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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newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy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

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Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. Der fidele Bauer [collection] : Operette in einem Vorspiel und zwei Akten / von Victor Léon ; Musik von Leo Fall.

Title: Der fidele Bauer [collection] : Operette in einem Vorspiel und zwei Akten / von Victor Léon ; Musik von Leo Fall. 1907.

Arranged in five groups: I. Vocal scores (2). II. Orchestra parts (51). III. Vocal parts (12). IV. Chorus parts (23). V. Librettos (6). All materials were published by Harmonie (Berlin) in 1907. One copy of the vocal score is unbound and consists of engraved music printed on one side of each leaf. Some of the orchestra parts are bound in Tams folders. Vocal parts consist of excerpts from the vocal score bound into Tams folders.

ArchivalResource: 94 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16874224 View

Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. Bruderlein fein [music] = Darby and Joan : operetta in one act / adapted from the German of Julius Wilhelm by Arthur Anderson ; music by Leo Fall.

Title: Bruderlein fein [music] = Darby and Joan : operetta in one act / adapted from the German of Julius Wilhelm by Arthur Anderson ; music by Leo Fall. [1909?]

ArchivalResource: 1 box (45 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222951088 View

Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. The girl in the train [collection] = Die geschiedene Frau : from the German of Victor Léon ; book by Harry B. Smith ; lyrics by Adrian Ross ; music by Leo Fall.

Title: The girl in the train [collection] = Die geschiedene Frau : from the German of Victor Léon ; book by Harry B. Smith ; lyrics by Adrian Ross ; music by Leo Fall. 1910.

Arranged in two groups: I. Vocal scores (5). II. Promptbooks (2). The vocal scores are in English, published by Enoch, London (c1908, pl. no. E. & S. 4039) and Witmark, New York (c1910). The Enoch edition carries the composer's signature and dedication to Victor Léon. The promptbooks are typed, in English.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16874329 View

Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. The siren [collection] : operetta in three acts / original German by Leo Stein and A.M. Willner ; English version by Harry B. Smith ; music by Leo Fall.

Title: The siren [collection] : operetta in three acts / original German by Leo Stein and A.M. Willner ; English version by Harry B. Smith ; music by Leo Fall. 1911.

Arranged in four groups: I. Scores (1). II. Vocal scores (2). III. Vocal scores--Selections (1). IV. Orchestra parts (14). The conductor's score is a potpourri of manuscript music in full and vocal score bound with excerpts from the German vocal score (containing English translation) published by Weinberger (Leipzig, c1911) and sheet music for the interpolated song "Do step the two step" (Percy Greenbank, Howard Talbot) published by Chappell (New York, c1911). Both the vocal scores and the sheet music for "Grenadier's song" are imprints of Jos. W. Stern (New York, c1911). Orchestra parts, all manuscript, are in two sets. One set is arranged by instrument and the other by musical number. Additional composers and lyricists represented in the show include Egbert van Alstyne, Herebert Thomson, Nat D.' Ayer, Harry Williams, Donald Brian, Worton David, and Jerome Kern.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17237680 View

Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. The dollar princess [collection] : a musical play in three acts / by A.M. Willner and F. Grünbaum ; music by Leo Fall.

Title: The dollar princess [collection] : a musical play in three acts / by A.M. Willner and F. Grünbaum ; music by Leo Fall. 1909.

Arranged in six groups: I. Vocal scores (17). II. Orchestra parts (495). III. Vocal parts (74). IV. Chorus parts (5). V. Promptbooks (7 in 10 vols.). VI. Lyrics (34). The vocal scores are in English, published by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew (c1909, pl.no. A.H. & C. Ltd. 4863) and T.B. Harms (c1909). The orchestra parts are all manuscript, each part for an individual number in the work. The vocal parts are in English. Seventy parts are apparently numbers cut out of a vocal score by Harms, and many are fragmentary. Four parts are printed and are apparently a separate publication by Ascherberg, Hopwood, and Crew, from the plates used in printing of their vocal scores. The chorus parts are in English and German. All are holographs. The German parts are dated 1907. The promptbooks are in English, typed. Two are in three volumes, each volume covering one act. One is incomplete and carries the date May 26, 1910, and the stamp of Charles Frohman. Five books are in one volume, two of which are incomplete. The lyrics are typed, in English.

