TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Frederic Grant Gleason
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1852-1908
Subseries 1: Outgoing, 1872-1903
Subseries 2: Incoming, 1867-1903
Subseries 3: Correspondence to and from others, 1852-1908
Series 2: Biographical/Personal, 1869-1904
Series 3: Works - Textual, 1869-1903
Series 4: Works - Musical, ca. 1864-1903
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1872-1903
Subseries 1: Music Scrapbooks, 1874-1903
Subseries 2: Hershey School of Musical Art, Chicago, Programs, 1876-1884
Subseries 3: Personal Scrapbooks, 1874-1903
Subseries 4: Clippings, articles and reviews written by Gleason, 1872-1903
Subseries 5: : Chicago Auditorium Conservatory Scrapbooks, 1900-1902
Subseries 7: American Music Society. Concert programs, 1892-1893
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Inventory of the Frederic Grant Gleason Papers, 1852-1908
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, 2008. ©2008. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Gleason, Frederic Grant, 1848-1903 |
| Title | Frederic Grant Gleason Papers |
| Dates | 1852-1908 |
| Extent | 43.5 linear feet (38 boxes, 22 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract | Composer, musician, music critic for the Chicago Tribune (1887-1891) and other newspapers, and director of Chicago Auditorium concerts. Papers include correspondence, diaries, sketch books, scrapbooks, programs, clippings, literary manuscripts, photographs, and other memorabilia, providing a valuable portrait of Chicago's late-19th-century musical world. Correspondents include Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler, Jules Massenet, Johann Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, and many others. |
| Language | Materials are primarily in English, with some correspondence in French and German. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Gleason |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 39 4-6 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Frederic Grant Gleason Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift and purchase, Mrs. Robert F. Perez, Jr., 1963; Gift, Vassar College Library, 1965.
Processed by
Alison Hinderliter, 2008.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Frederic Grant Gleason Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Frederic Grant Gleason Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Frederic Grant Gleason
Composer, musician, music critic for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, and director of the Chicago Auditorium concerts.
Frederic Grant Gleason was born in Middleton, Connecticut, on Dec. 18, 1848. He studied composition at Hartford, Connecticut under Dudley Buck, and continued his musical education in Leipzig, Berlin, and London, from 1869 to 1875. After a brief return to Connecticut to be a church organist, Gleason moved to Chicago in 1877 to teach at the Hershey School of Musical Art, and became active in teaching and composition in the city. He was elected President of the Manuscript Society of Chicago in 1896, and was a member of the Manuscript Society of New York since its founding. He was elected President General of the American Patriotic Musical League in 1897, and was a life-long member of the Music Teachers National Association as well as a member of the Illinois Music Teachers Association from 1886 to 1894. He taught at the Chicago Auditorium Conservatory, from about 1891-1903, becoming director for the last three years. He was also music critic of the Chicago Tribune, 1887-1891, contributing articles and reviews to various other musical papers.
Gleason composed operas, cantatas, sacred and secular vocal works, symphonic poems, chamber works, and works for piano and organ. His Auditorium Festival Ode, with words by poet Harriet Monroe, was performed at the opening of the Auditorium Theater in 1889. He also had several of his works performed during the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of first music director Theodore Thomas, also premiered some of his works.
Gleason married vocalist Grace A. Hiltz in 1879, and Mabel Blanche Kennicott in 1887. Gleason died of pneumonia in Chicago on Dec. 6, 1903.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Musical and literary output of composer Frederic Grant Gleason, along with some personal items and photographs.
Gleason's materials comprise a near-complete snapshot of the musical life of Chicago from the late 1870s to the early 1900s, reflected mainly in his correspondence, his musical works, and his seven series of scrapbooks. Gleason's correspondence files include many letters from prominent European and American composers, as well as conductors, musicians, and music educators. His scrapbooks document through clippings, reviews, brochures, and programs the lively musical culture of Chicago in the late 19th century. His musical works are documented in a wide variety of manuscript formats, being complete scores, arrangements, orchestral parts, fragments, and sketches, so that the researcher may see the complete picture of how his work was composed. Since Gleason also taught composition in Chicago, there are many examples of exercises and lectures that reflect music pedagogical practices at the time.
Smaller series include biographical information about Gleason, some financial records, mementoes, photographs of Gleason as well as his family and musical figures, and a set of printer's engraved plates of one of Gleason's songs.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1852-1908
- Subseries 1: Outgoing, 1872-1903
- Subseries 2: Incoming, 1867-1903
- Subseries 3: Correspondence to and from others, 1852-1908
- Series 2: Biographical/Personal, 1869-1904. Box(es) 4-5
- Series 3: Works - Textual, 1869-1903. Box(es) 6-12
- Series 4: Works - Musical, ca. 1864-1903. Box(es) 13-31
- Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1872-1903
- Subseries 1: Music Scrapbooks, 1874-1903
- Subseries 2: Hershey School of Musical Art, Chicago, Programs, 1876-1884
- Subseries 3: Personal Scrapbooks, 1874-1903
- Subseries 4: Clippings, articles and reviews written by Gleason, 1872-1903
- Subseries 5: : Chicago Auditorium Conservatory Scrapbooks, 1900-1902
- Subseries 6: Announcements of classes in piano, organ, and composition conducted by Gleason, 1884-1893
- Subseries 7: American Music Society. Concert programs, 1892-1893
- Series 6: Photographs, ca. 1874-1907. Box(es) 58
- Series 7: Artifacts, 1889. Box(es) 59
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.)
- Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.). Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art
- Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867-1944
- Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927
- Chicago tribune
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
- Floersheim, Otto, 1853-1917
- Gleason, Frederic Grant, 1848-1903
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
- Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907
- Illinois Music Teachers Association
- MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908
- Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911
- Manuscript Society (U.S.)
- Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912
- Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936
- Music Teachers National Association
- Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921
- Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Subjects
- Arts -- Press coverage
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Composers -- United States -- 19th century
- Composition (Music)
- Conservatories of music -- History -- 19th century
- Letterpress copybooks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Music critics -- 19th century
- Music teachers -- 19th century
- Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews
- Photographs -- 1851-1900
- Printing plates -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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Container List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1852-1908 |
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| Letters, mostly manuscript, and copies of letters in letterpress copybooks. Outgoing correspondence, kept in letterpress copybooks, include letters to family, friends, and musical colleagues. Incoming correspondence includes letters from famous composers and musicians. Correspondence to and from others includes letters to and from friends and colleagues C.B. Cady and Otto Floersheim, with whom Gleason worked closely, as well as letters to Gleason’s father-in-law J.A. Kennicott. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following subseries: Outgoing, 1872-1903 (Boxes 1-2); Incoming, 1867-1903 (Boxes 3-4) and Correspondence to and from others, 1852-1908 (Box 4). | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Outgoing, 1872-1903 |
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| Volumes of letterpress copybooks containing letters written by Gleason with some loose outgoing letters. Many books have alphabetical indexes in the front. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by format and chronologically therein. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Letterpress Copybook, Jun. 28, 1872 - May 4, 1874 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Letterpress Copybook, May 3, 1874 - Oct. 24, 1876 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Letterpress Copybook, Feb. 2, 1877 - Feb. 9, 1878 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Letterpress Copybook, Feb. 14, 1878 - Jul. 26, 1879 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Letterpress Copybook (scattered, unindexed), Jul. 26, 1879 - Jun. 30, 1900 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Letterpress Copybook: "Copies of letters written (May-August 1891) while Secretary of the Illinois Music Teachers Association, and (April 1896-February 1899) while Chairman of a Committee for the Presentation of a Memorial [i.e. Testimonial] to Theodore Thomas, 1891, Apr. 1896 - Feb. 1899 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Loose, 1870-1899 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Loose, 1901-1902 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Loose, 1903 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Loose, n.d. | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Incoming, 1867-1903 |
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| Incoming correspondence includes letters from famous composers and musicians as well as compliments on Gleason's compositions, the business of the Manuscript Society of Chicago, and the business of the Chicago Auditorium Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art. Some letters are in German or French. Notable correspondents include Amy Beach, Edward MacDowell, Gustav Mahler, Jules Massenet, Harriet Monroe (who encloses her poem which Gleason set to music for the occasion of the opening of the Auditorium Building), Camille Saint-Saëns, Johann Strauss, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, and Theodore Thomas. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Abbott, Emma, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Albani, Marie Louise Cécilie Emma, Jan. 1, 1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Alexis, Sister Mary, St. Mary's Academy, 1899 | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Alleman, L., [1899?] | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | American Art Journal, Nov. 14, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Aptomimus, Mr., 1878-1879 | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 | Arden, Joh., Apr. 27, 1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Arens, Franz Xavier, 1891-1892 | |||||||||
| 3 | 19 | Associazione dei benemeriti Italiani, 1887-1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 20 | Bachert, Max, Boston Symphony Orchestral Club, 1899 | |||||||||
| 3 | 21 | Ballenberg, Louis, Cincinnati Grand Orchestra, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 22 | Beach, Amy (Mrs. H.H.A.), 1896-1898 | |||||||||
| 3 | 23 | Blakely, D., [Eduard] Strauss Orchestra, 1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 24 | Boito, Arrigo, 1897-1898 | |||||||||
| 3 | 25 | Bowman, E.M., Oct. 14, 1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 26 | Browne, J. Lewis, 1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 27 | Buck, Dudley, 1867-1899 | |||||||||
| 3 | 28 | Bülow, Hans von, 1874 | |||||||||
| 3 | 29 | Büttgenbach, F., Mar. 10, 1874 | |||||||||
| 3 | 30 | Camagno, Francesco, Dec. 12, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 31 | Campbell, F.J., Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind, 1885-1886 | |||||||||
| 3 | 32 | Carl, William C., 1890-1893 | |||||||||
| 3 | 33 | Carreño, Teresa, 1897 | |||||||||
| 3 | 34 | Castle, William, Chicago Musical College, Oct. 11, 1897 | |||||||||
| 3 | 35 | Chadwick, G.W., 1886-1896 | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Cholmely-Jones, E., American Opera, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Clowry, Robert C., Mar. 17, 1902 | |||||||||
| 3 | 38 | Converse, Charles Crozat, Oct. 7, 1888 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Cottlow, Augusta, Jun. 5, 1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Damrosch, Leopold, Jul. 9, 1879 | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Damrosch, Walter, 1898 | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | DeKoven, Reginald, 1896-1899 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Duran & Schoenewerk (music publishers), 1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 44 | Eddy, Clarence, 1896-1903 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Engelmann-Brandes, Emma, 1880-1902 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Fay, Amy, 1887 | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | Finck, Henry Theophilus, Mar. 3, 1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | Fischer, Emil, May 9, 1895 | |||||||||
| 3 | 49 | Floersheim, Otto, New York Musical Courier, Nov. 19, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 50 | Foote, Arthur, 1896 | |||||||||
| 3 | 51 | Gilchrist, William Wallace, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 52 | Gillette, W.H., 1880 | |||||||||
| 3 | 53 | Godard, Benjamin, Apr. 13, 1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 54 | Gould, Maurice, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 55 | Gounod, Charles, Feb. 2, 1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 56 | Grieg, Edvard, Feb. 3, 1898 | |||||||||
| 3 | 57 | Guilmant, Alexandre, 1897-1898 | |||||||||
| 3 | 58 | Harper, William Rainey, University of Chicago, Feb. 9, 1892 | |||||||||
| 3 | 59 | Haupt, Carl August, Apr. 24, 1879 | |||||||||
| 3 | 60 | Henderson, David, Chicago Opera House, [1880s] | |||||||||
