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[Specified item], Music Library Autograph and Letter Collection, circa 1825-1998, Music Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
Acquisition InformationAccumulated through gifts and purchases.
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CopyrightCopyright for the materials in the collection does not reside with the Music Library. Therefore, patrons wishing to publish any item, or part of an item from this collection for any purpose, are responsible for securing requisite permissions.
Alternate FormsItems in the public domain have been digitized and are available linked from the container list. Folders containing multiple items are digitally represented by a single PDF file containing all the items in the folder.
Processing InformationProcessed by John Bewley 2011.
Accruals and AdditionsFurther accruals are possible but not scheduled for this collection.
The collection was compiled in the Music Library through acquisition by donation and purchase.
Collection of holograph materials collected by the Music Library, including letters by composers such as Béla Bartók, Arnold Bax, Charles de Bériot, Henri Berton, Paul Bowles, Hans von Bülow, Gustave Charpentier, Gaetano Donizetti, Leonard Ellinwood, Charles-Joseph Alphonse Greuse, Sir George Grove, John Lessard, Gabriel Pierné, Dragan Plamenac, Artur Schneider, John Stainer, Giuseppe Verdi, and Richard Wagner, as well as other musicians. Some items are signed programs and some folders contain small sets of correspondence (up to five items).
The collection is in one series arranged alphabetically by signer or author's surname with the exception of the folder for correspondence received by Artur Schneider. Additions to the collection, beginning with Folder 40, are in order of receipt.
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Babin, Victor, 1908-1972:
29 July
1965 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Typescript in English.
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Addressed "To whom it may concern" in regard to reference for Diana Hoagland. |
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Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945:
undated 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript in Hungarian.
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Addressed to violinist Jelly d'Arányi from Hotel Majestic, Paris, France. English translation (1 leaf) also included. |
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Purchased rom Richard MacNutt Ltd. Catalog ___ Item 590. |
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| 1 | 3 |
Basurko, Carlos:
24 March
1988 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Typescript letter in English.
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Addressed to "Buffalo New Music Ensemble". |
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Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953:
undated 4 items (4 leaves) |
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4 manuscript letters in English.
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Three notes addressed to "My dear Calvo" ( M. D. Calvocoressi), Greek musicologist and critic, and one addressed to "Dear Heseltine" ( Philip Heseltine(also known as Peter Warlock)). |
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| 1 | 5 |
Bennett, Richard Rodney:
27 November
1997 1 item (1 folded leaf) |
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Printed program from the collection of Joseph Chouinard.
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Program for BargeMusic program, Brooklyn, New York, signed by composer and pianist Richard Rodney Bennett and oboist Gerard Reuter. |
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| 1 | 6 |
Bériot, Ch. de (Charles),
1802-1870:
February 1850  View a digital version of this item1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in French.
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Addressed to "Monsieur Troupenas", French music publisher Eugène-Théodore Troupenas (1798-1850) |
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Purchased from Dan Fog Musikforlag Liste 326, Item 37. |
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| 1 | 7 |
Berton, H. (Henri), 1767-1844:
undated View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in French.
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Addressed to "Madame". |
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| 1 | 8 |
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999:
8 March
1985 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Typescript in English.
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Addressed to Michael Finkelman concerning a list of his musical works. |
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| 1 | 9 |
Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894:
9 January
1862 View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in German.
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Addressed to "... Herr Professor". |
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| 1 | 10 |
Charpentier, Gustave,
1860-1956:
28 April
1933 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Typescript letter in French.
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Addressed to "Monsieur Emile Drain, de la Comédie Française". Emile Drain (1890-1966) was a French actor. |
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Purchased from Dan Fog Musikforlag, Liste 326, Item 63 |
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| 1 | 11 |
Ciurciura, Leoncjusz:
26 March
1979 1 item (2 leaves) |
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Manuscript letter in Polish.
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| 1 | 12 |
Cruz-Romo, Gilda:
undated 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Signed promotional flyer.
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| 1 | 13 |
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848:
undated View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in Italian.
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Addressed to librettist and playwright, Salvatore Cammarano. |
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Purchased from Richard MacNutt Ltd. Catalogue 100, Item 490. |
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| 1 | 14 |
Dufourt, Hugues:
20 November
1969 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in French.
