Guide to the Victoria Jordanova music collection C0111 Victoria Jordanova music collection

Guide to the Victoria Jordanova music collection C0111

Victoria Jordanova music collection


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Eron Ackerman, Jordan Patty

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0111
Title
Victoria Jordanova music collection 1993-1996
Quantity
0.25 Linear Feet, 1 box
Creator
Jordanova, Victoria
Language
English .
Abstract
Contains materials pertaining to Bosnian musician Victoria Jordanova's career as a classical composer, pianist, and harpist. Materials include a compact disc recording of Jordanova's celebrated Requiem for Bosnia and other works; industry reviews of her Requiem; promotional pamphlets; notes on Jordanova's musical training; correspondence between Jordanova and music teacher/composer Sam di Bonaventura; and newsclippings on the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including articles on the Pope calling for reconciliation and tolerance between Muslims, Roman Catholic Croats, and Orthodox Christian Serbs.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Victoria Jordanova collection, C0111, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The donor is unknown.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in March 2024.


Biographical Information

Victoria Jordanova was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Jordanova received her early musical training at the Belgrade Conservatory where, at age seventeen, she earned a diploma in composition, piano, and harp. After earning her Bacherlor of Arts from Michigan State University, Jordanova pursued graduate studies at the Paris Conservatory on a fellowship from the French government. While in France, she served as an Artist in Residence at the Cite Internationale des Arts. Following her studies in Paris, Jordanova studied at the Moscow Conservatory and then returned to the United States on a Langley Fellowship at New York University where she received a Master of Arts in Musicology. Seeking to recapture the spontenaeity of expression that distinguished her early forays into music, Jordanova relocated to San Francisco to pursue a career as a composer and musical improviser.

Scope and Content

This collection contains materials pertaining to Bosnian musician Victoria Jordanova's career as a classical composer, pianist, and harpist. Materials include a compact disc recording of Jordanova's celebrated Requiem for Bosnia and other works; industry reviews of her Requiem; promotional pamphlets; notes on Jordanova's musical training; correspondence between Jordanova and music teacher/composer Sam di Bonaventura; and newsclippings on the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including articles on the pope calling for reconciliation and tolerance between Muslims, Roman Catholic Croats, and Orthodox Christian Serbs.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds the Sam di Bonaventura papers, as well as other music-focused collections and publications.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Di Bonaventura, Sam
  • Harp music
  • Jordanova, Victoria
  • Music
  • Sound recordings

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Di Bonaventura, Sam
  • Jordanova, Victoria