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Adalbert Riedl collection of prayer and song leaflets, 1746-1929, undated (inclusive)

Extent:
2.75 linear feet (8 boxes)
Abstract:
Adalbert Riedl (1898-1979) was a teacher, politician, museum director, collector, and folklorist from the Austrian state of Burgenland, a region with strong ties to today's Hungary. The Adalbert Riedl collection contains nearly 700 titles, mostly prayers and religious songs in leaflet or chapbook form. Additionally, there is a collection of 28 printed leaflets bound into a single volume (Sammelband) and a small number of manuscripts in German Kurrentschrift. The bulk of the collection was printed in the 19th century. There are a few pieces from the 18th century and a few from the early 20th century. The items are primarily in the German language, many printed in Fraktur, and a small number are in Hungarian, as well as Croatian, Czech, Slovakian, and Slovenian.

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Eugene Ormandy family home movies, 1932-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.58 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:
The Eugene Ormandy family home movies are amateur films shot between 1932 and 1947 by conductor Eugene Ormandy on his own hand-held camera and by others when Ormandy appears in the films. The content of the films includes scenes of Ormandy conducting the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. Also included are arrivals and departures at train stations along with musicians from his two resident orchestras. Otherwise, the content of the films is primarily scenes of leisure. The locales include his home in Minneapolis, MN, European cities including London, Vienna, and Stockholm, and several vacations in the Austrian alps, as well as vacations in Florida, Bermuda, and New Hampshire. There are also several scenes aboard passenger ships on his way to or from Europe. The people included in his films are primarily his first wife, Stephanie "Steffy" Goldner Ormandy, as well as her mother, sisters and brother, her sisters' spouses and...(see more)

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Dr. Irvin Stein collection of Eugene Ormandy material, 1953-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
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Dr. Irving Stein (1906-2000) was an orthopedic surgeon and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who also served on the board of the Philadelphia Orchestra. This collection documents his relationship with Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985), the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and his efforts to memorialize Ormandy's accomplishments following his death.

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Maurice the Maestro Rotenberg record collection, circa 1928-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
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Maurice Rotenberg (1897-1952) owned Maurice's, an "Old World" style restaurant wired by technicians from Philco to pipe classical music throughout the dining rooms from 1948 until about 1962. Popular with musical celebrities, the restaurant was run for ten years following Rotenberg's death. This collection consists of sixteen recordings that were probably among the 30,000 classical records that were played in the Rotenberg's restaurant.

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Bessie B. Dennis scrapbook, 1876-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box (0.2 linear foot)
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A scrapbook made by Bessie B. Dennis comprising programs and newspaper clippings regarding her singing performances. The book spans the years from 1876 to 1894.

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Fanfare for a festive occasion : for antiphonal brass choirs with percussion, circa 1981 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.33 linear_foot (1 box)
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Richard Wernick (1934-) is an American composer and professor of music composition who spent most of his career teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. Fanfare for a festive occasion : for antiphonal brass choirs with percussion is a manuscript score written by Wernick for the inauguration of University of Pennsylvania president Sheldon Hackney, circa 1981.

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Der Doktor und der Patient: komisches Duett für 3 Baesse mit begleitung des Pianof, 1845 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) was an Austrian lawyer, diplomat, author, composer, and singer. Der Doktor und der Patient: komisches Duett für 3 Baesse mit begleitung des Pianof is a music manuscript by Vesque von Püttlingen, written in 1845.

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Journal of the American Musicological Society records, 1931-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
60 boxes
Abstract:
The records primarily consist of correspondence with authors, editorial staff, employees of the William Byrd Press, and officers of the American Musicological Society; copies of many issues of the Journal at various stages in th e publication process; and business records. The most prominent figures in the collection are the editors of the Journal; musicologists Oliver Strunk, Donald Grout, Lewis Lockwood, James Haar, Martin Picker, Don Randel, Lawrence Bernstein, Nicholas Temperley, Ellen Rosand, and Richard Kramer are also well represented.

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Eugene Ormandy photographs, 1880-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:
16.75 linear feet (76 volumes and boxes)
Abstract:
Eugene Ormandy served as the conductor/musical director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from 1931 to 1936 and the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1937 to 1980.This collection of photographs documents the career and life of Eugene Ormandy from the early 1880s to the early 1990s, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1940s to the 1970s. Many of these photographs are available online

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Leopold Stokowski collection of orchestral transcriptions, circa 1905-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 linear feet
Abstract:
Leopold Anthony Stokowski was born April 18, 1882 in London and become one of the best-known conductors of the 20th century. Stokowski conducted symphony orchestras across the world from 1909 until his death in 1977. This collection consists of more than 200 scores that often include markings for dynamics, articulations, tempo indications, and otherr revisions of orchestration made by Stokowsi.

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