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Ussher, Bruno David. Bruno David Ussher collection of photographs, 1892-1957 (bulk 1922-1935).

Title: Bruno David Ussher collection of photographs, 1892-1957 (bulk 1922-1935).

Photographs of musicians and music celebrties given to Ussher in the 1920s and 1930s. Many are autographed and inscribed. Also included is a score by Edward MacDowell.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/700521295 View

Miquelle, Georges, 1894-1977. Scrapbook : of Georges Miquelle, 1927-1969.

Title: Scrapbook : of Georges Miquelle, 1927-1969.

The scrapbook contains photographs of musicians autographed to Miquell including Bela Bartok, Pablo Casals, Antal Dorati, Pierre Fournier, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Walter Gieseking, Josef Gingold, Eugene Goossens, Raya Garbousova, Arthur Honneger, Amparo Iturbi, Eugene Ormandy, Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Fritz Reiner, Ottorino Respighi, George Szell, and Bruno Walter. There is also an engraving of Bernardino Molinari by Carlo Alberto Petrucci.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (64 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30793208 View

The Max Smith Papers, 1879-1933 (inclusive)

Title: The Max Smith Papers 1879-1933 (inclusive)

Correspondence, articles, and other materials by the American music critic Max Smith (1874-1935)

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1 linear foot)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0008 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

Bruno David Ussher collection of photographs, Bulk, 1922-1935, 1892-1957

Title: Bruno David Ussher collection of photographs Bulk, 1922-1935 1892-1957

Celebrity photographs (classical music and films) autographed to Ussher in the 1930s; Ussher was a musicologist/music critic.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Linear feet; 1 box

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8s20398c View

Smith, Max, 1874-1935. The Max Smith papers, 1879-1933 (inclusive).

Title: The Max Smith papers, 1879-1933 (inclusive).

The Max Smith Papers contain letters to and from Smith and family members, composers, performers, and critics. The Papers also hold rough drafts and printed copies of articles by Smith. Smith's life and work are further documented by: programs; photographs; and miscellaneous materials.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702190974 View

Müller, René. Letters : chiefly from prominent musicians to Georges Miquelle and Müller, 1934-1965.

Title: Letters : chiefly from prominent musicians to Georges Miquelle and Müller, 1934-1965.

The collection contains personal notes to Miquelle and M-uller from many guest performers with the Detroit Symphony whom they entertained during the performers' stay in Detroit. There is also a signature of Thomas Alva Edison and photographs of Gieseking and of Monfort l'Amaury, Ravel's home near Paris. Correspondents include Franco Autori, Robert Casadesus, Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge, Pierre Fournier, Zino Francescatti, Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch, Raya Garbousova, Walter Gieseking, Bernardino Melinari, Paul Paray, Etienne Pasquier, Maurice Ravel, Vladimir Golschmann, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Jacques Thibaud.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122368208 View

Smith, Max, 1874-1935. The Max Smith papers, 1879-1933 (inclusive).

Title: The Max Smith papers, 1879-1933 (inclusive).

The Max Smith Papers contain letters to and from Smith and family members, composers, performers, and critics. The Papers also hold rough drafts and printed copies of articles by Smith. Smith's life and work are further documented by: programs; photographs; and miscellaneous materials.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86093644 View

Müller, René. Papers regarding 20th century musicians [manuscript], 1916-1977.

Title: Papers regarding 20th century musicians [manuscript], 1916-1977.

Papers include a eulogy to Georges Miquelle by Müller. Correspondence includes 21 thank-you notes and brief letters from George Szell to Müller and similar notes from Robert Casadesus, Zino Francescatti, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Joseph Gingold, Walter Gieseking, Sir Eugene Goossens, Joseph Szigeti, and Alexandre Tansman, as well as from Wyndham Lewis. There are also autographs of Henri Casadesus, Marius Casadesus, Raya Garbousova, Alexander Glazunov, Vladimir Horowitz, Josef Hofmann, Arthur Honegger, Amparo Iturbi, Bernardino Molinari, Francis Poulenc, Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Ottorino Respighi, Arnold Schoenberg, and Deems Taylor; and photographs, many by Müller, of R. Casadesus, Francescatti, Gabrilowitsch, Garbousova, Gieseking, Honegger, Miquelle, Pierre Monteux, Ravel, and Respighi. There is also include a makeshift baton, of wood, signed by Ravel.

ArchivalResource: 105 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647877345 View