Guide to the Collection of music-related autographs

Collection Title: Collection of music-related autographs
Dates: 1819-2007
Identification: Autograph
Creator: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Music Library
Adams, Leslie, 1932-
Albright, William
Alfvén, Hugo, 1872-1960
Antheil, George, 1900-1959
Apel, Willi, 1893-1988
Arnold, Corliss Richard
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011
Barnett, John, 1802-1890
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945
Bassett, Leslie, 1923-
Beadell, Robert
Beecham, Thomas, Sir, 1879-1961
Berberian, Cathy
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935
Berger, Jean, 1909-2002
Bergsma, William, 1921-1994
Berkeley, Lennox, 1903-1989
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Bériot, Ch. de (Charles), 1802-1870
Blitzstein, Marc
Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959
Bolcom, William
Bond, Victoria
Bossi, Marco Enrico, 1861-1925
Bossi, Renzo, 1883-1965
Boulez, Pierre, 1925-
Braithwaite, J. Roland, 1927-
Brindle, Reginald Smith, 1917-2003
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Brovsky, Linda
Brown, Les, 1912-2001
Bukofzer, Manfred F., 1910-1955
Bussotti, Sylvano
Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881-1946
Callender, Clifton
Cardew, Cornelius
Carlstedt, Jan
Carter, Elliott, 1908-
Casella, Alfredo, 1883-1947
Castellini, John, 1905-2002
Cheatham, Wallace
Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842
Colgrass, Michael
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962
Costa, Michael, Sir, 1808-1884
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Creston, Paul, 1906-1985
Crumb, George
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975
Darasse, Xavier, 1934-1992
Davidovsky, Mario, 1934-
Dawson, Frederick, 1868-1940
De Lara, Isidore, 1858-1935
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Decker, Pamela
Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008
Devries, René, 1880-1959
Devriès, Hermann, 1858-1949
Diemer, Emma Lou
Donato, Anthony
Dorati, Antal
Durand, Auguste, 1830-1909
Durand, Jacques, 1865-1928
Eichheim, Henry, 1870-1942
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934
Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939
Elvey, George J.
Escot, Pozzi
Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946
Fiedler, Arthur, 1894-1979
Forsell, John, 1868-1941
Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009
Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972
Ghisi, Federico
Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938
Goldovsky, Boris
Golschmann, Vladimir, 1893-1972
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961
Hambræus, Bengt, 1928-2000
Hamerik, Ebbe, 1898-1951
Hammerich, Angul, 1848-1931
Hancock, Eugene W. (Eugene Wilson), 1929-1994
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958
Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981
Harris, Roy, 1898-1979
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman
Hays, Sorrel, 1941-
Heller, Stephen, 1813-1888
Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963
Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934
Husa, Karel, 1921-
Ichiyanagi, Toshi, 1933-
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919
Imbrie, Andrew, 1921-2007
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931
Ireland, John, 1879-1962
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
Ives, Harmony Twichell
Jeppesen, Knud, 1892-1974
Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907
Johnson, Calvert, 1949-
Jordan, Sverre, 1889-1972
Jullien, Adolphe, 1845-1932
Keuris, Tristan, 1946-1996
Kirchner, Theodor, 1823-1903
Koch, Erland von, 1910-2009
Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991
Lacy, M. Rophino (Michael Rophino), 1795-1867
Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892
Lange, Ina, b. 1853
Lava, William, 1911-1971
LeBaron, Anne
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919
Libert, Henri, 1869-1937
Ligeti, György, 1923-2006
Lockwood, Normand, 1906-2002
Lothar, Mark, 1902-1985
Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010
Malipiero, Anna
Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973
Martino, Donald, 1931-2005
Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959
Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912
Maw, Nicholas
Melchior, Lauritz
