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BOX 4-5 Writings, 1917-1951
Manuscript drafts of materials for Bauer's autobiography, Harold Bauer, His Book, speeches and articles by Bauer, writings about Bauer by others, and miscellaneous published materials related to Bauer and his musical interests.
Arranged by subject, then alphabetically by title therein as appropriate.
Writings by Bauer, 1923-1951
Manuscript drafts of materials for Bauer's autobiography, Harold Bauer, His Book, and speeches and articles by Bauer.
Arranged by subject.
Harold Bauer, His Book, undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/13 "Havana, a green cigar, a hat and a bottle of rum"
Holograph in ink, with pasteovers; 35 pages
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 "London, 1873 to 1892"
Holograph in ink and in pencil, with pasteovers; 91, 17 pages
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 "Paris, 1893-1913"
Holograph in ink, with pasteovers and inserted printed materials; 65 pages
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 "Paris, 1900-1913 (continued)"
Holograph in ink, with pasteovers; 85 pages
BOX-FOLDER 4/4-12 Miscellaneous chapters
Holographs in ink, some with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 4/14-18 Miscellaneous sections and pages
Chiefly typescripts of chapter material and loose pages
Speeches and Articles, 1923-1951 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 "Address by HB at Cleveland, Ohio," 1930 December 11
Typescripts (2); 11 pages each
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Address to the Neighborhood Music School. New York, April 8, 1928
Printed pamphlets (2); 8 pages each
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 Address to Omaha music teachers, undated
Typescript (incomplete; first page missing?); 4 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 "All Join In." Music Clubs Magazine, circa 1933
Clipping; 2 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Amateur musicians and music clubs, undated
Typescript and carbon copy; 1 page each
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 "Answer to Correspondents," undated
Holograph in ink; 1 page
Note: Regarding Chopin's Polonaise and Franck's Variations
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 "Beethoven Lecture...for Beethoven Association," undated
Holograph in ink and pencil; 18 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/9 "Beethoven Association. Address of the President at the General Meeting," 1925 April 18
Typescript, with pasteovers; 11 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/10 "B.A. [Beethoven Association]," 1934 February 12
Holograph; 2 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 Definition of music, undated
Holograph in ink; 1 page
BOX-FOLDER 5/12 "Delusions of Piano Technic Even Scale as a Handicap - Emotional and Mechanical Studies Inseparable," 1928 December
Clipping; 2 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/13 "Dinner with [Vladimir] de Pachmann - New York," 1924 or 1925 June 17
Holograph in ink and pencil; 6 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/14 "The Evolution of Musical Instruments and the Development of the Symphony Orchestra from the 16th to the 20th Centuries," undated
Holograph in ink and pencil; 34 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/15 "Expression in Music," undated
Holograph in ink; 9 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/16 Foreword to a piano method book, undated
Holograph in ink and pencil; 5 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 "From Rabelais-Chapter: Abbey de Thélème," undated
Holograph in ink; 1 page
Note: Address to the Beethoven Association
BOX-FOLDER 5/17 "The Growth of Music in America," 1923 May 16
Note: Address to the Music Division of the National Federation of Settlements, Washington, D.C.
Note: Published in The Musical Courier, 1923 June 7
BOX-FOLDER 5/18 Inborn musical sense and amateur musicians, undated
Typescript (incomplete); 4 pages
Typescript carbon copy; 6 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/19 "Let the Amateur Make Music," The Etude, July 1931
By Bauer and R. H. Wollstein
Clipping; 1 page
BOX-FOLDER 5/20 "Let the Amateur Make Music," Reader's Digest, September 1931
By Bauer and R. H. Wollstein
Clipping
BOX-FOLDER 5/21 Letter to members of the Beethoven Association, 1935 December 30
Holograph in ink; 4 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/34 Miscellaneous notes
Holograph; 4 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/22 "The Musical Amateur," 1932 May 9
Holograph in ink; 10 pages
Typescripts; 6 pages each
Typescript carbon copies, with emendations; 7 pages each
Caption title: New York American
BOX-FOLDER 5/23 Notes regarding Chopin's Polonaise and Liszt's Etude, undated
Holograph in pencil; 1 page
BOX-FOLDER 5/24 "Notes on Robert Schumann," undated
Typescript; 3 pages
Typescript carbon copies; 2 pages each
BOX-FOLDER 5/25 Participation in music, undated
Holograph in ink; 3 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/26 "Popular Music," undated
Holograph in ink; 22 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/27 "Popular music," undated
Typescript; 21 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/28 Pythagorean monochord notes, undated
Holograph in pencil, with sketches; 1 page
BOX-FOLDER 5/29 "Robert Schumann," undated
Holograph; 20 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/30 "Schumann's Novelette, op. 99, no. 9," The Etude, August 1951
Clipping; 4 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/31 "Self Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." The Musical Quarterly, volume 29, no. 2 (April 1943): 153-168
Offprint
BOX-FOLDER 5/32 Support for government funding for the arts, undated
Typescript, with emendations in ink and pencil; 5 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/33 "Wm. Lym [?] Phelps: Autobiography, Ye Love of Change," undated
Holograph in ink; 3 pages
Writings about Bauer, 1927-1951
Lectures, articles, and clippings about Bauer's life and career.
Arranged alphabetically by last name of author or title.
BOX-FOLDER 5/39 Bauer, Harold. "Marie Volpe on Music," Miami, February 21, 1948
Typescript; 7 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/35 Downes, Olin. "Harold Bauer." Lecture, Bauer Memorial Broadcast on WQXR, March 14, 1951
Typescript; 3 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/36 Feldman, Abraham J. "Harold Bauer - An Appreciation." Lecture, Harold Bauer Memorial Concert from Hartt College of Music, Hartford, Connecticut, May 17, 1951
Typescript; 2 pages
BOX-FOLDER 5/37 Fulles músicals, volume 1, no. 1 (October 1927)
Note: Biography of Bauer on page 4
BOX-FOLDER 5/38 Heylbut, Rose. "Education as Emancipation: A Conference with Harold Bauer," The Etude, May 1948
Clipping; 2 pages
BOX 6-7 Miscellaneous Writings, 1917-1951
Articles and clippings, pamphlets, reports, and other printed materials related to Bauer and his works.
Arranged by author or title.
Beethoven Association Materials
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 Constitution and By-laws of the Beethoven Association, April 1923 [?]
Printed pamphlet
BOX-FOLDER 6/2-15 Beethoven Association Annual Report, 1925 April - 1938 August
Complete run of reports
BOX-FOLDER 7/1-28 Miscellaneous, A -- Z, 1917-1951
Articles and clippings, pamphlets, reports, and other printed materials related to Bauer's works and interests. Includes writings by Hendrik Willem van Loon, Curt Sachs, Harold Spivacke, Robert Lewis Taylor, and others. Arranged alphabetically by title, subject, or last name of author
BOX 8 Clippings, 1887-1951
Articles related to Bauer's life and performances, his autobiography, and other subjects. The number of items appears within parentheses following each entry.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 8/17 Chopin, Frédéric (27)
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