Inventory of the Alfred Hertz papers, 1889-1942
Inventory of the Alfred Hertz Papers, 1889-1942
Collection number: ARCHIVES HERTZ 1
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- a. Dame Ethel M. Smith, Der Wald, March 11, 1903.
- b. Wagner, Parsifal, December 24, 1903.
- c. Strauss, Salome, January 22, 19007.
- d. d'Albert, Tiefland, November 23, 1908.
- e. Frederick Converse, The Pipe of Desire, March 18, 1910.
- f. Humperdinck, Konigskinder, December 28, 1911.
- g. Thuille, Lobetanz, November 18, 1911.
- h. Blech, Versiegelt, January 20, 1913.
- I. Horatio Parker, Mona, March 14, 1912.
- j. Walter Damrosch, Cyrano de Bergerac, February 27, 1913.
- k. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, December 9, 1913.
Part I: Materials of a personal nature pertaining to Alfred Hertz.
Correspondence file containing documents relating to the acquisition of the Alfred Hertz Collection, 1942-1966.
Biographical notices and published interviews.
The birth certificate of Alfred Hertz.
The will of Alfred Hertz, dated San Francisco, June 6, 1941; filed April 27, 1942.
Graduation certificate from the Raff Conservatory of Music, Frankfurt a. Main, dated Frankfurt, July, 1891.
Press clippings relating to the marriage of Alfred Hertz to Lilly Alice Dorn in Berlin, late May, 1914.
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Information pertaining to the home of Alfred and Lilly Hertz, 770 and 768 Camino Del Mar, San Francisco.
Newspaper clippings pertaining to Alfred Hertz becoming an American citizen (February, 1916 to May, 1917), and the dispute over German aliens during World War I.
Three opera contracts signed by Alfred Hertz:
a. Tivoli Theater, Cothen, Anhalt, dated May 15, 1892.
b. Maurice Grau Opera Company, 1902-1903.
c. Conried Metropolitan Opera Company, unsigned contract.
Invitations to testimonial dinners in honor of Alfred Hertz.
Testimonials in honor of Ernest Bloch being awarded first prize for his America by the musical magazine Musical America (1927).
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Testimonials to Alfred Hertz by the Musical Association of San Francisco and the Board of Supervisors, City of San Francisco, dated 1915, 1919, 1924, and 1927.
Documents pertaining to the resignation of Alfred Hertz as conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, April 15, 1930:
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Caricatures and photos of Alfred Hertz published in various newspapers and magazines (43 items).
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Original caricatures of Alfred Hertz (7 items), one by Enrico Caruso on stationary of the Conried Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
Four lectures given by Alfred Hertz (probably at USC) regarding his performances at the Hollywood Bowl, dated July and August, 1924 (lecture 1 is lacking).
Five songs by Johannes Brahms, orchestrated by Alfred Hertz, Program; performed by Pierre Monteaux and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Tuesday, March 15, 1945
Dora and Maria Engel. Application for consular immigration visas, dated Lyon, May 15, 1939. Supported by Alfred and Lilly Hertz.
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings pertaining to the friends of Alfred and Lilly Hertz and other Musicians, about 50 items.
Politics and music, particularly about Hitler and Jewish musicians.
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Part II: Materials pertaining to protégés of Alfred Hertz.
Leslie Hodge: autobiographical sketch for the Oakland Tribune May , 1946.
Leslie Hodge: letter from Alfred Hertz to Mrs. Elsie Hodge, Albany, Australia, concerning her son Leslie Hodge. Dated June 30, 1936.
Leslie Hodge: letter describing his life in the U.S. Navy during W. W. II.
Leslie Hodge: letter and telegrams to Alfred Hertz, 1940-1941.
Leslie Hodge: newspaper clippings, folder 1.
Leslie Hodge: newspaper clippings, folder 2.
Leslie Hodge: programs; Portland Philharmonic Orchestra, January to June, 1940, conducted by Leslie Hodge.
Leslie Hodge: miscellaneous programs and publicity announcements
Leon Fleischer. Clippings, notices, photos, etc., 20 items (some duplicates).
Yehudi Menuhin. Clippings, letters, programs, photographs, etc. pertaining to Yehudi Menuhin and Alfred Hertz, over 50 items.
