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Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian-American vocalist best known for her performances of contemporary music and her associations with George Gershwin, Igor Stravinsky, and other composers. The Éva Gauthier papers, dating from 1899 to 1960, document the singer's life and career through correspondence; photographs; writings; programs and publicity material; business and legal records; and clippings. less

Frank Damrosch was born Franz Heino Damrosch in Breslau, the son of Leopold Damrosch. A choral conductor, composer, and educator, he founded the Musical Art Society of New York and the Institute of Musical Art which became affiliated with the Juilliard School of Music. Drafts of autobiographical and other writings and lectures; published articles by and about Frank Damrosch; letters received; programs; clippings; scrapbooks; minutes of meetings of the Musical Art Society; material from the People's Choral Union; copies of The Baton, a publication of the Institute of Musical Art and The Juilliard School; and published scores of 10 choral works composed or arranged by Frank Damrosch and of 3 songs composed by Frank Damrosch. less

The Kurt Schindler Papers represent the life and career of Kurt Schindler, a conductor, composer, music editor and folksong musicologist. The material covers his early musical interests and compositions, his career in the United States as an conductor and choral leader, and the results of his travels and investigations into the folksongs of many Western countries. The period covered in the collection is from 1882 to 1946. less

27 letters (22 ALS and 5 TLS) and 14 postcards from Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1920-1928 and undated, including note at end of article ; 1 letter each from Arthur Nikisch, Hans Pfitzner, and Richard Strauss ; Wiener Philharmonischer "Partitur" containing drawings of faces of members of the orchestra ; article about Berlin by Furtwängler ; "Amnerkungen zur Musik von Wagners 'Ring des Nibelungen'" von Wilhelm Furtwängler ; unsigned ms. article about Furtwängler ; photograph of Furtwängler ; 10 clippings including 1 from 1911 and 9 obituaries of Alfred Wolf, 1930 ; "Gustav Mahler III. Symphonie D-moll : Thematische Analyse," von Richard Specht ; and 4 programs indluding 1 for an 1892 performance of Tannhäuser. less

An American musicologist, teacher, and editor, Gustave Reese is best known as the author of Music in the Middle Ages (1940) and Music in the Renaissance (1954; rev 1959). Reese divided his time between publishing and academia. He was director of publications for both G. Schirmer (1940-45) and Carl Fischer (1944-55). His teaching at New York University and other institutions helped to shape the direction of American musicology. Reese was one of the founding members of the American Musicological Society, and he subsequently served as its secretary (1934-46), vice-president (1946-50) and president (1950-1952). He was also vice-president of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society (1958) and president of the Renaissance Society of America (1971-73). The Gustave Reese papers documents the career of Gustave Reese. The collection was assembled by Reese himself, and includes correspondence, research materials, book drafts, student assignments, organizational papers, offprints of articles, travel information, and a few personal documents. Series 2 includes facsimiles of the music examples that appear in Willi Apel's The Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600. Two reels of audio tape originally with the collection are now housed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. less