ArchivalResource: 635 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16888106 View

Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. [Ms. full score and vocal scores of excerpts from Der süsse Kavalier].

Title: [Ms. full score and vocal scores of excerpts from Der süsse Kavalier]. [1923]

ArchivalResource: 3 ms. items ; 33-40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681389446 View

Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. The siren [music] = Die sirene : operette in drei Akten / von Leo Stein und A.M. Willner ; musik von Leo Fall.

Title: The siren [music] = Die sirene : operette in drei Akten / von Leo Stein und A.M. Willner ; musik von Leo Fall. [1911-1912]

ArchivalResource: 1 box (20 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224224831 View

Edison Sheet Music Collection, 1830-1958, (bulk 1890-1940)

Title: Edison Sheet Music Collection 1830-1958 (bulk 1890-1940)

The collection consists chiefly of American sheet music published in the United States between the years 1830-1930. While a significant minority of the music in the collection is instrumental music, the vast majority is for voice and piano. Notable in this collection are imprints from California dating from before 1850, first editions by Irving Berlin and others, and many European imprints among the instrumental pieces.

ArchivalResource: circa 13,000 items; 148 containers; 444 linear feet

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Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript.

Title: [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript.

ArchivalResource: 1 score (1 p.) ; 10.5 x 18.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270561461 View

The Libretto Collection, 1850-1940

Title: The Libretto Collection 1850-1940

Published opera librettos

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear feet)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.misc.0302 View

Moss, George H. George Moss collection, 1885-1935 (bulk 1900-1925).

Title: George Moss collection, 1885-1935 (bulk 1900-1925).

The collection includes 78-rpm discs, cylinders, photographs, record catalogs, and sheet music. Among the composers represented in this collection are Irving Berlin, Joe Burke, Harry Carroll, Ivan Caryll, George M. Cohan, Walter Donaldson, Gus Edwards, Leo Fall, Fred Fischer, Rudolf Friml, George Gershwin, Alex [i.e., Albert] Gumble, Silvio Hein, Victor Herbert, Louis A. Hirsch, Max Hoffmann, Joseph E. Howard, Raymond Hubbell, Jerome Kern, Maurice Levi, George W. Meyer, Jimmie V. Monaco, Cole Porter, Alfred G. Robyn, Richard C. Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, Jean Schwartz, Abner Silver, Dave Stamper, John Stromberg, Harry Tierney, Harry von Tilzer, Egbert van Alstyne, Harry Warren, Percy Wenrich, and Gus Williams.

ArchivalResource: 16 linear ft. (16 boxes, ca. 1,400 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71129976 View

Fall, Leo, 1873-1925. Das Puppenmädel [collection] : vaudeville in drei Akten / von Leo Stein und A.M. Willner ; Musik von Leo Fall.

Title: Das Puppenmädel [collection] : vaudeville in drei Akten / von Leo Stein und A.M. Willner ; Musik von Leo Fall. 1910.

Arranged in three groups: I. Vocal scores (2). II. Orchestra parts (264). III. Promptbooks (2). The vocal scores are in German, published by Doblinger, Leipzig (c1910, pl. no. D. 4581). One copy carries the composer's signature and dedication to Frau Adolf Lewinski (?). The orchestra parts are manuscript, each part being for an individual number. The promptbooks are typescript, in English, and bear the title "The doll girl." The English version of the text is by Harry B. Smith.

ArchivalResource: 268 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17254526 View

Stockvis, M.E. The dollar princess costume designs, ca. 1909.

Title: The dollar princess costume designs, ca. 1909.

14 original female costume designs for the musical, The dollar princess, ca. 1909, adapted by George Grossmith, Jr., from the German of A.M. Willner and Fritz Grunbaum, music by Leo Fall.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (14 drawings) : col. ; 38 x 20 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704263924 View