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Box 9

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Contains 39 Results:

Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Box: 9, Folder: 49-51
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, Vienna, 1890 February 2, 1 page, in German.
Autograph letter signed, Vienna, 1902 January 4, 1 page, in German.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1902[?] January 21, 1 page, in German.

Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Hanslick, Eduard

Signature, New York, 1940 October 30

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents

Signed and dated on a page removed from a Carnegie Hall concert program.

Dates: 1940 October 30
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Heifetz, Jascha

Autograph letter signed, Paris, 2 pages, in French, 1862 October 22

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

Conveying corrections for a forthcoming musical publication.

Dates: 1862 October 22
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Heller, Stephen

Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1 page, in French, 1845 March 10

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...
Dates: 1845 March 10
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Herz, Henri

Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1 page, in French, 1861 August 20

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 55
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...
Dates: 1861 August 20
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Herz, Jacques

Signature, New York, undated but 1940 December 7

 Series — Box: 9, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents

Signed on a page removed from a Carnegie Hall concert program. The signature of Gitta Gradova is also present on the page.

Dates: undated but 1940 December 7
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Horowitz, Vladimir

Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Box: 9, Folder: 70-74
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, location unknown [London?], 1858[?] July 5, 1 page, in English.
Autograph letter signed, London, 1897[?] April 17, 2 pages, in English.
Autograph letter signed, Berlin, 1897 December 11, 3 pages, in English, with envelope.
Autograph letter signed, London[?], [year unknown] May 9, 3 pages, in English.
Autograph letter signed, Berlin, [year unknown] December 30, 4 pages, in French. To Colonne about the violin concerto repertoire.

Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Joachim, Joseph

Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1 page, in French, 1838 April 20

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...
Dates: 1838 April 20
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Kalkbrenner, Friedrich

Signature, New York, undated but 1940 November 23

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 77
Scope and Contents

Signed on a page removed from a Carnegie Hall concert program.

Dates: undated but 1940 November 23
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Koussevitzky, Serge

Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Box: 9, Folder: 80-84
Scope and Contents

Signed photograph, Vienna, 1912 January 25, 1 page, in German.
Autograph letter signed, Vienna, 1914 October 18, 1 page, in German.
Autograph letter signed, Vienna, [year unknown] December 9, 1 page, in German.
Autograph note signed, Vienna, [year unknown] July 10, 1 page, in German.
Typed letter signed, Vienna, 1939 July 14, 2 pages, in German. With English translation probably done by the donor's wife.

Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Lehár, Franz

Signature, Salzburg, 1 page, on a postcard, 190(1?) August 10

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 85
Scope and Contents

Lehmann's signature is one of approximately eight signatures inscribed on the postcard.

Dates: 190(1?) August 10
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Lehmann, Lilli

Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Box: 9, Folder: 86-88
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, Lugano, (1894?) September 5, 4 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 1 page, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 3 pages, in Italian, with envelope.

Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Autograph letter signed, Nogent-sur-Marne, 2 pages, in French, on mourning stationery, undated

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 100
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...
Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Litolff, Henry

Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Box: 9, Folder: 101-102
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, Moscow, 1857 February 6, 3 pages, in French.
Letter signed, [Bath, England?], 1867 April 6, 2 pages, in French. Embossed crown and "Bath" at upper left of leaf.

Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / L'vov, Alekseĭ

Correspondence

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 103-104
Scope and Contents

Autograph document signed, Nice, 1919 November 12, 1 page, in French. Receipt/check, partly printed; signatures on stamps.
Autograph letter signed, Nice, 1925 March 21, 2 pages, in French, with envelope.

Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Maeterlinck, Maurice

Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 3 pages, in French, undated

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 105
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...
Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Marmontel, Antonin

Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 2 pages, in French, on mourning stationery, undated

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...
Dates: undated
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Halévy, Ludovic

Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Box: 9, Folder: 92-97
Scope and Contents Autograph manuscript signed, Brussels, 1853[?], 1 page, in French. Part of a cover (or a letter?). Autograph letter, location unknown, undated [1876?], 4 pages, in French. Originally 6 pages; the final two are now missing. With a translation of the complete letter, probably written to Ambroise Thomas, into English. Autograph letter signed, Weimar, 1883 November 18, 2 pages, in German. To his publisher. Autograph letter signed, Weimar, 1886 May 24, 2 pages, in...
Dates: 1804-1950
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Liszt, Franz

Cabinet card portrait, Berlin, undated but likely before 1883

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 91
Scope and Contents

A photographic reproduction on albumin paper of a steel engraving of Liszt. Part of the "Gallerie Berühmter Meister" series produced by the Sophus Williams Kunstverlag, Berlin. A set of the cabinet cards in which this portrait appeared was advertised in a Hannover newspaper in 1883, so it is assumed that this card was produced before that date.

Dates: undated but likely before 1883
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers / Liszt, Franz