Box 18

Abstract

The Alexander Kouguell Papers chronicle Alexander Kouguell's (1920-2022) personal life, career, and 68-year tenure at Queens College. The collection contains personal, performance, and academic records as well as photographic, audio, and music manuscripts. A noted cellist, Kouguell's papers detail his career as a performer, an educator, and provide researchers cultural snapshots of the greater New York area's orchestral scene throughout the 20th century.

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The Audio Recordings series consists of 11 cassettes and 2 magnetic tapes, including recordings of performances, rehearsals, compositions, and personal content. These recordings offer a deeper insight into Kouguell's musical career, collaborations with other Queens College musicians, and relationships with close family members.

Scope and Contents This subseries consists primarily of taped recordings of Kouguell and his musical collaborators. The recordings include live performances and concerts, as well as informal rehearsals with other musicians. Additionally, there is a recording of Kouguell playing Arkadie Kouguell's 2nd Sonata; a recording of a piano lesson between Kouguell and his son, Arthur; a recorded voice letter to Kouguell's wife, Florence; and a 1980 interview with WQXR, a non-commercial classical music radio station in...

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One cassette tape. One side cotains Arthur and Alexander Kouguell's piano lesson (labelled Arthur and Dad); other side contains Alexander and Arkadie Kouguell's 2nd Sonata (labelled Alex and Dad). Labelled: "Ark. Kouguell - 2nd Cello Sonata; Arthur and Dad" on cassette case.

Arthur Kouguell is Alexander Kouguell's son and Arkadie Kouguell is Alexander Kouguell's father.

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One cassette tape. Labelled "A Kouguell - 40th Annicersary Recital - QC; Kouguell - Composition in G - Beethoven 7 - variation 10/19/88; Mendelssohn - Son. No. 1" on cassette case. This tape only contains content on Side one.

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One cassette tape. Labelled: "Kraft - Stalemento and Commentaries for 2 celli - rehearsal Peter and Alex" on cassette case.

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One cassette tape. Labelled "Faculty Recital, Nov. 20, 1997; Alexander Kouguell, cello. Morey Ritt, piano" on cassette case rim and "Handel - Sonata in C maj; Kouguell variations; Beethoven Son. No. 2 in G minor" on cassette case backing.

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One cassette tape. Labelled "Delius - Cello Sonata - Kouguell - Hancock" on cassette case. This tape only contains content on Side one.

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One cassette tape. Labelled "Violin-piano compositions A. Kouguell. Mediation, Poeme, Bercfuse, Dance orientale. Violin: Kay Livolsi; Piano: Barbara Kupferberg". Although this is labelled to express musical content, this tape does not contain performances. The contents of this tape include a recorded portion of a Missouri informational radio program on Side one, and a recording of a spoken message to Florence, Kouguell's wife, in between his trips to St. Louis on Sides one and two.

Scope and Contents One cassette tape. Labelled: "WQXR Interview Dec 3,1980" on the cassette case. Labelled "QXR - Interview; ELGHR INTR + Allegro T Serenade" on Side one and "Mendelssohn Octet" on Side two of the cassette tape.The WQXR Interview details the cultural contributions and history of the Clarion Society, of which Alexander Kouguell had been a part of for over 20 years at the time of the interview. Kouguell gave his perspective on playing for Clarion, on the music that he performed, and...