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Alexander Zemlinsky music manuscripts and other papers, 1887-1939

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BOX 28 Correspondence, 1900-1953
This series consists of letters and postcards to Alexander and Louise Zemlinsky. Prominent correspondents include Arnold Schoenberg’s sister Ottilie Blumauer-Felix, August Förster, Oskar Kokoschka, Josef Schmid, Irene Schlemmer-Ambris, and Bernhard Schuster.
Arranged alphabetically.
Zemlinsky, Alexander
BOX-FOLDER 28/1 Fierhe, Romeo, 1926 June 24
Typescript letter in ink, signed
BOX-FOLDER 28/2 Förster, August, 1927 September 9
Typescript letter in ink, signed
BOX-FOLDER 28/3 Pfleger-Bayr, Cäcilie, undated
Holograph letter in ink, signed
BOX-FOLDER 28/4 Rous, Alexander, 1900 November 2
Holograph letter in ink, signed
BOX-FOLDER 28/5 Schmid, Josef, undated
Holograph letter in ink, signed
BOX-FOLDER 28/6 Schuster, Bernhard, 1917 May 20
Holograph letter in ink, signed
BOX-FOLDER 28/7 Unidentified, 1909 February 2, undated
Holograph postcard in ink, signed
Zemlinsky, Louise
BOX-FOLDER 28/8 Blumauer-Felix, Ottilie, 1953 December 20
Holograph letter in ink, signed
BOX-FOLDER 28/9 Kokoshka, Oscar, 1949 August 13
Holograph letter in ink, with envelope
BOX-FOLDER 28/10 Kokoshka, Oscar, 1951 February 5
Holograph letter in ink, with envelope
BOX-FOLDER 28/11 Kokoshka, Oscar, 1951 December 30
Holograph letter in ink, signed; with envelope
BOX-FOLDER 28/12 Schlemmer-Ambris, Irene, 1940 September 6
Holograph letter in ink, signed
BOX 27-28 Writings by Others, 1896 and undated
This series consists of assorted writings, most of which are undated, except for an 1896 edition of the newspaper Wiener Punsch for which Zemlinsky was a corresponding editor. Other items include a copy of Arnold Schoenberg’s Harmonielehre, a typescript carbon copy of Hanns Heinz Ewers' dramatic play Das Rosenfest der rheinischen Nonnen, and annotated typescript cast lists for various opera productions.
Arranged alphabetically.
BOX-FOLDER 27/12 Cast lists for opera productions, undated
Typescripts with pencil annotations
Contents: Der Mantel (Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini); Angelica (Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini); Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo PucciniKuss (by Bedřich Smetana (?)); Salome (by Richard Strauss)
Ewers, Hanns Heinz
BOX-FOLDER 27/13 Das Rosenfest der rheinischen Nonnen, undated
Typescript carbon copy of "dramatische Dichtung"
Schoenberg, Arnold
BOX-FOLDER 28/13 Harmonielehre, undated
Incomplete copy with cover missing
BOX-FOLDER 27/14 Wiener Punsch, no. 946, 1896
Edited by Zemlinsky; published in Vienna
Printed newspaper
BOX-FOLDER 28/15 Unidentified opera libretto, undated
Manuscript copy in pencil, with musical annotations

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