Otto Klemperer archive, 1792-1988 (bulk 1920-circa 1970).

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Otto Klemperer archive, 1792-1988 (bulk 1920-circa 1970).

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The archive consists of Otto Klemperer's papers which document his life and career. It contains manuscript and printed music, including holograph scores and sketches, copyists' printed scores and parts, and musical arrangements; correspondence; family papers; writings by and about Klemperer; interviews with Klemperer and others; legal and financial documents; clippings; programs, including many from the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; photographic materials; materials related to the Kroll Opera; and books annotated by Klemperer and his daughter Lotte. The archive also contains production and resource materials, including scripts, interviews, background materials, and photographs, that Philo Bregstein used in making a documentary film about Klemperer's life and work.

around 20,000 items (111 boxes, 29 linear feet )

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Krolloper

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Klemperer, Lotte

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Lotte Klemperer (1923-2003) was the daughter of Otto Klemperer (1885-1973). From the description of Correspondence to Adolf Klarmann, 1973. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863661 ...

Bregstein, Philo, 1932-....

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Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra

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Klemperer, Otto, 1885-1973

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Johanna Klemperer (born Geissler; d. 1956) was an operatic singer and Otto Klemperer's wife; Lotte Klemperer (1923-2003) was their daughter. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1910-1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863663 Conductor and composer. Otto Klemperer (b. May 14, 1885 in Breslau, Germany; d. July 6, 1973 in Zurich) is known particularly for conducting orchestral music by Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Mahler, an...