Inventory of the Oscar Weil papers, 1861-1923
Inventory of the Oscar Weil Papers, 1861-1923
Collection number: ARCHIVES WEIL 1
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Part I: Correspondence, photographs, and other documents.
Book of nosegays, dated Leipzig, 1861.
Correspondence to O. Weil (1 folder containing 20 items).
Correspondence from O. Weil (1 folder containing 15 items).
Miscellaneous correspondence: 2 letters from Albert I. Elkus to Margaret Weil, and 2 letters to Mary V. Glascock from her husband, William. dated Dec. 16. 1820 and Jan. 6. 1821.
Contract between O. Weil and Charles E. Locke, manager of the Bush Street Theatre dated August 23, 1879 regarding the production of Weil's comic opera Pyramus and Thisbe.
Caricature of O. Weil in pencil dated 1890.
Miscellaneous documents and photographs: Marriage certificate between O. Weil and Phebe R. Cummings dated Sept. 19. 1872; 11 photographs; 3 reviews; and 7 other documents.
Part II: Original music by O. Weil in manuscript.
Two songs for contralto and piano, op. 37. No date or place.
Song "Reaching home." No date or place.
Margaret's Sonata, for piano. January, 1907.
Bagatelle, for piano. March, 1907. With the inscription "Composed by Margaret and Oscar Weil."
Suite of pieces written especially for Margaret, for piano. Dated March 11, 1906.
Two preludes, for piano. No date or place.
Etude, Fugue, Difficult Study, and Marching, for piano. No place or date.
Song without Words, Melody, for piano. No place or date.
Invention, Gigue,and Dance, for piano. No place or date.
Song "Love has wings." Poem by Alice Williams Brotherton. No place or date.
Song "It is the miller's daughter." Dated: April, 1908.
Song, "Oh, thou who hast my heart." No place or date.
Song Let the dream go "I was so fair to love, dear." Dated: August, 1897.
Lä;ndler for Luischen, for piano. Dated: San Francisco, Sept. 7, 1916.
While shepherds watched their flocks, a Christmas oratorio for children's voices. No place or date.
Phantasiestück, for piano. Op. 4:1. No place or date.
Part III: Published editions of other composers edited by O.Weil.
Bruch, Max, Romanza, edited by O. Weil (Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1881).
Twenty-four Musical Sketches, edited by O. Weil (Boston, Miles and Thompson, 1890), 4 of 24 pieces only:
1. Gade, Niels W., Arabesque.
2. Heller, Stephen, Scherzino.
3. Haberbier, E., Barcarole.
4. Brambach, C. J., Serenade.
Schubert, Franz, Menuetto, from String Quartetto in a minor. Manuscript.
Short Lyrics. A Choice Collection of Gems of Modern Pianoforte Literature(Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1881), 11 of 24 pieces only:
1. Reinecke, Carl, Landler.
2. Ravina, H., Reverie.
3. Heller, Stephen, Mazurka.
5. Jensen, Adolf, Serenade.
6. Loeschhorn, A., Song Without Words.
8. Jensen, Adolf, Cradle Song.
10. Mayer, Carl, Spring Song.
11. Bruch, Max, Romanza(see item 24).
14. Bruch, Max, Im Volkston.
18. Reinecke, Carl, Valse.
22. Heller, Stephen, Aubade.
Part IV: Harmony exercises.
Harmony exercises written and corrected by O. Weil for his students. 84 leaves.
Part V: Published vocal compositions by O. Weil
Four Ballads (Boston. Miles and Thompson, 1890.)
Drei Lieder, op. 31 (Leipzig, Breitkopf and Hartel, 1902).
Drei Lieder von Shakespeare, op. 32 (Leipzig, Breitkopf and Hartel, 1902).
Three Duets for alto and baritone, op. 36 (Boston, O. Ditson, 1904).
IM Maien, Walzer fur Gesangquartett, op. 35 (Leipzig, Breitkopf and Hartel, 1905).
(Eight) Melodies, op. 23 (Boston, Miles and Thompson, 1889).
Slumber Song, from the Swedish, (San Francisco, M. Gray, 1874).
Two Songs, op. 10 (Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1888).
Two songs with violin or violoncello obligato, op. 27 (Boston, Miles and Thompson, 1890).
Three Songs, op. 34 (Boston, Oliver Ditson, 1902).
Five Songs, op. 11 (Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1880).
Part VI: Published piano music by O. Weil.
Ballade, op. 17 (Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1882).
Feuillettes, op. 26 (Boston, Miles and Thompson, 1890).
Miniatures, Heft 1-2, op. 15 (Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1882).
Scherzino(Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1881).
Six Sonatines, op. 29 (Boston, Miles and Thompson, 1890).
Trois Morceaux, op. 25 (Boston, Miles and Thompson, 1890).
Twelve Short Studies of Medium Difficulty, op. 13 (Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt, 1881).
Valses pour le piano, op. 16 (Boston, Arhutr P. Schmidt, 1882).
Valse, from Six Choice Duets(San Francisco, M. Gray, 1874).
Vignettes: Six piano-forte pieces for small hands(Boston, O. Ditson, 1882). Inscription: "Written so long ago...for my little boy (Leo)..."
Part VII: Operas and oratorios.
Suzette, a comic opera in three acts, on a libretto adapted from a French source.
Additional Note
Dated: February 27th, 1889
The Passion, an oratorio.
Additional Note
Ink with corrections.
No place or date.
The Passion, an oratorio.
Additional Note
No place or date.
In Mexico, 1848. An opera in two acts.
Additional Note
Words by C. T. Dazey and Oscar Weil
Copyright, October, 1894
Printed Text pasted into a notebook with added stage directions in ink.
In Mexico, 1848. An opera in two acts.
Additional Note
Published by Alfred Mudge and Son, Boston, 1892.
Suzette, a comic opera in three acts.
Additional Note
No date or place.
Printed text pasted into a notebook with added stage directions in ink.
Fragments of unidentified librettos, 4 leaves.
Additional Note
No place or date.
Part VIII: published letters and papers of O. Weil.
Oscar Weil: Letters and Papers. Edited by Flora J. Arstein, Albert I. Elkus, and Stewart W. Young (San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1923).
Part IX: Sketches and drafts of musical compositions.
One portfolio containing a wide variety of sketches and drafts of musical compositions. Several hundred leaves. Some of this material may be by Émile Antoine Bruguière, Jr (see his collection of music held by the Music Library).