| 3 | 61 | Henschel, George, Apr. 25, 1882 | |||||||||
| 3 | 62 | Hepworth, William, Apr. 13, 1875 | |||||||||
| 3 | 63 | Holmes, Jeanette R., Oct. 27, 1903 | |||||||||
| 3 | 64 | Hopkins, Jerome, Apr. 2, 1883 | |||||||||
| 3 | 65 | Humperdinck, Engelbert, Jan. 30, 1898 | |||||||||
| 3 | 66 | Kahrer, Laura, Sept. 18, 1900 | |||||||||
| 3 | 67 | Keen, Hattie E., n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 68 | King, Frank H., Chickering & Sons pianos, Sept. 13, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 69 | Krehbiel, Henry Edward, Feb. 10, 1887 | |||||||||
| 3 | 70 | Lachmund, Ernest, Jan. 25, 1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 71 | L'Allemand, Pauline, Mar. 18, 1887 | |||||||||
| 3 | 72 | Lavallee, Calixa, 1885-1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 73 | Lewing, Adele, Nov. 4, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 74 | Liebling, Emil (letter and fragment of letter), Jan. 19, 1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 75 | Lobe, Charlotte, Sept. 18, 1878 | |||||||||
| 3 | 76 | Lobe, Johann Christian, Mar. 28, 1875 | |||||||||
| 3 | 77 | Loeschhorn, Albert, 1874-1881 | |||||||||
| 3 | 78 | Logan, John A., Feb. 7, 1883 | |||||||||
| 3 | 79 | Lyon, Potter & Co. (piano dealers), Apr. 20, 1892 | |||||||||
| 3 | 80 | Maas, Louis, Music Teacher's National Association, 1881, 1888 | |||||||||
| 3 | 81 | MacDowell, Edward, 1890-1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 82 | Mahler, Gustav, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 83 | Mahnken, Jonathan, Theodore Thomas concerts management, Sept. 27, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 84 | Mason, William, Dec. 5, 1897 | |||||||||
| 3 | 85 | Massenet, Jules, n.d., 1891-1894 | |||||||||
| 3 | 86 | Massenet, Jules, 1896-1903 | |||||||||
| 3 | 87 | Mathews, William Smith Babcock, Dec. 13, 1887 | |||||||||
| 3 | 88 | Mayer, Eugene, Oct. 4, 1880 | |||||||||
| 3 | 89 | McCormick, Katharine, [1890s?] | |||||||||
| 3 | 90 | Mockridge, Whitney, Nov. 13, 1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 91 | Monroe, Harriet (including her Ode, written for Gleason's Cantata to be sung at the opening of the Auditorium Building), May 24, 1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 92 | Moulton, A.M., Jun. 24, 1901 | |||||||||
| 3 | 93 | Musin, Ovide, Mar. 2, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 94 | Paine, John Knowles, Sept. 28, 1882 | |||||||||
| 4 | 95 | Palmer, Francis, May 21, 1892 | |||||||||
| 4 | 96 | Patterson, R.W. Jr., Chicago Tribune, 1888, 1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 97 | Peck, Ferd. W., Chicago Auditorium Association, 1889-1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 98 | Penniman (?), Jill B., Jun. 22, 1902 | |||||||||
| 4 | 99 | Perugini, Giov., Nov. 1, 1887 | |||||||||
| 4 | 100 | Pfleger, George, Feb. 6, 1902 | |||||||||
| 4 | 101 | Plowe, E.H., Jul. 6, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 102 | Porter, J.A. (Secretary to U.S. President William McKinley), Oct. 3, 1898 | |||||||||
| 4 | 103 | Pratt, Silas Gamaliel, Manuscript Society of New York, 1879, 1896 | |||||||||
| 4 | 104 | Prochazka, J.O. von, The Keynote, Nov. 18, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 105 | Reményi, Eduard, May 19, [1890s?] | |||||||||
| 4 | 106 | Rheinberger, Josef, Jan. 13, 1898 | |||||||||
| 4 | 107 | Rivé-King, Julie, 1877-1879 | |||||||||
| 4 | 108 | Root, George F., Apr. 16, 1884 | |||||||||
| 4 | 109 | Rudersdorff, E.M., Feb. 28, 1881 | |||||||||
| 4 | 110 | Rutter, T.L., Sept. 30, 1889, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 111 | Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1891-1902 | |||||||||
| 4 | 112 | Scharwenka, Xaver, Jun. 18, 1888 | |||||||||
| 4 | 113 | Schultz, L.F., Detroit Philharmonic Club, 1889-1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 114 | Seeboeck, W.C.E., n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 115 | Sherwood, William H., 1888 | |||||||||
| 4 | 116 | Smith, Wilson G., 1890-1892 | |||||||||
| 4 | 117 | Stanford, Charles Villiers, May 4, 1898 | |||||||||
| 4 | 118 | Stewart, W.G., American School of Opera and Conservatory of Music, Jan. 27, 1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 119 | Stockbridge, Mrs. A.B., Dec. 2, 1885 | |||||||||
| 4 | 120 | Strauss, Johann, Feb. 6, 1898 | |||||||||
| 4 | 121 | Surette, Thomas Whitney, may 23, 1902 | |||||||||
| 4 | 122 | Swing, David, May 5, [1890s?] | |||||||||
| 4 | 123 | Tchaikowsky, Peter Ilych, (letter with envelope), Jan. 24, 1891 | |||||||||
| 4 | 124 | Thomas, Theodore, 1877-1898 | |||||||||
| 4 | 125 | Tomlins, William L., Dec. 16, 1887 | |||||||||
| 4 | 126 | Torchiana, A., Aug. 6, 1901 | |||||||||
| 4 | 127 | Townsend, Copeland, Palmer House Company, Sept. 14, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 128 | Tucker, P.C., Gleason Choral Club, May 16, 1898 | |||||||||
| 4 | 129 | Valda, Giulia, Mar. 10, [1890s?] | |||||||||
| 4 | 130 | Van der Stucken, Frank, 1886-1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 131 | Vick (?), Bernhard, Apr. 14, 1885 | |||||||||
| 4 | 132 | Wachenhusen, J.B., 1885 | |||||||||
| 4 | 133 | Weitzman, C.F., 1875-1880 | |||||||||
| 4 | 134 | Weitzmann, H., Nov. 11, 1880 | |||||||||
| 4 | 135 | Weld, Arthur, Jan. 8, 1891 | |||||||||
| 4 | 136 | Wieser, L. (includes condolence letter and manuscript score of a collection of etudes), 1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 137 | Wild, Harrison, Jan. 31, 1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 138 | William A. Pond & Co., Music Company, 1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 139 | Wilson, Francis, Nov. 8, [1880s] | |||||||||
| 4 | 140 | Wolzogen, Hans Paul von, 1881 | |||||||||
| 4 | 141 | World's Columbian Exposition (McNicol, T.T., Wilson, G.W.), 1893 | |||||||||
| 4 | 142 | Wyman, Julie L., 1889-1891 | |||||||||
| 4 | 143 | Zeisler, Fannie Bloomfield, [1887] | |||||||||
| 4 | 144 | Ziegfeld, Florenz, Chicago Musical college, 1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 145 | Unidentified and fragment, n.d. | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Correspondence to and from others, 1852-1908 |
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| Correspondence to and from others includes letters to and from friends and colleagues C.B. Cady and Otto Floersheim, and notable letters (one from Stephen Douglas) to Gleason’s father-in-law J.A. Kennicott. The letter from composer Giuseppe Verdi to composer Alberto Mazzucato is possibly a souvenir picked up by Gleason. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 4 | 146 | Douglas, Stephen Arnold, to Dr. J.A. Kennicott, 1852 | |||||||||
| 4 | 147 | Floersheim, Otto, to Emma Engelmann-Brandes, 1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 148 | Holmes, George Ellsworth, to C.B. Cady, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 149 | Lewing, Adele, to C.B. Cady, 1891 | |||||||||
| 4 | 150 | Loeschhorn, Albert, to Mr. [Otto] Floersheim, 1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 151 | Middaugh, Mrs. Henry G., to "Mabel", calling card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 152 | Murray, Bronson, to Dr. J.A. Kennicott, 1856 | |||||||||
| 4 | 153 | Sherwood, William H., to "Ladies and Gentlemen" (re: Gleason Memorial), letter and envelope, 1904 | |||||||||
| 4 | 154 | Verdi, Giuseppe, to Alberto Mazzucato, 1871 | |||||||||
| 4 | 155 | White, Mary Willard Gleason, to Mrs. Frederic Gleason, letter and envelope, 1908 | |||||||||
| 4 | 156 | Zeisler, Fannie Bloomfield, to C.B. Cady, 1887 | |||||||||
Series 2: Biographical/Personal, 1869-1904 |
