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Music Scores, 1893-1986, undated (continued)
Published and Photoreproduced Scores of Works by Other Composers, 1893-1932, undated (continued)
Schubert, Franz. Impromptus, op. 90 [D. 899], 142 [D. 935]; Moments musicaux, op. 94 [D. 780], for piano solo. Boston: B.F. Wood Music Corp., undated (continued)
In extremely fragile condition.
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 Schubert, Franz. Sonatas, op. 78 [D. 894], 164 [D. 537], and three posthumous opuses [D. 958, 959, 960] [Sonatas for Piano, Part II], for piano solo. New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, undated
Score; 3, 131 p. (numbered pages 140-271)
Contains performance indications, in pencil and in blue ink, in the hands of both Schnabel and MVFLG.
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Schumann, Robert. Arabeske, op. 18, for piano solo. Edited by Max Vogrich. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1893; reprint 1924
Score; 9 p.
Contains performance indications throughout, in pencil, in Schnabel’s hand.
End cover page carries an inscription, in pencil, in the hand of MVFLG: “Eusebius Mandyczewski - A.S.’s composition teacher.”
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 Schumann, Robert. Davidsbündler, op. 6, for piano solo. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, undated (“First edition”)
Score; 27 p.
Contains performance indications throughout, in pencil and in black ink.
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 Schumann, Robert. Kinderscenen, op. 15, for piano solo. Boston: B.F. Wood Music Co., undated
Score; incomplete: pages 60-72 only
According to notes on the cover and title pages, in black ink, in the hand of MVFLG, performance indications in this score were made by Schnabel and by Clyde Stephens, MVFLG’s teacher while attending the University of Minnesota.
The score also contains performance indications, in pencil, in the hand of MVFLG.
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Schumann, Robert. Phantasie, op. 17, for piano solo. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, undated
Score; 31 p.
Contains performance indications, in pencil, that were made (according to an annotation on the score’s cover page, in black ink, in the hand of MVFLG) by “Leonard Shure [,] assistant of A. Schnabel.”
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 Schumann, Robert. Variations on the name “Abegg,” op. 1; Papillons, op. 2, for piano solo. Edited by Max Vogrich (Schirmer’s Library of Musical Classics, v. 23). New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1914
Score; 32 p.
Contains performance indications throughout, in pencil, in Schnabel’s hand.
BOX 5 Facsimile Editions, 1921-1923, undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Beethoven, Ludwig van. Sonata, op. 57, “Appassionata,” for piano solo. Paris: Editions d’Art H. Piazza, undated
Facsimile edition of holograph manuscript; 45 p. (numbered copy 475 of 500 printed editions)
Notation on verso of cover indicates that Schnabel gave this score to MVFLG.
Includes a concert program affixed to the verso of the cover from the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, program of 20 and 21 February 1936, carries annotations, in pencil and in ink, in the hand of MVFLG, indicating that this particular concert marked “[Rudolf] Serkin’s début in U.S.A.”
Photoreproduced letter of “Baillot fils,” in French, affixed to verso of cover.
BOX-FOLDER 5/9 Beethoven, Ludwig van. Sonata, op. 78 [Klaviersonate, Fis-dur], for piano solo. München: Drei Masken Verlag, 1923
Facsimile edition of holograph manuscript; 17 p.
Notation on verso of cover indicates that Schnabel gave this score to MVFLG.
BOX-FOLDER 5/10 Beethoven, Ludwig van. Sonata, op. 111 [Klaviersonate, C-moll], for piano solo. München: Drei Masken Verlag, 1922
Facsimile edition of holograph manuscript; 41 p.
Notation on verso of cover indicates that Schnabel gave this score to MVFLG.
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Trio, K. 542 [Klavier-Trios, E-dur], for violin, violoncello, and piano. München: Drei Masken Verlag, 1921
Facsimile edition of holograph manuscript; 27 p.
Notation on verso of cover indicates that this score was given by Schnabel to MVFLG.
