Papers of Miloš Velimirović1955-1992

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Papers of Miloš Velimirović, Accession #13082, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Papers of Miloš Velimirović, Accession #13082, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Miloš Velimirović papers consist of ca. 3,000 items (9 Hollinger boxes, 4 linear feet), 1955-1992, donated by musicologist and scholar Miloš Velimirović, a specialist on medieval chants of the Eastern Orthodox Churches and Eastern European music. The bulk of the papers consist of personal and professional correspondence. Personal correspondence includes letters to and from friends and acquaintances and holiday greeting cards and newsletters. Correspondence is mainly in English but other languages include Russian, German, and French. Professional correspondence includes letters to and from publishing companies, itineraries for travel to and reports on academic conferences, letters of recommendations for employment, critiques and editing of scholarly and academic writings, draft manuscripts of journal articles, and copies of papers written by music specialists on a variety of topics.

Biographical / historical:

Retired University of Virginia professor of music, Miloš Velimirović was born December 10, 1922, in Belgrade. He studied at the Belgrade Academy of Music and the University of Belgrade, where he earned a diploma in the history of fine arts. He later earned an MA and PhD at Harvard and then served on the faculty at Yale, 1957-1969, then the University of Wisconsin until 1973 and finally the University of Virginia until his retirement in 1993. A prolific writer of articles in scholarly journals, he also edited numerous other publications and wrote many reviews of books and recordings. Some of his seminal work has focused on the relationship between Slavic and Greek chant melodies of the Slavonic heirmoi.

Acquisition information:
This collection was given to Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, by Miloš Velimirović , 2610 Dick Woods Road, Charlottesville, Virginia, on March 5, 2004.
Arrangement:

The papers are arranged alphabetically and reverse chronologically by correspondent.

Physical description:
This collection consists of ca. 3,000 items (9 Hollinger boxes, 4 linear feet).