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| Personal items, financial records, mementoes, materials about Gleason's work and hobbies, research files, and some publicity and reviews about his musical works. Diplomas include a large lifetime membership certificate from the Music Teachers National Association, 1890 (see Oversize folder). | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 4 | 157 | Address Book, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 158 | Biographical Summaries, Astrological Character Reading, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 159 | Building Plans, Cottage | |||||||||
| 4 | 160 | Building Plans, Opera House and College of Music | |||||||||
| 4 | 161 | Chicago Auditorium Conservatory, programs and letterhead, ca. 1889-1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 162 | Chicago Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art, program and letterhead, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 163 | Church Services, notes, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 164 | Clippings collected by Gleason, 1885, 1893, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 165 | "Concerts" (lists of attendees), 1899-1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 165a | Diplomas (see Oversize box and Oversize Folder), 1888-1890 | |||||||||
| 5 | 166 | Financial Records, ca. 1870-1901 | |||||||||
| 5 | 167 | Invitation Lists, ca. 1889-1899 | |||||||||
| 5 | 168 | Lists - "Averaging of pages, lines, and words", ca. 1887-1890 | |||||||||
| 5 | 169 | Lists - scores, created in Europe, 1870 | |||||||||
| 5 | 170 | Lists - scores and parts, various | |||||||||
| 5 | 171 | Manuscript Society of Chicago, letterhead, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 172 | Mementoes, World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-1893 | |||||||||
| 5 | 173 | Mementoes, various, ca. 1869-1893 | |||||||||
| 5 | 174 | Memorial notes and condolences, 1903-1904 | |||||||||
| 5 | 175 | Poems and Quotations collected by Gleason, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 176 | Programs featuring Gleason works, 1889-1907, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 177 | Programs, miscellaneous, 1870, 1881, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 178 | Subject Files - Massenet, Jules, n.d., 1897 | |||||||||
| 5 | 179 | Subject Files - Thomas, Theodore, 1883-1905 | |||||||||
| 5 | 180 | Wedding Invitation, 1887 | |||||||||
| 5 | 181 | Works - Edris (reviews and notes), 1896 | |||||||||
| 5 | 182 | Works - Otho Visconti (reviews and announcements), 1907 | |||||||||
Series 3: Works - Textual, 1869-1903 |
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| Textual works include diaries, research notes, lectures, essays, articles, libretti, poetry, School-related materials (notes and examination papers), sketches, and translations by Frederic Grant Gleason. Gleason wrote numerous articles and reviews of works by composer Richard Wagner (Flying Dutchman, Ring of the Nibelungen, etc.) | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 183 | Allegories, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 184 | [American Music - letter to the editor W.R. Hearst, Chicago American], Dec. 31, 1900 | |||||||||
| 6 | 185 | Ancient Music (lecture), n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 186 | Biographical sketches of composers, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 187 | Classical and Romantic Schools (lecture), n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 188 | Counterpoint and Fugue (notebook), ca. 1878 | |||||||||
| 6 | 189 | Diaries, Dec. 18, 1869-May 7, 1870 | |||||||||
| 6 | 190 | Diary (European) [formerly cataloged separately; Newberry Library call number Case MS V 29 .337], May 8 - Aug. 31, 1870 | |||||||||
| 6 | 191 | Diary, Jan. 2 - Nov. 14, 1875 | |||||||||
| 6 | 192 | Diary, May 2, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1878 | |||||||||
| 7 | 193 | Diary, Jul. 27, 1878 - Jun. 8, 1883 | |||||||||
| 7 | 194 | Diary, Aug. 5, 1885 - Mar. 16, 1887 | |||||||||
| 7 | 195 | Diary, Oct. 4, 1899 - Nov. 23, 1903 | |||||||||
| 7 | 196 | Double Counterpoint (see also Theory of Counterpoint), n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 197 | Edris - Notes on, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 198 | English School (lecture), n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 199 | Flying Dutchman: A Romance, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 200-201 | Fragments, re: Counterpoint (see also Oversize box), n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 202-206 | Fragments, re: Harmony, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 207 | Fragments, re: Harmony, discarded from the book draft, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 208 | Fragments, re: Richard Wagner, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 209 | Fragments, various | |||||||||
| 8 | 210 | From My Sketch Book, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 211 | Fugue: explanation and examples, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 212 | Harmony (incomplete manuscript), n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 213 | Harmony in Eighty Lessons (incomplete manuscript), n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 214 | History of Music (lecture), n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 215 | Lecture sketches, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 216 | Lenora (plot synopsis), n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 217 | Lessons - Examination Questions, 1878-1885 | |||||||||
| 9 | 218 | Lessons - Examination Questions, 1890s | |||||||||
| 9 | 219-222 | Lessons - Notebook, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 223 | Lessons - Notebook ("Harmony Notes"), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 224 | Lessons - Notebook, 1892 | |||||||||
| 10 | 225 | Lessons - Miscellaneous Papers, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 226 | Love Eternal - Prelude and Sketches, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 227 | Luciferos (opera libretto), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 228 | Modulation, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 229 | Montezuma (opera libretto), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 230 | Mystic Shrine, the, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 231 | Notebook [formerly cataloged separately; Newberry Library call number Case MS V 29 .3371], n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 232 | Orchestral Instruments and Their Uses, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 233 | Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 234 | Otho Visconti (opera libretti, typescript and printed), 1907 | |||||||||
| 11 | 235 | Poetry, ca. 1870-1882 | |||||||||
| 11 | 236 | Reviews, misc., n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 237 | Richard Wagner's Art, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 238 | Ring of the Nibelungen (Wagner - plot synopsis), n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 239 | Sketch Book - Miscellaneous Allegories and Fragments…., n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 240 | Song of Life (plot synopsis and musical analysis), n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 241 | Speeches: Address delivered before the Amateur Musical Club of Chicago, Mar. 22, 1897 | |||||||||
| 11 | 242 | Speeches: American Music, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 243 | Speeches: The Nibelungen Lied, read at the sociable, Feb. 9, 1872 | |||||||||
