Guide to the Jenny Lind Collection M0076
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Patricia White; updated 2019 by Ray Heigemeir
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Jenny Lind collection
Identifier/Call Number: M0076
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1835-1919
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence (1835-1919), financial papers, musical compositions, and other papers. Included are
published and unpublished biographical material about Miss Lind, a manuscript copy of her contract with P. T. Barnum (1849),
scores used by her in concerts and dedication pieces of contemporary composers, an autobiographical sketch of Otto Goldschmidt,
papers pertaining to his composition "Ruth" and his work with the Bach Choir of London, manuscripts of his musical compositions,
and compositions by Julius Benedict (1804-1885), Niels W. Gade (1817-1890), Adolf F. Lindblad (1801-1878), and Karl Reinecke
(1824-1910).
Biographical / Historical
Jenny Lind, born Johanna Maria Lind in Stockholm, Sweden, 6 October 1820, was an operatic and oratorio soprano who made her
debut in Stockholm in 1838. Her final opera appearance was in 1849. In 1850 she toured the United States with P. T. Barnum
and in 1852 married her accompaniest, Otto Goldschmidt. Lind and her husband lived in Dresden, Germany and from 1856 on, in
England. She died 2 November 1887.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Jenny Lind Collection, M0076, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Formerly in the possession of Mrs. Frank Waters, a great grand-daughter of Miss Lind. Sold to a dealer who in turn sold it
to Mr. Samuel Stark. Mr. Stark gave it to Stanford in the summer of 1963.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music -- History
Singers
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887
Stark, Samuel
box 1, folder 1
Albumblatt. Ms score. Aug 15, 1852. Unframed. Silk needlepoint band, "Jenny" 1873
box 1, folder 2
Amicorum Album, "Dedie a Amalie Marie Constance Fellborg, 1825"
1825-1835
box 1, folder 3
Lind Biographical material (published and unpublished)
box 1, folder 4
Lind Letters, (22 letters)
1835-1860
box 1, folder 5
Lind Letters received (3 letters)
box 1, folder 6
Manuscript copy of contract with P. T. Barnum (Swedish translation)
Nov. 6, 1849
box 1, folder 7
Financial document
Sept. 8, 1860
box 1, folder 8
Ms ledgers and other financial papers
1848-1849 and 1867, 1871
box 1, folder 9
Photos, prints and other artwork
box 1, folder 10
Manuscript score (4 p.). The evening bells; Oft in the stilly night; Flow on thou shining river; So warmly we met; and two
notes containing song texts.
box 1, folder 11
Swedish attorney document, July 13, 1855.
box 1, folder 12
Manuscript vocal exercise book, Royal College of Music
box 1, folder 13
Manuscript choral music, "an Jenny Lind vom Deutschen Liederkranze" New York
Sept. 12, 1850
box 1, folder 14
Mrs. Raymond Maude papers, related to Lind's centennial and legacy
box 2, folder 15
Bound volume of vocal music by Jacob Josefson. Sanger vid Fortepiano, op. 5. Stockholm : Hirsch, [18--?]
Container Summary: Bound volume of music
box 2, folder 16
Bound volume of vocal music. Gade, Niels. Sex Danske Sange. Kiobenhavn: Lose & Olsen, [18--?]; Sange af Agnete og Havfruerne,
op. 3. Kjobenhavn, Lose & Olsen
Container Summary: Bound volume of music
box 2, folder 17
Bound volume of vocal music. Sanger vid Forte-Piano Mademoiselle Jenny Lind tillegnade af Evert af Georgii. Stockholm: Hedbom,
[18--?]
Container Summary: Bound volume of music
box 2, folder 18
Bound volume of vocal music by Wilhelm Taubert. Sechs Deutsche Lieder. Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1859; Sechs Deutsche Liederwolf
Lieder, op. 9. Berlin: Schlesinger, [18--?]; Sechs Deutsche Lieder, op. 12. Leipzig: Hofmeister, [18--?]; 12 Lieder Sang der
Liebe, op. 17/1. Berlin: Schlesinger, [18--?]; 12 Lieder Sang der Liebe, op. 17/2. Berlin: Schlesinger, [18--?]; 12 Gesaenge,
op. 27/1. Berlin: Schlesinger, [18--?]; Stimmen der Volker, op.16
Container Summary: Bound volume of music
box 2, folder 19
Bound volume of vocal music by Jul. Weiss. Die Wasernixe, op. 18; Drei Gesange, op. 14. Berlin: Bote & Bock, [18--?]
Container Summary: Bound volume of music
box 2, folder 20
Bellini, Vincenzo. Norma. Piano/vocal score. Wien: Diabelli & Cie., [1835?]. Duets and trios. Anotations likely in Lind's
hand
Container Summary: Bound volume of music
Box 5
Two bound volumes of music prepared for Lind's American tour. Print and manuscript, with annotations. London: "James Henry
Mapleson, Music Librarian and Transcriber of Music to Her Majesty's Theatre"
box 3, folder 22
Goldschmidt. Otto. Four duets, op. 18/1. London: Cramer, [18--?]
box 3, folder 23
Papers, letters, clippings, and other miscellany related to the performance of Goldschmidt's pastoral, "Ruth"
box 3, folder 24
Goldschmidt - Mendelssohn Scholarship Foundation
box 3, folder 25
Otto Goldschmidt, ms autobiographical notes
box 3, folder 26
Otto Goldschmidt. Mrs. Maude's copy of will dated April 30, 1906 (typescript), and epitome of the will, dated July 16, 1883
(ms) and epitome of codicils, 1885-1899
April 30, 1906, July 16, 1883, 1885-1899
box 3, folder 27
Ledgers for concerts given
1855-1856
box 3, folder 28
Otto Goldschmidt and heirs. Misc. financial papers
box 3, folder 29
Otto Goldschmidt. Transfer of copyright for 12 Studies, op. 13
box 3, folder 30
Materials related to the London Bach Choir and the centennial performance of the B minor mass
box 3, folder 31
Otto Goldschmidt, letters (18)
1857-1907
box 3, folder 32
Letters to Otto Goldschmidt (1860-1907) and regarding (1919)
1860-1907, 1919
box 4, folder 33
Goldschmidt. Ruth: a sacred pastoral, op. 20. Piano/vocal. London: Lamborn Cock, Addison, & Co., [18--?]; Ms excerpt of No.
36, "O Lord I will praise thee"
box 4, folder 34
Bach. Missa Brevis. Hybrid print/ms volume with Goldschmidt's edits
box 4, folder 35
Goldschmidt. Manuscript scores, 1848-1904
box 4, folder 36
Hopkins, C.J. "Fare thee well" ms score ded. Lind, and accompanying letter
box 4, folder 37
Taubert. "Ich muss nun einmal singen" (op. 74/1) ms score
1847
box 4, folder 38
Jenny Lind's music. Ms and print scores from which she sang and sheet music which is dedicated to her. The music is by Jules
Benedict, Donizetti, F. Chopin, N. Dalayrac, Carl Reinecke, F. Mendelssohn, Edwin Tiedner, Beethoven and Belletti
box 4, folder 39
Lindblad. Der schlottergebub. Bonn: Simrock, [18--?]
box 4, folder 40
Meyerbeer. Fatal moment! London: Chappell, [18--?]
box 4, folder 41
Gade. Bilder der Jahres, Sommernacht. Op. 51. Leipig: Kistner, [18--?]
1877
box 4, folder 42
Benedict. "Greeting to America" ms full score
Sept., 1850
box 4, folder 43
Beethoven, Fidelio. No. 13 Trio. Includes Lind's annotations