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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 The music in the collection includes holograph scores or sketches, both published and unpublished, as well as a number of copyists' and printed scores, transcriptions, and arrangements by composers and musicians such as Beethoven, Bloch, Brahms, Chopin,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

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Pedro Salinas papers, ca. 1912-1975 (inclusive), 1936-1951 (bulk).

Title: Pedro Salinas papers, ca. 1912-1975 (inclusive), 1936-1951 (bulk).

Correspondence, literary manuscripts, and other materials of Spanish poet and critic Pedro Salinas.

ArchivalResource: 71 boxes (35.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00323/catalog View

Harding, Charles Alvar, 1915-. Autograph Book.

Title: Autograph Book.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270566304 View

The Virgil Thomson Papers, 1804-1990 (inclusive)

Title: The Virgil Thomson Papers 1804-1990 (inclusive)

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer and critic Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)

ArchivalResource: 394 boxes (183 linear ft.)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0029 View

Salazar, Adolfo, 1890-1958. Correspondence with American Musicological Society, 1939.

Title: Correspondence with American Musicological Society, 1939.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63614653 View

Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)

Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011 View

Alvar, Louise, 1883-1966. Autograph drafts of two letters, and photocopies of 29 autograph letters signed and autograph postcards signed (several are mostly in the hand of Georges Jean-Aubry), dated : Ventnor (Isle of Wight), London, Stockholm, Paris, Santa Barbara, [and other places], 1919-1930, to Manuel de Falla, 1922, 16 July.

Title: Autograph drafts of two letters, and photocopies of 29 autograph letters signed and autograph postcards signed (several are mostly in the hand of Georges Jean-Aubry), dated : Ventnor (Isle of Wight), London, Stockholm, Paris, Santa Barbara, [and other places], 1919-1930, to Manuel de Falla, 1922, 16 July.

Many of a social nature, discussing travel and concert plans, saying she sang his "Séguidille" at a concert in Santa Barbara, that she has begun to study his Sept Chansons Espagnoles, mentioning his article on "Debussy et L'Espagne" in the Chesterian, the success of La vie brève [i.e. La vida breve], L'amor brujo in Nantes, and the dances from Tricorne in New York with Monteux, El retablo de maese Pedro, Psyché, Canciones populares, Louis Durey, [Georges] Jean[-Aubry], Ravel, Edward Clark, Goossens, Arbós, Salazar, Louis Fleury, Halffter, and others, etc.

ArchivalResource: 31 items (82 p.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270680527 View

Tommasini, Vincenzo, 1878-1950. Autograph letters signed (9) and autograph postcards signed (12), dated : Rome, Paris, Adelboden, Bombay [and other places], 1919-1935, to Mme Louise Alvar, 1919 Dec. 21 and 1919 Apr. 12.

Title: Autograph letters signed (9) and autograph postcards signed (12), dated : Rome, Paris, Adelboden, Bombay [and other places], 1919-1935, to Mme Louise Alvar, 1919 Dec. 21 and 1919 Apr. 12.

Of a social nature, discussing concert and travel plans, expressing the hope that she has heard his quartet, sending news of his father's death, expressing doubts that his Sept chansons should be performed in a hall as big as the Paris Opéra, mentioning [Georges] Jean-Aubry, Malipiero (who has won an American prize for a string quartet), Rhené-Baton, Kling, Prunières, Don Miguel Salvator y Carreras, Molinari, Respighi, Falla, Salazar, Valéry, Charlie [Harding] ("un si charmant jeune homme"), and other persons, etc.; with drafts or typed copies of three of Alvar's letters to Tommasini.

ArchivalResource: 21 items (41 p., with 9 envelopes.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270677752 View

Salazar, Adolfo, 1890-1958. Autograph letter signed, dated : Toledo June 26 1916, to G[eorges] Jean-Aubry, 1916 June 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Toledo June 26 1916, to G[eorges] Jean-Aubry, 1916 June 26.

Saying that he received from their friend R[ogelio del] Villar the news concerning the Spanish translation of Jean-Aubry's book La musique française d'ajourd'hui, that Nin's collaboration would have been invaluable but asking how they can accept his work without pay, discussing other aspects of Salazar's proposed translation, saying that Falla has agreed to write the preface--he is at present in Granada with Serge Diaghilev getting ideas for the performance by the Bailes Rusos [i.e. Ballets Russes] of his Noches en los jardines de España and that he will return in two or three days and begin writing the preface--, asking if Jean-Aubry wishes the dedication to the Guérit[t]es and Fauré's preface included in the translation, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270668670 View

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951)

Title: Serge Koussevitzky Archive 1920-1976 (bulk 1924-1951)

The archive is a collection of correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs, and other materials which document some of the most significant aspects of twentieth-century music. Through his work as a conductor and publisher, and his efforts to commission new musical works, Koussevitzky maintained deep ties with many of the finest composers and musicians of the day. These figures are represented in their personal and professional affiliations with the conductor. In addition to serving as a record of Koussevitzky's life and career, the collection extensively chronicles periods in the history of organizations such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, and the American International Music Fund. Material in the collection dates from Koussevitzky's years in his native Russia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1924 to 1951; it also contains material created after Koussevitzky's death, reflecting his widow's continuing work with various organizations and projects. Musical compositions commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky are part of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Collection, and are shelved in ML30.3c, ML30.3c2, ML30.3c3, and ML30.3e2.