Mennin, Peter
Messager, André, 1853-1929
Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992
Meyerowitz, Jan, 1913-1998
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974
Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960
Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964
Mörike, Eduard, 1804-1875
Musgrave, Thea
Nielsen, Carl, 1865-1931
Nono, Luigi
Nono, Nuria Schoenberg, 1932-
Norman, Ruth, 1927-2007
Oldberg, Arne, 1874-1962
Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-
Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985
Ornstein, Leo, 1892-2002
Pacini, signor (Antonio Francesco Gaetano Saverio), 1778-1866
Parker, Alice, 1925-
Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918
Perle, George, 1915-2009
Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987
Pierné, Gabriel, 1863-1937
Pinkham, Daniel
Piston, Walter, 1894-1976
Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886
Porter, Quincy, 1897-1966
Potter, Philip Cipriani Hambly, 1792-1871
Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963
Pousseur, Henri
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900
Rhené-Baton, 1879-1940
Richter, Marga
Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961
Rorem, Ned, 1923-
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921
Sandresky, Margaret Vardell
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925
Sauer, Emil von, 1862-1942
Sauguet, Henri, 1901-1989
Sax, Adolphe, 1814-1894
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951
Schrade, Leo, 1903-1964
Schuman, William, 1910-1992
Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896
Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957
Sierra, Roberto
Smith, Mary Hunting, 1922-2010
Snorri Sigfús Birgisson, 1954-
Society for the Promotion of New Music
Solti, Georg, 1912-1997
Sorg-Rose, Margarete, 1960-
Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859
Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851
Stenhammar, Wilhelm, 1871-1927
Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977
Strauss, Alice
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Sutherland, Donald, 1939-
Szell, George, 1897-1970
Tan, Dun, 1957-
Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998
Tommasini, Vincenzo, 1878-1950
Tower, Joan, 1938-
Trolle-Steenstrup, H. (Herluf)
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Wagner, Cosima, 1837-1930
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Wagner, Winifred
Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962
Wang, An-Ming
Ward, Robert, 1917-
Waring, Fred, 1900-1984
Webern, Anton, 1883-1945
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950
Weinberger, Jaromír, 1896-1967
Weingartner, Felix, 1863-1942
Weiss, Adolph, 1891-1971
Yannatos, James
Zaimont, Judith Lang, 1945-
Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois, 1918-1970
Extent: 11 Boxes
Language of Materials: English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish;Castilian
Acquisition Information: Transferred from the Northwestern University Music Library General Manuscript LTR Collection in September 2011.
Accruals: Additions continue to be made.
Preferred Citation: Collection of Music-Related Autographs, Northwestern University Music Library.
Repository: Music Library
Deering Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL,
URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/music
Email: musiclibrary@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-3434

Scope and Content

Collection of single letters, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera relating to composers, conductors, performers, musicologists, publishers, librettists, and stage directors.

Arrangement of Materials

Arranged alphabetically by author.


Container List / Contents

  • Leslie Adams letter to Calvert Johnson, 1988 October 13Folder 1
  • William Albright correspondence, 1980-1992Folder 2
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter from Calvert Johnson to Albright (1980 December 12), 1 response from Albright to Johnson (1981 January 5), and 2 additional letters to Johnson (1991-1992)
  • Hugo Alfvén letters to Roger Henrichsen, 1919-1925Folder 3
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • George Antheil correspondence, 1950-1959Folder 4
      Scope and Contents: 18 items of correspondence between Antheil and Joseph and Mary Levine