| 11 | 244 | Theory Exercises (notebook), n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 245 | Theory of Counterpoint (see also Double Counterpoint), n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 246 | Thoughts Upon Art, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 247 | Tone, n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 248-249 | Treatise on Harmony, n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 250-251 | Undine (by Lortzing, trans. by Gleason), n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 252 | Valerius: A Tale of Ancient Rome, n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 253 | Veritas (Unfinished): A Fairy Tale (And a Double Allegory), n.d. | |||||||||
Series 4: Works - Musical, ca. 1864-1903 |
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| Musical works include manuscript scores (orchestral, piano/vocal, vocal, and instrumental), parts, fragments, and musical sketches. Scores are full orchestral scores unless indicated otherwise. | |||||||||||
| Arranged loosely into groupings of bound musical scores, unbound musical scores, music notes and fragments, and performance instrumental parts. Series was arranged and numbered by an unknown cataloger in 1965 - there is substantial overlap between numbered items. Unnumbered items follow numbered items, followed by works by others (perhaps arranged by Gleason), fragments, notebooks and sketchbooks, and orchestral parts. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 13 | -- | 1. Otho Visconti, op. 7, Oversize bound volume | |||||||||
| 14 | 254 | 2. Otho Visconti, op. 7, "Old score, since revised and rewritten" | |||||||||
| 14 | 255 | 3. Otho Visconti, op. 7, piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 14 | 256 | 4. Otho Visconti, op. 7, First ballet | |||||||||
| 14 | 257 | 5. Otho Visconti, op. 7, Ballet | |||||||||
| 14 | 258 | 6. Otho Visconti, op. 7, Souvenir album (sketch) | |||||||||
| 15 | 259-261 | 7-9. Montezuma, op. 16, 3 volumes | |||||||||
| 15 | 262 | 10. Montezuma, op. 16, Introduction and Priests' March | |||||||||
| 15 | 263 | 11. Montezuma, op. 16, Guatemozin's Narration | |||||||||
| 16 | 264 | 12. Montezuma, op. 16, Act III, Introduction | |||||||||
| 16 | 265 | 13. Montezuma, op. 16, Yeteva's Song | |||||||||
| 16 | 266 | 14. Montezuma, op. 16, piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 16 | 267 | 15. Auditorium Festival Ode, op. 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | 268 | 16. Auditorium Festival Ode, op. 20, Symphonic introduction | |||||||||
| 17 | 269 | 17. Lobgesang auf die Harmonie [Praise Song], op. 17 | |||||||||
| 17 | 270 | 18. Lobgesang auf die Harmonie [Praise Song], op. 17, piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 17 | 271 | 19. God our Deliverer. Cantata, op. 12 | |||||||||
| 17 | 272 | 20. God our Deliverer. Cantata, op. 12, piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 17 | 273 | 21. Culprit Fay, op. 14 | |||||||||
| 17 | 274 | 22. Culprit Fay, op. 14 | |||||||||
| 18 | 275 | 23. Culprit Fay, op. 14, piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 18 | 276 | 24. Song of Life, op. 25 (see also 51, 71, 86, 109) | |||||||||
| 18 | 277 | 26. Culprit Fay, op. 14, piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 18 | 278 | 27. Scenen aus Goethe's Faust - Souvenir album [with some sketches, loose, in back], 1869 | |||||||||
| 18 | 279 | 29. Procession of the Holy Grail, full score (see also 50, 53, 56, 78) | |||||||||
| 18 | 280 | 30. Volume of miscellaneous sketches and transcriptions; possibly arrangements for teaching purposes | |||||||||
| 18 | 281 | 31. Sketchbook for Montezuma, Otho Visconti, and Benedicta (unfinished opera) | |||||||||
| 19 | 282 | 32. Album scrapbook with miscellaneous manuscript fragments, including excerpts from Montezuma and Wagner's Ring der Nibelungen | |||||||||
| 19 | 283 | 33. Sketchbook, including transcription of Schubert Symphony in C minor (Andante), dances, etc. | |||||||||
| 19 | 284 | 34. Edris, a Symphonic Poem, op. 21, (marked "Score X") | |||||||||
| 19 | 285 | 35. Edris, a Symphonic Poem, op. 21, (marked "Score W") | |||||||||
| 19 | 286 | 36. Otho Visconti, op. 7, Serenade, piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 19 | 287 | 37. Otho Visconti, op. 7, and Praise Song, op. 17, sketches | |||||||||
| 19 | 288 | 38. Idylle, organ, op. 24, 1896 | |||||||||
| 19 | 289 | 39. Song: "Let the home cry sound", piano and chorus, words by Francis W. Palmer, fragment | |||||||||
| 19 | 290 | 40. Overture Triomphale, organ, op. 11, 1879 | |||||||||
| 19 | 291 | 41. Song: "My mind to me a kingdom is", piano and chorus, words by Dyer, copyright Oliver Ditson Co., 1903 | |||||||||
| 19 | 292 | 42. Piano piece, unnamed, F major. Leipzig, 1871 | |||||||||
| 19 | 293 | 43. Song: "This and that", piano and chorus, op. 10 no. 1 | |||||||||
| 19 | 294 | 44. Songs, Motette Collection: "For our offenses", chorus, Heidelberg. "Let your light so shine", chorus. Berlin, ca. 1873 | |||||||||
| 19 | 295 | 45. Four Choral Works, piano and chorus: 1. The Lord is my shepherd; 2. Hymn; 3. Response; 4. Response, 1865 or 1866. | |||||||||
| 19 | 296 | 45a. Miscellaneous Works: 1. Grand Sonata for the Organ, (dedicated to Clarence Eddy), op. 2; 2. Te Deum laudamus, piano and chorus, op. 4 [no. 1]; 3. Blessed be the Lord, piano and chorus, Christmas Service, op. 4 no. 2, 7. Christmas Carol, piano and chorus, op. 6 no. 2, "published by Edward Schuberth & Co., New York, 1882"; 8. Evening hymn, piano and chorus, op. 6 no. 3, "published by Edward Schuberth & Co., New York, 1882"; 9. Hunting song No. 1, piano, op. 8 no. 1, "published by Chicago Music Co., 1879"; 10. Romanze, piano, op. 8 no. 2, "published by Chicago Music Co."; 11. Hunting song No. 2, piano, op. 8 no. 3, "published by Chicago Music Co., 1879"; 12. Allegro, piano, op. 8 no. 4, "published by Chicago Music Co."; 13. Song:""; 7. Christmas Carol, piano and chorus, op. 6 no. 2, "published by Edward Schuberth & Co., New York, 1882"; 8. Evening hymn, piano and chorus, op. 6 no. 3, "published by Edward Schuberth & Co., New York, 1882"; 9. Hunting song No. 1, piano, op. 8 no. 1, "published by Chicago Music Co., 1879"; 10. Romanze, piano, op. 8 no. 2, "published by Chicago Music Co."; 11. Hunting song No. 2, piano, op. 8 no. 3, "published by Chicago Music Co., 1879"; 12. Allegro, piano, op. 8 no. 4, "published by Chicago Music Co."; 13. Song: "The mother's charge", piano and vocal, "no opus number; written to oblige F.S. Chandler." 1875, "Published 1875 by F.S. Chandler, Chicago"; 14. Funeral March (unpublished), piano, 1870?, 1874; 4. Du bist wie eine blume, piano and vocal, op. 5 no. 2; 5. Bright are the stars, love, piano and vocal, [op. 5?] 1878; 6. Gloria in Excelsis, piano and chorus, op. 6 no. 1, "published by Edward Schuberth & Co., New York, 1882"; 7. Christmas Carol, piano and chorus, op. 6 no. 2, "published by Edward Schuberth & Co., New York, 1882"; 8. Evening hymn, piano and chorus, op. 6 no. 3, "published by Edward Schuberth & Co., New York, 1882"; 9. Hunting song No. 1, piano, op. 8 no. 1, "published by Chicago Music Co., 1879"; 10. Romanze, piano, op. 8 no. 2, "published by Chicago Music Co."; 11. Hunting song No. 2, piano, op. 8 no. 3, "published by Chicago Music Co., 1879"; 12. Allegro, piano, op. 8 no. 4, "published by Chicago Music Co."; 13. Song; ca. 1870-1882 | |||||||||
| 19 | 297 | 46. Hymn with Variations, organ, op. 22 | |||||||||
| 19 | 298 | 47. Allegretto, organ - fragment from Symphony No. 1, B flat major | |||||||||
| 19 | 299 | 48. Benedicta, sketches for, piano, 1 p. | |||||||||
| 19 | 300 | 49. Benedicta, opera in one act, piano-vocal score, incomplete | |||||||||
| 20 | 301 | 50. Processional of the Holy Grail (see also 29, 53, 56, 78) | |||||||||
