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Alexander Zemlinsky music manuscripts and other papers, 1887-1939

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BOX 27 Music by Other Composers, 1897 and undated
This series consists of both published and manuscript music dating from the late-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Significant items include manuscript scores of eight songs by Rudolf Beck, Hugo Wolf’s song "Dass doch gemalt," and an incomplete manuscript vocal score for Act 2 of Digby La Touche’s Themidor. Additionally, the verso of a manuscript score for Guthberg and Jakomann’s (?) song "Eierpunsch" contains an unidentified sketch by Zemlinsky.
Arranged alphabetically by composer.
Beck, Rudolf
BOX-FOLDER 27/7 Eight Songs, undated
Manuscript scores in ink
Guthberg und Jakomann (?)
BOX-FOLDER 27/8 Eierpunsch (Geburtstagmarsch), undated
Manuscript scores in pencil
Note: Zemlinsky's unidentifed pencil sketch on verso
La Touche, Digby
BOX-FOLDER 27/8 Themidor
Manuscript vocal score of Act 2 in ink and pencil (incomplete)
Note: Zemlinsky orchestrated this work for a Munich production in 1911
Rébikoff, W.
BOX-FOLDER 27/9 Tableaux vivants, op. 15, no. 1, undated
Printed score for piano
Includes: List of compositions by W. Rebikoff
Schubert, Franz
BOX-FOLDER 27/10 Lieder, undated
Printed piano solo arrangements with text (incomplete)
Contents: 2. Auf dem Wasser zu singen; 3. Du bist die Ruh; 4. Erlkönig; 5. Meeresstille; 6. Die junge Nonne; 7. Frühlingsglaube; 8. Gretchen am Spinnrade; 9. Ständchen von Shakespeare; 10. Rastlose Liebe; 11. Der Wanderer; 12. Ave Maria (incomplete)
T., Alan
BOX-FOLDER 27/6 Agnus Dei aus der Mess in F., 1897
Printed score
Th. Rättig, Vienna
Wolf, Hugo
BOX-FOLDER 27/11 Dass doch gemalt, undated
Manuscript score in ink
BOX 27 Personal Papers, 1890-1936
This series consists of various documents related to Zemlinsky's life, including his 1909 diploma from the Vienna Konservatorium der Gesellshaft der Musikfreunde (Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music) and a certificate from his induction as an honorary member of Der Deutsche Männergesangverein (The German Male Choral Society) in 1921.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 27/1 Certificate naming Zemlinsky an honorary member of Der Deutsche Männergesangverein, 1921 May 21
BOX-FOLDER 27/3 Contract with Universal Edition for Lyrische Symphonie, undated
Unsigned
BOX-FOLDER 27/2 Diploma from the Conservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, 1890 July 12
BOX-FOLDER 27/5 Miscellaneous papers, undated
BOX-FOLDER 27/4 Program from a Lieberabend in Prague, 1936 November 25
Typescript
Note: Included four of Zemlinsky's songs: Die drei Schwestern; Als ihr Geliebter schied; Und kehrt er ernst heim; Lied der Jungfrau
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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