Guide to the Julio de Osma Collection

Andrea Castillo
Stanford Music Library
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Guide to the Julio de Osma Collection

Collection number:

Stanford Music Library

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California
Processed by:
Andrea Castillo
Date Completed:
May 2008
Encoded by:
Ray Heigemeir
© 2008 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Julio de Osma Collection
Dates: 1920-1960
Collector: Keith W. Johnson
Collection Size: 3 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Repository: Stanford Music Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California 94305-3076
Abstract: The collection includes over one hundred music manuscripts by Julio de Osma, three publications of his songs, and a couple dozen photocopied documents dealing with his family history and professional life.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Spanish

Access

Collection is open for research. Please contact the Music Library to arrange for advance retrieval of materials from off-site storage.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce please contact the Head, Stanford Music Library.

Preferred Citation

Julio de Osma Collection, Courtesy of the Stanford Music Library, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Keith W. Johnson, 1959.

Biography / Administrative History

Julio de Osma was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1888. His mother came from a distinguished Castillian family, and his father was a well known organist. Julio de Osma started his music education as a young child. At 12 years he was performing regularly as an organist. At 17 he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied church music, piano, and composition in Barcelona and Paris. During the late 1920s De Osma toured Russia with the tenor Sergei Radamsky. De Osma founded a conservatory of music in San Jose, Costa Rica. He was married in New York in 1924 to Edra Arlonene. Julio de Osma has been most appreciated for his songs; the Boston Music Company published Esa es (She passed me like a dream), and the set Songs of my Spanish soil.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists mainly of Julio de Osma?s original music manuscripts. The compositions are predominantly light pieces, or ?parlor music? such as Spanish dances for piano, and songs with texts by the Spanish poet Manuel Machado. Osma?s style displays a strong Spanish influence. About half of the programs, from a total of eight, are for benefit concerts. Most of the newspaper clippings are related to Osma?s Russian concert tour. There are a couple of family history documents, and copies of three autographed photographs of famous opera singers.

Arrangement

Series: 1. Documents on the Julio de Osma Collection; 2. Photocopied documents; 3. Musical manuscripts; 4. Printed music.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Osma, Julio de
Songs, Spanish


 

Documents on the Julio de Osma Collection

Box 1, Folder 1

Two documents informing the collection

Scope and Content Note

Memorandum concerning the music manuscripts of Julio de Osma. Nov. 14, 1959 ; List of music manuscripts. Both documents were written by Keith W. Johnson, the grand nephew of Julio de Osma.
Box 1, Folder 1

Documents on the history of the Osma family

Box 1, Folder 2

Newspaper Clippings from ca. 1921- 1968

Box 1, Folder 3

Programs from ca. 1924 - 1930s

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence ca. 1920 - 1928

Box 1, Folder 5

Autographed photos (copies)

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Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo, 1892-1979 ; Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882-1963 ; illeg.
Box 1, Folder 6

Official documentsDec. 1927

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Renter's contract
Box 1, Folder 7

Misc. documentsJuly 1, 1929

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Columbia Phonograph Company, document on copyright fees for Pequeña balada.
 

Musical manuscripts

Box 2, Folder 1

De Osma, Julio. Esa es

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Three versions: for orchestra ; for voice and piano ; for two violins
Box 2, Folder 2

De Osma, Julio. Danza TropicalNew York, April 1922

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For piano. "To Virginia Meyers"
Box 2, Folder 3

De Osma, Julio. Encajes

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For voice and piano. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947
Box 2, Folder 4

De Osma, Julio. Una casita en el campo

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For voice and piano. Text by Alberola Lerra, Estanislao. (Two versions: April 1931 ; March 1932)
Box 2, Folder 5

De Osma, Julio. Two dances

Scope and Content Note

Que calor. Tango, for voice and piano ; Spanish Dances. Petenera, for piano. Oct. 1924
Box 2, Folder 6

De Osma, Julio. Dances

Scope and Content Note

Danza Española, for cello and piano ; Zapateado, for piano. New York, Dec. 1924 ; Spanish dances no.II. Jota, for piano ; Spanish Dance, for strings
Box 2, Folder 7

