Finding Aid for the J.-G. Prod'homme Collection of Material About Ludwig van
Beethoven LSC.0655
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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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special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
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Language of Material: Materials are in English, French,
German and Spanish.
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[Identification of item], J.-G. Prod'homme collection of material about Ludwig Van
Beethoven (Collection 655). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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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.