Finding Aid for the Allen Dean Palmer collection on Heinrich Marschner. PASC-M.0077
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Title: Allen Dean Palmer collection on Heinrich Marschner
Creator:
Palmer, A. Dean
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0077
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(2 flat boxes and 1 document box)
Date (inclusive): 1831-1987
Abstract: This collection contains research material pertaining to German composer and music director Heinrich Marschner, compiled by
Allen Dean Palmer during his studies at UCLA. Material includes photographs, printed sheet music, clippings, postcards, and
Palmer's completed Masters thesis and PhD dissertation.
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Language of Material: Materials are in German and English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charlotte S. Myers and Allen Dean Palmer, 1988.
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[Identification of item], Allen Dean Palmer Collection on Heinrich Marschner (Collection PASC-M 77). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography/History
HEINRICH AUGUST MARSCHNER (born 16 August 1795) was a German composer who served as Kapellmeister at the Hanover court opera
for thirty years. He is primarily known for his operas, though he was a romantic composer who also made important contributions
to the Lied, or body of German Romantic poems set to classical music.
Though Marschner, who was born in Zittau, showed early promise as a soprano and a pianoforte player, he moved to Leipzig in
1913 with the intention of studying law. Convinced to make music his profession, he travelled in 1816 with Count Thaddaus
von Amadee, to Pressburg and Vienna, where he made the acquaintance of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Settling in Pressburg, he wrote
three operas, including Heinrich IV und Aubigne, which was produced in 1820. He was consequently appointed Kapellmeister of
the German and Italian opera there, in 1823. He was appointed Musikdirector in 1824, but resigned and relocated to Leipzig,
where he settled in 1827 as Kapellmeister of the theater. There he produced Der Vampyr (1828), a successful opera which was
also given in 1829 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, running for sixty nights.
In 1831, he was appointed court Kapellmeister at Hanover. He produced Hans Heiling in 1833; this is widely considered his
masterwork, and enjoyed great success. In 1836 it was performed under his own direction in Copenhagen; consequently, he was
offered the post of General Musical Director in Denmark, which he declined in order to remain in Hanover. Kaiser Adolf von
Nassau was produced at Dresden in 1845 under Richard Wagner's conductorship. In 1859, he was pensioned at the theater with
the title of Generalmusikdirector. Marschner died on 14 December 1861, in Hanover. A monument was erected to his memory there
in 1877.
ALLEN DEAN PALMER was a student of music at UCLA who wrote his Master of Arts thesis, Heinrich Marschner and his Opera, "Der
Vampyr", in 1975. His PhD dissertation, Heinrich August Marschner (1795-1861) and His Stage Works, was approved in 1978.
Scope and Content
This collection contains research material pertaining to German composer and music director Heinrich Marschner, compiled by
Allen Dean Palmer during his studies at UCLA. Material includes photographs, printed sheet music, clippings, postcards, and
Palmer's completed Masters thesis and PhD dissertation. All scores are composed by Heinrich Marschner, unless otherwise noted.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scores.
Composers -- Portraits.
Composers -- Germany.
Marschner, Heinrich
box 1, folder 1
Portrait engraving of Marschner (framed, with annotations)
circa 1911
box 1, folder 2
Portrait photograph of Marschner
circa 1850
box 1, folder 3
Carte de visite portrait of Marschner
undated
box 1, folder 4
Portrait photograph of Marschner's great- granddaughter Marianna Stahl (bears annotations)
undated
box 1, folder 5
Portrait photograph of Toni Marschner
undated
box 1, folder 6
Photograph of Marschner's monument in Zittau
undated
box 1, folder 7
Photograph of Marschner's bust in Vienna State Opera (with annotations)
1984
box 1, folder 8
Photograph of Hanover opera house (with annotations)
undated
box 1, folder 9
Postcard of Hanover opera house, addressed to Augusta Marschner
circa 1927
box 1, folder 10
Postcard of Hanover opera house, addressed to Marianna Stahl
circa 1960
box 2, folder 1
Ave Maria. Photocopy of vocal score, in copyist's hand
undated
box 2, folder 2
Hans Heiling, "An Jenam Tag" aria. Vocal scores
circa 1939
General
Published Otto Forberg, Leipzig
box 2, folder 3
Hans Heiling, "An Jenam Tag" aria. Vocal scores
undated
General
Published by B. Schott, Mainz
box 2, folder 4
Romanze for piano, violin, and violoncello. Score with parts
undated
General
Published by Friedrich Hermann, editions C.F. Peters, Leipzig
box 2, folder 5
Schon Ella. Photocopy of vocal score
undated
General
Published by Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig
box 3, folder 1
Der Templer und de Judin. Photocopy of opera score
undated
General
Published by Freidrich Hofmeister, Leipzig
box 2, folder 6
Bound collection of various printed scores, belonging to Toni Marschner
1844-1850
Scope and Content
Includes "The Indian Carnival" by Anthony Philip Heinrich (dedicated to Marschner), "The Museum Polka" by Anthony Philip Heinrich
(inscribed to Jenny Lind), "Mym Slovanskym Bratrum V Europe" by Anthony Philip Heinrich, "Quatre Caprices Pour Le Piano" by
J.P.E. Hartmann (dedicated to Marschner), "Qatrieme Rondeau pour Piano" by Adolphe Hesse, "Grande Sonate pour le Pianoforte"
by Fr. W. Crund (dedicated to Marschner), "Hommage A Beethover" by Charles Czerny, and "Romance Sans Paroles" and "Nocturne
pour le Piano" by Adlophe Hesse
box 2, folder 7
The Cadeau: a Christmas, New Year's, Midsummer, or Birth-day Present for 1831. Songbook by F.W.N. Bayley and W. Neuland
1831
box 3, folder 2
Berühmte Musiker (Famous Musicians), Vol. XII: Heinrich Marschner, by Georg Munzer
1901
General
Original cover and title page; photocopied contents. With annotations.
box 3, folder 3
Vienna State Opera printed brochure (with annotations)
1984
box 3, folder 4
Clippings from German newspaper
circa 1877
box 3, folder 5
Ovation: The Magazine for Classical Music Listeners, Vol.5, No.8
1984 September
box 3, folder 6
Research material
circa 1987
Scope and Content
Includes images cut from a book, an inventory, and photocopies of reference entries and articles about Marschner.
box 3, folder 7
Heinrich Marschner and His Opera, Der Vampyr. Palmer M.A. thesis.
1975
box 3, folder 8
Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861) and His Stage Works. Palmer PhD dissertation.
1978
