Josefa Rosanska papers, 1913-1958 (inclusive), 1925-1939 (bulk).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Josefa Rosanska papers, 1913-1958 (inclusive), 1925-1939 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612663438

Letters from Rudolf Kolisch to Rosanska form the bulk of the collection (67 folders); with letters from her to Kolisch (9 folders), and other letters to Rosanska. Other correspondents include Theodor W. Adorno, Alban Berg, Felix Greissle, Erich Itor Kahn, members of the Kolisch Quartett, Arnold and Gertrud Schoenberg, Anton Webern, as well as concert agencies, orchestras, and radio stations. Also includes performance contracts and reviews, photographs, programs, biographical miscellany, clippings, and an audio recording of the Kolisch Quartett.

10 boxes (3.0 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7795988

Houghton Library

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x74dnm (person)

Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg was born on Sept. 13, 1874 in Vienna; began composing before he was nine years old; composed the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899), which he later scored for string orchestra, and became one of his most popular works; Austrian composers Alban Berg and Anton Webern began studying with him in 1904; his cantata Gurrelieder (begun in 1900) was received enthusiastically at its premiere in 1913; by 1909 he began creating atonal compositions, and in his Opus 25 Piano S...

Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6553d5f (person)

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...

Greissle, Felix, 1894-1982.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c6qpg (person)

Viennese-born music editor and educator who was a composition student and son-in-law of Schoenberg. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel and revised by Felix Greissle, August 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861376 ...

Berg, Alban

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb3zxc (person)

Austrian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Trahütten, to an unidentified friend, 1927 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672335 From the description of Autograph postcards signed (2), dated : [Villach?], and Villach [n.d.], to his sister-in-law Steffi Berg, 1907 Sept. 23 and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672288 From the description of Autograph and typewritten letter signed (incomplete), dated : [n.p., n.d.], to [Cl...

Webern, Anton

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c64b56 (person)

Austrian composer. From the description of Anton Webern / Das Augenlicht / von / Hildegard Jone / für / gemischten Chor / u. / Orchester / Op. 26 / Klavierauszug / von / Ludwig Zenk. [1935?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571148 From the description of Stefan George / VII. Ring / A. v. Webern op. 2. [1908-1909?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571211 From the description of Vier Lieder / für / Gesang und Orchester / von / Anton Webern / op. 13 / Partitur. [19...

Rosanska, Josefa, 1904-1986.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w0fzq (person)

Josefa Rosanska, originally Josephine Rosensweet, was an American concert pianist who worked primarily in Europe from 1925 to 1939. As the first wife of Rudolf Kolisch (1933-1942), she was associated with the protagonists of the Second Viennese School. From the description of Josefa Rosanska papers, 1913-1958 (inclusive), 1925-1939 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612663438 From the guide to the Josefa Rosanska papers, 1913-1958 (inclusive), 1925-1939 (bulk)...

Kolisch-Quartett

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b0twq (corporateBody)

Kahn, Erich Itor, 1905-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd43v0 (person)

Originally composed as Suite Bretonne for piano 4-hands, 1940-42, in the alien detention camp at Gurs, France. First performance of this orchestral version Baden-Baden, Germany, 1949 or 1950, Südwestfunk Orchester, Hans Rosbaud conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite bretonne / Erich Itor Kahn. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52472602 Erich Itor Kahn was a German-American pianist and composer. From the des...

Adorno, Theodor

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64m93hn (person)

Epithet: German philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000db Adorno was a German professor of philosophy at the Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, and associate director of the Institut für Sozialforschung in Frankfurt. From the description of Music in radio (memorandum), 1938, [microform]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309774179 From the de...

Schoenberg, Gertrud

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hh6h6t (person)

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...