Hector Berlioz papers, 1825-1994

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Series VIII: Printed Materials

Barzun collected flyers, pamphlets, programs, ads, catalogs, conference information, music education information, articles, and clippings--anything that pertained to Berlioz in particular and music in general. He considers the gathered material a history of criticism and taste. The assortment spans the 20th century. No complete runs.


Subseries VIII.1: Programs


Sub-subseries VIII.1.1: Individual Institutions

Programs for specific institutions arranged alphabetically by institution, chronologically within institution.



Box 22 Folder 1 Association des Concerts Lamoreux, 1902 - 1913


Box 22 Folder 2 - 4 Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1940 - 1973


Box 22 Folder 5 - 6 Carnegie Hall, 1913 - 1986


Box 22 Folder 7 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 1950 - 1972


Box 22 Folder 8 Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, 1958 - 1962



Box 23 Folder 1 Columbia University, 1930 - 1969


Box 23 Folder 2 Association Artistique des Concerts Colonne Concerts Colonne, 1903 - 1914


Box 23 Folder 3 Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall, 1950 - 1977


Box 23 Folder 4 The Little Orchestra Society, 1951 - 1983


Box 23 Folder 5 The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, 1929 - 1986


Box 23 Folder 6 Town Hall, New York, 1930 - 1986


Box 23 Folder 7 WABF Radio, New York, 1947 - 1949


Box 23 Folder 8 US Federal Works Progress Administration WPA Federal Music Project of New York City, 1936 - 1940


Sub-subseries VIII.1.2: Arranged Chronologically


Box 23 Folder 9 1879 - 1900


Box 23 Folder 10 1901 - 1910



Box 24 Folder 1 1911 - 1916


Box 24 Folder 2 Programs for Berlioz Requiem, 1908 - 1977


Sub-subseries VIII.1.3: Arranged alphabetically

Programs for concerts, festivals and other events, by institution, date span 1917 - 1990


Box 24 Folder 3 - 5 A - F



Box 25 Folder 1 - 7 G - Z


Subseries VIII.2: Catalogs


Sub-subseries VIII.2.1: Individual Titles/ Sellers



Box 26 Folder 1 The American Record Guide, 1945 - 66


Box 26 Folder 2 Barenreiter, 1960 - 1980


Box 26 Folder 3 The First Edition Bookshop, 1938 - 1965


Box 26 Folder 4 Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, 1950 - 1967


Box 26 Folder 5 Gottlieb, Ernest / Front, Theodore, n. d. - 1970


Box 26 Folder 6 Grammophone Shop Catalogs, 1931 - 1937


Box 26 Folder 7 Grammophone Shop Supplements, 1936 - 1939

[Supplements only, since 1937]



Box 27 Folder 1 Grammophone Shop Supplements, 1939 - 1950


Box 27 Folder 2 Macnutt, Richard, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 3 Rabson's Music Shop, [n.d. - 1940]


Sub-subseries VIII.2.2: Arranged alphabetically

Catalogs by institution, date span, approx. 1920 - 1990


Box 27 Folder 4 - 5 A - G



Box 28 Folder 1 - 7 H - Z


Subseries VIII.3: Periodicals

First two folders arranged chronologically, the rest of the subseries arranged alphabetically.