ArchivalResource: circa 13,000 items; 138 boxes; 100 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002008 View

Aaron Copland Collection, 1841-1991, (bulk 1911-1990)

Title: Aaron Copland Collection 1841-1991 (bulk 1911-1990)

The Aaron Copland Collection consists of published and unpublished music by Copland and other composers, correspondence, writings, biographical material, datebooks, journals, professional papers including legal and financial material, photographs, awards, art work, and books. Of particular interest is the correspondence with Nadia Boulanger, which extent over 50 years, and with his long-time friend, Harold Clurman. Other significant correspondents are Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, Carlos Chávez, David Diamond, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, Claire Reis, Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions, and Virgil Thomsom. The photographic collection of Copland's friend and confidant Victor Kraft, a professional photographer, forms part of the collection.

ArchivalResource: around 400,000 items; 564 boxes; 306 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002006 View

Bekker, Paul, 1882-1937. The Paul Bekker papers, 1839-1981 (inclusive)

Title: The Paul Bekker papers, 1839-1981 (inclusive)

The Paul Bekker Papers document music, culture, and society in early twentieth-century Germany through Bekker's extensive correspondence with composers, conductors, actors, journalists, publishers, and family members. The Papers also contain manuscript and printed copies of Bekker's many writings on music. In addition, the Papers hold personal documents and financial records, photographs, and a small number of musical scores.

ArchivalResource: 27 linear ft. (61 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82601604 View

Pedro Salinas papers, ca. 1912-1975 (inclusive), 1936-1951 (bulk).

Title: Pedro Salinas papers, ca. 1912-1975 (inclusive), 1936-1951 (bulk).

Correspondence, literary manuscripts, and other materials of Spanish poet and critic Pedro Salinas.

ArchivalResource: 71 boxes (35.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00323/catalog View

Salazar, Adolfo, 1890-1958. Autograph letters signed (4), autograph postcards signed (5) and typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Berlin, and Prague, 1919-1928, to Louise Alvar, 1921 June 8. and 1925 Sept. 9.

Title: Autograph letters signed (4), autograph postcards signed (5) and typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Berlin, and Prague, 1919-1928, to Louise Alvar, 1921 June 8. and 1925 Sept. 9.

Of a social nature, discussing travel and concert plans, thanking her for accepting the dedication of one of his Verlaine songs, expressing the hope that Falla's Retablo [de maese Pedro] will be performed in London--"Naturellement on a pensé toujours à vous pour le rôle de l'Enfant"--, and of Ernesto [Halffter's] Automne malade, Psyché, and Sinfonietta, mentioning [Georges] Jean-Aubry, Robert[o] Gerhard, Frederic Mompou, Roland-Manuel, Malipiero, Casella, Viñes, Sauguet, Sigrid and Charlie [Harding], and others, etc.; one letter is also signed by Ernesto Halffter.

ArchivalResource: 11 items (21 p., with 6 envelopes.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270668659 View

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Autograph letters signed (21), autograph postcards signed (8) and telegram, dated : Madrid, Granada, Paris, and Rome, 1919-1927, to Mme Louise Alvar [Harding], (and to Mr. and Mrs. C[harles] Harding), 1919-1927.

Title: Autograph letters signed (21), autograph postcards signed (8) and telegram, dated : Madrid, Granada, Paris, and Rome, 1919-1927, to Mme Louise Alvar [Harding], (and to Mr. and Mrs. C[harles] Harding), 1919-1927.

Many of a social nature, discussing concert arrangements, his health, announcing the death of his mother, sending sympathy on the death of her father, thanking her for singing his "Séguidille" in Santa Barbara, mentioning his articles on Debussy and Grieg, El retablo [de maese Pedro], Chansons espagnoles, Vie brève [i.e. La vida breve], Alvar's proposed performance of Psyché (which Falla dedicated to Louise Alvar), [Georges] Jean-Aubry, Durey, Sigrid and Charley [Harding], Salazar, Zuloaga, Halffter, and other persons, etc.

ArchivalResource: 29 items (78 p., with 19 envelopes.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270576690 View

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 18 April 1916, to [Adolfo Salazar], 1916 Apr. 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 18 April 1916, to [Adolfo Salazar], 1916 Apr. 18.

Saying that when he heard of the death of poor Granados he was ill and about to be operated upon, that since the operation he is still not well, and commenting on Granados's music.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270565608 View

Harding, Charles Alvar, 1915-. Charles Alvar Harding collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1970.

Title: Charles Alvar Harding collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1970.

The collection comprises autograph letters of musicians and literary figures, a few musical album leaves, some printed books, and many photographs. Most of the letters are written to Mr. Harding's great-uncle Richard Peyton, his grandfather Charles Harding, or his parents, Charles Copeley and Louise Alvar Harding (using the name Louise Alvar for her singing career). Some of the letters are written to Charles Alvar Harding himself. Among the musician letters in the Harding Collection are those of Georges Auric, Granville Bantock, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Alfredo Casella, Alfred Cortot, Claude Debussy, Paul Dukas, Louis Durey, Edward Elgar, Manuel de Falla, Louis Fleury, Eugene Goossens, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Ernesto Halffter, George Henschel, Constant Lambert, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Joaquín Nin, Adelina Patti, Maurice Ravel, Carl Rosa, Albert Roussel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Adolfo Salazar, Florent Schmitt, Andrés Segovia, Arthur Sullivan, Germaine Tailleferre, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Georgina Weldon, and Henry J. Wood. Letters of non-musicians include those of Arnold Bennett, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, G. Jean-Aubry, Salvador de Madariaga, André Maurois, Nancy Mitford, George Moore, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, Freya Stark, and Paul Valéry.

ArchivalResource: ca. 750 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270107179 View

Iznaola, Ricardo, 1949-. Ricardo Iznaola, guitar [sound recording]

Title: Ricardo Iznaola, guitar [sound recording] 2007.

ArchivalResource: 1 sound disc (65:50) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/255539810 View