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Addressed to "Cher Monsieur" regarding a request for his score, Mura della città di dite. |
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| 1 | 15 |
Ellinwood, Leonard, 1905-1994:
14 March
1938 1 item (2 leaves) |
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Typescript letter in English.
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Addressed to musicologist, Carl Parrish. |
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| 1 | 16 |
Erb, Donald, 1927-2008:
2 June
1998 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript note in English.
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Cover sheet addressed to "June in Buffalo and Music Library". |
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| 1 | 17 |
Felciano, Richard:
23 November
1993 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript note returned on original typescript he received.
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Addressed to University at Buffalo librarian, David Nuzzo in response to request for score and parts to Felciano's work, Glossolalia. The note is accompanied a second typescript letter from Nuzzo dated 4 August 1994 and a manuscript note requesting Nuzzo to order the score. |
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| 1 | 18 |
Globokar, Vinko, 1934- :
18 June
1998 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in English.
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Addressed to organist Michael Burke. |
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| 1 | 19 |
Greuse, Charles-Joseph Alphonse:
5 June
1874 and
17 June
1874 View a digital version of this item 2 items (2 leaves) |
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Two manuscript letters in French.
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Addressed to Archbishop of Bologna concerning Greuse's 1872 publication, Antiphonaire de Saint Gre´goire: Fac-simile´ du manuscrit de Saint-Gall . |
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| 1 | 20 |
Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900:
2 August
1865 View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript postcard in English.
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Addressed to "C. A. Barry" (Charles Ainslie Barry, 1830-1915) about a female singer he would like to recommend for performances at Bayreuth. |
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Purchased from Dan Fog Musikforlag, Liste 326, Item 163. |
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| 1 | 21 |
Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967:
10 August
1965 1 printed program (8 pages) |
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Signature on program cover.
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Printed program for concert in honor of Kodály at Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana. |
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| 1 | 22 |
La Grange, Henry-Louis de,
1924-:
29 December
1978 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Typescript letter in English.
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Addressed to University at Buffalo Music Library. |
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| 1 | 23 |
Ledoux, Claude:
25 September
1984 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in English.
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Addressed to "Mister" concerning score of his work, Festival pour 10 cuivres. |
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| 1 | 24 |
Lessard, John, 1920-2003:
undated 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in English.
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Addressed to "Dear Alan". |
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| 1 | 25 |
Lutyens, Elizabeth, 1943- :
23 March
1973 and
17 August
1973 2 items (2 leaves) |
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1 typescript and 1 manuscript letter in English.
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Addressed to "Mr. Gay, Curator, Poetry Collection, Lockwood Memorial Library" concerning songs written by Lutyens. |
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| 1 | 26 |
Morawetz, Oskar, 1917-2007:
3 August
1965 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Typescript letter in English.
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Addressed to "Dear Mr. Foss", conductor and composer Lukas Foss about a possible performance of Morawetz's score, Passacaglia on a Bach Chorale. |
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| 1 | 27 |
Munsel, Patrice, 1925- :
March
1983 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript note in English.
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Addressed to "Everyone at the Music Library". Accompanied by Buffalo Philharmonic program booklet for March 11 - March 26 1983, including March 25-26 performances by Munsel. |
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| 1 | 28 |
Pierné, Gabriel, 1863-1937:
circa 17 June
1919 View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in French.
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Addressed to composer and conductor Arnold Cornelissen (1887-1953). |
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| 1 | 29 |
Plamenac, Dragan, 1895-1983:
22 March
1950,
6 May
1950,
26 August
1950,
5 February
1951,
8 April
1951, and
19 June
1975 5 items (5 leaves) |
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Manuscript and typescript letters in French and English.
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Four items (one with response written on the original) between Plamenac and musicologist Madame Geneviève Thibault (Comtesse de Chambure) and one to Plamenac from musicologist Pierluigi Petrobelli. |
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| 1 | 30 |
Schneider, Artur, Dr.:
21 July
1913,
26 July
1913, and
23 September
1915 3 items (4 leaves) |
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Manuscript letters in German (1) and French (2).
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Three letters addressed to Dr. Artur Schneider (1879-1946), Croatian art historian, writer on music, art critic, and director of the Graphic Collection, National and University Library, Zagreb. The correspondents are:
Olof ...berg, 21 July 1913, on behalf of
the Nationalmuseum Stockholm
Charles Francis Bell
(1871-1966), first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum's Department of Fine Art,
Oxford, England, 26 July 1913.