Box 29 Folder 1 1884 - 1909


Box 29 Folder 2 19th Century Music, 1984


Box 29 Folder 3 A - American Records Guide, 1938 - 1969


Box 29 Folder 4 The American Writer, 1952 - 1954


Box 29 Folder 5 - 9 Author's League Bulletin, 1940 - Jun. 1949



Box 30 Folder 1 B - BM, 1954 - 1966


Box 30 Folder 2 BMI, 1954 - 1971


Box 30 Folder 3 Bo - Bz, 1908 - 1912


Box 30 Folder 4 C - D, 1949 - 1970


Box 30 Folder 5 E - G, 1928 - 1969


Box 30 Folder 6 - 7 High Fidelity, 1954 - 1956



Box 31 Folder 1 I - K, 1952 - 1971


Box 31 Folder 2 K - L, 1940 - 1945


Box 31 Folder 3 - 4 Magazine of Art, 1944 - 1953


Box 31 Folder 5 Music, 1957 - 1969


Box 31 Folder 6 The Musical Quarterly, 1946 - 1974



Box 32 Folder 1 The Musical Times, 1952 - 1969


Box 32 Folder 2 N, 1928 - 1974


Box 32 Folder 3 O, 1953 - 1967


Box 32 Folder 4 P, 1953 - 1969


Box 32 Folder 5 Q - Res, 1940 - 1972


Box 32 Folder 6 The Review of Politics, 1948 - 1950



Box 33 Folder 1 Revista Hispanica Moderna, 1956


Box 33 Folder 2 Revue - S, 1909 - 1957



Box 46 Folder 1 Saturday Night, 1954

[Oversized, flat box]



Box 33 Folder 3 T - U, 1948 - 1954


Box 33 Folder 4 V, 1909 - 1964


Box 33 Folder 5 W - Z, 1949 - 1971


Subseries VIII.4: Clippings

This subseries contains clippings from newspapers and magazines. It includes articles, reviews, performance and radio schedules. The first files are in loose chronological order followed by subject order.


Sub-subseries VIII.4.1: Arranged Chronologically



Box 34 Folder 1 - 8 1834 - 1954



Box 35 Folder 1 - 4 1955 - 1988


Box 35 Folder 5 undated


Sub-subseries VIII.4.2: Subject Files, 1900 - 1986


Box 35 Folder 6 Book Reviews


Box 35 Folder 7 Le Corsair


Box 35 Folder 8 Music Education


Box 35 Folder 9 Music Technology



Box 36 Folder 1 - 2 Musicians

[Alphabetically, by name]


Box 36 Folder 3 Opera


Box 36 Folder 4 Orchestrations


Box 36 Folder 5 Record Reviews


Box 36 Folder 6 Les Troyens


Box 36 Folder 7 Writers and Writing


Box 36 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Musical/Cultural Subjects


Box 36 Folder 9 Material on Barzun's Books and lectures


Subseries VIII.5: Booklets



Box 42 Folder 1 Inauguration of Victor Hugo monument, Jul. 7, 1914


Box 42 Folder 1 Harold Eisenberg, Occupational Disorders of the Violinist, 1936


Box 42 Folder 1 Glen Haydon: On the Meaning of Music, 1948


Box 42 Folder 1 Leon Kochnitzky, Adolphe Sax and His Saxophone, 1949


Box 42 Folder 1 Herbert F. Peyser, Robert Schumann: Tone-poet, Prophet and Critic, 1948


Subseries VIII.6: Books


Box 42 Eric Blom, Music in England, London: Pelican Books, 1947


Box 42 Adolphe Boschot, La Jeunesse D'Un Romantique, Paris, 1906


Box 42 Berlioz Fantastic Symphony; Edward T. Cone, ed., New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1971


Box 42 John Crabbe, Hector Berlioz: Rational Romantic, London: Kahn and Averill, 1980


Box 42 Texts of Choral Works Of Johann Sebastian Bach in English Translation by Henry S. Drinker, Vol. 3


Box 42 Marie Haefliger Graves, Schiller and Wagner, Ann Arbor, 1938 (Ph. D. Dissertation)


Box 42 Willi Kahl, Selbstbiographien Deutscher Musiker, Staufen-Verlag, 1948


Box 42 Huhg Milton Miller, An Outline-History of Music, New York: Barnes & Noble, 1947


Box 42 Katherine. K. Reeve, Berlioz; Poetics of the Orchestra, Yale University, 1978 (Ph. D. Dissertation)


Box 42 Bruno Walter, Gustav Mahler, New York: Vienna House, 1973


Box 42 R. P. Winnington-Ingram, Mode in Ancient Greek Music, Cambridge: University Press, 1936


Subseries VIII.7: Librettos



Box 43 Librettos of operas by Mozart, Claude Debussy, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Leo Delibes, Gustave Charpentier, A. Catalani, Deems Taylor, Gilbert and Sullivan.


Subseries VIII.8: Scores



Box 46 Berlioz, Hector Published scores, [c. 1900], Oversized, flat,