Part III: personal correspondence to and from Alfred Hertz.
Alfred to his parents. Dated Halle, Nov. 22, 1891 (incomplete).
Alfred to his father. Dated New York, Dec. 26, 1903.
Alfred to "Mama." Dated Dec. 17, 1921, San Francisco.
Alfred to "Mr. Brinkel," with a note appended to his father, Leo, from Emily. Dated: Palace Hotel, SF, April 10, 1905.
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From Eda to Alfred. Four letters from Koln and Wien, 1907 and 1909.
Uncle Emil, to and from Alfred.
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Ernst and Ilse to Alfred. Four letters dated 1902, 1903, and 1939.
Fritz and Ilse to Alfred and Lilly. Three letters dated 1938 and 1939.
Oscar and Marie, to and from Alfred. Two letters, one incomplete. One dated 1925.
Otto to Alfred. Seven letters dated 1903 and 1904.
Part IV: Special correspondence pertaining to Alfred Hertz.
Recommendation in behalf of Alfred Hertz, unsigned. Typescript draft. No date.
Alfred Hertz applies for a conducting position. Dated Berlin, June 10, 1907.
Alfred Hertz responds to a telegram concerning a conflict with Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor, Pencil draft, dated Waldhaus Flims, Schweiz, July 2, ---.
Alfred Hertz to "Ew. Excellenz."
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Part V: Special correspondence with friends.
Artie Mason Carter, founder of the Hollywood Bowl. Five letters to Alfred and Lilly, dated 1924.
Albert Elkus.
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Part VI: Professional correspondence, mostly letters to Alfred Hertz.
Ackta Reuvak, Arno, 3 letters.
Adler, Paul, 1 letter.
Agard, Arthur F., English Dept., Alameda High School, 1 letter.
d'Albert, Eugene, 1864-1932, English pianist and composer, 4 letters.
Axt, Theodor, 1 letter.
Bauer, Shirlie Frances, 2 letters.
Behymer, L. E., Concert manager in California, 6 letters.
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Bispham, David, 1857-1921, American baritone, 1 letter.
Blass, Robert, 1 letter. Bass singer.
Boeke, Ernst, 1 letter.
Brandts-Buys, Jan, 1868-1933, Austrian composer, 2 letters.
Breitenfeld, Richard, 1 letter.
Brown, Ray C. B., managing editor, Musical America, 2 letters.
Burg, Eugen, director, Deutsches Theater, NY, 1 letter.
Burmeister, Richard, 1860-1940, German composer and pianist, 1 letter.
Busch, Carl, 1862-1943, Danish-American conductor and composer, 1 card.
Cheatham. Kelly, 1 letter.
Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881-1946, American composer, 1 letters about a performance of Edward Schneider's Sargasso Sea (San Francisco composer).
Conried, Heinrich, 1848-1909, Austrian-American impresario, 15 letters about Metropolitan Opera performances.
Chadwick, George W., 1854-1931, American composer, 1 letter.
Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950, German-American conductor, 1 letter.
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934, English composer, 6 letters and cards.
De Reszke, Edouard de, 1853-1917, Polish bass singer, 2 letters.
Dessoff, Margarethe, 1874-1944, Austrian choral conductor, 1 letter.
Ebstein, Georg, 1 letter.
Eddy, Nelson, 1901-1967, popular American singer, 1 letter.
Finck, Henry Theophlis, 1854-1926, American editor, NY Evening Post, 1 letter and a review.
Fisher, Marjory M., music critic, SF News, 2 letters.
Franko, Nahan, 1861-1930, violinist and conductor, 6 letters.
Frauscher, Moritz, 2 letters.
Fremstad, Olive, 1871-1951, Swedish-American soprano, 3 letters.
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936, Russian-American pianist and conductor, 8 letters (Several not addressed to A. Hertz).
Gatti-Casazza, Mrs. Alda, 1 letter.
Gatti-Casazza, Giulio, 1868-1940, Italian impresario, 4 letters with caricatures by Robert Blass, bass singer. 1 letter is from Oscar H. Kahn concerning cuts in Rosenkavalier,Dec. 7-8, 1913.
Gerdes, Maria, pianist, 2 letters.
Gilman, Lawrence, Harper's Weekly, 1 letter.
Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938, Russian American pianist, 1 letter.
Goerlitz, Ernest, business manager, Conried Metropolitan Opera Co., NY, 2 letters.
Goldmark, Rubin, 1872-1936, American composer and teacher, 4 letters,
Goritz, Otto, 1873-1929, German baritone, 1 letter. 2 photos.
Graveure, Louis, 1888-1965, English concert singer. 1 letter to Selby Oppenheimer, Hollywood Bowl.
Greef-Andriessen, Felazie, 2 letters.
Gregor, Hans, 2 letters.
Halperson, M., newspaper correspondent, 13 letters.
Harris, Roy, 1898-1979, American composer, 1 letter and a published facsimile.
Hecht, Elias, Flute, Chamber Music Society of San Francisco, 4 letters.
Hegner, Anton, 1868-1915, Danish cellist and composer, 3 letters.
Heller, Hugo, concert director, Vienna, 1 letter.
Henley, Homer, 1872-1939, musician from San Francisco, 1 letter concerning the WPA "dime concerts."
Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924, composer of light music, 1 letter.
Herbert-Thomes, Helen, 2 letters.
Hess, Willi, 1859-1939, German violinist, 1 letter.
Humiston, William Henry, 1869-1923, American organist, 1 letter.
Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921, German composer, 3 letters.
Homer, Louise, 1871-1947, letter from her husband Sidney Homer, 1864-1953.
Jacobin, Sascha, 1 letter.
Jarnefelt, Armas, 1869-1958, Finnish composer and conductor, 1 letter.
Journet, Marcel, 1867-1933, bass singer, 1 letter.
Kahn, Julius, Congressmen, US House of Representatives, 1 letter.
Kernstock, Ottokar, 1 letter.
Klöpfer, 1 letter.
Knote, Heinrich, 1870-1953, German tenor, 1 letter.
Koblinsky Albert, 4 letters, 1 photo.
Kogel, Gustav Friedrich, 1849-1921, German conductor, 1 card.
Konstantin, Leopoldine, 1 letter. Also, see item 340.
Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951, Russian conductor, 3 letters.
Kraus, Felix von, Austrian bass singer, 1 letter.
Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923, American music critic, 10 letters.
Kurz, Selma, 1874-1933, German soprano, 1 letter.
Lang, Benjamin Johnson, 1837-1909, American pianist and conductor, 1 letter.
Letz, Hans, 1887-1969, German violinist, 2 letters.
Levysohn, Arthur, editor, Berliner Tageblatt, 1 letter.
Liebig, Peter, Hoftheater, Altenburg, 1 letter.
Liebling, Leonard, 1874-1945, American music cric and editor, 1 letter.
Lorenz, Alfred Ottokar, 1868-1939, Austrian musicologist, composer, and conductor, 2 letters. 1 photo.
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, Austrian composer and conductor, 1 card.
Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973, Italian composer, 1 letter. 1 photo.
Mana-Zucca, b. 1884, American composer, 1 letter.
Mapleson, Lionel S., 1865-1937, librarian, Metropolitan Opera House, NY, 1 letter. 4 photos.
Marcelli, Nino, 1890-1967, Chilean composer and conductor, 1 letter.
Marx, Max, 1 card.
Mattfeld, Marie, 1 letter.
Merola, Gaetano, 1881-1953, Italian-American conductor and impresario, 3 letters.
Meyer-Helmund, Erik, 1861-1932, Russian-German composer. 1 letter.
Monae-Lever, A., testimonial poem.
Mottl, Felix, 1856-1911, Austrian conductor, 2 telegrams.
Muck, Karl, 1859-1940, German conductor, 1 note.
Muhlmann, Adolf, 1 letter.
Neuer, Berthold B., 2 letters relating to Arthur Bodansky, 1877-1939, Austrian conductor, and the erection of a monument to Mahler in Vienna
Ochs, Siegfried, 1858-1929, German choral conductor and composer, 4 letters (several very lengthy).
Penha, Michel, 1 letter, concerns his resignation from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Persinger, Louis, 1887-1966, American violinist, 1 letter.
Petschnikoff, Alexander, 1873-1949, Russian violinist, 1 letter.
Pirani, Eugenio, 1852-1939, Italian composer and pianist, 1 letter. The last side contains a draft letter by Alfred Hertz to someone else.
