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Container
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Title
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Series: 1. General Records of the Quartet, 1940-1986
: This series contains almost all of the collection. It includes clippings from American
and European newspapers and magazines (1948-81) which are reviews of FAQ concerts and
feature stories on the FAQ and its members. Programs of FAQ concerts (1940-86)
thoroughly document the locales of concerts and choices of music. The promotional
materials (1949-82) consist of press releases and handbills about the quartet as a whole
and its individual members. There is also one oversized box of concert posters. The
FAQ's management and financial records (1945-89) document the financial and management
history of the quartet as well as Leonard Sorkin's role as leader of the group. Of
particular importance is the 1969-79 file on the European tour which documents how the
FAQ arranged its European tours. The correspondence folder from 1945-80, 1989 documents
communications with fans, as well as arrangements for concerts in the United States.
There are financial records, correspondence, and contracts with record companies such as
Concertapes Concert Disc (1962-66) and Vox Productions, Inc. (1966-78) and management
companies such as Colbert Artists Management (1960-66) and Melvin Kaplan, Inc.
(1970-80). There is also a folder documenting the effort of New York Review
Presentations to represent the FAQ (1968-69). There are few records after 1983 due to
Leonard Sorkin's retirement. The scrapbooks contain feature stories and reviews similar
to the reviews of FAQ concerts and feature stories on the FAQ and its members. The one
exception is a scrapbook containing a narrative history of the first year of the quartet
written in the second year of the FAQ's history.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Berkowitz, Ralph, 1967-1969
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Biographies, Fine Arts Quartet Members
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Box
1
Folder
3
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British Broadcasting Company, 1965-1971
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Box
7
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Career Summaries
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Colbert Artists Management, 1960-1966
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Composers, 1971-1980
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Oversize Folder
1-2
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Concert Posters, 1962-1980
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Box
1
Folder
6-9
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Concert Reviews, 1941-1970
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Box
2
Folder
1-3
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Concert Reviews, 1971-1985
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Concert Reviews, undated
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Concert Tours
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Europe, 1965
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Europe, 1969-1970
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Box
2
Folder
7-10
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Europe, 1975-1979
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Latin America, 1965
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Concertapes Concert Disc
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Financial Statements, 1962-1966
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Photographs, undated
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Contracts, Performance, 1954-1979
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Box
2
Folder
17-19
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Correspondence, 1945-1975
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Box
2
Folder
20
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Correspondence, 1976-1980, 1989
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Box
2
Folder
21
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Decca Records, 1966-1968
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Box
2
Folder
23
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Features, 1948-1985
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Box
2
Folder
24
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Features, undated
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Box
2
Folder
25
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Financial Records, 1971-1979
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Box
2
Folder
26
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Fine Arts (Quartet) Music Foundation, 1969-1978
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Fine Arts Quartet Scrapbooks, 1946-1949
Oversize Scrapbook
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Box
5
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Fine Arts Quartet Scrapbooks, 1958-1959
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Box
5
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Fine Arts Quartet Scrapbooks, 1961-1962
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Box
5
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Fine Arts Quartet Scrapbooks, 1962-1966
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Box
6
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Fine Arts Quartet Scrapbooks, 1966-1971
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Box
6
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Fine Arts Quartet Scrapbooks, 1971-1975
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Box
6
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Fine Arts Quartet Scrapbooks, 1975-1977
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Fine Arts Quartet, Narrative History, 1946-1947
Oversize Scrapbook
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Box
2
Folder
27
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Four Score Television Series, 1961
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Box
2
Folder
28
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Gasparo (Recording Company), 1980
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Box
2
Folder
29
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Gravina, Peter, 1973-1974
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Box
2
Folder
30
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History of Fine Arts Quartet, 1951-1976
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Box
2
Folder
31
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Honors and Awards, 1954-1984, undated
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Box
2
Folder
32
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Husa, Karel, 1963-1971
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Box
2
Folder
33
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Ilmer, Irving, 1969-1970
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Itineraries, 1958-1980
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Box
2
Folder
34
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Melvin Kaplan, Inc., 1970-1978
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Box
2
Folder
35
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Moravian Music Foundation, 1966-1970
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Box
2
Folder
36
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New York Review Presentations, 1968-1969
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Box
2
Folder
37-39
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Photographs, undated
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Box
7
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Photographs, Oversize, undated
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Box
2
Folder
40-43
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Programs, 1940-1949
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Box
3
Folder
1-28
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Programs, 1950-1973
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Box
4
Folder
1-13
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Programs, 1974-1986
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Programs, undated
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Box
4
Folder
15-19
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Promotional Material, 1949-1982, undated
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Record Reviews, 1981, undated
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Box
4
Folder
21
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Record Royalties, 1963-1981
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Box
4
Folder
22
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Samtida Musik, 1968-1970
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Tax Records, 1959-1962
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Box
4
Folder
23
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United States Cultural Exchange, 1966-1967
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Box
4
Folder
24
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UWM Friends of Music, 1981-1988
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Box
4
Folder
25
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UWM Friends of Music, Leonard Sorkin Violin Scholarship,
1982-1983
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Box
4
Folder
26
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Viola Search, 1980
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Box
4
Folder
27
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Vox Productions, Inc., 1966-1978
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Box
4
Folder
28
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Webcor (Recording Company), 1954
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Box
4
Folder
29
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Wilfred Van Wyck, Ltd., 1970-1972
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