The Oster collection : papers of Heinrich Schenker, ca. 1884-ca. 1967.

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The Oster collection : papers of Heinrich Schenker, ca. 1884-ca. 1967.

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The Oster Collection, bequeathed to the New York Public Library by Ernst Oster, represents the major portion of the Nachlass of the Viennese music theorist Heinrich Schenker. It contains published and unpublished analyses and writings on music (particularly the works of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Chopin) as well as writings on non-musical topics, correspondence with students, acquaintances (such as Otto Erich Deutsch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Hans Weisse), and his publishers Universal-Edition (including directors Emil Hertzka and Alfred Kalmus) and Drei Masken Verlag. It also contains published music scores annotated by Schenker, clippings, and miscellaneous materials.

ca. 15 lin. ft.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6681247

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Oster, Ernst

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Weisse, Hans, 1892-1940

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Hans Weisse was born in Vienna on March 31, 1892. A student of music theorist Heinrich Schenker, he taught Oswald Jonas and Felix Salzer. He was hired by the Mannes School of Music in New York City, and initially arrived in the United States in the fall of 1931. He served as head of the composition department at Mannes, and took U.S. citizenship in 1938. Weisse died in New York City on February 10, 1940....

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954

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Elisabeth Furtwängler was the wife of Wilhelm Furtwängler. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1922-1954. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863316 German conductor, composer, and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Baden-Baden, 9 May [1929], to [Hermann] Scherchen, 1929 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577583 Epithet: conductor and composer Briti...

Universal-Edition

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In 1924, with his completion of a third year of studies in Busoni's master class, performances of his Divertimento and Sinfonia sacra by the Berlin Philharmonic, other achievements, and even a "grand tour" of Italy all behind him, Kurt Weill, highly commended by his mentor, was offered an exclusive publishing contract by Universal Edition in Vienna. As a result, this publishing house gained rights over some of Weill's most successful works, including Die Dreigroschenoper. The contract remained i...

Hertzka, Emil, 1869-1932

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Schenker, Heinrich, 1868-1935

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Biography Oswald Jonas, 1897-1978 In 1965 my stepfather Oswald Jonas, then 68 years old, faced a difficult decision. Retired from Roosevelt University in Chicago where he had taught since 1942, he was currently lecturing at the Music Academy in Vienna. Should he settle in Vienna, his original home, or should he return to his adopted country? Many factors were pulling in both directions when a temporary answer came in the form of a...

Drei Masken Verlag.

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Kosovsky, Robert

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Deutsch, Otto Erich, 1883-1967

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Austrian biographer and bibliographer. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Vienna, 4 February and 16 July 1963, to James Fuld, 1963 Feb. 4 and July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874456 ...

Kalmus, Alfred, 1889-1972.

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