De Osma, Julio. Capricho AndaluzFeb. 1931

Scope and Content Note

For piano
Box 2, Folder 8

De Osma, Julio. Pinturas de España. Una fiesta al aire libre

Scope and Content Note

For piano
Box 2, Folder 9

De Osma, Julio. Cantares de mi tierra1922

Scope and Content Note

For voice and piano. Text by Alberola Lerra, Estanislao
Box 2, Folder 10

De Osma, Julio. Arrangements

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Las Mañanitas, for SATB and piano. San Francisco, March 1932 ; El Vito. Polo. Popular Andalusian song. New York, March 1929 ; Señor Alcalde Mayor. Petenera, for voice and piano
Box 2, Folder 11

De Osma, Julio. Songs

Scope and Content Note

Pregón de flores, duet for soprano and tenor. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947 ; Mi Patria, for voice and piano. Text by Valredomar, I. "A M. Encarnación Mayoral de Miller. New York, Aug. 1925"
Box 2, Folder 12

De Osma, Julio. Songs for one voice and piano

Scope and Content Note

Este querer que tengo. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947 ; Bendita sea mi tierra. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947. New York, April 1924 ; La Ausencia
Box 2, Folder 13

De Osma, Julio. Songs with text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947

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Serranilla del Alma ; La pena. March, 1924
Box 2, Folder 15

De Osma, Julio. Songs for one voice and piano

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El arroyo busca el rio. Text by Alberola Lerra, Estanislao ; Tiene la que yo quiero, no. 6. New York ; No cuentes tu amor a nadie. Fragment
Box 2, Folder 14

De Osma, Julio. Ballads

Scope and Content Note

Pequeña ballada, for voice, violin obligato, and piano. Aug. 1922 ; Coplas, for voice and piano. New York, Oct 1, 1923. Text by Alberola Lerra, Estanislao ; Dos coplas, for voice and piano. Fragment
Box 2, Folder 16

De Osma, Julio. Songs for one voice and piano

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Pierrot y Arlequin ; Cantares. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947 ; Cuando la penita. Text by Alberola Lerra, Estanislao. New York, June, 1922 [?] "Dedicated to Mme. Margarita L."
Box 2, Folder 17

De Osma, Julio. Song and prelude

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Elogio de la Solear, for voice and piano. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947. New York, May, 1925 ; Prelude in F sharp, for piano. Málaga Spain, March 1928. "To Maria E. Mayoral de Riggs-Miller"
Box 2, Folder 18

De Osma, Julio. Spanish Phantasie

Scope and Content Note

For two pianos
Box 2, Folder 19

De Osma, Julio. Spanish Phantasie

Scope and Content Note

Tienes los ojos grandes, no.18, for voice and piano. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947. New York, June 1923 ; Impresiones de Málaga. Suite for piano. Málaga, 1929. "To Edra, my wife" ; Untitled, for piano and treble instrument, no. 111. Hollywood, Oct. 1930
Box 2, Folder 20

De Osma, Julio. Three tangos for piano

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Tango in D major. New York, Jan. 1925 ; Tango in G major. Fragment. Hollywood, Dec. 1930 ; Tango misterioso. Hollywood, Sept. 1930
Box 2, Folder 21

De Osma, Julio. Works for piano and voice

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Danse Creolle. Passillo, for piano. Hollywood, Oct. 1930 ; Un fiel amigo, for voice and piano. Los Angeles, June 1930 ; Coplas for voice and piano. Málaga, Feb. 1928
Box 2, Folder 22

De Osma, Julio. Works for piano and voice

Scope and Content Note

Mutis, for voice and piano. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947 ; Couplet, for piano. Hollywood, Oct. 1930 ; Mazurka, for piano. Hollywood, Nov. 1930 ; La fiesta de los majos, for piano
Box 2, Folder 23

