Great composers and musicians collection, 1780-1910
Collection Number: 4674
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Great composers and musicians collection, 1780-1910
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4674
Abstract:
Autographs, brief music manuscripts, and/or portraits of famous and lesser-known Western
European and American composers and performers, including Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms,
Busoni, Elgar, Gounod, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, MacDowell, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer,
Mozart, Paderewski, Paganini, Rossini, Anton Rubinstein, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Schubert,
Sibelius, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Toscanini, Verdi, Wagner, Weber, and Hugo
Wolf. The bound volume includes autographs, manuscript letters, and/or portraits of
composers including Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, Gounod, Grieg, Francis Scott
Key, Leoncavallo, Liszt, Massenet, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Offenbach, Rossini, Saint-Saëns,
Schumann, Verdi, and Wagner.
Creator:
Quanitities:
58 items.
Language:
Collection material in Italian, German, French, and English.
Autographs, brief music manuscripts, and/or portraits of famous and lesser-known Western
European and American composers and performers, including Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms,
Busoni, Elgar, Gounod, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, MacDowell, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer,
Mozart, Paderewski, Paganini, Rossini, Anton Rubinstein, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Schubert,
Sibelius, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Toscanini, Verdi, Wagner, Weber, and Hugo
Wolf.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Great composers and musicians collection, #4674. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Related item: The great composers: a collection of autographs, 1842-1910, #4600 Bd.
Ms. 695.
Researchers may view one folder at a time.
Former call number for at least some items in the collection: Rare E173.N95 pt.13.
Names:
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924.
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941.
Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840.
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894.
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908.
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957.
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.
Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903.
Subjects:
Music -- History and criticism -- 19th century.
Music -- History and criticism -- 18th century.
Musicians -- Portraits.
Musicians.
Composers -- Great Britain.
Composers -- United States.
Composers -- Italy.
Composers -- Germany.
Composers -- France.
Form and Genre Terms:
Portraits.
Autographs (manuscripts).
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Rossini, Gioachino
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Paderewski, Ignace Jan
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1896-1905-04-03 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Strauss, Richard
|
1894-02-22 |
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Scope and Contents
letter undated, fragment 1894
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Berlioz, Hector
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Godard, Benjamin Louis Paul
|
1888-11-02 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Brahms, Johannes
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1874-12 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Sibelius, Jean
|
1907-07-04 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Elgar, Sir Edward
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Paganini, Nicolo
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1831-07-05 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
|
1894-03-19 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Thalberg, Sigismond
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1842-12-12 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Saint-Saens, Camille
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1879-04-21 |
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Scope and Contents
On reverse, fragment by Benjamin Godard
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Glazunov, Alexander Constantinovich
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1897-07-03 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Romberg, Bernard
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1826-02-19 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Sainton, Philip
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1885-11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Koschat, Thomas
|
1910-04-27 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Sarasate, Pablo Martin
|
1873-05-06 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Schubert, Franz Peter
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Rubenstein, Anton Gregor
|
1870-03-30 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Gounod, Charles
|
1839-12-01 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
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1857-07-1861-10-19 |
|
Scope and Contents
letter 1861, fragment 1857
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
D'Albert, Eugen
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1890-05-13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Bruch, Max
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1874-04-02-1892-05-24 |
|
Scope and Contents
letter 1874, fragment 1892
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Wolf, Ferrari Ermano
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1906-03-16 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Moszkowski, Moritz
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Suppe, Franz von
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Goldmark, Karl
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Busoni, Ferruccio Benvenuto
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1900-05 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Chaminade, Cecile
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1919-02 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Vieuxtemps, Henri
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1870-10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Pacini, Giovanni
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1837-10-14 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Grieg, Edvard
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Wagner, Richard
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1876-08-13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Joachim, Joseph
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1883 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Hall, Sir Charles
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1888-09-19-1890-04-10 |
|
Scope and Contents
letter 1888, fragment 1890
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
MacDowell, Edward
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1892-10-31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
d'Indy, Vincent
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Weber, Carl Maria von
|
1863-07-08 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Liszt, Franz
|
1845-04-10 |
|
Scope and Contents
Clementi exercises copied by Jose Ranieri Raymond Villanova, annotated by Liszt
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Haydn, Joseph
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1825-08-01 |
|
Scope and Contents
sketch of portrait
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Handel, George Frederick
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1789-01-01 |
|
Scope and Contents
sketch of Vauxhall statue
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Handel, George Frederick
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Undated |
|
Scope and Contents
sketch of 1725-1759 house
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
1770-1775 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Mascagni, Pietro
|
1903-04-08 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Wagner, Richard
|
1857 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Toscanini, Arturo
|
1936 |
|
Scope and Contents
Carnegie Hall program
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Toscanini, Arturo
|
1936-04-29 |
|
Scope and Contents
autographed Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York program
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Weber, Carl Maria von
|
1820-11-03 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Cherubini, Luigi
|
1806-1839 |
|
Scope and Contents
letters dated 1806-03-23, 1828-10-18, 1831; Solfege dated 1839-06
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Wolf, Hugo
|
1891-05-08 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Verdi, Giuseppe
|
1868-05-24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Wolf, Hugo
|
1889-1890 |
| Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Mendelssohn, Felix
|
1841-07-09 |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Moore, Thomas
|
Undated |
|
Scope and Contents
poem set to music by Henry A. Bishop, portrait dated 1832
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Kullak, Theodor
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1853-03-24-1872-03-07 |
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Scope and Contents
letter 1853, fragment 1872
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| Box 1 | Folder 57 |
Williams, Ralph Vaughan
|
1954-11-09 |
| Box 1 | Folder 58 |
MacDowell, Edward
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1891-01-05 |