Primrose International Viola Archive

Portrait and cabinet in the Primrose International Viola Archive at Brigham Young University

The Primrose International Viola Archive (PIVA) is the official viola archive of both the International Viola Society and American Viola Society. It is located in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Scottish-American violist William Primrose started the archive with the donation of his many materials on the viola, and it is the largest repository of viola literature in the world.[1]

History

Brigham Young University faculty violist emeritus David Dalton studied viola under William Primrose at Indiana University. While writing Primrose's memoirs, Dalton suggested that the Harold B. Lee library could preserve Primrose's papers. After meeting with library officials in 1974, Primrose decided to donate his memorabilia to the Harold B. Lee library as part of a project to start a national-scale viola archive.[2][3] In 1979, the archive was established, and the library's existing viola holdings along with Primrose's contributions formed the Primrose Viola Archive.[2]

In 1981, the International Viola Society combined its archive in Austria with the Primrose archive, and the archive's name changed to the Primrose International Viola Archive. From 1983, the archive has collected newly published viola music and made a special effort to make its repository of viola music exhaustive. Notable donors include Jan Albrecht, Paul Doktor, Ulrich Druner, Walter Lebermann, Rudolf Tretzsch, Ernst Wallfisch, and Franz Zeyringer, founder of the International Viola Society.[2][4] In 2005, Brigham Young University hosted the American Viola Society's Primrose International Viola Competition and Festival and featured tours of the archive.[5]

Students speculate that the room is haunted.[6]

Holdings

The PIVA includes over 4,500 published scores, around 250 sound recordings, and hundreds of manuscripts and correspondence.

There are a number of unique items in the collection, including viola manuscripts from Primrose's collection. The collection includes a viola manuscript by Ernst Toch with a dedication to Primrose, a holograph score of Efrem Zimbalist's "Sarasateana: Suite of Spanish Dances," Milhaud's second viola concerto with a dedication from the composer, the working manuscript for Béla Bartók's viola concerto, and the manuscript for George Rochberg's Viola Sonata.[2] The collection also includes vintage Primrose recordings and a Primrose photo archive.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Primrose International Viola Archive". www.americanviolasociety.org. American Viola Society. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Introduction-Primrose Viola Archive". sites.lib.byu.edu. Harold B. Lee library. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Great Viola Player Donates Collection to Y". The Daily Herald (Provo). Retrieved 18 April 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Donors". Primrose International Viola Archive. Brigham Young University. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Baker, Celia R. (21 May 2005). "The Maligned Viola Gets Some Respect". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Panter, Maria. "'Haunted' locked sections in the HBLL". The Daily Universe. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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