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Erich Hertzmann papers, 1938-1958
9 linear feetThis collection contains manuscripts, notes, musical scores, photocopies, student papers, microfilms, glass plate images, and other related materials about diverse musical subjects.
Anton Seidl collection of musical papers, 1870-1943
30 Linear FeetPapers, letters, memoranda, memorabilia, and manuscript music scores assembled by and related to the life and musical activities of Anton Seidl. The collection includes many letters from Cosima Wagner and her children addressed to Anton Seidl and his wife, the opera singer Auguste Kraus Seidl. There are also letters from Lilli Lehman, Edvard Grieg, Antonin Dvorak, Bronislaw Hubermann, Carl Goldmark, Maud Powell, Marianne Brandt, Felix Weingartner, Lyman Abbott, and many others. The letters are chiefly concerned with musical performances, composition, and related affairs. There are journals, diaries, and memoranda in Seidl's hand, as well as photographs and clippings relating to his conducting career. Also, twenty-seven manuscript scores of Seidl's orchestrations of various works.
Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Published by Mainz, B. Schott's Sohner. "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" inscribed to Seidl and signed by Wagner in 1872, [n.p.], 1856 Box 3, Folder 19
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- Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Published by Mainz, B. Schott's Sohner. "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
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[Gift of Ruth Schleichen 21 June 1999. Exhibition note "Full orchestra score of Act I, scene i and ii. A note in Anton Seidl's hand indicates that the manuscript is in Wagner's hand."]
Hector Berlioz papers, 1825-1994
27 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, papers, essays, etc. relating to Berlioz, and 19th century arts and literature. The correspondence includes original Berlioz letters and over 200 copies of letters relating to Berlioz and the romantic era, written by musicians, critics, historians, and literateurs of the past century. There are many photostats of letters and manuscripts obtained from the principal libraries of the world which hold original Berlioz material. The collection includes much printed material in the form of music scores, published letters, essays, clippings, biographies, music and book catalogues, program notes, and playbills.