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Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Correspondence, ca. 1879-1909.

Title: Correspondence, ca. 1879-1909.

A total of 23 items are from Gustav Mahler; 6 of these are addressed to Alma Mahler: 3 are envelopes (of which the contents are not extant); 1 is a transcript of a telegram; and 2 are postcards, 1 of which was inserted by Alma between the pages of her diary at the entry for 25 June 1900 (see Tagebuch-Suiten ed. by Beaumont and Rode-Breymann, Suite 18). 1 item from Gustav Mahler is a draft of a poem (or song lyrics) noted on the reverse of a fragment of a letter from an unidentified correspondent. Two letters from Mahler to Anton Krisper (in 1879-1880) contain poems by him; several additional passages of poetry (in 1882 and 1884) are also included among Mahler's letters as transcribed by Alma (they were apparently written on the reverse of letters or drafts of letters). One letter from Mahler (incomplete transcript) is to an unidentified addressee. Included are a photocopy of a photograph of Rosa Sucher, with an inscription from her (for the original, see Photographs); and a transcript of an article by the music critic Josef Sittard for the Hamburgischer Correspondent, about Mahler's conducting in Hamburg.

ArchivalResource: 58 items (76 leaves).

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Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1906-1943.

Title: Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1906-1943.

The correspondence, which is mainly addressed to Alma Mahler, documents her long-standing friendship with Schoenberg and support for his work, as well as his affection and regard for her and his engagement with the work of Gustav Mahler; it touches upon diverse aspects of Schoenberg's musical career. Roughly 40% of the correspondence comprises original items, dated from 1920 to 1963; the earlier correspondence, dated 1906 to 1920, exists in the form of typescripts. Topics of the earlier correspondence include Schoenberg's reflections on his own aesthetic in a dramatic text he had written; the merits of his wife, Mathilde, and his hopes that she would be included in invitations from Gustav and Alma Mahler; financial difficulties of and support for Schoenberg, including stipends through the Mahler foundation (in that context, exchanges concerning Richard Strauss's opinion of Schoenberg), the formation of a special fund (Arnold-Schönberg-Fond); mentions of Alma's friend Lilly Lieser; Schoenberg's lecture on Mahler, in 1912, and his comments on performances of Mahler's symphonies; Schoenberg's own current compositions and their performances; his responses to the outbreak and course of the First World War; his conducting of Mahler's adaptation of Beethoven's ninth symphony; his founding of a society for private musical performances (Verein für private Musik-Aufführungen); and Alma's gift to Schoenberg of 2 Mahler manuscripts. Topics of the later correspondence (from 1920 on) include plans for the foundation of a Mahlerbund; Schoenberg's decision to decline the invitation from Kandinsky and Gropius to teach at the Bauhaus; the death of Mathilde Schönberg and, later, Schoenberg's marriage to Gertrud Kolisch; Schoenberg's emigration to the U.S., in 1933; his teaching at UCLA and attempt to help Werfel find a position; performances of and reception of Schoenberg's work in the U.S.; his debate with music critic Olin Downes about Mahler's seventh symphony, as performed by the New York Philharmonic under Mitropoulos, in 1948; and his debate with Thomas Mann concerning Mann's references, in his novel Doktor Faustus, to Schoenberg's composition techique using 12 tones. After 1944 Gertrud Schoenberg takes a greater role in the correspondence, and she continues a friendship with Alma Mahler after Arnold's death. Included are a manuscript of Schoenberg's essay about Gustav Mahler written in 1911, after Mahler's death; a postcard bearing a photograph, apparently of Gertrud Schoenberg, in middle age; and the following newspaper clippings: 2 columns of Downes in the New York Times (1 of which includes Schoenberg's letter to him); the exchange between Schoenberg and Thomas Mann in letters to the editor of the Saturday Review; and various tributes in honor of Schoenberg's 70th birthday, published in the Austro American Tribune.

ArchivalResource: 178 items (268 leaves)

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Rosé, Justine, 1868-1938. Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1911, 1933.

Title: Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1911, 1933.

The letters reflect a warm friendship between Alma and Justine subsequent to Gustav Mahler's death. 2 letters date from 1911; and 1 from 1933. One of the earlier letters mentions a commotion in Mahler's circle of friends about the possibility that Natalie Bauer-Lechner might publish her memoirs (Erinnerungen) of Mahler. The 1933 letter makes references to a successful performance in Berlin by Justine's daughter, Alma; and to the marriage of her son, Alfred ("Alfi").

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves).

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