Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Walther Klein Papers,
- Dates:
- 1923-1987
- Creators:
- Klein, Walther, 1882-1961
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Walther Klein papers, ARCHIVES KLEIN 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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A native of Austria and longtime resident of Vienna, Klein immigrated to the United States in 1939. A composer and music theory teacher, Klein obtained his doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1905 and pursued a teaching career with the Vienna State Academy of Music, the American Summer School at Mondsee, the Austro-American Institute and the Hellerau Eurythmics School. On his arrival in the U.S., he settled on the West Coast and obtained a teaching position with Mills College, Oakland and subsequently with The Katharine Branson High School in Ross, California. Among his published works are Zwolf Lieder, published by Breitkopf & Hartel, 1920.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Physical description:
- Number of containers: 7 boxes
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1997
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. Date of source: ca. 1987.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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], Walther Klein papers, ARCHIVES KLEIN 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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Jean Gray Hargrove Music LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-2623