Leo
Liepmannssohn Antiquariat, 23 September 1915
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| 1 | 31 |
Shapey, Ralph, 1921-2002:
8 July
1965 2 items (2 leaves) |
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Manuscript letter in English with typescript response.
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Addressed to Agnes Lang, secretarial assistant to Allen Sapp, chair of the Music Department at the University of Buffalo, concerning payment for travel. |
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| 1 | 32 |
Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore,
1873-1928:
undated 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in English.
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Addressed to "Bindery Division" from the Music Division which Sonneck headed at the Library of Congress 1902-1917. |
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| 1 | 33 |
Stainer, John, 1840-1901:
23 July
1900,
25 July
1900,
17 December
1900, and
20 December
1900 View a digital version of this item 4 items (4 leaves) |
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Manuscript letters in English.
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Addressed to "Dr. Cummings" , singer and music antiquarian. Subjects include the tune for Hark, the herald angels sing and a visit to assess the library of the Sacred Harmonic Society with its librarian, William Henry Husk (1814-1887) for Sir George Grove. |
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Purchased from Dan Fog Musikforlag (Copenhagen): Liste 326, Item 398 and Liste 226, Item 403. |
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| 1 | 34 |
Stevens, Denis, 1922-2004:
21 April
1972
1 May
1972 2 items (2 leaves) |
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Typescript letters in English.
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Letter from Stevens to Music Department chairman Albert Cohen proposing a lecture with reply from Cohen. |
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| 1 | 35 |
Stoye, Paul:
13 April
1930 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Signed concert program.
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Concert by pianist Paul Stoye at Drake Conservatory of Music (Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa). |
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| 1 | 36 |
Trimble, Lester, 1923-1986:
15 March
1964 and
23 April
1964 2 items (2 leaves) |
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Typescript letters in English.
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Letter to clarinetist Allen Sigel about a performance of his work, Four fragments from "The Canterbury Tales" and response from Sigel. |
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| 1 | 37 |
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901:
undated View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in Italian.
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Addressed to "mon cher Leon", possibly Leon Escudier or Leon Carvalho. |
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Purchased from Richard MacNutt Ltd. Catalogue 100, Item 578. |
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| 1 | 38 |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883:
4 April 1872 View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript letter in German.
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Letter to unidentified recipient concerning issues with Bernhard Loeser at Berlin's Victoria Theatre. Typescript transcription in German included. |
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Purchased from Richard MacNutt Ltd. Catalogue 100, Item 581. |
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| 1 | 39 | Unidentified,
undated View a digital version of this item 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript in Latin and English.
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"Conticuere omnes intentique ora tene bant", a line from Virgil's Aeneid is used to generate lists of words through "affinity by sound" and "affinity by meaning". |
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| 1 | 40 |
Spalding, Marie Boardman:
22 December 1916 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Manuscript note card (6 x 8 cm.) in English.
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To an unknown addressee ("you and Margarita") from vocalist, pianist, and harpist Marie Boardman Spalding, wife of James Walter Spalding, and mother of violinist Albert Spalding. |
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| 1 | 41 |
Theater der Stadt Koblenz:
6 May 1953 and
16 May 1953 2 items (2 leaves) |
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Typescript letters in German on letterhead for Theater der Stadt Koblenz.
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Addressed to "Herrn Lenz Winkler". One letter possibly signed by music director Otto Winkler. |
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| 1 | 42 |
Edmunds, John, 1913-1986:
13 March
1962 1 item (1 leaf) |
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Typescript letter in English.
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Addressed to "Dear Peter", music critic and poet, Peter Yates. The letter, on Composers Forum letterhead, is largely about a concert and party honoring composer Henry Cowell in New York City March 12, 1962. The letter is accompanied by a program for the concert, a review by Harold C. Schonberg in the New York Times, and the booklet published by Broadcast Music Inc. in 1962 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cowell's first performance. |
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| 1 | 43 |
Boucourechliev, André:
1994-1995 1 folder (3 manuscript leaves, 10 typescript leaves) |
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Correspondence with University at Buffalo graduate student Peter Carlin (Karlinski) concerning a catalog of Boucourechliev's works compiled by Carlin. The ten typescript leaves contain a biographical sketch of Boucourechliev and catalog entries by Carlin, with annotations on some pages by Boucourechliev. |
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
