Harold Bauer letters, 1900-1935.

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Harold Bauer letters, 1900-1935.

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Long, personal letters from Bauer to Isabel Pelham Shaw Lowell (Mrs. Frederick) and Mrs. George Shaw. Most of the letters were written during the first World War and reflect Bauer's strong opinions about the war. Also, as one of the founders of and the American agent for L'Aide Affectueuse aux Musiciens, a charitable organization for needy French musicians, he solicited generous contributions from his two friends. His letters recount the privations endured by French musicians and their families during the war. In addition there are two letters from Roger Boutet de Monvel to Isabel Shaw Lowell and one from her to Bauer; a formal photograph of Bauer taken at the Lowell home ca. 1915; a reprint of a biographical sketch of Bauer; ca. 35 of Bauer's New York and Boston concert programs; and ca 50 miscellaneous concert programs (chiefley piano and vocal recitals) for the period 1900-1920 in Boston and New York.

0.5 linear ft. ( 1 box)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Lowell, Isabel Pelham Shaw.

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Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951

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Harold Bauer, born Apr. 28, 1873, Kingston-on-Thames, near London, died Mar. 12, 1951, Miami, Fla. Throughout his career he was regarded as one of the greatest living pianists, a successor to the tradition of Liszt, Paderewski, and Brahms, and a celebrated interpreter of the music of Schumann, Brahms, and Franck. He was one of the first to champion the music of Debussy and of Ravel. Bauer also had considerable fame in chamber music, performing with Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, ...