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)
Scope and Content Note
Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo, 1892-1979 ; Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882-1963 ; illeg.
Box 1, Folder 6
Official documentsDec. 1927
Scope and Content Note
Renter's contract
Box 1, Folder 7
Misc. documentsJuly 1, 1929
Scope and Content Note
Columbia Phonograph Company, document on copyright fees for Pequeña balada.
Box 2, Folder 1
De Osma, Julio. Esa es
Scope and Content Note
Three versions: for orchestra ; for voice and piano ; for two violins
Box 2, Folder 2
De Osma, Julio. Danza TropicalNew York, April 1922
Scope and Content Note
For piano. "To Virginia Meyers"
Box 2, Folder 3
De Osma, Julio. Encajes
Scope and Content Note
For voice and piano. Text by Machado, Manuel, 1874-1947
Box 2, Folder 4
De Osma, Julio. Una casita en el campo
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
Serranilla del Alma ; La pena. March, 1924
Box 2, Folder 15
De Osma, Julio. Songs for one voice and piano
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
(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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Box 3, Folder 1
De Osma, Julio
Scope and Content Note
Songs of my Spanish soil ; No fies mucho en la enmienda ; Esa es