  • Willi Apel letters, 1937-1949Folder 5
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Lotus D. Coffman (1937 January 22) and 1 to Paul Oberg (1949 July 12)
  • Corliss Arnold letter to Calvert Johnson, 1976 February 3Folder 6
  • Milton Babbitt letters, 1985-1999Folder 7
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Calvert Johnson (1985 April 18) and 3 to Harold Rosenbaum (1999)
  • John Barnett letter to Horace Wigan, 1873 March 18Folder 8
  • Béla Bartók papers, 1932-1942Folder 9
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters and 1 program signed by Bartók
  • Leslie Bassett correspondence, 1985Folder 10
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter from Calvert Johnson to Bassett (March 29) and the reply (April 9)
  • Robert Beadell correspondence, 1966Folder 11
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Robert Gay and 1 letter from Gay to Beadell
  • Thomas Beecham program, 1960 March 29Folder 12
      Scope and Contents: Signed by Beecham
  • Cathy Berberian letter to Werner Goldschmidt, circa 1970Folder 13
  • Alban Berg photograph, circa 1928-1935Folder 14
      Scope and Contents: Signed and dated August 21 by Berg on verso
  • Jean Berger correspondence, 1949-1968Folder 15
      Scope and Contents: 5 letters to Paul Oberg (1949-1950) and 10 items of correspondence between Berger and William Ballard (1967-1968)
  • William Bergsma letter to Wesley Wehr, 1959 May 2Folder 16
  • C. de Bériot letter, circa 1850-1870Folder 17
  • Lennox Berkeley letters, 1937-1957Folder 18
      Scope and Contents: 13 letters to John Davenport and 1 to Miss Engel
  • Leonard Bernstein letter to Carlyle Scott, 1938 April 11Folder 19
  • Marc Blitzstein letters, 1927-1944Folder 20
      Scope and Contents: 29 letters to Louis and Stella Simon and 1 to Ernest Chapman
  • Ernest Bloch letters, 1919-1957Folder 21
      Scope and Contents: 23 letters
  • William Bolcom correspondence, 1983Folder 22
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter from Calvert Johnson to Bolcom (September 4) with the reply written on it (September 10) and 1 letter from Bolcom to Johnson (October 4)
  • Victoria Bond correspondence, 1986-1988Folder 23
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters from Calvert Johnson to Bond, 1 letter from Bond to Johnson, and 1 letter from William W. Williams (Bond's assistant) to Johnson
  • Marco Enrico Bossi letters, 1900-1913Folder 24
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • Renzo Bossi letter to Herr Robert, 1909 May 5Folder 25
  • Pierre Boulez letters to Werner Goldschmidt, 1964Folder 26
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • J. Roland Braithwaite letter to Calvert Johnson, 1992 May 29Folder 27
  • Reginald Smith Brindle letter to John, 1960 September 2Folder 28
  • Benjamin Britten letters, 1945-1968Folder 29
      Scope and Contents: 6 letters
  • Linda Brovsky letter to Calvert Johnson, 1989 April 25Folder 30
  • Les Brown dance invitation, 1955 May 12Folder 31
      Scope and Contents: Signed by Brown
  • Manfred F. Bukofzer letters to Paul Oberg, 1946-1950Folder 32
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • Sylvano Bussotti letters to Robert Moran, 1965-1967Folder 33
      Scope and Contents: 5 letters
  • Charles Wakefield Cadman letters to Mrs. George Hagstrom, 1944-1945Folder 34
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Clifton Callender letter to Ursula Oppens, 1997 June 2Folder 35
  • Cornelius Cardew letter to Howard Skempton, 1969 December 6Folder 36
  • Jan Carlstedt letter to Monique Haas, 1956 May 3Folder 37
  • Elliott Carter letters to Arlin Snesrud, 1967Folder 38
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Alfredo Casella letters, 1917-1929Folder 39
      Scope and Contents: 21 letters
  • John Castellini letter to Harold Rosenbaum, 1992 August 25Folder 40
  • Wallace Cheatham letter to Calvert Johnson, 2002 July 12Folder 41
  • Luigi Cherubini letter to Gaspare Spontini, 1819 September 28Folder 42
  • Michael Colgrass letter to Calvert Johnson, 1985 May 18Folder 43
  • Aaron Copland letters, 1947-1954Folder 44
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters to Paul Oberg (1947-1948) and 1 letter to Edward Jablonski (1954 October 28)
  • Alfred Cortot letters to Paulette Mayer, 1926-1939Folder 45