Plançon, Pol, 1851-1914, French bass singer, 1 letter.
Reichwein, Leopold, 1875-1945, conductor, 3 letters about a performance of his opera Vasantasena(Breslau, 1903).
Reiss, Albert, 1870-1940, German tenor, 1 letter.
Rittenhaus, Alfred, 1 letter.
Salter, Norman, Strassburger Theater & Concert Bureau, 2 letters.
Schiff, Jacob W., 2 cards.
Schindler, Kurt, 1882-1935, German conductor and music editor, 3 letters.
Schmedes, Hakon, 1877-1938, Danish violinist and composer, 1 letter.
Schott & Co., London, a letter and an invoice for Parsifal.
Schroder-Kaminsky, Frau Dr., 1 letter.
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936, Czech-American contralto, 2 letters with an English translation of one to Lilly Hertz. Also, see items 337-38.
Seckendorff, L. E. von, 1 card.
Seligmann, ?, parts of ?9 letters with drawings.
Sherman, F. R., Sherman Clay & Co., SF, 1 letter.
Siloti, Alexander, 1863-1945, Russian pianist and conductor, 3 letters.
Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary, 1858-1944, English composer, 2 letters.
Southwick, ?A. A., 1 hand-drawn Christmas card.
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, English-American conductor, 1 letter.
Taft, Frank, art director, The Aeolian Company, pipe-organ department, 2 letters.
Tänzler, Hans, 1 letter.
Ternina, Milka, 1863-1941, Croatian soprano, 1 card.
Tyroler, Wilhelm, "Tonkunstler," with the Metropolitan Opera House, NY, 1 letter.
Usigili, Gastone, conductor, San Francisco, 1 letter.
Vigna, Arturo, conductor, Metropolitan Opera Company, 1 letter.
Walter, William E., Boston Symphony Hall, 1 letter concerning Frederick Converse's opera The Pipe of Desire(1910).
Wetzler, Hermann Hans, 1870-1943, German American conductor, 4 letters (probably one is incomplete).
Wiesenthal, Grete, 1885-1970, Austrian dancer and choreographer, 1 letter (incomplete).
Wirth, Friedrich Moritz, 1849-1907, German writer on music, 3 letters, one very long.
Wistinghausen, Richard von, 1 letter.
Wolff, Max, 4 letters.
Wolfsohn, Henry, music agent, NY, 1 letter.
Wood, Sir Henry J., 1869-1944, English conductor, 2 letters.
Widenham, A. W., secretary-manager, Musical Association of San Francisco, 5 letters.
"E. S.," 3 letters [Ethel Smyth?]
Copies of letters from Alfred Hertz to:
a. E. S. Heller, SF, May 13, 1916.
b. Wm. Sproule, SF, Feb. 27, 1919.
c. Walter Oesterreicher, SF, May 8 and July 5, 1925.
d. Hugo Bryck, Berlin, Sept. 8, 1925.
e. Henry Eichheim, SF, Nov. 18, 1926.
f. Claire Swift, Chicago, Nov. 29, 1926.
12 letters and cards; signatures unidentified. One by Anton van Rooz.
Part VII: Newspaper clippings pertaining to musical performances by Alfred Hertz, 1898 to 1915.
Eberfelder and Breslau, Germany, 1898-1901. 3 reviews.
New York, 1902. Maurice Grau Metropolitan Opera Company. About 40 reviews. Principal performance, Lohengrin.
New York, January 1903. About 50 reviews. Principal performance, The Ring.
New York, February-December, 1903. Heinrich Conried Metropolitan Opera Company.
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New York, February-August, 1904. About 50 reviews.
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New York, Boston, Pittsburg, Dallas, 1905. About 50 reviews.
Principal performances, operas of Wagner.
New York, 1907. 4 reviews. Principal performance, Salome sung by Olive Fremstad. First American performance,
New York, 1908. 10 reviews. Principal performance, Eugen d'Albert's Tiefland, first American performance.
New York, 1909. 15 reviews.
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New York, Chicago, Atlanta, London, 1910. About 40 reviews.
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New York, 1911. About 40 reviews.
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New York, Boston, 1912. About 25 reviews.
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New York, 1913. 9 reviews.
