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Henselt, Adolf von, 1814-1889. Autograph letter signed, dated : Salzbrunn Nov. 19 1832, to Franz, Graf von Pocci in Munich, 1832 Nov. 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Salzbrunn Nov. 19 1832, to Franz, Graf von Pocci in Munich, 1832 Nov. 19.

Saying that he is sending a copy of his first work, which has finally appeared, reminding him of his promise to send some of his own works of which his "kleine Lieder" would especially interest him, adding that he wishes to dedicate his second work, twelve etudes, to the king, that he will travel to St. Petersburg that winter, mentioning Frl. [Charlotte] Pistorius, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270666142 View

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Letter signed (with autograph postscript) and autograph letter signed, dated : Leipzig Aug. 11 1835 and 12 January 1838, to A[nton] v[on] Zuccalmaglio in Warsaw, 1835 Aug. 11.

Title: Letter signed (with autograph postscript) and autograph letter signed, dated : Leipzig Aug. 11 1835 and 12 January 1838, to A[nton] v[on] Zuccalmaglio in Warsaw, 1835 Aug. 11.

Thanking him for a manuscript, saying the correspondence seems to be an excellent persiflage of certain correspondence in German newspapers, asking him to be patient concerning the printing of his poems, mentioning an article on Berlioz that appeared in the [Neue] Zeitschift [für Musik] and Schumann's article on Hummel, saying he has spoken with Mendelssohn about the opera libretto and encloses his answer [not present], mentioning Lindpaintner's opera Die Macht des Liedes, telling Zuccalmaglio to have Henselt play for him when he comes [to Warsaw], mentioning Dr. [Friedrich] Weber from Trieste, Thibaut, Dr. Baumstark, Ernemann, asking for notes about Chopin, etc.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (4 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270669663 View

Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p, Paris?, n.d.], to Adolphe Henselt, n.d.

Title: Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p, Paris?, n.d.], to Adolphe Henselt, n.d.

Saying he has just arrived from Warsaw, is exhausted, and must decline to see his friend; he is staying near the Pont Rouge, at the home of the Institut des sourds-muets, and hopes to see Henselt soon.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270577902 View

Henselt, Adolf von, 1814-1889. Morceau de Concert pour piano et grand orchestre / de Henselt.

Title: Morceau de Concert pour piano et grand orchestre / de Henselt. [19--]

ArchivalResource: ms. score (221 p.) + parts.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52289179 View

Edwin Franko Goldman Autograph Collection, ca. 1770-1954, 1850s-1940s

Title: Edwin Franko Goldman Autograph Collection ca. 1770-1954 1850s-1940s

Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956) was an American composer and conductor for military bands. Collection, assembled by Goldman, of autographs, letters, photographs, and musical scores of many musical celebrities from his lifetime and before.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. in 2 boxes

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-9560?rgn=main;view=text View

Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894. Autograph letters signed (33), autograph copy of a letter to Prince Hohenzollern-Hechingen, autograph document entitled "Conzertprogrammpläne für die Saison 1864-65 Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde," dated : Berlin, Munich, Breslau, Hanover, Wiesbaden, and [n.p.], 1858-1865 and 1868, [and n.d.], to Max Seifriz, 1858 Mar. 1, 1858-1865 and 1868, and n.d.

Title: Autograph letters signed (33), autograph copy of a letter to Prince Hohenzollern-Hechingen, autograph document entitled "Conzertprogrammpläne für die Saison 1864-65 Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde," dated : Berlin, Munich, Breslau, Hanover, Wiesbaden, and [n.p.], 1858-1865 and 1868, [and n.d.], to Max Seifriz, 1858 Mar. 1, 1858-1865 and 1868, and n.d.

On various musical and other professional matters, discussing concerts and programs, the great difficulty in preparing the piano score of Tristan ("zum Lohengrin verhält sich das Werk etwa wie der Fidelio zur Entführung"), commenting on a work of Seifriz's (it is primarily ear music, not eye music like Schumann's), mentioning his wife [Cosima], Tausig, Berlioz, Wagner, Liszt, Hauptmann, the Prince von Hohenzollern-Hechingen, [Leopold] Damrosch, Milde, Bechstein, Erard, Ludwig Strauss, Joachim, Laub, Singer, Schumann, Bargiel, Esser, Bach, Draeseke, Bronsart, Raff, Heinrich Gottwald, Henselt, Alexis Holländer, Pohl, Brendel, Popper, Grützmacher, Alfred Meissner, Mildner, Kittl, Apt, Weitzmann, Cornelius, Meyerbeer, Böckh, Fétis, Bote & Bock, Fürstner, Rubinstein, Devrient, von Hülsen, Harriers-Wippern, Köster, Gluck, Wieck, Lewenski, Oberthür, Cossmann, Servais, Alide Topp, Bagge, Simmel, Mendelssohn, Vogler, Weber, Glinka, Mozart, Stockhausen, Schnorr, and others, etc.

ArchivalResource: 35 items (90 p.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270673913 View

Lenz, Wilhelm von, 1809-1883. Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg June 27 1873, to an unidentified colleague, 1873 June 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg June 27 1873, to an unidentified colleague, 1873 June 27.