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Michael Costa letters, 1838-1881Folder 46
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • Henry Cowell letters to Ruth Collin and Paul Heinicke, 1921-1928Folder 47
      Scope and Contents: 21 letters
  • Paul Creston letters, 1959-1969Folder 48
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • George Crumb letter to Calvert Johnson, 1985 April 15Folder 49
  • Luigi Dallapiccola letters, 1955-1971Folder 50
      Scope and Contents: 18 letters to Elisabeth Lutyens, 2 letters to Werner Goldschmidt, and 1 letter to Marcel Mihalovici
  • Xavier Darasse papers, 1989-1990Folder 51
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters to Calvert Johnson and 1 photocopy of a holograph blank contract
  • Mario Davidovsky correspondence, 1985Folder 52
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter from Calvert Johnson to Davidovsky (March 29) and the reply (May 15)
  • Frederick Dawson letter, 1918 January 7Folder 53
  • Claude Debussy letter to René Doire, 1910 April 6Folder 54
  • Pamela Decker correspondence, 1991Folder 55
      Scope and Contents: 1 empty envelope to Calvert Johnson (March 21) and 1 letter to Johnson (November 22)
  • Isidore De Lara letters, 1934Folder 56
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Norman Dello Joio letters to Calvert Johnson, 1983-1986Folder 57
      Scope and Contents: 6 letters
  • Hermann Devriès papers, 1900-1949Folder 58
      Scope and Contents: 4 autobiographical articles and 1 on Bizet
  • René Devries essay, n.d.Folder 59
      Scope and Contents: "The 'inside' story of the Chicago Opera Company" (typescript; 23 leaves) with a few holograph corrections
  • Emma Lou Diemer letters to Calvert Johnson, circa 1992Folder 60
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Anthony Donato letter to Robert Gay, 1965 March 6Folder 61
  • Antal Dorati letters to Paul Oberg, 1949Folder 62
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Auguste Durand letters to Louis Gallet, 1876-1893Folder 63
      Scope and Contents: 36 letters
  • Jacques Durand letters, circa 1892-1911Folder 64
      Scope and Contents: 1 telegram to Louis Gallet (circa 1892) and 1 letter to Albert Carré (1911 April 10)
  • Durand & Cie. letter to Monsieur Rohrbach, 1911 March 30Folder 65
      Scope and Contents: Signature indecipherable
  • Henry Eichheim letter to Irene Lewisohn, 1926 January 13Folder 66
  • Edward Elgar letters, 1902-1930Folder 67
      Scope and Contents: 24 letters and 2 postcards
  • George J. Elvey papers, 1847-1898Folder 68
      Scope and Contents: 4 items of correspondence and 1 essay
  • Pozzi Escot letters to Calvert Johnson, 1998Folder 69
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Manuel de Falla papers, 1925-1926Folder 70
      Scope and Contents: 9 letters, 8 telegrams and 1 contract
  • Arthur Fiedler letter to Paul Oberg, 1949 November 10Folder 71
  • John Forsell letter to Alfred Hausen, 1915 February 1Folder 72
  • Lukas Foss correspondence, 1947-1997Folder 73
      Scope and Contents: 25 letters to Helmuth Wolfes, 1 letter from Wolfes to Foss with Foss' reply, 1 letter to the Indiana University School of Music Orchestra Library, 1 letter to Paul Oberg, and 1 letter to Harold Rosenbaum (written on a letter from Rosenbaum to Foss)
  • Niels W. Gade letter to Mr. Harding, 1877 April 25Folder 74
  • Rudolph Ganz letters to Paul Oberg, 1943-1950Folder 75
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Federico Ghisi letter to Robert Gay, 1974 December 31Folder 76
  • Leopold Godowsky letter to Erich Klinckerfuss, 1902 January 23Folder 77
  • Boris Goldovsky correspondence, 1961-1980Folder 78
      Scope and Contents: 12 letters to Robert Gay (with 2 response letters), 1 letter to George Howerton, and 1 letter from Howerton to Goldovsky
  • Vladimir Golschmann letter to Paul Oberg, 1949 October 27Folder 79
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk letter, 1855 OctoberFolder 80
  • Charles Gounod letters, 1873-1879Folder 81
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Percy Grainger papers, 1916-1950Folder 82
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Rudolph Edward Schirmer (1916 September 22), 1 letter to Paul Oberg (1948 June 29), 2 letters to Gerald Prescott (1950), and 1 concert program (1947 May 5), signed by Grainger
  • Bengt Hambraeus correspondence, 1974Folder 83
