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1. Margaret ("Peggie") Dwight collection on Luigi Dallapiccola, 1936-1995

   1,150 items . 12 boxes . 6 linear feet . -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) was an Italian composer known for his twelve-tone compossitions. The collection contains Dallapiccola's correspondence with Margaret (Peggie) Dwight, including more than 300 letters (written mostly in French) as well as postcards and telegrams. In addition, there are more than 200 articles and programs relating to Dallapiccola's career, most of them collected during those years. The collection also includes a few of Dallapiccola's holograph music manuscripts, most notably his opera Ulisse (Ulysses), excerpts or sketches of his works, and published editions of two full scores for Requiescant and Sex Carmina Alcaei.

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2. Anton Gloetzner music manuscripts, 1870-1920

   approximately 170 items. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Anton Gloetzner (1850-1928) was a German-American composer, organist, and educator who taught at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from 1873 to 1928. The Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts consist of holograph scores, parts, and sketches for his original compositions and arrangements of works by other composers. A significant quantity of unprocessed sketch material remains; descriptions of these items will be added to the finding aid at a later time.