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Collection Summary
| Title | Damrosch - Tee Van collection, 1856-1969 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1856-1969 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1870-1939) |
| Call No. | ML31.D34 |
| Creator | Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885 |
| Size | around 600 items ; 10 boxes ; 8 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Summary | The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings, manuscript and printed music, financial and legal papers, programs, scrapbooks, artwork, and photographs. The papers of L. Damrosch consist of correspondence (including a copy of a letter from Liszt), a few examples of writings, four scores (including his piano vocal score of Berlioz Requiem), and biographical materials. A large portion of the Damrosch family papers that included the bulk of their correspondence with Liszt, Wagner, von Bülow, and others was destroyed in a fire in 1887. F. Damrosch and other Damrosch family members were in correspondence with Harold Bauer, Andrew Carnegie, Edward Elgar, Percy Grainger, Josef Hofmann, Gustav Mahler, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu007002 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/2006568217 |