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New York, 1914. 7 reviews. Principal performance, Lohengrin with Joanna Gadski.
New York, 1915. About 30 reviews.
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New York, 1903-1915. Undated newspaper Clippings. About 40 items.
Grainger, Percy. Five reviews of his In a Nutshell Suite, performed by the St. Louis Symphony, Friday, November 17, 1916, Max Zach, Conductor.
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Part VIII: Newspaper clippings
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San Francisco and Los Angeles areas, ca. 1918-1942.
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San Francisco, June, 1915-April 1916. About 60 reviews.
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San Francisco, June, 1916-April, 1917. About 40 reviews.
San Francisco, June, 1917-April, 1918. About 25 reviews.
San Francisco, July, 1918-March, 1919. About 25 reviews.
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San Francisco, August, 1919-January, 1920. About 40 reviews.
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San Francisco. June, 1920-March 1921. About 30 reviews.
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San Francisco, July, 1920-May, 1922. About 50 reviews.
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San Francisco, July, 1922-March, 1923. About 35 reviews.
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San Francisco, November, 1923-April, 1924. About 50 reviews.
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San Francisco, August, 1924-April, 1925. About 60 reviews.
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San Francisco, August, 1925-April, 1926. About 50 reviews.
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San Francisco, September, 1926-April, 1927. About 40 reviews.
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San Francisco, May, 1927-April, 1928. About 75 reviews.
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San Francisco, June, 1928-May, 1929. About 60 reviews.
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San Francisco, June, 1929-May, 1930. About 50 reviews.
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San Francisco, June, 1930-December, 1930. About 30 reviews.
San Francisco, 1931. About 20 clippings.
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San Francisco, 1932. War Memorial Opera House opens.
San Francisco, 1933. About 35 clippings.
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San Francisco, 1934. About 50 clippings.
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San Francisco, January, 1935-June, 1935. About 60 reviews.
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San Francisco, February through April, 1936. About 20 clippings.
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San Francisco, 1937 to 1942 (death of Alfred Hertz). About 30 clippings.
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Part IX: Business correspondence
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Hollywood Bowl, 1924 season.
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Hollywood Bowl, 1925 season.
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Hollywood Bowl, 1926 season. About 55 letters.
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Hollywood Bowl, 1927 season. About 55 letters.
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Hollywood Bowl, 1928 season. About 25 letters.
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Part X: Newspaper clippings
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Hollywood Bowl, 1922 season. About 40 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1924 season. About 60 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1925 season. About 30 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1926 season. About 30 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1927 season. About 40 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1929 season. 9 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1930 season. About 40 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1931 season. 27 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1932 season. About 40 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1933 season. About 35 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1934 season. 18 clippings.
Hollywood Bowl, 1936-1942. Miscellaneous clippings and programs.
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Hollywood Bowl, 1922-1934. Undated clippings. Over 50 items.
Part XI: Special concerts, 1899 to 1938.
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Amsterdam, July 8, 1920. Conducts Cocertgebouw Orchestra.
Boston, June 4, 1915. Conducts Siegfried at Harvard University.
Detroit, March 7, 8, and 10, 1929. Conducts Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Fresno, 1927 & 1928. Conducts San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Fresno, 1937. Conducts recently formed Fresno Sym. Orchestra.
Hillsborough, 1935. Conducts at Woodland Theater; also a few clippings from 1929.
Houston, December, 1935-February, 1936. About 50 clippings.
London, May 30, 1899, at St. James Hall; May 30, --
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Los Angeles, July 1-3, 1915.
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New York, 1902-1912. Metropolitan Opera seasons, programs. 17 items.
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New York, December 24, 1903. First Performance of Parsifal.
Pasadena, June, 1932.
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Sacramento, 1936 & 1937.
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San Diego, May-June, 1916. A. Hertz on vacation.
San Diego, 1929 & 1931.
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San Diego, August 9-22, 1935.
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San Diego, August, 1915.
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San Francisco, April, 1905.
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San Francisco, April 8, 1905. Reviews of Parsifal in the San Francisco Examiner and The Bulletin.
San Francisco, April, 1906.
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San Francisco, April 18-25, 1925.
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San Francisco, 1932-1937. Standard Oil Radio Symphony Hour broadcasts. About 50 items.
