Quinan (Ernest) Collection, 1923-1932

Summary

Title:

Ernest Quinan Collection,

Dates:

1923-1932

Creators:

Quinan, Ernest, d. ca. 1957

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ernest Quinan collection, ARCHIVES QUINAN 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of manuscript scores, in ink or pencil, chiefly for piano, with several works for strings and piano, and Variations for string quartet. Many noted as being composed in Paris, others in Berkeley, Calif.

Custodial history:

Mr. Wickham Quinan, Berkeley, in honor of his brother. May 1, 1957.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Physical description:

Number of container: 1 box

Related resources

Separated material:

Translations of works by the musicologists André Gedalge and Charles Koechlin, made by Ernest Quinan, have been cataloged separately and added to the general collections of the University of California, Berkeley Music Library.

Other descriptive data:

This notice by Professor Vincent Duckles appeared in the CU News(May 23, 1957):

MUSIC COLLECTION

Wickham Quinan of Berkeley has presented the music collection of his brother, the late Ernest Quinan, to the Library. Included in the collection of Mr. Quinan, who attended the University in the 1920s and was one of the first winners of the George Ladd Prize for musical composition, are 15 original compositions in manuscript which will be housed in the Rare Books Department. The Music Library will be enriched by over 100 handsomely bound musical scores and books and music, several pictures, and a bronze replica of the death mask of Beethoven.

In addition to these MS materials, the Music Library holds 2 translations by Ernest Quinan. These are cataloged in Case X:

• 1. Gedalge, André, Traité de la fugue (Paris: Enoch & Cie, 1901), 379 pp. This published volume contains profuse annotations by Ernest Quinan.
• 2. Gedalge, André, Treatise on the Fugue. English translation by Tatiana de S. Quinan and Ernest Quinan. Bound typescript copy dated Berkeley, California, May 1, 1925. The volume contains only a translation from the French of the text, not the musical examples. A note signed by Ernest Quinan states: "This translation (is) for the sole use of the undersigned..."
• 3. Koechlin, Charles, A Summary of the Rules of Counterpoint. English version by Ernest Quinan. (Paris: Au Menestral, 1927), 137 pp. Two copies with the inscription in ink: "For the Library, University of California. In token of appreciation. Ernest Quinan. Paris, November 30, 1927. (Ladd Fellowship in Music), 1925-27."

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by The Music Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou

Date Prepared:

© 1998

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: Unknown.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ernest Quinan collection, ARCHIVES QUINAN 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Music Library

Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

(510) 642-2623

music_reference@berkeley.edu

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