Ben Grauer collection of French music correspondence, 1835-1915.
Collection Number: 8434
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ben Grauer collection of French music correspondence, 1835-1915.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8434
Abstract:
Collection consists of correspondence between French composers and musicians, mostly
from the nineteenth century.
Creator:
Grauer, Ben
Quanitities:
1.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in French
Collection consists of correspondence between 19th and early 20th century French composers,
librettists and musicians (including Fromental Halévy, Jean-François Le Sueur, Jules
Massenet, Eugène Scribe, Florent Schmitt, and others). Many of the letters are addressed
to musicologist Georges Servières (1858 - 1937). Also includes music manuscripts,
programs, engravings, and clippings.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ben Grauer collection of French music correspondence, #8434. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Halévy, F., 1799-1862.
Kalkbrenner, Friedrich Wilhelm Michael, 1785-1849.
Le Sueur, 1760-1837.
Marchesi, Mathilde, 1821-1913.
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Moscheles, Ignaz, 1794-1870.
Schmitt, Florent, 1870-1958.
Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
Servières, Georges, 1858-1937.
Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Places:
France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Subjects:
Musicians -- France -- 19th century.
Composers -- France -- 19th century.
Music -- France -- 19th century.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
A
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Leon Achard, Aino Akte, Charles-Valentin Alkan, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Ba_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Alfredo Barbirolli, Antoine Banès, Marie Battu, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Be_/Bi_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Betove, Louis Besson, Marie Bière, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Bl_/Bo_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Rosine Bloch, Xavier Boisselot, Jaques Boulo, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Br_/Bu_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Gustave Bret, Richard Buhlig, Henry Buguet, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Ca_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Georges Cabel, Emma Calvé, Rose Caron, Jaques Boulo, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Ch_/Cl_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Henri Cartier, William Chaumet, Camille Chevillard, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Cl_/Co_/Cr_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Edmont Clement, Jules Cohen, Louis de la Cruz, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Da_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Henri-Bernard Dabadie, Marie Damoreau, Alfred Dard-Janin, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
De_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Prosper Dérvis, Germain Delavigne, Rey Dusseuil, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Do_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Alfred Dard-Janin, René Dorin, Julie Dorus-Gras, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Du_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Alice Ducasse, Adolphe Duchesnes, Théodore Dubois, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
E
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Pierre-Émile Engel, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Antoine Elwart, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
F
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Caroline Faure, Marie Favart, Paul Fugère, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Ga_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Eugène Gautier, Louis Ganne, Jules Gaudemar, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Ge_/Gh_/Gi_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Auguste Gevaert, Pierre Germain, Nicolas de Giosa, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Go_/Gr_/Gu_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by José Melchior Gomis, Charles Grisart, André Gresse, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Gounod, Charles
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
Paul de Choudens, letter to Gounod
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Ha_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by François Habeneck, Georges Hainl, Hyacinthe Halanzier, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Halévy, Fromenthal
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters by Halévy
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
He_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Léon Herrmann, Paul Henrion and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Hi_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Edmond Hippeau and Henri Hirschmann
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Ho_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Adrien-Alphonse Hormille, Augusta Holmes, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Hu_/Hy_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Georges Hüe, Charles Hubans, Charles Hubert, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
I
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Ismael (Jean-Vital Jammes) and Adèle Issac
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
J
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Louis Emmanuel Jadin, Louise Amalie Janssen, Emile Jonas, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
K
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Henri Kowalski and Gabrielle Kraus
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Kalkbrenner, Friedrich
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters by Kalkbrenner
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
La_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by the Baron de La Ferté, Louis Lacombe, Theodore Lack, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Le_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Pierre Antoine Lebrun, Augustin Lefort, Francois Pierre Auguste Leger,
and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Lesueur, Jean-Francois
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters by Lesueur
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Lesueur [ALS n.d. M. Alkan]
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Lh_/Li_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Lhérie, Anatole and Hippolyte Lionnet, and Lincelle
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Lo_/Lu_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Jules Lovy, Amélie Lorentz, René Luguet and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Mag_/Mai_/Mal_/Man_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Paul Maggi, Maguy Warna, Fedor Mainville, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Mar_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Noëmie Marcus, Henri Maréchal, Romualdo Marenco, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Marchesi, Mathilde
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letter regarding Wagner
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Mas_/Mau_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Joseph Lambert Massart, Jean Etienne-August Massol, the Marquis de
Masse, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Massenet, Jules
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
notes on visiting cards
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Letters to Massenet
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Me_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Joseph Meifred, Maria Meillet, Auguste Alphonse Meillet, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Mi_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Émilie Mily Meyer, Louis Miche and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Mo_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Toussaint-Eugène Mocker, Eugène Moniot, Marie Monbelli, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Moscheles, Ignaz
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters by Moscheles
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Mu_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Alfred Musard, Emmanuel Muzi, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
N
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Noël Parfait, Constance Nantier-Didieé, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
O
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Louis-Henri Obin, Benoit Octave, Georges Osborne, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Pa_/Pe_/Ph_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Émile Palhadile, Gabriel Pares, L. Palianti, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Pl_/Po_/Pr_/Pu_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Eugène Planard, Pleyel, Polin and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Ra_/Re_/Ri_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Jeanne Raunay, Ludwig Rellstab, Napoléon Henri Reber, Charles-René,
and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Ro_/Ru_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Robert [on Bellini], Aimée-Marie Roger-Miclos, Victor Roger, and
others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
S
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Hector Salomon, Marie Sasse, Jean-Francois Sudre, and others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Saint-Saëns, Victor [father of Camille]
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters by Saint-Saëns
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Scribe, Eugène
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters by Scribe
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Schmitt, Florent
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters by Schmitt
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Letters to Georges Servières (musicologist)
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
misc. correspondence
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Letters to Georges Servières II
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
misc. correspondence
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Letters to Georges Servières III
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
misc. correspondence
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Letters to Georges Servières IV
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letters regarding various composers (incl. Faure, Franck, Chabrier, Meyerbeer)
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
T
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Enrico Tamberlinck, Tamburini, Joseph Dieudonné Tagliafico, and others
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
U
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letter by Marguerite Ugalde
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Va_/Ve_
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by de Vauplane, Ernst Van Dyck, Léon Vasseur, and others
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Vi_/Vo_/Vu
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Alphonse Zoé Charles Renaud de Vilbac, Paul Vidal, Pauline Viardot,
and others
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
W
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by Pierre Francois Wartel, Mélanie Walder, Georgina Weldon, and others
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Widor, Charles-Marie
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. letters by , and others
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Z
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
letter by Zimmermann
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
2 copies of poem "Le maire d'Eu"
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Libretti of two revues (1915)
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Song lyrics
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Sheet music
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Program of French premiere of Arthur Honegger's oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Newspaper clippings
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Jean Louis Lasalle
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
Signed programs, clippings, articles
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Mme Aino Ackte
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
5 portraits, clippings
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Misc. letters
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Portraits of musicians
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
incl. Fusier, Cecile Ritter, Alice Ducasse, and others
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Misc. documents
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Letters with illegible signatures
|
|