| 20 | 302 | 51. Song of Life, op. 25; "Revised score of Symphonic Poem 'The Song of Life' (as far as completed)" (see also 25, 71, 86, 109) | |||||||||
| 20 | 303 | 52. Benedicta, opera in one act, incomplete | |||||||||
| 20 | 304 | 53. Processional of the Holy Grail, full score and also piano reduction. Full score has World's Columbian Exposition program pasted inside front cover, Jul. 7, 1893 (see also 29, 50, 56, 78), 1893 | |||||||||
| 20 | 305 | 54. Christmas Song, piano, 1871 | |||||||||
| 20 | 306 | 55. Exercise book in Harmony, ca. 1868-1869 | |||||||||
| 20 | 307 | 56. Einzug des Heiligen Grales (from "Galahad" Act 3), [Processional of the Holy Grail], full score and also piano reduction (see also 29, 50, 53, 78) | |||||||||
| 20 | 308 | 57. Otho Visconti, op. 7. Vorspiel | |||||||||
| 20 | 309 | 58. Trio No. 2, A Major, op. 13, full score and violin part (see also 120) | |||||||||
| 20 | 310 | 59. Trio No. 1, C minor, op. 9, full score, violin, and cello parts | |||||||||
| 20 | 311 | 60. Otho Visconti, op. 7. Benedictine nuptiale | |||||||||
| 20 | 312 | 61. Otho Visconti, op. 7. Act 3, introduction, piano/vocal score | |||||||||
| 20 | 313 | 62. Geistliche Lieder. Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass vocal parts | |||||||||
| 20 | 314 | 63. Organ Works (bound together): 1. Judge me, O God (Weitzmann); 2. Let your light so shine (Gleason); 3. For our offenses (Gleason); 4. Come unto me (Lachner); 5. Lift up your heads (Haupt); 6. Lord ever shew thy blessed face (Rich Muller); 7. Praeludium | |||||||||
| 20 | 315 | 64. Waltz, instrumental parts: Violin 1 (2), Violin 2 (2), Viola, Bass, Flute | |||||||||
| 20 | 316 | 65. Offertory Sentence, chorus, Berlin 1873 | |||||||||
| 20 | 317 | 66. Early sketches and fragments | |||||||||
| 20 | 318 | 67. Waltz, piano | |||||||||
| 20 | 319 | 68. Ave Maria, chorus, 1871 | |||||||||
| 20 | 320 | 69. Auditorium Festival Ode, op. 20, also Otho Visconti, op. 7, possibly others, sketches | |||||||||
| 21 | 321 | 70. God our deliverer, Cantata, op. 12. Recitative and aria: "The sorrows of death…", piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 21 | 322 | 71. Song of Life, op. 25, piano score (see also 25, 51, 86, 109) | |||||||||
| 21 | 323 | 72. Praise Song to Harmony, Symphonic Cantata, op. 17, fragments and choral parts | |||||||||
| 21 | 324 | 73. Otho Visconti, op. 7 - sketches | |||||||||
| 21 | 325 | 74. Etude, piano, 1881 | |||||||||
| 21 | 326 | 75. Barcarola, op. 3, piano; "Published by F.S. Chandler & Co., Chicago, and erroneously numbered op. 2." | |||||||||
| 21 | 327 | 76. Luciferos, sketches and studies (see also 83, 106) | |||||||||
| 21 | 328 | 77. Otho Visconti, op. 7 - parts | |||||||||
| 21 | 329 | 78. Processional of the Holy Grail, sketches (see also 29, 50, 53, 56) | |||||||||
| 21 | 330 | 79. Organ Collection: 1. Cradle song (Vogt/Gleason); 2. Consolation (no. 6) (Liszt/Gleason); 3. Postlude (Guilmant); 4. Canzonetta (Hollander/Gleason); 5. Moment Musical (Schubert/Gleason); 6. Bridal Procession (John A. West); 7. Romanza (Schumann/Gleason); 8. Torchlight Dance of the Brides of Cashmere, from Feramors (Rubinstein/Gleason); 9. Postlude (Merkel); 10. Allegro Maestoso (Lemmens); 11. Menuett, from Suite in C Minor (Lachner/Gleason); 12. Cradle song (Vogt/Gleason); 13. Song to the Evening star, from Tannhauser (Wagner/Gleason); 14. Pastorale (Merkel); 15. Larghetto (T.M. Mudis (?)); 16. Andante (Merkel); 17. Offertoire (Th. Salome); 18. Legende, op. 57 no. 7 (Kullak/Gleason); 19. Grand Choeur in G (Th. Salome); 20. Prelude in A (Wely); 21. Pastorale (Th. Salome); 22. Andantino (Th. Salome); 23. Consolation (no. 4) (Liszt/Gleason); 24. Prelude (Chopin/Gleason); 25. Allegro Vivace (F.W. Hird); 26. Cantilene (Th. Salome); 27. Communion (Batiste); 28. Choral Prelude ("Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten") (J.S. Bach); 29. Offertory on two Christmas hymns (Guilmant); | |||||||||
| 21 | 331 | 80. God our deliverer, Cantata, op. 12. Postlude (fugue), organ | |||||||||
| 21 | 332 | 81. Sonata, organ, C-sharp minor, op. 2. Allegro | |||||||||
| 21 | 333 | 82. Songs, Motette Collection: 1. Jesus, meine Zuversicht - words mounted on board; 2. Jesus, meine Zuversicht - piano music mounted on board; 3. The Christian Life (Coles) - printed piano-vocal music mounted on board; 4. No. 1 - Lord we adore thee (Schubert); 5. No. 3 - Who are these like stars appearing? (Lindpainter); 6. No. 4 - Now to the king eternal (Mendelssohn); 7. No. 5 - Come unto me (Lachner); 8. No. 6 - Lamb of God, thou that bearest (Schubert); 9. No. 7 - Judge me, O god (Weitzmann); 10. No. 8 - Cast thy burden on the Lord (Gleason); 11. No. 9 - O day of rest and gladness (Schubert); 12. No. 10 - On thee I call (Lindpainter); 13. No. 11 - Let us love one another (Grell); 14. No. 12 - Let your light so shine (Gleason); 15. No. 13 - Lord from out of the depths I cried (Haupt); 16. No. 14 - For our offenses (Gleason); 17. No. 15 - Hear us Lord, we cry to thee (Kyrie Eleison) (Eddy); 18. No. 16 - Praise ye the Lord (Hauptmann); 19. No. 17 - Let all the people praise thee (Loeschhorn); 20. No. 18 - O how amiable (J. Barnby); 21. No. 20 - Take up thy cross (Lindpainter); 22. No. 21 - I heard the voice of Jesus say (Schubert); 23. No. 22 - Pax Vobiscum (Schubert); 24. No. 23 - Lift up your heads, ye gates (Haupt); 25. No. 24 - O sacred heart now wounded, for Communion Services, from Bach's Passion (Bach); 26. No. 25 - O whither shall I turn me (Schubert); 27. No. 26 - Lord have mercy (Kiel); 28. No. 27 - By the rivers of Babylon (Richter, arr.); 29. No. 28 - Our Father (Liszt); 30. No. 26 - My heart ever faithful (J.S. Bach, arr.); 31. No. 28 - Blest are the departed (Spohr); 32. No. 32 - Lord, with thee, is forgiveness (Kiel); 33. No. 33 - Lamb of God (Cherubini); 34. No. 12 - Light eternal (Lachner); 35. No. 29 - Lord, on our offenses (Mendelssohn); 36. No. 21 - Lord, ever shew thy blessed face (Muller); 37. No. 19 - Above all praise and majesty (Eddy); 38. No. 27 - Darkness was over all (Haydn) | |||||||||
| 21 | 334 | 83. Luciferos, libretto, piano-vocal score (incomplete?), and sketches (see also 76, 106) | |||||||||
| 21 | 335 | 84. Canzonetta, piano score. Copyright J.B. Millet & co., 1895 | |||||||||
| 21 | 336 | 85. Canzonetta | |||||||||
| 21 | 337 | 86. Song of Life, op. 25 - piano score (see also 24, 51, 71, 109) | |||||||||
| 21 | 338 | 87. Edris, a Symphonic Poem, op. 21 - sketches | |||||||||
| 21 | 339 | 88. Song: Serenade, List to my love's voice, op. 7, piano and vocal | |||||||||
| 21 | 340 | 89. Song: Du bist wie eine blume, piano and vocal, 1882 | |||||||||
| 21 | 341 | 90. Montezuma, op. 16. March, piano | |||||||||
| 21 | 342 | 91. Festival March, incomplete, full score | |||||||||
| 21 | 343 | 92. Three songs for soprano, op. 1 nos. 1-3: 1. Schlaf ein meine Herz (sleep on, my heart) (Ruckert); 2. Nur wer die Schusucht Kennt (he who this longing feels) (Goethe); 3. Du bist wie eine blume (thou art like a flower) (Heine), piano-vocal | |||||||||
| 21 | 344 | 93. Scena for solo and chorus, fragment | |||||||||
| 21 | 345 | 94. Christmas hymn: a short oratorio, piano-vocal | |||||||||
| 21 | 346 | 95. Five Hymns - Christmas Carol; Greenville (Harmonized by Gleason); Gloria Patri; Evening Song; L.M., piano-vocal | |||||||||
| 21 | 347 | 96. Canzonetta, op. 19 no. 1, piano score | |||||||||
| 21 | 348 | 97. Voluntary, organ, fragment, 1867 | |||||||||
| 21 | 349 | 98. Psalm 67: God be merciful unto us, op. 23 no. 1, organ and chorus. "Published in Psalm Anthems No. 2 by Presbyterian Board of Publication, Copyright 1896 by F.G. Gleason.", 1896 | |||||||||
