Documentation relating to Boosey & Hawkes' acquisition in 1943 of the rights to publish and distribute music in the catalogue of the publishers Fürstner, including the rights of the operas of Richard Strauss.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish
Box previously entitled 'Richard Strauss Summary Sheets', containing individual files relating to scores available for hire of ballets and operas by the previous publishers, Fürstner (1930s). Also includes details of the amount of commission to be earned by Boosey & Hawkes for the sale, hir...
Borodin, 'Prince Igor'; Benjamin, 'Prima Donna'; Andreae, 'Ratcliff': statements of scores and parts hired.
Scope & Content:
Stock lists and statements concerning the hiring of scores and parts of Aleksandr Borodin, 'Prince Igor', Arthur Benjamin, 'Prima Donna' and Volkmar Andreae, 'Ratcliff'. This file was originally entitled 'Prince Igor/ Rima Donna/ Ratcliff' and held in a packet marked 'Richard Strauss Summary Sh...
Rimsky Korsakov, 'The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh', statements of scores and parts hired.
Scope & Content:
A statement concerning the hiring of scores and parts of Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov, 'La leggenda dell'invisibile città di Kitež e della fanciulla Fevronija' ('Skazanie o nevidimom grade Kitezhe i deve Fevronii', 'The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, and the maiden Fevronia', in Italian tran...
Administrative papers: works of Richard Strauss and others
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, including signed hire agreements and contracts for the use of Richard Strauss' works, which Boosey & Hawkes filed according to country or region. Included in this box: Spain, USA, Poland, Romania, Norway, Switzerland, South America, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Mexico. Also...
Bundle of papers labelled 'South America' containing correspondence and signed hire agreements for the performance in South America of works by Richard Strauss and Leoncavallo (Bajazzo). This file was originally entitled 'South America' and held in a packet marked 'Strauss Purchase Corresponden...
Business correspondence and papers of Dr. Ernst Roth (1 June 1896 – 17 July 1971), Music Publications and Production Director of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. from 1945; later Managing Director and Deputy Chairman until his retirement in 1964. The files were accumulated in the course of business inv...
Dr. Roth's files: correspondence with individuals or organisations with names beginning with letters between A- and K-, and dedicated files for Catalogues, Music Exports, and Press Cutttings.