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter from Calvert Johnson to Hambraeus (April 18), 1 reply (May 24), and Johnson's reply (June 9)
  • Ebbe Hamerik letter to Emil Reesen, 1949 JulyFolder 84
  • Angul Hammerich letters, 1891-1920Folder 85
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Eugene W. Hancock letter to Calvert Johnson, 1988 March 29Folder 86
  • W.C. Handy papers, 1950-1953Folder 87
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters and 1 brochure from the W.C. Handy Foundation for the Blind
  • Howard Hanson letters, 1938-1948Folder 88
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Carlyle Scott and 2 to Paul Oberg
  • Roy Harris letter to Pierre Monteux, 1941 April 2Folder 89
  • Roman Haubenstock-Ramati letter to Werner Goldschmidt, 1970 September 16Folder 90
  • Sorrel Doris Hays letter to Calvert Johnson, 1986 October 25Folder 91
      Scope and Contents: Includes curriculum vitae
  • Stephen Heller letter to Fr. Kistner, 1887 November 24Folder 92
  • Hans Werner Henze letter to David Atherton, 1977 May 4Folder 93
  • Paul Hindemith letters, 1934-1949Folder 94
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Gian Francesco Malipiero (circa 1934) and 3 letters to Paul Oberg (1947-1949)
  • Gustav Holst letters, 1907-1932Folder 95
      Scope and Contents: 5 letters
  • Karel Husa letter to Calvert Johnson, 1985 April 10Folder 96
  • Toshi Ichiyanagi letter to Robert Moran, 1965 February 10Folder 97
  • Luigi Illica letters to Edoardo Mascheroni, 1900-1913Folder 98
      Scope and Contents: 17 letters
  • Andrew Imbrie letter to Harold Rosenbaum, circa 2000Folder 99
  • Vincent d'Indy letters, 1899-1912Folder 100
      Scope and Contents: 5 letters
  • John Ireland letter to Mr. Newton, 1942 January 30Folder 101
  • Charles Ives papers, 1928Folder 102
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Anton Rovinsky (circa 1928) and 1 program from a November 20, 1928 concert at Town Hall, New York, at which Rovinsky performed Ives' Celestial Railroad.
  • Harmony Twichell Ives letter to Anton Rovinsky, 1951 January 23Folder 103
  • Knud Jeppesen postcard to Emilius Bangert, 1933 May 1Folder 104
  • Joseph Joachim letter, 1889 April 29Folder 105
  • Calvert Johnson letter to Jimmy Carter, 2007 February 22Folder 106
      Scope and Contents: Praises Carter for his stand on the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli government; Carter's reply (circa February 28) written on letter
  • Sverre Jordan letter to Hilmar Biehe, 1935 September 26Folder 107
  • Adolphe Jullien postcards to William Behrend, 1892-1915Folder 108
      Scope and Contents: 8 postcards
  • Tristan Keuris letter to Harold Rosenbaum, 1994 June 21Folder 109
  • Theodor Kirchner letter to Niels W. Gade, 1856 June 10Folder 110
  • Erland von Koch letters to Thomas Jensen, 1959-1961Folder 111
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Ernst Krenek letters, 1947-1969Folder 112
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Wesley Wehr, 1 to Werner Goldschmidt, and 1 to Paul Oberg
  • M. Rophino Lacy letter to Mr. Sainsbury, 1824 January 26Folder 113
  • Edouard Lalo letter to Ernest Reyer, 1884 September 28Folder 114
  • Ina Lange postcard to Sven Risom, 1892 June 26Folder 115
  • William Lava scrapbook, 1960-1969Folder 116
      Scope and Contents: Contains primarily photocopies of various publicity materials, including reviews, newspaper articles, award announcements, photographs, music, letters, and contracts
  • Anne LeBaron letter to Calvert Johnson, 2001 May 31Folder 117
  • Ruggiero Leoncavallo letter to Edmondo Corradi, 1916 December 21Folder 118
  • Henri Libert letter, 1929 December 3Folder 119
  • György Ligeti letters, 1969-1972Folder 120
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters and 2 postcards to Robert Moran and 2 letters to Werner Goldschmidt
  • Normand Lockwood letters to Robert Gay, 1965Folder 121
      Scope and Contents: 5 letters
  • Mark Lothar letters to Siegfried Mitlacher, 1941-1942Folder 122
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Otto Luening letter to Harold Rosenbaum, 1995 December 5Folder 123
  • Charles Mackerras letter to Harold Rosenbaum, 1997 June 16Folder 124
  • Anna Malipiero letters to Everett Helm, 1950-1955Folder 125
      Scope and Contents: 12 letters
  • Gian Francesco Malipiero correspondence, 1930-1971Folder 126