De Osma, Julio. Works for piano

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Zortcico. Oakland (three versions) ; Valse. Hollywood, Sep. 1930 ; Minuet y valse ; A little romance with two variations. "Written and dedicated to my wife for personal purposes."
Box 2, Folder 24

De Osma, Julio. Works for piano, organ and voice

Scope and Content Note

Minuetto in F à la antica, for piano. Hollywood, Oct. 1930 ; Valses poetiques, for piano ; Villancico Catalán, for organ ; Jesus and Mary, arr. for tenor and bass by De Osma, Julio. Oakland, Oct. 10, 1937
Box 2, Folder 25

De Osma, Julio. Sacred music

Scope and Content Note

Beati mortui. Motet, for two voices (for funerals). Oakland, Aug. 1932 ; Faith of our fathers, arr. for organ by De Osma, Julio ; St. Anthony responsory, arr. for voice and organ by De Osma, Julio ; Missa pro defunctis, for two voices and organ ; Missa pro nativitatis. Sketches
Box 2, Folder 26

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594. Missa sine nomine, men's voices (4)

Scope and Content Note

Edited and arranged for SATB by Rev. Rostagno, J. H. St. Mary's church. Oakland, California
Box 2, Folder 27

De Osma, Julio. Sacred music for voice and organ

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O mother of perpetual help ; Dominica resurrectionis. Introito. Fragment ; Panis angelicus. San Francisco, June 1932 ; Ave Maria. San Francisco, June 1932
Box 2, Folder 28

De Osma, Julio. El cant dels aucells

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(The birds praise the advent of the savior) Catalan Christmas carol from the 15th century, arr. for SATB by De Osma, Julio
Box 2, Folder 29

De Osma, Julio harmonizations of sacred music

Scope and Content Note

Lacerdos alter Christus, for voice and organ ; Stabat mater, for organ ; Tantum ergo, for organ ; Holy Lord we praise thy name, for organ
Box 2, Folder 30

Sacred music

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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594. Motets (1584 : Voices (4)). Adoramus te Christe, arr. ? ; Perosi, Don L. Mass for three voices
Box 2, Folder 31

De Osma, Julio. Vocal and instrumental works

Scope and Content Note

Son las canciones que canto, for voice and piano. New York, April 1923. (Manuscript torn) ; Barrera and Calleja. Granadinas, for piano and treble instrument. Arr. by De Osma, Julio ; Pesante, for piano or organ ; Albßniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. Suite española, no. 2. Sevilla, arr. for piano, violin, violoncello, and bass by De Osma, Julio; Tango de los titeres, for piano. Hollywood
Box 3, Folder 32

De Osma, Julio. Vocal and instrumental works

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Maria la O, for SATB (two versions) ; Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Ladko. Song of India, arr by De Osma, Julio ; Zortzico [sic]. Guernicaco arbola, for voice and piano. Fragment ; Vito - Pola for piano. Sketch ; Entre el discorde estruendo de la orgia, for voice and pian. Sketches
Box 3, Folder 33

De Osma, Julio. Vocal and instrumental works

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Marcha a la luz de la luna, for voice and piano. Sketch ; Pasacalle, for piano. Fragment ; Return to me, for voice and piano. Printed music with annotations from his wife Edra de Osma ; Jota aragonesa, arr. by De Osam, Julio. Fragment ; Paráfrasis sobre Amapola, for piano and orchestra
Box 3, Folder 34

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Amor brujo. Danza ritual del fuego

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement ? Piano and orchestral parts
Box 3, Folder 35

De Osma, Julio. Rasputania

Scope and Content Note

Operetta. Text by Mels, Edgar. Piano score
Box 3, Folder 36

De Osma, Julio. Fragments

Scope and Content Note

Allegretto mosso, for piano ; Canto hondo, for voice and piano ; Valse. El gato, for piano ; Prelude II, for piano ; Danzas españolas, for piano ; Untitled, for piano.
Box 3, Folder 37

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Adeste fidelis, for SATB ; Dice la guitarra, for voice and piano ; Sevillanas, for piano ; Regret, for voice and piano ; Love has no ending, for voice and piano ; Con moto, for violin, cello, and piano
Box 3, Folder 38

