This collection consists of scrapbooks, programs, photographs, memorabilia, and sound recordings documenting the professional career and interests of violinist Giorgio Ciompi. Items include concert programs, photographs, and ephemera from various performances with different orchestras, including Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony (1947-1952), as well as several years of attendance at the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico (1965-1972). Also represented are assorted materials from Ciompi's residency and teaching at Duke University, including photographs and programs from the Ciompi Quartet.
This collection consists of scrapbooks, programs, photographs, memorabilia, and sound recordings documenting the professional career and interests of Giorgio Ciompi. Items include concert programs, photographs, and ephemera from various performances with different orchestras, including Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony (1947-1952), as well as several years of attendance at the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico (1965-1972). Also represented are assorted materials from Ciompi's residency and teaching at Duke University, including photographs and programs from the Ciompi Quartet. In addition, there are published reference materials about Toscanini and Casals, as well as musical scores and musician autographs collected by Ciompi. There are commercially issued LP recordings of Albeneri Trio, Toscanini and the NBC Symphony, and other musical performances. There is also a plaster copy of Beethoven's death mask and a baton used by Toscanini, later gifted to Ciompi.