Scope and Content Note
The Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec Collection on Artur Schnabel consists of material donated to the Library in 1997 by Le Garrec, who was Schnabel's student and confidante. The collection includes published music scores by Schnabel as well as by other composers, some of which contain annotations and performance indications in the hands of Schnabel, Le Garrec, and others. In addition, the collection contains Schnabel's correspondence with music figures such as Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Firkušný and Le Garrec; and Le Garrec’s correspondence with, among others, Pierre Fournier, René Liebowitz, Leopold Mannes, and Dmitri Mitropoulos. The collection also includes writings by both Schnabel and Le Garrec; concert programs featuring Schnabel as both pianist and composer; biographical material; press clippings, published articles, and monographs regarding Schnabel and his circle; books; photographs; and other iconography.
Kevin LaVine, May 2006