Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 5 of 5

Adolf Weidig music manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Weidig
Abstract

Music manuscripts of Adolf Weidig, German-American composer, conductor, violinist and educator. Weidig was born in Hamburg, Germany, and emigrated to Chicago, where he taught at and then directed the American Conservatory. He composed in a variety of forms, including orchestral works and string quartets. Some music not apparently composed by Weidig is also present in the collection.

Dates: 1900-1930
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Felix Borowski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Lionel Sayers papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sayers
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, manuscript and printed music, programs and much other material of this Chicago Symphony Orchestra librarian and composer. Sayers was born in London and studied at the Royal College of Music before moving to Chicago in 1920, where he became a percussionist for the CSO under Frederick Stock before a promotion to librarian. His papers include a wealth of information on the CSO and prominent figures such as Eric De Lamarter, Stock, Theodore Thomas and many others;...
Dates: 1856-1980
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Mina Hager Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hager
Abstract

Material relating to the career of mezzo-soprano Mina Hager (Mrs. Fred Heidenson), including incoming correspondence from John Alden Carpenter and others, programs, clippings and other memorabilia. Also, practice and demo tapes, sound recordings (78 rpm and 45 rpm, LP) and a collection of manuscript and published sheet music, mostly by John Alden Carpenter.

Dates: 1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Robert H. Just music manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Just
Abstract

Music manuscripts of Robert H. Just, German-American composer, violinist, and educator.

Dates: approximately 1900-1943
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Filtered By

  • Subject: Composers X
  • Subject: Composers -- Illinois -- Chicago X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Composers -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Audiotapes -- 1901-1950 1
∨ more
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
Clippings -- 1851-1900 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Composers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Correspondence 1
Composition (Music) 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Dance critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Husband and wife -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Love-letters 1
Magnetic tapes 1
Mezzo-sopranos -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Music critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Music teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Musicians -- Correspondence 1
Opera singers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 1
Phonograph records -- 1951-2000 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 1
Sheet music -- 1851-1900 1
Sheet music -- 1901-1950 1
Sheet music -- 1951-2000 1
Singers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Sound recordings 1
Sound recordings -- 1901-1950 1
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 1
Women singers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Women singers -- Portraits 1
+ ∧ less
 
Language
French 1
German 1
Polish 1
 
Names
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 2
American Theatre Wing 1
Balakirev, Miliì† Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
∨ more
Fairbank, Janet, 1903-1948 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 1
Hager, Mina 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 1
Just, Robert H., 1875- 1
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Sayers, Lionel 1
Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 1
Weidig, Adolf, 1867-1931 1
Weidig, Helen 1
+ ∧ less
 

Staff Interface | Visit ArchivesSpace.org | v3.4.1 | Send Feedback or Report a Problem