BOX 9 Correspondence
Correspondence of Artur Schnabel
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 Curzon, Clifford
(2 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 Firkušný, Rudolf
(1 item)
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 Foreman Le Garrec, Mary Virginia
(11 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/4 Schoenberg, Arnold (copy only)
(1 item)
BOX-FOLDER 9/5 Miscellaneous; unidentified
(23 items)
Correspondence of Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec
BOX-FOLDER 9/6 Eisner, Bruno
(1 item)
BOX-FOLDER 9/7 Fournier, Pierre
(3 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/8 Liebowitz, René
(1 item)
BOX-FOLDER 9/9 Mannes, Leopold
(4 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/10 Miller, Arthur
(6 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/11 Mitropoulos, Dimitri
(2 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/12 Rostra-Hérold, Elizabeth [Ellie]
(31 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/13 Stiedry, Fritz
(1 item)
BOX-FOLDER 9/14 Turner, W.J.
(14 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/15 Wolff, Konrad
(3 items)
BOX-FOLDER 9/16 Miscellaneous; unidentified
(22 items)
BOX 9-10 Writings, 1942-1996, undated
BOX 9 Writings of Artur Schnabel, 1942, 1949, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/17 The cadenza - the improvisation, 7 August 1942
In blue ink; 5 leaves
Holograph correspondence to Elinor Nef.
BOX-FOLDER 9/18 Harvard Lectures, introductory material, in the hand of MVFLG, 1949
In blue and black inks; 1 p.
BOX-FOLDER 9/18 Harvard Lectures, 1949
Original typescript, in black ink; 11 p.
Contains holograph annotations (“Part One”).
BOX-FOLDER 9/18 Harvard Lectures, 1949
Typescript (original and carbon copies), in black ink; 12 p.
Contains holograph annotations (“Part Two”).
BOX-FOLDER 9/18 Harvard Lectures, 1949
Holograph drafts, in pencil; 36 leaves
BOX-FOLDER 9/19 “Impressions of the Edinburgh Festival,” undated
In 2 leaves
Published article from unidentified publication (Edinburgh Festival program?).
BOX-FOLDER 9/20 “Recollections of our time”
Typescript (carbon copies), 11, 7, 8 p.; original typescript, 12, 8, 8 p.
Emendations appear throughout in the hand of MVFLG; a small note in her hand is also included.
BOX-FOLDER 9/21 “Schubert Sonatas: a Musician Discusses Reasons for Relative Neglect of Piano Works,” 1942
Published article (newspaper clipping) from the New York Times.
BOX-FOLDER 9/22 “What’s wrong with music critics,” 10 January 1942
3 leaves
Published article from the Saturday Review of Literature.
BOX-FOLDER 9/23 Miscellaneous text and music material in Schnabel’s hand
11 leaves
BOX-FOLDER 9/24 Autographs of Schnabel (collected by MVFLG from correspondence fragments); calling cards
15 items
BOX 9-10 Writings of Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec, 1961, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 9/25 Artur Schnabel remembered, 1961, 1996
Original typescript (first section); i, 47 p.
Contains emendations in blue and black inks in the hand of MVFLG. The original typescript is dated 1961; a handwritten note (in black ink, in the hand of MVFLG) dated 1996, was subsequently added to the typescript.
BOX-FOLDER 9/26 Artur Schnabel remembered, 1961/1996
Original typescript (second section), pages 47bis-239
BOX-FOLDER 9/27 Artur Schnabel remembered, 1961/1996
Original typescript (second section); pages 240-430
BOX-FOLDER 9/28 Artur Schnabel remembered, French translation (Artur Schnabel: souvenirs et lettres) of first section by Yves Le Garrec, 1961/1996
Original typescript, 69 p.
BOX-FOLDER 10/1 History of a Love Affair, May 1993, Biarritz, France
Bound notebook in 68 numbered pages; in black ink
Entirely in MVFLG’s hand.
BOX-FOLDER 10/2 Miscellaneous notes regarding Schnabel’s compositions
7 (holograph), 1 (photoreproduction) leaves
BOX 10 Concert Programs and Tours, 1933-1951, undated
BOX-FOLDER 10/3 Concert programs, featuring Schnabel as performer, 1933-1939
(65 items)
BOX-FOLDER 10/4 Concert programs, featuring Schnabel as performer, 1940-1951
(53 items)
BOX-FOLDER 10/5 Concert programs, featuring Schnabel’s compositions
(25 items)
BOX-FOLDER 10/6 Concert tours of Schnabel: itineraries, material in Schnabel’s hand
27 leaves
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