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Bolero, for piano ; La petite boite a musique, for piano ; Deus meus, for voice and piano ; Rubbr, Edmund. Dormi Jesu, for SATB ; Barcarola, for piano ; Boleras Sevillanas, for piano
Box 3, Folder 39

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Attende domini, voice part only ; Danza Cubana, for piano ; Allegro assai, for piano ; Granadinas, for piano ; A que me lo decis, for voice and piano ; Laughing eyes, for voice and piano
Box 3, Folder 40

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Cendal flotante de leve bruma, for voice and piano ; Spanish dance, for piano ; Cuna, for voice and piano ; Scherzo, for piano ; Kyrie, for organ ; Faith of our fathers, for organ ; Stabat Mater, for organ
Box 3, Folder 41

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Paisaje, for piano ; Sardana, for piano ; Las guitarras mágicas. Cantares, for piano ; The moon, for voice and piano ; Prelude, for piano ; Valses poetiques, for piano
Box 3, Folder 42

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches, piano

Scope and Content Note

Variations on a Catalan theme ; Spanish dances ; Allegro molto ; Seguidillas ; Burlesque ; Valse. Dec. 1930
Box 3, Folder 43

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Nocturne, for piano ; Canon, for piano ; Jota, for piano ; Ad lib. come recitative, for violin and piano ; Jota aragonesa, for piano ; Un fiel amigo, for voice and piano
Box 3, Folder 44

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

La paloma, for voice and piano ; Concierto Español, for piano and orchestra ; Habanera ; Les auges, for piano ; Petite cavatina, for cello and piano ; Guitarra, chords ; Paso doble, for piano
Box 3, Folder 45

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Bretón, T. En la Alhambra. arr.? for treble instrument and piano ; Molto allegro, for piano ; Allegretto, for voice and piano ; Song. Italy, August 1928 ; Petenera, for voice and piano, arr. De Osma, Julio ; Mírame despacito, for voice and piano ; Manola Manolita, voice part only ; Serenata del impertinente, for piano
Box 3, Folder 46

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

La guitarra y el cantor, for piano ; O mother of perpetual help, for voice and organ ; Panis angelicus, for voice and organ ; Holy God, we praise thy name, for organ ; Jota, for piano ; El cant dels aucells. Catalan Villancico, 15th century, arr. De Osma, Julio ; Fair river in thy bright clear flow, for voice and piano (not Osma's handwriting) ; Introit, vocal part only ; Beati mortui, for voice and organ
Box 3, Folder 47

De Osma, Julio. Vocal and instrumental works

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Lacerdos alter Christus, harmonized by De Osmo, Julio ; Introito Pasque, vocal part only ; "For the play Madre." Copla, for voice and piano. Dec. 17, 1923 ; L'amour de moi, treble part and piano ; Andalucia, treble part and piano. Fragment ; Spanish dances, no. 11, for piano ; Albßniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. Suite española, no. 1. Granada, for violins, cello, bass parts. Arrangement?
Box 3, Folder 48

De Osma, Julio. Fragments and sketches

Scope and Content Note

Danza Española, for piano ; Porque eres gitana, for voice and piano ; Yo pienso en ti, vocal part only ; Four part writing, piano ; Stabat Mater, for voice and organ
Box 3, Folder 49

De Osma, Julio. Impresiones de MálagaMálaga, 1929

Physical Description: Negatives

Scope and Content Note

For piano.
Box 3, Folder 50

De Osma, Julio. Sacred Music

Physical Description: Bound volume

Scope and Content Note

Panis Angelicus ; Ave Maria ; Beati mortui ; Holy God we praise thy name. "Compositions by Julio de Osma, organist of old St. Mary's Oakland, Cal."
Box 3, Folder 51

De Osma, Julio. Miscellaneous unidentified sketches

 

Musical manuscripts

Box 3, Folder 1

De Osma, Julio

Scope and Content Note

Songs of my Spanish soil ; No fies mucho en la enmienda ; Esa es