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Music, 1905-1957 (continued)
Manuscripts, 1905-1957 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 70/12 Walzer aus Wien , 1930
By Johann Strauss (1825-1899); arranged by Korngold
Printed piano-vocal scores
Contents: Hat ein Englein im Himmel an mich heut' gedacht, no. 3; Grosses potpourri
BOX-FOLDER 70/13 Walzer aus Wien , 1931
By Johann Strauss (1825-1899); arranged by Korngold
Printed piano-vocal scores with holograph note
Contents: Hat ein Englein im Himmel an mich heut' gedacht, no. 3; Die eine Frau
BOX-FOLDER 20/5 Walzer aus Wien sketchbook, undated
Holograph sketches
Laid in: Printed score of Walzer aus Wien by Johann Strauss, Verlag W. Karczag, 1930; printed libretto
BOX-FOLDER 25/10 Was der Wald erzählt, 1909
Holograph score for piano
BOX-FOLDER 76/3 Ein Wiegenlied, undated
Photocopied holograph piano-vocal scores (2)
Laid in: Typescript lyrics
Note: For Friedrich Porges; likely unpublished
BOX-FOLDER 31/10 Das Wunder der Heliane , undated
Printed full score fragments with holograph annotations (incomplete; pages 2-8, 237-252 only)
BOX-FOLDER 25/11 Das Wunder der Heliane , undated
Holograph piano-vocal score
BOX-FOLDER 38/1 Das Wunder der Heliane , 1926-1927
Holograph full score with annotations (bound)
BOX-FOLDER 38/2 Das Wunder der Heliane , circa 1926?
Holograph full score sketches
BOX-FOLDER 25/12 Zu Großpapas 71. Geburtstage, 1914
Holograph piano-vocal score
BOX-FOLDER 25/13 Zwölf Lieder, 1911
Holograph piano-vocal score
Note: Contains annotation to "Langesmut"
BOX-FOLDER 37/3 Unidentified
Holograph fragment and sketch
BOX-FOLDER 70/2 Unidentified
Holograph full score excerpt with annotations; pages 1-4
BOX-FOLDER 31/7 Unidentified
Holograph final page of full score
Note: Likely part of a Strauss arrangement
BOX-FOLDER 24/2 Unidentified
Copyist full score fragment; pages 9-10
BOX-FOLDER 37/4 Unidentified
Holograph full score fragment
BOX-FOLDER 31/8 Unidentified
Holograph full score sketches with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 24/1 Unidentified, 1915
Manuscript title: [illegible] Grosspapa
Holograph piano-vocal score with birthday note to grandfather
BOX-FOLDER 24/5 Unidentified
Holograph short score sketch
Note: Possibly for a symphonic work
BOX-FOLDER 60/2 Unidentified
Manuscript title: Allegretto
Holograph sketch for piano
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Unidentified
Numerous holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 24/4 Unidentified
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketches and vocal part
BOX-FOLDER 24/7 Unidentified symphonic work
Manuscript title: Symphonisch
Holograph sketch
Note: Sketch of "Walzer" [illegible] on verso
BOX-FOLDER 24/3 Unidentified waltz, 1908
Holograph fragment for piano
Music by Others, 1946-1949
This subseries contains printed music by Eric Zeisl, an Austrian composer who immigrated to the United States in 1939. Zeisl and his family eventually settled in Hollywood, and he composed for MGM Studios from the 1940s through the mid-1950s. The music in this series is inscribed to Korngold and includes the piano-vocal score of one of Zeisl's major works, Requiem Ebraico , written in memory of his father and those murdered by the Nazis in concentration camps.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 71/1 Requiem Ebraico, 1946
Printed piano-vocal score
Note: Inscribed from Eric Zeisl to Erich Wolfgang Korngold, January 31, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 71/2 Sonata Barocca, 1949
Printed solo piano part
Note: Inscribed from Eric Zeisl to Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Christmas 1955
BOX 82, 84-89, 96 Correspondence, 1889-1962, (bulk 1945-1961)
The correspondence series contains three subseries: Korngold Family, Sonnethal Family, and Correspondence from Others.
