Scope and Contents Note The Eugen d'Albert letters consist of 87 letters, almost all of which were written from German composer and pianist Eugen d'Albert to Austrian composer and pianist Pauline Erdmannsdorfer. The letters date from 1892-1894, 1896-1897, 1899-1903, 1905-1906, and 1908-1913. In the letters, d'Albert discusses his musical creations with Pauline. He asks her to promote his compositions. The letters document d'Albert's musical evolution. D'Albert writes about rehearsals, critics, theater...

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Box 5. Alphabetical photographic files Ashman — Baclanova, 90 folders.

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Box 5. Alphabetical photographic files Ashman — Baclanova, 90 folders.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Letters and correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Montague Summers which are enhanced in several instances by the survival of Summers' holographic letter drafts; these correspondences are found primarily in the letters from R.A. Caton of Fortune Press and Greville Poke of Everybody's Weekly, longtime publishers of Summers work. In addition to letters from these and other publishers, such as Victor Gollancz, there are a wide range of letters from Summers' friends...

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Contains documents comprising the personal manuscripts collection of John Gilmary Shea. This series consists of Boxes 21 and 22 and is arranged alphabetically by individual.

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Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Arranged alphabetically by individual.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Consists of 75 folders comprising a clippings file maintained by Lawrence Gilman. Arranged in the original order created by Gilman, who kept the documents in several letter books. Gilman arranged the clippings first into chronological segments (1931-32, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935, and literary clippings) and then alphabetically by name or topic. The material is almost exclusively non-Gilman related. It consists primarily of newspaper clippings. Most of the material is music related, and many...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Fr. Walsh throw considerable light on most aspects of his career: as founder and guiding spirit of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as head of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in the early 1920s; as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; as a representative of the Catholic Church in Mexico; and as an extremely involved consultant at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Significant correspondents include Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The personal papers of music critic Paul Hume comprise this collection. Highlights include correspondence from luminaries of the music world such as Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Leonard Bernstein, Rudolph Bing, Nadia Boulanger, Antal Dorati, Alberto Ginastera, Serge Koussevitsky, John La Montaine, Lotte Lehmann, John Mauceri, Gian Carlo Menotti, Eugene Ormandy, Rosa Ponselle, Ned Rorem, Mstislav Rostropovich, Bidu Sayao, Beverly Sills, Gerard Souzay, George Szell, Virgil Thomson, Alan...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: (Box 5, Folders 23 - 35; Boxes 6 - 8; Box 9, Folders 1 - 34) This series contains files and manuscripts relating to LS's books, articles, and miscellaneous literary ventures, including a book club she attempted to start, called the 'Rarities Book Corner.' Arrangement is roughly alphabetical by type, e.g. books, magazine/periodical articles; manuscripts (miscellaneous manuscripts bearing no references to prospective publication in any periodicals, or to radio and lecture presentations);...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Consists of 54 folders containing orchestral program notes. Arranged in the original order designated by Lawrence Gilman, who kept the documents in several letter books. Printed program notes (dated 1930-34) written by various annotators and collected by Gilman appear first in the series. The non-Gilman program notes are arranged alphabetically by last name of composer. Gilman made some marginal notes on many of these programs written by others. Program notes written by Gilman himself appear...

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Noel Da Costa. 1/4" open reel audio tape.

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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection documents the career of Mickey Thomas Terry as an organist and historian of African American classical music.It includes correspondence, music programs, posters, interviews with George Walker and Jean Guillou, music recordings (of Terry and others), clippings, and other materials related to African American composers and organists. Other individuals who are represented in the collection include David Hurd, Ruth Norman, Noel Da Costa, and William B. Cooper, among...