Marya Freund papers relating to Arnold Schoenberg, (bulk 1912-1937) 1912-1966

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Marya Freund papers relating to Arnold Schoenberg, (bulk 1912-1937) 1912-1966

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60 items of correspondence from Arnold and Gertrud Schoenberg to Marya Freund ; 121 items of correspondence from other musicians concerning performances of Schoenberg's works ; 31 programs and brochures, all with works of Schoenberg and all including Marya Freund ; 4 reviews (including 3 clippings) of the Dec. 15, 1921, Paris performance of Pierrot Lunaire ; Marya Freund's account of her first meeting with Arnold Schoenberg ; Marya Freund's notebook about the 1927 Paris Schoenberg Festival ; 28 photographs, 14 of Schoenberg either alone or with his family and 14 of Gurrelieder performances ; 2 portaits of Marya Freund and 1 of Arnold Schoenberg on which 1 of his letters is written. A narrative description of and notes on the Schoenberg correspondence and an English paraphrase of each Schoenberg letter accompany the collection as well as an English translation of Marya Freund's account. Also included are brief notes on other correspondents by Marya Freund's son Doda Conrad. Among the correspondents are: Nadia Boulanger, Luigi Dallapiccola, Max Deutsch, Roberto Gerhard, Jascha Horenstein, Rudolf Kolisch, Rene Leibowitz, Darius Milhaud, Maria Peragallo, Pietro Scarpini, Hermann Scherchen, Erwin Stein, Edward Steuermann, Egon Wellesz, and Jean Wiéner.

1.66 linear ft. (6 boxes)

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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Boulanger, Nadia, 1887-1979

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Scherchen, Hermann, 1891-1966

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German conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Leipzig?] Jan. 15 1921, to Herr Dünnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel], 1921 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668850 Scherchen left Germany in 1933 in voluntary protest of the new Nazi regime. Later that year he organized what he termed a musical workshop (Arbeitstagung) in Strassburg, intended especially for young musicians, and with the additional intention of providing a forum for perfo...

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951

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Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978

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Rudolf Kolisch (b. July 20, 1896 in Klamm, Lower Austria; d. August 1, 1978 in Watertown, Massachusetts) was a prominent Viennese-American violinist and string quartet player. His Kolisch Quartet gave seminal performances and premieres of chamber music that included compositions by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. In 1935, Kolisch immigrated to the United States, where he developed a parallel career as a professor of music at the University of Wisconsin, the New England Conservat...

Deutsch, Max

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Epithet: French composer teacher and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000033 ...

Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975

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Luigi Dallapiccola, an Italian composer, wrote Rencesvals, a piece for voice and piano based on three fragments of La Chanson de Roland, for French baritone Pierre Bernac. From the description of Correspondence concerning Rencesvals : Firenze, to Pierre Bernac, Paris, 1945-1946. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122640078 From the guide to the Correspondence concerning Rencesvals : Firenze, to Pierre Bernac, Paris, 1945-1946, (The New York Public Library. Music ...

Wellesz, Egon

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Austrian composer, musicologist, and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 1 June 1927, to an unidentified recipient, 1927 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679111 Austrian-born English composer, musicologist, and pedagogue; authority on Byzantine music; b. Egon Joseph Wellesz. From the description of Egon Wellesz collection, [193-]-[197-]. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969770 Epithet:...

Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974

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Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence on September 4, 1892. As a child he improvised melodies at the piano and soon took up the violin. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1909, studying the violin with Berthelier, ensemble with Lefèvre, harmony with Leroux, counterpoint with André Gédalge, composition and fugue with Charles-Marie Widor, and conducting with Vincent d'Indy. He received first "accessit" in violin and counterpoint, and second in fugue, winning the Prix Lepaulle for composition. Mil...

Gerhard, Roberto.

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Freund, Marya, 1876-1966

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Peragallo, Mario

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Schoenberg, Gertrud

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Epithet: wife of A Schoenberg British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001f4 Born on January 10, 1910 in Lyon, the French conductor and composer, Jean Martinon entered the Lyon and Paris conservatoires to study the violin. At Lyon, his teacher was Maurice Foundray and at the Paris Conservatory, he studied violin technique with Jules Boucherit. While at the Paris conservatory, Martinon took composi...

Leibowitz, René, 1913-1972

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Franco-Polish composer and conductor, disciple of Arnold Schönberg and leader of group of French 12-tone composers. From the description of Letters to Arnold Schönberg, 1944-1950. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491677 French musicologist, teacher, composer, and conductor of Polish origin. From the description of Suite Lyrique pour deux Pianos. / René Leibowitz. Op. 8. .... 27 mars--5 Juin 1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566626 ...

Scarpini, Pietro

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Steuermann, Edward

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Horenstein, Jascha

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Wiéner, Jean

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Stein, Erwin.

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Conrad, Doda

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