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Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Autograph letters signed (20), autograph postcards signed (8), and typewritten letters signed (3), dated : Vienna, Garmisch, La Plata (Argentina), Paris, Amsterdam, Athens, [and other places], 1919-1939, to Max Graf, 1919 Jan. 25, 1919 Aug. 22, 1923 Aug. 8, 1925, 15 February, 1926 Nov. 22, 1926 June 20.

Title: Autograph letters signed (20), autograph postcards signed (8), and typewritten letters signed (3), dated : Vienna, Garmisch, La Plata (Argentina), Paris, Amsterdam, Athens, [and other places], 1919-1939, to Max Graf, 1919 Jan. 25, 1919 Aug. 22, 1923 Aug. 8, 1925, 15 February, 1926 Nov. 22, 1926 June 20.

Discussing his various activities as composer and conductor, criticizing Schalk's direction of the Vienna Court Opera, mentioning his Schlagobers, [Ägyptische] Helena, Intermezzo, Elektra, Schweigsame Frau, [Symphonia] Domestica, [Julius] Korngold, Frau Martner, Hofmannsthal, Albert Noelte, Heinz Tiessen, Bülow, Klaus Pringsheim, Karl Salomon, Gustav Brecher, [Ernst?] Decsey, Hartmann, Mahler, Schillings, Fr[anz] Schmidt, Bruckner, Reger, Pfitzner, Renkin, Vetter, Kralik, Karpath, Turnau, Kossak, Fritz Busch, Wilhelm Bauer, Bruno Walter, Clemens Krauss, Schneider, Knappertsbusch, Beethoven, [Gertrude] Kappel, Roselle, Elisabeth Bischoff, [Carl?] Flesch, [Mozart's] Idomeneo, Wagner's Tristan, Schubert, Alwin, Léhar, Krenek, and other persons; with one musical example.

ArchivalResource: 31 items (60 p., with 3 envelopes.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270670232 View

Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1951 (ff. 197).includes:f. 1 Emmie M. Tillett, née Bass; of Ibbs and Tillett: Redvers Llewellyn, musician: Alan J. Kirby, OBE; conductor; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to Alan J. Kirby fro..., 1951

Title: Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1951 (ff. 197).includes:f. 1 Emmie M. Tillett, née Bass; of Ibbs and Tillett: Redvers Llewellyn, musician: Alan J. Kirby, OBE; conductor; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Letter to Alan J. Kirby fro... 1951

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. [Album leaf in the hand of Fritz Busch], 1927 Mar. 22.

Title: [Album leaf in the hand of Fritz Busch], 1927 Mar. 22.

ArchivalResource: 1 score (1 p.) ; 19 x 25.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270562117 View

Saminsky, Lazare, 1882-1959. Autograph letters signed (5), dated : New York, Rye, and Menthon St. Bernard, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], including 1924 Apr. 3.

Title: Autograph letters signed (5), dated : New York, Rye, and Menthon St. Bernard, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], including 1924 Apr. 3.

Thanking him and Damrosch for the pleasure of conducting the New York Symphony, saying he is dedicating his Third Symphony to that organization, expressing delight that it will be given its première, conducted by Mr. Busch, asking if Flagler will add his name to the list of sponsors of a concert given by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, etc.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (10 p., with one envelope.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270668709 View

Fritz Busch collection, [ca. 1924-ongoing].

Title: Fritz Busch collection, [ca. 1924-ongoing].

Collection contains clipping file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951. Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1937-1949.

Title: Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1937-1949.

Concerns performances of Gustav Mahler's symphonies conducted by Busch, including Busch's typed excerpts from criticial reviews of a performance of the second symphony in Chicago in 1949. The letter, written in the fall of 1945, from Greta Busch, Fritz's wife, in part reflects upon the death of Franz Werfel.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (7 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155863042 View

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. [High mass in B minor].

Title: [High mass in B minor]. 1893-1949.

ArchivalResource: various pieces ; in two boxes (32 x 39 x 10)

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Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Album leaf in the hand of Fritz Busch], 1927.

Title: [Album leaf in the hand of Fritz Busch], 1927.

ArchivalResource: 1 score (1 p.) ; 13.5 x 11.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270562112 View

The Karl Weigl Papers, 1894-1986 (inclusive)

Title: The Karl Weigl Papers 1894-1986 (inclusive)

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the Austrian-American composer Karl Weigl (1881-1949), as well as the papers of his wife, the composer Vally Weigl (1899-1982).

ArchivalResource: 31 boxes (15 linear ft.)

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Jascha Heifetz Collection, 1911-1972

Title: Jascha Heifetz Collection 1911-1972

The collection contains primarily sound recordings of performances of Jascha Heifetz, but it also includes recordings of other artists, some of whom were collaborators with Heifetz, as well as one recording of his teacher, Leopold Auer. There are 920 10" and 12" sound discs, including test pressings, instantaneous discs and commercially released records. Most of the discs are 78 rpm recordings, but there are also a few 33 1/3 rpm discs. In addition to audio discs, the collection contains 1/4" magnetic tape recordings on 88 open reels. 61 of the tapes, made between December 14, 1954 and November 21, 1972, include date information on the boxes. 27 of the tapes are in boxes which are undated; however, recording dates for most of those tapes have been provided in the donor's inventory, which is also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 26 boxes (16.8 linear ft.):; 21 boxes of 10" and 12" sound discs (11.4 linear ft.); 5 boxes of 12" open reel tapes (5.4 linear ft.)

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Weigl, Karl, 1881-1949. The Karl Weigl Papers. 1894-1986 (inclusive).

Title: The Karl Weigl Papers. 1894-1986 (inclusive).

The Karl Weigl Papers consist of Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about Weigl, as well as the papers of his wife, the composer Vally Weigl.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear ft. (31 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702164762 View