Correspondence received 1902-1939

Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924

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Italian pianist and composer. From the description of Letters 1901-1920. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 703895285 German-Italian composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Berlin?], 22 June 1923, to Herr Dünnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel] 1923 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674030 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 8 March 1924, to a Herr Präsident, 1924...

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

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Conductor. From the description of Arturo Toscanini souvenir card, 1952 summer. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 501180914 Italian conductor, considered one of the greatest of the early 20th century. Started his career in Italy and spent much of his later years in the United States. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Toscanini to Mme Emmy Destinn, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872455 Italian conductor. From the descr...

Amfiteatrov, Aleksandr, 1862-1938

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Siloti, Alexander, 1863-1945

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D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938

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Italian poet, novelist, and dramatist. From the description of Ode per la morte del distruttore : autograph manuscript signed, 1900?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 427418260 From the description of Prima del secondo assalto : electoral politic discourse, pronounced before the Florentine people : autograph manuscript signed, 1900 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 427409004 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arcachon, to Madame la Comtesse Venturi...

Montemezzi, Italo, 1875-1952

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Milan, [n.d., ca. 1913?], to Sig. [Giuseppe?] Albinati, [n.d., ca. 1913?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582597 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 14 April 1931, to [Bruno] Zirato, 1931 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270900762 Montemezzi emigrated to California in 1939. He was apparently a friend of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel from at least 1942, when they ...

Randegger, Alberto

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Italian-English conductor, singing teacher, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 17 Duke Street, Manchester Square, to Arthur Sullivan, 1880 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125472 English conductor, teacher, and composer of German and Italian descent. From the description of Autograph letters signed (17), dated : [London], Oxford and [n.p.], 1873-1900 [and n.d.], to [Joseph] Bennett, 1872-1900 [and n.d.], including 1872 July...

Blech, Leo, 1871-1958

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Franchetti, Alberto

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Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942

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Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was one of the most prolific and popular European authors in the years before World War II. He wrote plays, poetry, and fiction, but his most popular works were highly fictionalized biographies of well-known historical figures. His central themes were nostalgia and humanism. From the description of Stefan Zweig letter and pamphlet, 1929-1932. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51589995 Austrian writer. From...

Wolzogen, Hans ˜vonœ 1848-1938

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German writer on music and librettist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bayreuth, 6 November 1886, to an unidentified recipient, 1886 Nov. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679356 ...

Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini

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Wife of Vladimir Horowitz. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York Jan. 4 1934, to Mr. and Mrs. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1934 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666458 Wanda Toscanini Horowitz is the daughter of the conductor Arturo Toscanini. She married the pianist Vladimir Horowitz. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1994. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155903231 ...

Ludwig, Emil, 1881-1948

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Emil Ludwig was a friend of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel; he had contact with them in France at the beginning of their exile, and he likewise emigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and settled in California, where they continued their friendship with him. Ludwig had become a Swiss citizen in 1932, and he returned to live there after the war. Elga Ludwig was Emil's wife. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1939-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library)....

Gilman, Lawrence.

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American music critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 1 December 1934, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1934 Dec. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577872 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Geneva, New York, etc., to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Dec. 25-1910 May 26 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589421 Lawrence Gilman, American author and music critic, was born on July 5, 1878 in Flushing, New York to A...

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

Strong, Templeton, 1856-1948

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