Levy's academic career produced a number of writings and lectures, many of which are collected in Series II. Series I of the Ernst Levy papers contain public and biographic items, including correspondence and an interview during his final years (1979-81), biographical notes and essays, and copies of French and German catalogues of his works. Levy died on April 19th, 1981 in Morges, Switzerland at the age of eighty-five. Levy became well known and is remarkable in his innovative approach and interpretations of musical works, in addition to his integration of art, science and philosophy into the performance and composition of musical works. Levy then retired from teaching, returning to Switzerland in 1966. In addition to his time in Boston and Chicago he spent time at Bennington College in Vermont (1946-51), at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1954-59) and the Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (1959-66). The next twenty five years were spent teaching piano and composition, conducting choral and orchestral works, all the while composing an impressive amount of work, many included in this collection. Moving to Paris in 1925, Levy continued to teach and perform, and in 1928 founded the first major chorus in Paris, the Choeur Philharmonique, who premiered performances and recordings of notable works by Brahms and Liszt.įor political reasons, Levy moved to Boston in 1941, teaching at the New England Conservatory of Music until 1945.

In Basel Levy taught extensively, becoming Huber's successor of the virtuoso class at the Conservatory in 1917. He studied with Raoul Pugno, Egon Petri and Basel Conservatory mentor and colleague Hans Huber. Levy was born in Basel, Switzerland November the 18th, 1895. He served on the faculty at the University of Chicago from 1951 to 1954. Papers,, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical NoteĮrnst Levy was a prolific composer and arranger of music, author and piano virtuoso. This collection, the preferred citation is: Levy, Ernst. Public and biographical items include an extensive radio broadcast interview, late interest and news articles mentioning Levy and significant correspondence, biographical information, catalogs of released recordings and copies of catalogued records from European libraries. Papers include musical scores and many significant written academic works, including a French manuscript of his book A Theory of Harmony. Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research CenterĮrnst Levy (1895-1981), composer and professor of music at the University of Chicago (1951-54). © 2008 University of Chicago Library Descriptive Summary Title:

University of Chicago Library Guide to the Ernst Levy Papers 1919-2004

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