Compositions, 1885-1966.

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Compositions, 1885-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122581276

Includes substantial material relating to his plays, Der Graf von Charolais, Die Historie von König David, Der Junge David, Der Tod Georgs, Jaakobs Traum. Also includes letters from Maria Rainer Rilke among other items.

29 boxes (14.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945

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Beer-Hofmann, an Austrian poet and dramatist, emigrated to the U.S. in 1938. From the description of Compositions, 1885-1966. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581276 From the guide to the Compositions, 1885-1966., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Richard Beer-Hofmann was born on July 11. 1866. He was the son of Hermann and Rosa Beer. His mother died within a week of his birth and after her death, he was adopted and reared b...

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926

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Rilke wrote to Werfel in 1913 after reading Werfel's first 2 books of poems, Der Weltfreund and Wir sind. They met for the first time in the same year. Ruth Siebe-Rilke was the daughter of Rilke and Clara Westhoff; here she signs her name Ruth Fritzsche-Rilke. She was at that time the administrator of the Rilke family archive, located in Fischerhude, near Bremen, Germany. (More recently the archive has been located in Gernsbach.) From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werf...