San Francisco, June, 1937-December, 1938.
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San Francisco, June, 1937-December, 1938.
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San Francisco, June, 1937-December, 1938.
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Saratoga, California, March 27, 1926.
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Shaver Lake, California (near Fresno), Western Music Camp of the Sierras, 1933 & 1934. 8 items. 1 photo.
Stockton, California, January, 1926.
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Stockton, California, May, 1935.
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Part XII: Miscellaneous materials pertaining to Alfred Hertz.
Sara Koenigswerther Hertz, mother of Alfred Hertz. Diary:November, 1870 to April, 1892.
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Alfred Hertz. Journal of opera performances. Lists 1409 operas conducted between November 21, 1891 and April 25, 1913.
Lilly Hertz. Notebook containing the texts of standard German Lieder.
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Metropolitan Opera Company, New York. Prospectuses. Second Trans-Continental Tour of the Conried Metropolitan Opera Company, Spring, 1906.
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Alfred Hertz. Travel log book, 1931.
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Standard Oil Symphony Hour radio broadcasts.
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Standard Oil Symphony Hour radio broadcasts.
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Standard Oil Symphony Hour radio broadcasts.
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Alfred Hertz. Facing the Music. Recollections, Happy and Otherwise of an Orchestra Conductor. Typescript memoirs, 209 leaves, in black binder. Published in 31 installments by the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Synopsis of Facing the Music, single leaf, typescript.
Lilly Hertz. Life of Alfred Hertz. Typescript original, 267 leaves plus 30 pages apparently rewritten by Ray C. B. Brown.
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Dr. John Sampson, M.D. Postcards sent to Dr. Sampson from Lilly Hertz just prior to her death.
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Dr. John Sampson, M.D. Interview with Dr. Sampson by Professor Vincent Duckles and John A. Emerson relating to the last years and deaths of Alfred and Lilly Hertz.
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Lilly Hertz, "The Maestro Improvises," Game and Gossip (December, 1931), p. 42 ff.
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Picture of Alfred and Lilly Hertz in Musical America (September, 1940), p. 42.
Alfred Hertz. 22 ceremonial cloth sashes, banners, etc. awarded Alfred Hertz on various occasions during his career.
Part XIII: Musical compositions of Alfred Hertz written while he was a student, November, 1887-December, 1889.
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Song "An die Entfernte," for voice and piano. Text: Goethe. Photographic copy, 2 leaves.
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Song "Spanisches Standchen," for voice and piano.
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Song (opus 5), for voice and piano. Text: Heine.
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Praeludium, arr. for 2 pianos (orchestra cues throughout). Date: March, 1888. 32 numbered pp.
Rondo, for piano. Date: January, 1889. 3 leaves.
Rondo, for piano. Date: May, 1889. 11 leaves.
Rondo, for piano. Date: July, 1889. 21 leaves.
Rondo, for piano. Date: August, 1889. 4 leaves.
Sonate, for piano. Date: December, 1889. 4 leaves.
Sonate, for violin and piano. Date; December, 1889. 6 leaves.
Sonate, for violin and piano. Date: January 20-April 8, (1889) 25 leaves.
Sonatine, for piano. Date: September, 1899. 3 leaves.
Sonatine, for piano. Date: October 1889. 2 leaves.
Sonatine, for piano. Date: November, 1889. 6 leaves.
Sonatine, for piano. Date: October, 1889. 1 leaf.
Sonatine, for piano. Date: November, 1889. 1 leaf.
Sonatine, for piano. Date: September, 1889. 1 leaf.
Sonatine, for piano. Date: September & October, 1889. 6 leaves, same music as items 299 and 300.
Sonate, for vln. II, vln II, cello & piano (opus 6). No date or place.
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String quartet, opus 13. Date: November, 1887.
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Walzer, for piano. Date: November, 1889. 4 leaves.
Untitled, for piano. Date: September, 1888. 4 leaves (incomplete).
Untitled, for piano. Date: September, 1889. 1 leaf (incomplete).
Untitled, for piano. Date: March, 1889. 2 leaves.
Untitled, for piano. No place or date. 2 leaves.
Untitled, for pain. Date: April, 1889. 2 leaves.
Untitled, for piano. No place or date. 2 leaves.
