Guide to the Newberry collection of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century composers, 1830-1930

Department of Special Collections

Green Library

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, CA 94305-6004

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Guide to the Newberry collection of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century composers, 1830-1930

Collection number: M0418

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/

Processed by:: Sara Timby
Date Completed:: 1983

Descriptive Summary

Title: Newberry collection of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century composers,

Date (inclusive): 1830-1930

Collection number: Special Collections M0418

Creator: Newberry, Andrew Todd, collector

Extent: .5 linear ft.

Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Gift of Todd Newberry, 1983.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Newberry collection of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century composers, M0418, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Container List

Folder 1,

Letters:

1. Bülow, Hans Guido von 1830-1834,ALS, 5 May 1879,

Physical Description: 1 pg.

2. [Blairdoff?] ALS, [26 May 1900?],

Physical Description: 1 pg.

3. Brahms, Johannes 1833-1897,ALS, nd,

Physical Description: 2 pp.

4. Daudet, Alphonse 1840-1897,ALS to [Gustave Charpentier 1860-1956].Dealer's description and translation. Nd.

5. Debussy, Claude 1862-1918,ALS to Gabriel Moureg, [1912],

Physical Description: 1 pg.

6. Dotzauer, [Justus Johann Friedrich 1783-1860],ALS to Peters, 16 Apr 1830,

Physical Description: 2 pp.

7. Dvorák, Antonin 1841-1940,ALS to his publisher, 31 Jan 1883,

Physical Description: 4 pp,

Scope and Content Note

with printed transcription. (See #12).

8. [Gerhard?], Benjamin ALS to [Stonllig?], 26 Jun 1884,

Physical Description: 2 pp.

9. Kreutzer, Conradin 1780-1849,ALS, 27 Dec [ny],

Physical Description: 4 pp.

10. Loti, Pierre 1850-1923,ACS [to Georges Courteline, pseud.], 7 Jan 1917.Dealer's description and translation.

11. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix 1809-1847,ALS to N. Simrock, 30 Jan 1836,

Physical Description: 2 pp.

12. Schulz, Leo ACS to Russell [B. Kingman], 28 Feb [19]30,re Dvorák letter, listed above #7.

13. [Thöne] to Madam, ALS, nd,

Physical Description: 1 pg.

Scope and Content Note

with 1 bar of music.

Folder 2,

Manuscripts and 1 contract:

14. Cimarosa, Domenico 1749-1801,music ms Orazi e i Curiazi, copied for [Clara Rosalio?] by Domenico Dragonetti, nd,

Physical Description: 17 pp.

15. Franchomme, Auguste 1808-1884,music ms Fantasie pour le violincello.., 1832,

Physical Description: 6 pp.

Scope and Content Note

Bookplate of Henry Cummings.

16. Kreutzer, Conradin 1780-1849,music ms Riga, 27 Aug 1849,

Physical Description: 3½ pp.

17. Piatti, Alfredo 1822-1901,music ms Ave Maria, 7 Feb 1884,

Physical Description: 2 pp.

18. Servais, Adrien-Francois 1807-1866,music ms Larghetto, nd,

Physical Description: 2 pp.

19. Topper, David, music ms Violincello solo, opus 24, nd,

Physical Description: 1 pg.

20. Dragonetti, Domenico 1763-1846,contract with the King's Theatre, 14 Jan 1824,

Physical Description: 4 pp,

Scope and Content Note

with printed obituary [1846].

Folder 3,

Printed material:

21. Dragonetti, Domenico 1763-1846,engraving of, from newspaper, [1846].

22. Martinet, hand-colored engraving Guepier.., [18th century],plate 649.

23. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix 1809-1847,engraving of, nd.

24. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, engraving of by J. Blechinger.

25. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, engraving of by A.H. Payne & W.C. Wrankmore.

26. Paganini, Nicolo 1782-1840,facsimile ACS, 19 Oct 1833.

27. Wieniawski, Heinrich 1835-1880,one portrait engraving of, nd,5 newsclippings including obituaries.

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