Eudice Shapiro collection of music scores
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of marked published music scores belonging to USC Thornton School of Music professor Eudice Shapiro.
Dates
- Other: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Music Library at music@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Eudice Shapiro (1914-2007) was an American violinist, chamber musician, recording artist, and USC faculty member.
Shapiro was born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1914. She began studying violin with her father when she was 5 and began her solo career with the Buffalo Philharmonic when she was 12. She studied with Gustave Tinlot at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
She moved to Los Angeles in 1941 to begin a 23-year career playing in Hollywood studios for Paramount, United Artists, and RKO. She was the first woman concertmaster in any studio orchestra. Shapiro taught at USC for 51 years and the Eudice Shapiro Endowed Violin Scholarship was created in her honor.
Extent
10.125 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of marked published music scores belonging to USC Thornton School of Music professor Eudice Shapiro.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials transferred from the Juilliard School of Music Library, and donated by Shapiro's son, Larry Gottlieb.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Eudice Shapiro collection of music scores
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2023 January
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Music Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1822 United States
music@usc.edu