Article · 19 October 2026
Leonid Yakobson
1904–1975
A choreographer with a voice of his own.
His letters, documents
and family memories.
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Letters from Japan, July 1967
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Copies of letters to Leonid Yakobson: Shostakovich, Plisetskaya and Shchedrin, Lopukhov, Ruchkan
Apart from the labels, every sheet is a colour print of a scan of the original letter or envelope. The originals were donated to Stanford University. Each sheet carries a pencil mark, such as «27.1».
D. Shostakovich. About the music for a ballet
JFE.LCOPY.001M. Plisetskaya, R. Shchedrin
JFE.LCOPY.002F. Lopukhov. About his wife’s work
JFE.LCOPY.003B. Ruchkan. From the last performance at the Rossiya hall in Moscow
JFE.LCOPY.004The family archive
Leonid Yakobson’s family is putting this archive together: his letters, documents, photographs and memories of him.
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