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Eron Ackerman, Jordan Patty
Administrative Information
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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