| 21 | 350 | 99. Piano pieces: Funeral March, op. 5; Allegro, op. 5; Romanze, op. 8; Hunting Song No. 1, op. 5 | |||||||||
| 21 | 351 | 100. Song: Upon the yellow sands I lie (words by Stanley Waterloo), piano-vocal score | |||||||||
| 21 | 352 | 101. Three sketches (last one called Serenade) | |||||||||
| 22 | 353 | 102. Otho Visconti, op. 7 - original sketches | |||||||||
| 22 | 354 | 103. Canzonetta, op. 19 no. 1, arrangement for violin and piano. Copyright by JB Millett Co., Boston, 1895 | |||||||||
| 22 | 355 | 104. Miscellaneous sketches and fragments | |||||||||
| 22 | 356 | 105. Benedicta, fragments | |||||||||
| 22 | 357 | 106. Luciferos, fragments (see also 76, 83 and Oversize box) | |||||||||
| 22 | 358 | 107. Episcopal Church Music, op. 6, organ and chorus: Gloria in Excelsis (op. 6 no. 1); The Lord is night (no. 7, 1879); Glory be to God (1874); Gloria in Excelsis (op. 4 - vocal parts), 1874-1879 | |||||||||
| 22 | 359 | 108. Song: Du bist wie eine blume, piano and vocal, op. 5 no. 2, in English, fragment | |||||||||
| 22 | 360 | 109. Song of Life, op. 25 - fragments (see also 24, 51, 71, 86) | |||||||||
| 22 | 361 | 110. Montezuma, op. 16 - fragments | |||||||||
| 22 | 362 | 111. Edris, a Symphonic Poem, op. 21 - fragments | |||||||||
| 22 | 363 | 112. Otho Visconti, op. 7 - fragments (see also Oversize box) | |||||||||
| 22 | 364 | 113. miscellaneous compositions | |||||||||
| 22 | 365 | 114. God our Deliverer. Cantata, op. 12. Quartette of angels | |||||||||
| 22 | 366 | 115. Barcarola, op. 2, piano | |||||||||
| 22 | 367-369 | 116-118. miscellaneous sketches | |||||||||
| 22 | 370 | 119. Gloria, Hymn, Gloria (1877), organ and chorus | |||||||||
| 22 | 371 | 120. Trio No. 2, A Major, op. 13, score and parts (see also 58) | |||||||||
| 22 | 372 | 121. Cadenzas to two Mozart piano concertos (d minor and C Major), piano | |||||||||
| 23 | 373 | 122. miscellaneous sacred vocal compositions, in a notebook | |||||||||
| 23 | 374 | 123. Trio no. 3, op. 15, sketches | |||||||||
| 23 | 375 | 124. Montezuma, op. 16, Act 1 Scene 1, sketch | |||||||||
| 23 | 376 | 125. Otho Visconti, op. 7, early sketches | |||||||||
| 23 | 377 | 126. Fantasie-Improvisation, piano, 1884 | |||||||||
| 23 | 378 | 127. Piano concerto, g minor, sketches | |||||||||
| 23 | 379 | 128. Serenade: Stars of the summer night, piano and chorus, 1864 | |||||||||
| 23 | 380 | 129. Sonata, C# minor, organ: Andante, 1873 | |||||||||
| 23 | 381 | 130. The bivouac of the dead, chorus, 1897 | |||||||||
| 23 | 382 | Benedicta, sketches, fragments, and parts | |||||||||
| 23 | 383 | Praise Song to Harmony, Cantata, op. 17. Symphonic Allegro | |||||||||
| 23 | 384 | Works by Others: Beethoven - Hiller [Beethoven, Ludwig van. Keep Us Faithful, piano vocal score. Bortniansky, Dmitri Stephanovich. Glory to God in the High, piano vocal score. Dupont, August. Concertstuck. Piano part. Gleason, Mary Willard. Two songs (Two Brown Owls, and Jennie (Words by Fred. Emerson Brooke), piano vocal scores, autograph. Haupt, August, 1810-1891. Psalm 130, piano score, autograph. Hauptmann, Moritz, 1792-1868. Gott, deine Gute…, vocal score. Heidelberg, Schloss (?). Unendliche Canon in d. Octav, piano score. Hiller, Ferdinand. Lord, Deal Thou Well, piano vocal score.] | |||||||||
| 23 | 385 | Works by Others: Just - List [Just, Robert H. Two compositions (Lyrics from Sappho, and Three Shadows), piano vocal scores. Lachner, Franz. Requiem Aeternam, piano vocal score. Liszt, Franz. Fantasie uber ungarische folksmelodien, parts.] | |||||||||
| 23 | 386 | Works by Others: Raff, Joachim. Suite, arranged for piano by F.G. Gleason; incomplete. | |||||||||
| 23 | 387 | Works by Others: Steggall - West [Steggall, Charles, 1826-1905. Te Deum, piano-vocal score Verdi, Giuseppe, Aida. Qui Radames, arranged. Full score and parts Vittoria. Jesu dulcis memoria, piano vocal score Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Begin, my soul, piano vocal score. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Lohengrin, Act III, Scene II. Violin parts. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Die Walkure: du bist die Lenz; arr., vocal score. Weizmann, C.F. Basso ostinato, organ, autograph. West, John A. Andante, for Organ, dated Apr. 17, 1878.] | |||||||||
| 24 | 388-389 | Works by Others: exercises and arrangements by Gleason's students, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 390 | Fragments, re: Counterpoint | |||||||||
| 24 | 391-394 | Fragments, miscellaneous | |||||||||
| 25 | 395-399 | Fragments, miscellaneous | |||||||||
| 26 | 400-404 | Sketchbooks | |||||||||
| 27 | 405-407 | Sketchbooks | |||||||||
| 28 | -- | Orchestral parts: Auditorium Festival Ode; Culprit Fay; Edris; Montezuma - Quartette | |||||||||
| 29 | -- | Orchestral parts: Montezuma | |||||||||
| 30 | -- | Orchestral parts: Otho Visconti | |||||||||
| 31 | -- | Orchestral parts: Praise Song to Harmony; Song of Life; Serenade; Festival March; God our Deliverer; Processional of the Holy Grail; Canzonetta; Edris (extras); Culprit Fay (extras); miscellaneous, unidentified, and fragments | |||||||||
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1872-1903 |
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| Clippings, programs, and memorabilia related to contemporary music in Chicago and around the world, and also reflecting Gleason's contributions to classical music from the 1860s through the early 1900s. Information about important composers (Wagner, Verdi) and musicians (Theodore Thomas, Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, Adelina Patti, Lillian Russell) are prominent, as are events such as the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and music festivals such as the Chicago Opera Festival and May Festival. Topics of interest in include a series of articles on the morality of ballet (Subseries 1, Vol. 5, Dec. 1886), and numerous clippings about Chicago music venues and organ construction and design in various buildings in the city. | |||||||||||
| Originally cataloged collectively as Case folio V 209. 34, the scrapbooks are now housed with the rest of the Frederic Grant Gleason material. | |||||||||||
| Many scrapbooks are in fragile condition and need to be handled carefully. The scrapbooks in the poorest conditions were disbound and refoldered and boxed. | |||||||||||
| Organized in seven subseries: Subseries 1: Music Scrapbooks, 1876-1903; Subseries 2: Hershey School of Musical Art, Chicago, Programs, 1876-1884; Subseries 3: Personal Scrapbooks, 1874-1903; Subseries 4: Clippings, articles and reviews written by Gleason, 1872-1903; Subseries 5: Chicago Auditorium Conservatory, 1900-1902; Subseries 6: Announcements of classes in piano, organ, and composition conducted by Gleason, 1884-1893; and Subseries 7: American Music Society concert programs, 1892-1893. | |||||||||||
| Each subseries arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Music Scrapbooks, 1874-1903 |
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| From title page: “Consisting of concert and opera programs, and newspaper and periodical clippings regarding music and musicians, the whole collection chronologically arranged so as to form a daily record of musical events in Chicago, and of current musical information the world over. Compiled by Frederic Grant Gleason.” | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 32 | 408 | Vol. 1, Apr. 1878 [actually begins with one article from Feb. 1874, in German] - Nov. 1882 | |||||||||
| 32 | 409 | Vol. 2, Dec. 1882 - May 1884 [actually Aug. 1881 - Jun. 1883] | |||||||||
| 33 | 410 | Vol. 3, May 1884 - Feb. 1885 [actually begins with one program from May 1880] | |||||||||
| 33 | 411 | Vol. 4, Feb. - Oct. 1885 [actually Feb.-Nov. 1885] | |||||||||