      Scope and Contents: 61 letters from Gian Francesco Malipiero (40 to Enrico Mainardi, 16 to Everett Helm, 3 to Elizabeth Helm, 1 to Eugenio Clausetti, 1 to the "Principal of Northwestern University") and 1 from Wilhelm Furtwängler to G.F. Malipiero
  • Donald Martino letter to Calvert Johnson, 1985 April 19Folder 127
  • Bohuslav Martinů obituary notice, circa 1959 AugustFolder 128
      Scope and Contents: Sent to Wesley Wehr
  • Pietro Mascagni letters to Giuseppe and Paola Viti, 1923-1929Folder 129
      Scope and Contents: 16 letters
  • Jules Massenet letters, 1878-1910Folder 130
      Scope and Contents: 35 letters
  • Nicholas Maw correspondence, 1974-1987Folder 131
      Scope and Contents: 23 items of correspondence between Maw and Don Roberts and 1 from John Owen Ward to Roberts
  • Lauritz Melchior letter to Paul Oberg, 1957 March 13Folder 132
  • Peter Mennin letters to Paul Oberg, 1947-1948Folder 133
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • André Messager letters to Albert Carré, 1890-1904Folder 134
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Olivier Messiaen papers regarding Des canyons aux étoiles, 1974-1992Folder 135
      Scope and Contents: 8 items of correspondence between Messiaen and Frederic Waldman, Messiaen's handwritten descriptions of the instrumentation, a typed description of the geophone, typescript of the original program notes, and a newspaper clipping with Messiaen's obituary
  • Jan Meyerowitz letters to Robert Gay, 1959-1963Folder 136
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Darius Milhaud letters, 1942-1965Folder 137
      Scope and Contents: 16 letters to Everett Helm, 2 to Leon K. Gutmann, 2 to Wesley Wehr, and 1 postcard to Robert Moran
  • Dimitri Mitropoulos correspondence, 1947-1949Folder 138
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Paul Oberg with 1 reply typed on verso of 1947 letter
  • Pierre Monteux letter to Paul Oberg, 1952 August 11Folder 139
  • Eduard Mörike letter, before 1875Folder 140
  • Thea Musgrave papers, 1987-1989Folder 141
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Calvert Johnson and C.E. Cooper's libretto of Musgrave's Echoes Through Time
  • Carl Nielsen letters, 1915-1924Folder 142
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Luigi Nono letters to Werner Goldschmidt, 1968-1971Folder 143
      Scope and Contents: 11 letters
  • Nuria Nono letter to Werner Goldschmidt, 1969 January 23Folder 144
  • Ruth Norman letters to Calvert Johnson, 1999-2002Folder 145
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Arne Oldberg letter to Editor, Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1918 August 6Folder 146
  • Pauline Oliveros papers, 1994-1999Folder 147
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Calvert Johnson, 1 signed contract (photocopy) between Agnes Scott College and The Pauline Oliveros Foundation, 1 budget proposal for Oliveros' residency at Agnes Scott (with ms. annotations in Johnson's hand), and 1 typescript conference address given by Oliveros
  • Eugene Ormandy letters to Paul Oberg, 1947-1958Folder 148
      Scope and Contents: 6 letters (2 incomplete)
  • Leo Ornstein letters to Paul Heinecke and Ruth Collin, 1915-1926Folder 149
      Scope and Contents: 15 letters
  • Antonio Pacini letter to Michael Costa, 1837 June 7Folder 150
  • Alice Parker letter to Calvert Johnson, 1986 November 14Folder 151
      Scope and Contents: Includes publicity material
  • C. Hubert H. Parry letters, 1880-1895Folder 152
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • George Perle letters to Harold Rosenbaum, 1988-1999Folder 153
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • Vincent Persichetti letter to Calvert Johnson, 1985 December 28Folder 154
  • Gabriel Pierné letters, 1898-1932Folder 155
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Vincent d'Indy (1898 February 25) and 2 calling cards to Paulette Mayer Weil (1926-1932)
  • Daniel Pinkham letters to Calvert Johnson, 1985-1986Folder 156
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • Walter Piston letters, 1945-1959Folder 157
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters to Paul Oberg (1945-1950) and 1 to Wesley Wehr (1959 April 15)
  • Amilcare Ponchielli letters, 1875-1877Folder 158
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Quincy Porter letters to Paul Oberg, 1944-1949Folder 159