Saying that he has heard nothing from the recipient since he sent his latest work on Liszt, Chopin, Tausig, and Henselt, that his friend the Marquis de Caux has sent Lenz his work on Patti, recommending to the recipient pianos made by Bekker [i.e. Becker], saying the instruments of Bekker-Pettersen [i.e. P.L. Petersen] are better than their earlier ones, just as Beethoven's late works tower over his early and middle ones, mentioning the Neue freie Presse, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (4to)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270667266 View

Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956. Edwin Franko Goldman autograph collection, 1823-1954.

Title: Edwin Franko Goldman autograph collection, 1823-1954.

Collection of photographic portraits (some autographed), letters, and portions of musical scores from the principal composers, conductors, and musicians mainly in the period since 1823. The collection does include a musical notation by Mozart dated ca. 1770.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (in 2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34422799 View

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Autograph letter signed, dated : Weimar Jan. 20 1844, to an unidentified baron, 1844 Jan. 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Weimar Jan. 20 1844, to an unidentified baron, 1844 Jan. 20.

Introducing Clara Schumann, a delightful person, "parfaitement germanique," who plays works by Chopin, Henselt, Mendelssohn, and by her husband [Robert Schumann]--their works will seem like "filles belles encore sous ses doigts"--, expressing the hope that she may also be introduced to Mme Kirief and two other named but unidentified women, etc.; with two autograph letters signed, from Miss Pughe-Jones and Sybil M. Curtis, dated [London], 15 and 17 March 1930, to Alfred Cortot, giving him the Liszt letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270668150 View

Albi Rosenthal collection of letters between composers and music publishers, 1704-1966.

Title: Albi Rosenthal collection of letters between composers and music publishers, 1704-1966.

Collection of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century autograph manuscript letters between composers and music publishers, collected by music antiquarian Albi Rosenthal from the early 1970s through about 2002.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00368/catalog View

Henselt, Adolf von, 1814-1889. Troisième edition exercices pour le piano / indiques par A. Henselt.

Title: Troisième edition exercices pour le piano / indiques par A. Henselt. [18--?]

ArchivalResource: 24 p. of music ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/751978879 View

Henselt, Adolf von, 1814-1889. Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, May 1851, to [Hector Berlioz], 1851, May.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, May 1851, to [Hector Berlioz], 1851, May.

Introducing Mlle Bianka [i.e. Valentina Bianchi?], who wishes to complete her voice studies at the Conservatoire, expressing hope that Berlioz might facilitate her entrance, saying that they miss Berlioz--"vous aviez reveillé notre orchestre de son sommeil de marmotte exagerée"--, sending greetings from him and his wife to to Berlioz and his, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270666135 View

Henselt, Adolf von, 1814-1889. [Frühlingslied. Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1882 Sept. 15.

Title: [Frühlingslied. Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1882 Sept. 15.

ArchivalResource: 1 score (1 p.) ; 18 x 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270566380 View

Veith, Ursula. Grand polonaise / comp. C.M.v. Weber. Wiegenlied / von Adolph Henselt. Deux etudes / par I. Moscheles. Fantasie / par G. Taubert, op. 54. Adagio aus der Sonate, op. 31 / von L.v. Beethoven.

Title: Grand polonaise / comp. C.M.v. Weber. Wiegenlied / von Adolph Henselt. Deux etudes / par I. Moscheles. Fantasie / par G. Taubert, op. 54. Adagio aus der Sonate, op. 31 / von L.v. Beethoven. [18--]

ArchivalResource: [50] ms. p. of music ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9386131 View

Henselt, Adolf von, 1814-1889. Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Berlin?] Sept. 13 1864, to [Hans von Bülow?], 1864 Sept. 13.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Berlin?] Sept. 13 1864, to [Hans von Bülow?], 1864 Sept. 13.

Saying that he should not be annoyed by his asking him to share his student household ("Studentwirtschaft") the next day, and that if he is unable to do so he would come in the morning between 11 and 12 to play for him.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270666139 View

Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990

Title: Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress circa 1000-circa 1990

The archives consist primarily of music (both manuscript and printed), correspondence, photographs, sound recordings, books, newspaper clippings, printed programs, drawings, and engravings. They span years from the Middle Ages to the present, and include documents of composers, musicians, and literary figures, among others. The music in the collection includes holograph scores or sketches, both published and unpublished, as well as a number of copyists' and printed scores, transcriptions, and arrangements by composers and musicians such as Beethoven, Bloch, Brahms, Chopin, Franck, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenberg, Webern, and many others. Also included is historically important correspondence, such as letters of Metastasio and Handel. Some composers (Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, for example) are represented by numerous manuscripts. A sample of other composers, musicians, and literary figures that are represented by both music and nonmusical materials includes George Auric, Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Pierre Boulez, Anton Bruckner, Charles Burney, Feruccio Busoni, Claude Debussy, Frederick Delius, Hermann Hesse, György Ligeti, Federico Garca Lorca, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marice Ravel, Rainer Maria Rilke, Frank Wedekind, Kurt Weill, and Gioseffo Zarlino.

ArchivalResource: 3,600 items; 131 boxes; 206 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003012 View