| 34-35 | 412-421 | Vol. 5, Oct. 1885 - Feb. 1887 [actually May 1885 - Feb. 1887] | |||||||||
| 34-35 | 412-421 | Vol. 5, Oct. 1885 - Feb. 1887 [actually May 1885 - Feb. 1887] | |||||||||
| 36-37 | 422-431 | Vol. 6, Feb. - Dec. 1887 [actually Jan. - Dec. 1887] | |||||||||
| 38-39 | 432-441 | Vol. 7, Jan. - Dec. 1888 | |||||||||
| 40 | -- | Vol. 8, Dec. 1888 - Jun. 1889 | |||||||||
| 41-42 | 442-449 | Vol. 9, Jun. 1889 - Dec. 1890 | |||||||||
| 43-44 | 450-457 | Vol. 10, Nov. 1890 - Dec. 1893 | |||||||||
| 45-46 | 458-467 | Vol. 11, Jan. 1893 - Jun. 1896 | |||||||||
| 47-48 | 468-477 | Vol. 12, Jun. 1896 - Oct. 1899 | |||||||||
| 49-50 | 478-493 | Vol. 13, Sept. 1899 - May 1903 | |||||||||
| 51 | 494-499 | Vol. 14 - Supplement - programs and announcements, few clippings, 1900-1903 | |||||||||
| 51 | 500-503 | Vol. 15 - Supplement - primarily clippings, 1876-1888 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Hershey School of Musical Art, Chicago, Programs, 1876-1884 |
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| From title page: "Programs of recitals given by the faculty and students, 1876-1884, collected by Frederic Grant Gleason.” The Hershey School was at 42 South Ann St., opposite the First Congregational Church, and later at 83 & 85 (& 87) Madison St., opposite McVicker’s Theatre. Organist Clarence Eddy was a frequent recitalist; Clarence Eddy was married to Sara Hershey, who lived at 42 South Ann St., and was perhaps the founder and benefactress of the school. Some programs hand-written. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 52 | 504 | Vol. 1, Jan. 3, 1876 - Oct. 27, 1877 | |||||||||
| 52 | 505 | Vol. 2, Oct. 29, 1877 - May 20, 1878 | |||||||||
| 52 | 506 | Vol. 3, May 25, 1878 - Apr. 5, 1879 | |||||||||
| 52 | 507 | Vol. 4, Apr. 12, 1879 - May 5, 1880 | |||||||||
| 52 | 508 | Vol. 5, May 8, 1880 - Feb. 5, 1881 | |||||||||
| 52 | 509 | Vol. 6, Feb. 12 - Aug. 12, 1881 | |||||||||
| 52 | 510 | Vol. 7, Oct. 21, 1881 - Oct. 21, 1882 | |||||||||
| 52 | 511 | Vol. 8, Oct. 26, 1882 - Jun. 27, 1884 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Personal Scrapbooks, 1874-1903 |
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| From title page: “Containing programs of concerts at which the works of Frederic Grant Gleason were played, and clippings of periodical and newspaper articles in which Gleason or his works are mentioned. Compiled by Frederic Grant Gleason.” | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 52 | 512 | Vol. 1 - Includes First Congregational Church programs, Hershey School programs, Theodore Thomas Summer Garden Concerts, etc. Most clippings are labeled and dated, May 29, 1875 – Aug. 19, 1882 [actually Mar. 20, 1874 - Aug. 19, 1882] | |||||||||
| 52 | 513 | Vol. 2, Nov. 1882 – Dec. 7, 1889 [actually Nov. 1882 – Dec. 17, 1889] | |||||||||
| 52 | 514 | Vol. 3, Dec. 1889 - Apr. 1892 | |||||||||
| 53 | 515-519 | Vol. 4 - Also includes WCE programs, membership card to Chicago Conservatory, lecture announcements, more biographical sketches, Jan. 1892 - Jun. 1903 | |||||||||
| 53 | 520 | Vol. 5, Dec. 1900 - Oct. 1903 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 4: Clippings, articles and reviews written by Gleason, 1872-1903 |
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| From title page: “Clippings, articles and reviews written for various publications during the years 1872-1903. By Frederic Grant Gleason.” | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 54 | 521 | Vol. 1, 1872 - Feb. 28, 1880 | |||||||||
| 54 | 522 | Vol. 2, Dec. 1879 - Dec. 1889 | |||||||||
| 55 | 523 | Vol. 3, 1880 - 1895 | |||||||||
| 55 | 524 | Vol. 4, 1885 - 1903 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 5: : Chicago Auditorium Conservatory Scrapbooks, 1900-1902 |
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| From title page: “Programs of recitals by the faculty and pupils, and press notices and advertisements of the Conservatory for the years 1900-1902. A Scrap Book, compiled, during his directorship of the Conservatory, by Frederic Grant Gleason.” Volumes 1 and 2 are primarily clippings, and Volume 3 is primarily concert programs and brochures announcing artists and performances. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 56 | 525-528 | Vol. 1, Sept. 2, 1900 - ca. Apr. 9, 1901 | |||||||||
| 56 | 529-532 | Vol. 2, Jan. 26, 1901 - ca. Aug. 1902 | |||||||||
| 56 | 533-535 | Vol. 3, Oct. 23, 1900 - ca. Apr. 1902 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 6: Announcements of classes in piano, organ, and composition conducted by Gleason, 1884-1893 |
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| From title page: “Together with programs of recitals given by his pupils, and press notices of the recitals, 1884-1893, collected by Frederic Grant Gleason.” Also includes business card and biographical pamphlets. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 57 | 536 | Vol. 1, 1884-1893 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 7: American Music Society. Concert programs, 1892-1893 |
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| From title page: “Collected by Frederic Grant Gleason.” | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 57 | 537 | Vol. 1, Jan. 1892 - Jun. 1893 | |||||||||
Series 6: Photographs, ca. 1874-1907 |
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| Photoprints and cartes de visite of Gleason, his family, and musical colleagues. Also includes souvenir photographs of famous composers, souvenir photographs and candids of places in Europe Gleason visited, and some candids from a trip with friends to a cabin by a lake in an unknown locale. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by subject of photograph. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 58 | 538 | Gleason, Frederic Grant, ca. 1870s | |||||||||
| 58 | 539 | Gleason, Frederic Grant, ca. 1880s, 1883 | |||||||||
| 58 | 540 | Gleason, Frederic Grant, ca. 1890s, 1892 | |||||||||
| 58 | 541 | Gleason, Frederic Grant (see also Oversize box), ca. 1900-1903 | |||||||||
| 58 | 542 | Family - Gleason, Mrs. F.L., n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 543 | Family - Gleason, Mary Willard, n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 544 | Family - Gleason, Thomas W., n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 544a | Auditorium Theater - opening night (see Oversize box), [1889] | |||||||||
| 58 | 545-546 | Musicians, 1874-1907 (see also Oversize box), n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 547 | Musicians - composers (mostly reproductions) (see also Oversize box), n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 548 | Travel - England - Chester, n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 549 | Travel - France and Switzerland, n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 550 | Travel - Germany, ca. 1870s-1880s | |||||||||
| 58 | 551 | Travel - United States, cabin, ca. 1890s | |||||||||
| 58 | 552 | Travel - unknown locations, n.d. | |||||||||
| 58 | 553 | Unidentified (see also Oversize box), n.d. | |||||||||
Series 7: Artifacts, 1889 |
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| Engraved printer's plates of Gleason's work "Seek Ye the Lord," from his cantata God Our Deliverer, for voice (baritone) and piano. Consists of title page plate and 9 music plates, some of which are in their original brown paper wrappers. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 59 | 554-555 | Engraved printer's plates: Gleason, Frederic Grant. Seek ye the lord, from the Cantata God our deliverer. Baritone voice and piano. Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 42 Madison St., c. 1889 | |||||||||