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter letters, 1845-1855Folder 160
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Francis Poulenc letters to G. Jean-Aubry, 1919Folder 161
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Henri Pousseur letter to Wim Mertens, 1984 January 17Folder 162
  • Sergey Prokofiev letters to Adolph and Beatrice Bolm, 1919-1922Folder 163
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Maurice Ravel letter, 1930 February 17Folder 164
  • Sims Reeves letter to Michael Costa, before 1884Folder 165
  • Rhené-Baton letters, 1926Folder 166
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Marga Richter letter to Calvert Johnson, 1986 November 18Folder 167
      Scope and Contents: Includes biographical materials
  • Wallingford Riegger letters, circa 1950-1956Folder 168
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Arcule Sheasby (October 4) and 1 letter to H.L. Flocken (1952 March 29)
  • Ned Rorem papers, 1974-1985Folder 169
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Wesley Wehr (1974 February 6), 6 to Calvert Johnson (1983-1985), and 1 signed contract between Rorem and The Tahlequah Area Arts & Humanities Council (1984; amended 1985)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns papers, 1851-1921Folder 170
      Scope and Contents: 103 items of correspondence (including letters to Caroline de Serres and Albert Carré and 1 letter from Adolphe Boschot to Saint-Saëns), 2 ms. essays, and 1 signed menu
  • Margaret Sandresky letter to Calvert Johnson, 1988 October 11Folder 171
  • Erik Satie letters, 1914-1924Folder 172
      Scope and Contents: 5 letters
  • Emil von Sauer letters to Henri Hinrichsen, 1934Folder 173
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Henri Sauguet letters to Paulette Mayer, 1963-1976Folder 174
      Scope and Contents: 19 letters
  • Adolphe Sax papers, 1843Folder 175
      Scope and Contents: 1 ms. contract for the founding of the instrument manufacturing firm of Adolphe Sax and 1 ms. ledger book
  • Arnold Schoenberg letters, 1933-1939Folder 176
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Mr. Rogers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1933 December 28) and 1 letter to Pierre Monteux (1939 March 4)
  • Leo Schrade letter to William Ballard, 1962 July 28Folder 177
  • William Schuman letter to Calvin [i.e. Calvert] Johnson, 1985 May 13Folder 178
  • Clara Schumann letter, 1885 November 10Folder 179
  • Roger Sessions letters to Paul Oberg, 1946-1948Folder 180
      Scope and Contents: 4 letters
  • Dmitriĭ Shostakovich letters, 1929-1974Folder 181
      Scope and Contents: 8 letters to Boris Davidovich Vladimirsky, 2 to Eugene List, and 1 to Nicolai Malko
  • Jean Sibelius correspondence, 1929-1954Folder 182
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Carl Fischer, Inc. (1929 February 15), 8 letters to Basil Cameron (1931-1954), and 1 draft letter from Cameron to Sibelius (1931 27 July)
  • Roberto Sierra letters to Calvert Johnson, 1992Folder 183
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Mary Smith letter to Harold Rosenbaum, 2007 May 10Folder 184
      Scope and Contents: Smith is a descendant of H.W. Longfellow
  • Snorri Sigfús Birgisson letter to Ursula Oppens, 2001 August 29Folder 185
  • Society for the Promotion of New Music application forms, 1955-1965Folder 186
      Scope and Contents: 17 application forms from Richard Rodney Bennett, David Blake, Cornelius Cardew, Deryck V. Cooke, Gordon Rathbone Crosse, Peter Maxwell Davies, Madeleine Dring, Alexander Goehr, Jonathan D. Harvey, Alan Hoddinott, Robin Greville Holloway, Wilfred Josephs, John Lambert, David Newton Lumsdaine, William Mathias, Thea Musgrave, and Malcolm Williamson
  • Georg Solti letter to Roscoe Miller, 1970 March 6Folder 187
  • Margarete Sorg-Rose letters, 1995-1996Folder 188
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Calvert Johnson and 1 to Alicia Stewart
  • Louis Spohr letter to Friedrich Rochlitz, 1835 May 13Folder 189
  • Gaspare Spontini letters, 1832-1842Folder 190
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar letters, 1910-1921Folder 191
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to B.B. (1919 December 11) and 4 postcards to Wilhelm Hansen (1910-1921)
  • Frederick Stock letters, 1914-1922Folder 192
