Papers of Paul Bekker, 1906-1931.

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Papers of Paul Bekker, 1906-1931.

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The collection primarily consists of correspondence (letters, postcards and telegrams) to and from Bekker relating to music in Germany. Correspondents include Eugen d'Albert, Waldemar von Baussnern, Ernst Berg, Leo Blech, Walter Braunfels, Marie von Bülow, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Jean Chantavoine, André Cœuroy, Frederick Delius, Edward Joseph Dent, Paul Dermée, Alfred Einstein, Siegfried Fall, Carl Flesch, Oskar Fried, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Alois Hába, Carl Hagemann, Siegmund von Hausegger, Hugo Herrmann, Paul Hindemith, Joseph Holbrooke, Franz Hörth, James Hazen Hyde, Leopold Jessner, Hermann Kesser, Leo Kestenberg, Otto Klemperer, Paul von Klenau, Julius Korngold, Ernst Krenek, Henre Lichtenberger, Jörg Mager, Alma Mahler, Ludwig Meidner, Darius Milhaud, Moritz Moszkowski, Jean Louis Nicodé, Walter Niemann, Siegfried Ochs, Hans Pfitzner, Francis Poulenc, Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Hugo Riemann, Moriz Rosenthal, Ludwig Rottenberg, Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Hermann Scherchen, Max von Schillings, Gerhard Schjelderup, Artur Schnabel, Albert Schweitzer, Bernhard Sekles, Otto Taubmann, Hermann Waltershausen, Karl Weigl, Felix Weingartner, Adolf Weissmann, Egon Wellesz, and Alexander Zemlinsky. The material also includes a few clippings and a program.

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Bekker, Paul, 1882-1937

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Fried, Oskar, 1871-1941

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Taubmann, Otto, 1859-1929

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Lichtenberger, Henri, 1864-1941

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Korngold, Julius

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Chantavoine, Jean, 1877-1952

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Křenek, Ernst

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Einstein, Alfred, 1880-1952

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Pfitzner, Hans, 1869-1949

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Weingartner, Felix, 1863-1942

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Nicodé, Jean Louis, 1853-1919

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Mahler, Alma

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Bülow, Marie von.

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