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García, Gustave, 1837-1925. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 18 October 1902, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1902 Oct. 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 18 October 1902, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1902 Oct. 18.

Commenting on Bennett's article on tenor voices, discussing the differences between a high baritone and a tenor, the principles of good voice training in general, mentioning Manuel García, Pauline Viardot, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (12mo)

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Artôt, Désirée, 1835-1907. Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, to an unidentified recipient, 1864 Apr. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, to an unidentified recipient, 1864 Apr. 24.

Saying that Mme Viardot has told her of the recipient's request concerning a concert on 10 or 19 May, and expressing regret that, because her Italian season does not end until June, she cannot accept his offer.

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

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Malibran, Maria, 1808-1836. Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 2 July 1833, to Domenico Barbaja in Naples, 1833 July 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 2 July 1833, to Domenico Barbaja in Naples, 1833 July 2.

Saying that there were two reasons she did not reply to his letter accompanying their contract: he had accepted all her conditions, and her busy life scarcely leaves her time to breathe, adding that she is glad to hear her sister [Pauline Viardot] and Carlo [i.e. Charles-Auguste de Bériot] are well, sending greetings to Cottreau [i.e. Guglielmo? Cottrau], Benedict, Lablash [i.e. Luigi Lablache], Calvarola, etc.

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

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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [n.p.], 2 December 1859, and Paris, 23 December 1863, to [Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein], 1859 Dec. 2.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [n.p.], 2 December 1859, and Paris, 23 December 1863, to [Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein], 1859 Dec. 2.

Answering [in 1859] a series of questions Sayn-Wittgenstein asked about Cléopâtre, Les Troyens (he is writing the ballets), [La mort d']Orphée, Mme Viardot, Liszt's proposed candidacy for corresponding membership in the Institute, mentioning Carvalho, [Offenbach's] Geneviève de Brabant, Poniatowski, Royer, Bénazet, Conti, Gaspari, Limnander, and Carafa, and writing [in 1863] almost entirely about Les Troyens, discussing the wording on the title page of the piano-vocal score and asking if he may dedicate the full score to her, mentioning Mme Charton[-Demeur], Verdi, etc.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (12 p.) ; (12mo)

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Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Autograph letter signed, dated : Las Palmas Apr. 24 1899, to [Albert] Carré, 1899 Apr. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Las Palmas Apr. 24 1899, to [Albert] Carré, 1899 Apr. 24.

Saying that before departing for a better world he would like to do two things: write a quartet and remount Proserpine, describing the difficulty of finding a soprano for the role--brilliant and dramatic like Valentine [in Meyerbeer's Huguenots], Léonora ([in Verdi's] Trovatore), Catherine ([in Meyerbeer's] Étoile du nord), mentioning Mlle Wynn, Gerville Réache, Viardot, Mme de Ruovina, mentioning Carré's travesty of Saint-Saëns's Javotte, saying one must come to Paris to see this directorial despotism, mentioning Phryné, Angiola , Mlle Chasles, Santori, Kerff , and other persons, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (4to)

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Durand, Auguste, 1830-1909. Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient.

Mentioning Mme [Pauline Viardot?-]García, discussing the change of date for a concert, and saying she need not worry about the organ.

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

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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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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Autograph letters signed (14), dated : Paris [and n.p.], 1850-1865, to his brother-in-law Camille Pal, 1850-1865.

Title: Autograph letters signed (14), dated : Paris [and n.p.], 1850-1865, to his brother-in-law Camille Pal, 1850-1865.

Of a social, familial, financial, and musical nature, metioning his Te Deum, Benvenuto [Cellini] in Weimar, Requiem, Roméo et Juliette, [Damnation de] Faust, Les grotesques de la musique, Les troyens, Béatrice et Bénédict, L'enfance du Christ, [Gluck's] Alceste, his son, Louis, Admiral Cécile, Henriette [i.e. Harriet Smithson], his sister Adèle, Charles Dupin, [T. Frederick] Beale, the Pion family, grand operas by Gounot [i.e. Gounod] and Gewaert [i.e. Gevaert], Benazet, Mme Charton-Demeur, Carvalho, Viardot, Stoltz, Titjens [i.e. Therese Tietjens], [Caroline Carvalho], etc.

ArchivalResource: 14 items (40 p.) ; various sizes.

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Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Paris Jan. 30 1878, London July 4 [1879?], and [Paris?] Aug. 13 1879, to Richard Peyton, 1878 Jan. 30. and 1879 July 4.

Title: Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Paris Jan. 30 1878, London July 4 [1879?], and [Paris?] Aug. 13 1879, to Richard Peyton, 1878 Jan. 30. and 1879 July 4.

Concerning La lyre et la harpe, saying that he is uneasy over the choice of the tenor, Mr. [W.H.] Cummings--he does not think his voice will be strong enough for the number that ends Part I--, suggesting Mr. [Edward] Lloyd instead, discussing travel plans, mentioning Mme Viardot, etc.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (8 p.) ; (12mo)

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Vieuxtemps, Henri, 1820-1881. Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 10 May 1847, to Count Mathieu Wielhorsky in St. Petersburg, 1847 May 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 10 May 1847, to Count Mathieu Wielhorsky in St. Petersburg, 1847 May 10.

Describing his visits to Paris and London, mentioning Grisi, Mario, Tamburini, Salvi, Alboni, Jenny Lind and her suit against Bunn at Drury Lane, [Meyerbeer's] Robert le diable, Staudigl, [Bellini's] Sonnambula, Félicien David's Christoph Colomb, Douai's [i.e. Emile Douay's] Jeanne, Gluck, Grétry, Méhul, Boieldieu, Armide, Richard coeur de lion, Joseph en Egypte, La dame blanche, Le désert, [Lacombe's] Manfred, Mme Viardot, Mme Dorus-Gras, Berlioz's success in Russia, Mendelssohn, in whose honor they gave a concert of his music, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

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Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Woronince, 10/22 December 1847, and Breslau Jan. 27 1848, to N. de Gutmansthal, 1847 Dec. 10 and 1848 Jan. 27.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Woronince, 10/22 December 1847, and Breslau Jan. 27 1848, to N. de Gutmansthal, 1847 Dec. 10 and 1848 Jan. 27.

Concerning money for the Maison Halperin in Odessa for some objects that Mme Testa chose for him, saying that the bracelets should be sent to Halperin to be delivered to the Princess Wittgenstein, expressing concern over a trunk that he had sent from Galatz to Weimar but that has not arrived, mentioning Belloni, Prince Dietrichstein's marriage, Mlle Löwe, Flotow's Martha, [Weber's] Freischütz, Verdi's Jérusalem, Mme Tomasini, Huber, Meyerbeer's Prophète and Africaine, Viardot, Roger, Wallner, Chateaubriand, Metternich, Talleyrand, Mme Sand, Bürger, Rousseau, and other persons, etc.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (16 p.) ; (8vo)

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