      Scope and Contents: 11 letters to Paul Heinecke, 1 to Ruth Collin, and 1 to Ben Franklin
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen letters to Werner Goldschmidt, 1964-1965Folder 193
      Scope and Contents: 5 letters
  • Leopold Stokowski letters to Paul Oberg, 1949Folder 194
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Alice Strauss letter to Wesley Wehr, 1947 August 20Folder 195
      Scope and Contents: Strauss was the daughter-in-law of Richard Strauss
  • Richard Strauss letter, 1899 November 2Folder 196
  • Igor Stravinsky correspondence, 1947-1966Folder 197
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter from Wesley Wehr to Stravinsky (1947 May 28; Stravinsky's reply (June 6) written on letter), 1 letter from Andre Marton (Stravinsky's secretary) to Wehr (1959 March 16), and 1 letter from Stravinsky regarding the dynamic indications of Requiem Canticles (1966 April 4)
  • Donald Sutherland correspondence, 1965Folder 198
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Donald Gay and 1 letter from Gay to Sutherland
  • George Szell letter to Paul Oberg, 1949 November 3Folder 199
  • Tan Dun letter to Harold Rosenbaum, 1999 September 17Folder 200
  • Theodore Thomas letters to Mr. Wilson, 1891Folder 201
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Virgil Thomson letters, 1948-1972Folder 202
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters to Paul Oberg (1948-1953) and 9 letters to Nick Rossi (1962-1972)
  • Michael Tippett papers, 1962-1972Folder 203
      Scope and Contents: 10 letters to Eric Walter White, 1 letter from White to Tippett, 2 letters to Dodo White, 1 letter to Leslie, 1 typescript outline for The garden, and 1 typescript draft of A touch of Caliban
  • Vincenzo Tommasini papers, 1920-1921Folder 204
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter (1921 March 26) and ms. program notes to Il beato regno
  • Joan Tower letter to Calvert Johnson, 1995 November 4Folder 205
  • Herluf Trolle-Steenstrup correspondence, 1925Folder 206
      Scope and Contents: 1 letter to Havelock Ellis (January 30) discussing sexuality in the music of Grieg, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky, and its reply (July 18)
  • Edgard Varèse letters, 1938-1964Folder 207
      Scope and Contents: 18 letters (incudes 14 to Renée Longy-Miquelle (1941-1955))
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams letters, 1935-1953Folder 208
      Scope and Contents: 37 letters
  • Cosima Wagner letter, 1905 February 11Folder 209
  • Richard Wagner envelope to Theodor Uhlig, 1852 September 5Folder 210
  • Winifred Wagner letter, 1923 January 15Folder 211
  • Bruno Walter letters, 1941-1949Folder 212
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters to Carlyle Scott (1941) and 2 to Paul Oberg (1949)
  • An-Ming Wang correspondence, 1986-2001Folder 213
      Scope and Contents: 9 letters to Calvert Johnson, 6 letters from Johnson to Wang, 2 letters regarding the publication of Wang's Fantasy for organ by Vivace Press
  • Robert Ward letter to Calvert Johnson, 1985 May 2Folder 214
  • Fred Waring letters to Paul Oberg, 1941-1945Folder 215
      Scope and Contents: 3 letters
  • Anton Webern letters, 1912-1943Folder 216
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters and 1 postcard to Alexander Zemlinsky (1912-1919), 1 letter to Erwin Stein (1938 October 17), and 8 postcards to Willi Reich (1938-1943)
  • Kurt Weill letter to Heinz Jolles, 1949 May 27Folder 217
  • Jaromír Weinberger letter to Wesley Wehr, 1948 March 30Folder 218
  • Felix Weingartner letter to William Behrend, 1936 August 31Folder 219
  • Adolph Weiss letter to Wesley Wehr, 1959 May 4Folder 220
  • James Yannatos letter to Ursula Oppens, 1986 October 26Folder 221
  • Judith Lang Zaimont correspondence, 1986-1996Folder 222
      Scope and Contents: 11 letters to Calvert Johnson, 6 letters from Johnson to Zaimont, 1 recommendation letter from Johnson to the National Endowment for the Humanities on Zaimont's behalf, and 1 letter from Carol Lyn Butcher to Johnson regarding Zaimont's coaching of Butcher's students
  • Alexander Zemlinsky letters, before 1942Folder 223
      Scope and Contents: 2 letters
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann letters to Werner Goldschmidt, 1964-1969Folder 224
      Scope and Contents: 15 letters