Korngold Family, 1900-1961
This subseries includes letters and telegrams from Korngold, his eldest son Ernst, mother Josephine, father Julius, and wife Luzi. Erich Korngold's correspondence is brief and contains photocopies of his letters to Richard Strauss and Alexander Zemlinsky. Julius Korngold's correspondence is the most prolific and is written in German. There is also substantial correspondence from Erich and Luzi's oldest son Ernst, who wrote his family frequently during his service in the United States Marine Corps in the mid-1940s.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 84/2 Korngold, Erich, circa 1910-1920, 1933-1956
Manuscript and photocopied correspondence
Note: Correspondents include Gustinus Ambrosi, Egan Pollak, Richard Strauss, Helen Thimig, Alexander Zemlinsky
BOX-FOLDER 84/3 Korngold, Ernst, 1942-1945
Note: Written from military training in Boulder, Colorado, and Parris Island, South Carolina
BOX-FOLDER 84/4 Korngold, Ernst, 1945 March-1947
Note: Written from military training in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Quantico, Virginia
BOX-FOLDER 84/5 Korngold, Ernst and Helen, 1958-1961
BOX-FOLDER 84/6 Korngold, George, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 84/7 Korngold, Hans "John Robert," 1938-1958
BOX-FOLDER 84/8 Korngold, Hans "John Robert," 1960-1961
BOX-FOLDER 84/9 Korngold, Helene, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 84/10 Korngold, Josephine, from Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1950-1953
BOX-FOLDER 84/11 Korngold, Julius, 1900s, 1937
Manuscript and photocopied letters
Note: Correspondents include Englebert Humperdinck and Luzi Korngold
BOX-FOLDER 84/12 Korngold, Julius, 1938 January-June
BOX-FOLDER 84/13 Korngold, Julius, 1938 July-December
BOX-FOLDER 84/14 Korngold, Julius, 1938
Note: To Julius Korngold from various correspondents
BOX-FOLDER 84/15 Korngold, Julius and Josephine, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 85/1 Korngold, Julius, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 85/2 Korngold, Julius, 1939
Note: To Julius Korngold from various correspondents
BOX-FOLDER 85/3 Korngold, Julius, 1940
BOX-FOLDER 85/4 Korngold, Julius, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 85/5 Korngold, Julius, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 85/6 Korngold, Julius, 1943
BOX-FOLDER 85/7 Korngold, Julius, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 85/8 Korngold, Luzi, 1939-1957
see also Publication correspondence
Note: Includes correspondence to Emilie Bittner, Hans Korngold, and Robert Mathias
BOX-FOLDER 85/9 Korngold, Luzi, 1960s
see also Publication correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 85/10 Korngold, Max, 1940
Sonnenthal Family, 1941-1962
The Sonnenthal family were Luzi's relatives; she was the youngest of the four Sonnenthal children. Most of the correspondence is from Luzi's sister Susanne Jellinek, mother Adele von Sonnenthal, and cousin Hilde Zisserman.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 85/11 Jellinek, Suzanne and Paul, 1949-1961
Note: Suzanne is Luzi's sister. Paul is Suzanne's husband
BOX-FOLDER 85/12 Nossal, Rene and Robert "Bob," 1950-1959
Note: Luzi's cousins
BOX-FOLDER 85/13 Shafik, Helene "Helen," 1938, 1950
Note: Luzi's sister
BOX-FOLDER 85/14 Sonnenthal, Adele von, 1949-1951
Note: Luzi's mother
BOX-FOLDER 85/15 Sonnenthal, Paul von, 1941, 1950-1951, 1959
Note: Luzi's brother
BOX-FOLDER 85/16 Zisserman, Hilde and Konstantin, 1949, 1953-1962
Note: Hilde is Luzi's cousin, Konstantin is Hilde's son
Correspondence from Others, 1889-1962
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