s, the producer George Avakian, director o…

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Monday, July 25, 2016

George Avakian and Louis Armstrong by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

George Avakian with Louis Armstrong during the recording of the album Satch Plays Fats, 1955.Photograph by Guy Gillette. Image ID: 5640626 George Avakian's lifelong friendship with Louis Ar…

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Monday, July 4, 2016

George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian: An Introduction by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian at Basin Street, watching the Benny Goodman Orchestra Photograph by Bernard Seeman, 1951 Music For Moderns: The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid…

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Anahid Ajemian: In Memoriam by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

A flyer advertising Anahid Ajemian’s debut recital at Town Hall on November 19th, 1946. The violinist Anahid Ajemian, who dedicated her artistic life to performing and fostering new music…

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Monday, June 27, 2016

Anahid Ajemian: In Memoriam by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

A flyer advertising Anahid Ajemian’s debut recital at Town Hall on November 19th, 1946. The violinist Anahid Ajemian, who dedicated her artistic life to performing and fostering new music…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:38AM
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian: An Introduction by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

Music For Moderns: The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian, a forthcoming exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, tells the story of two remarkable fi…

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