Finding Aid for the J.-G. Prod'homme Collection of Material About Ludwig van Beethoven LSC.0655

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: J.-G. Prod'homme collection of material about Ludwig van Beethoven
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0655
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1899-1947
Abstract: Jacques-Gabriel Prod'homme (1871-1956) was a French music critic and librarian. He translated Wagner's prose works (1907-25) and musical dramas (1922-27) and Beethoven's conversation books (1946). His published works include Hector Berlioz 1803-1869 (1905), La jeunesse de Beethoven, 1770-1800 (1921), and Les sonatas pour piano de Beethoven, 1782-1823 (1937). The collection consists of French, German, English, Mexican, and other newspaper and periodical clippings, holograph notes, programs, books, and photographs relating to Ludwig van Beethoven and concerts of his sonatas, collected by Prod'homme.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English, French, German and Spanish.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233621 

Biography

Prod'homme was born on November 28, 1871 in Paris, France; studied philology and music history at the Paris École des Hautes Études Sociales (1890-94), then became a writer on musical and other subjects in the socialist publications, among them La revue socialiste, Droits de l'homme , and Messidor; co-founded the French section of the International Music Society (IMS) in 1902, and served as its secretary (1903-13); co-founded the French Musicological Society in 1917, serving as its secretary (1917-20) and vice-president (1929-36); became curator of the library and archivist of the museum at the Paris Opéra (1931-40); librarian at the Paris Conservatory (1934-40); became a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (1928); with others, he translated Wagner's prose works (1907-25) and musical dramas (1922-27) and Beethoven's conversation books (1946); published works include Hector Berlioz 1803-1869 (1905), La jeunesse de Beethoven, 1770-1800 (1921), and Les sonatas pour piano de Beethoven, 1782-1823 (1937); he died on June 18, 1956 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of French, German, English, Mexican, and other newspaper and periodical clippings, holograph notes, programs, books, and photographs relating to Ludwig van Beethoven and concerts of his sonatas, collected by French librarian and music critic Prod'homme.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Musicologists--France--Archival resources.

 

Prod'homme (Jacques Gabriel) Beethoveniana

Scope and Contents

The Prod'homme Collection of Beethoveniana consists of newspaper and periodical clippings, holograph notes, programs, and photographs, pertaining to Beethoven's life and works.
Box 1, Folder 1-2

Clippings from French, German, English, Mexican and other newspapers. ca. 1899-1947.

General

Many supplied by the Argus Suisse et International de la Presse S.A. and the Le Courrier de la Presse clipping services.
Box 1, Folder 3

La Societe des Sonates de Beethoven. (Articles by Eric Blom. February 1934-November 1935

Physical Description: vol.3-7.
Box 1, Folder 4

Concert programs.

Scope and Contents

Including French and English programs for Edouard Risler's series of concerts in which he played the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in sequence.
Notices in the latter items are by Charles Malherbe.
Box 1, Folder 5

Notes, letters, photographs, publishers' announcements, and lists of Beethoven autographs. Also, a ledger of holograph notes from Nottebohm.

 

Periodicals, Monographs, etc.:

Box 1, Folder 6

Deutsche revue. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. June 1898. 1898.

General

(Kalischer, Alf. Ehr. Neue Solge ungedruckter Briefe Beethovens, p.346).
Box 1, Folder 6

Le guide musical revue internationale de la musique et des theatres . Paris: Librairie Fischbacher. 1918.

Physical Description: vol.60 no.38-40.
Box 1, Folder 6

Neue zeitschrift fur musik. Leipzig: Gebruder Reinecke (Unger, Max; Oertzen, Erwin von). January 1911, August 1911, and July 1914.

Box 1, Folder 6

Gesellschaft fur schweizerische theaterkultur. Theaterkultur. Luzern: Schill & Cie. October 1932. 1932.

Physical Description: vol.5 no.1.
Box 1, Folder 6

Schola Cantorum. Les tablettes de la schola. Bulletin Mensuel. (Le journal de Fanny Giannatasio del Rio). March-April 1913.

Box 1, Folder 6

Fleischer, Oskar. Abwehr der angriffe der Herren Breitkopf & Hartel . Berlin: Gutenberg. 1904.

Box 1, Folder 6

Beethoven, Ludwig von. Fidelio. Berlin: Breitkopf & Hartel. [?]. 1913

Box 1, Folder 6

Frimmel, Theodor von. Bemerkungen aur angeblich kritischen ausgabeder briefe Beethovens . Wien: Friedrich Jasper. 1907.

Box 1, Folder 6

Humboldt-gymnasiums zu Berlin. Jahresbericht, Ostern Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung. (Lange, Gustav. Musikgeschichtliches). 1900. 1900.