Walther Klein papers, 1923-1987.

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Walther Klein papers, 1923-1987.

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Collection of biographical materials, notebooks, teaching documents; correspondence documenting Klein's friendships with Darius Milhaud, Giacinto Scelsi, Ernst Toch, and Fritz Reiner; theory studies; holograph and ms. scores and sketches; sound discs of Jean Kuhns playing "Regenzeit," and "Variations on Star-spangled banner for 2 pianos"; and a cassette tape of an interview with his son, Gerhard Klein, Sept. 3, 1987.

7 boxes.

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Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963

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Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From the guide to the Robert Russell Bennett papers, 1911-1981, (Music Library) Reiner was born in Budapest in 1888. He graduated from the Budapest Academy of Music in 1908 where he studied with Bela Bartok. Various conducting and directing appointments followed in Budapest and in Dresden, including that of chief conductor of the Royal Opera House in Dresden for 1914-1922. An acquaintan...

Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974

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Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence on September 4, 1892. As a child he improvised melodies at the piano and soon took up the violin. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1909, studying the violin with Berthelier, ensemble with Lefèvre, harmony with Leroux, counterpoint with André Gédalge, composition and fugue with Charles-Marie Widor, and conducting with Vincent d'Indy. He received first "accessit" in violin and counterpoint, and second in fugue, winning the Prix Lepaulle for composition. Mil...

Klein, Walther, 1882-1961

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Walther Wilhelm Klein, a native of Austria, immigrated to California, where he taught at Mills College, Oakland, and Katharine Branson High School, Ross. From the description of Walther Klein papers, 1923-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81985238 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH A native of Austria and longtime resident of Vienna, Klein immigrated to the United States in 1939. A composer and music theory teacher, Klein obtained hi...

Kuhns, Jean.

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Toch, Ernst

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A native of Vienna, Toch emigrated to Great Britain in 1933 and shortly later to the U.S. After the war he stayed in Europe for a time and then returned to the U.S. in 1952. Lilly Toch (née Zwack) was Ernst's wife; they married in 1916. Ernst and Lilly appear to have been good friends of Alma Mahler. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1948-1963. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864622 Austrian composer, pianist, and teacher, n...

Scelsi, Giacinto

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Klein, Gerhard, 1932-

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