"Finale maestoso," arranged for 2 pianos (orchestra cues throughout). No place or date. 7 leaves.
Exercises in composition and brief pieces.
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Miscellaneous and incomplete. 8 items. No place or date.
Part XIV: Oversize programs and other documents.
Alfred Hertz. Facing the Music. Published in the San Francisco Chronicle in 31 installments, Sunday, May 3, 1942 through July 26, 1942.
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An acid-free photocopy of Facing the Music (entire), pamphlet bd. (3/3/93).
Alfred Hertz. Barmen-Eberfeld Stadttheater. Opera programs from November 5, 1898-April 5, 1899.
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Alfred Hertz. Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Opera programs for the 1913-1914 season.
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Program. The Story of Parsifal.
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Programs, 1893-1898. Altenburg, Engelburg, and Eberfeld concerts.
Wirth, Moritz. Stage plans and decorations used with the production of Wagner's Das Rheingold.
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Alfred Hertz and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
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Two posters.
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Citation (mounted in glass) from King Carol II of Alfred Hertz, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Dated: Bucuresti, November 24, 1936.
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Medal (see item 319).
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--Also enclosed is a gold cigarette case bearing the inscription: "Ihrem Lieben/ Alfred Hertz/ Das Deutsche Solo Personal/ M. O. H./ April 24, 1915."
Part XV: Oversize photographs
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21 Principal professional photographs of Alfred Hertz.
Lilly Hertz, studio photograph.
Lilly Hertz, photograph, deep brown tone.
Lilly Hertz, large, full-length studio photograph.
Lilly Hertz, painted portrait in color.
"Perry." Dated November 20, 1944 with a personal inscription to Lilly Hertz.
Alfred Hertz, 3 studio photographs.
Alfred Hertz. Portrait in crayon and charcoal.
Alfred Hertz. 8 miscellaneous photographs of A.H. with orchestras.
Alfred Hertz. Caricature by Enrico Caruso, New York, 1906. 3 copies.
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Alfred Hertz and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra rehearsing Der Rosenkavalier. October, 1913.
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Alfred Hertz and the Standard Oil Symphony Orchestra.
Alfred Hertz and Yehudi Menuhin with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Alfred Hertz and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Alfred Hertz and 5 others sitting around a piano. Chicago, n.d.
Leslie Hodge. Conducting the Guadalajara, Symphony Orchestra, July, 1946.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink.
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink.
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Anton van Rooz. Eberfeld, April, 1897. 3 mounted photographs.
Leopoldine Konstantin. 5 photographs, 1 dated April 23, 1912, New York.
Carl Braun as "Woten." April, 1915, New York.
Unidentified woman. 2 studio portraits.
2 miscellaneous photographs entitled "The voice of the master" and "East River."
Part XVI: Photographs of Alfred Hertz & other professional musicians
Battisini
F. Prevost, 1896.
F. Lessy-Grissini, 1899.
M. Konig, 1898.
Nazimora.
H. Lange, 1896.
R. Sucher, 1898.
K. Burian (Carl Burrian), 1906.
T. Kopf, 1896.
H. Slezalk, 1901.
P. Kalisch, 1895.
L. Reuss, 1909.
F. Gallenberg.
F. Verhunk, 1902.
P. Eisler.
L. Mancinelli, 1903.
E. F. Arbos.
T. Reichmann, 1901.
W. H. Rothwell.
L. Madi.
? H. B. Pasmore.
E. Meyer-Helmund.
J. Gadski, 1916.
M. Mordkin.
M. Craft.
J. Culp.
P. Griswold, 1911-1914.
J. Hulsen.
Alfred Hertz and Richard Strauss, 1914.
Alfred Hertz and Ernest Bloch (2 photographs).
Alfred Hertz at Bohemian Grove.
Alfred Hertz at Hollywood Bowl (This folder contains some of the best photographs of A. H. conducting). 18 photographs.
Alfred Hertz as a youthful professional musician.
Alfred Hertz at the keyboard with another person.
Chamber Music Society of San Francisco. 2 photos 1916-17.
Louis Persinger
Nathan Firestone
Horace Britt
L.W. Ford
Gyula Ormay
Elias M. Hecht
B. Evans
E. Rossett