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Cup.410.c.255.

Record Id:
032-001947806
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001947806
MDARK:
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LARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.c.255.
Title:

(Former pressmark Cup.900.p.1.). SIGFRID KARG-ELERT COLLECTION; 1909-1936. Photographs and articles of and relating to Sigfrid Karg-Elert (b.1877, d.1933). In addition to the items described and indexed here, the following printed items, all of which contain articles by or about Karg-Elert, are included at the same pressmark: S. Karg-Elert, Die Reform des modernen Druckwind-Harmoniums (Berlin: Carl Simon, n.d.) (with ‘Dispositions-Tabelle’ inserted); – A. Reinhardt, Thematischer Führer durch die Klavier-Sonate (Fis moll) von Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Op.50 (Berlin: Carl Simon, n.d.); – Der Harmoniumfreund, 1. Jhrg., Nr. 1, 2, 4, 6-8 (1927-8); – The Musical Times, nos. 840, 841, 1015 (1913, 1927); – Neue Noten, 1. Jhrg., Nr. 6 (1925); – 2 copies of the programme for the Karg-Elert Festival at St Lawrence Jewry, London, May 1930. For further letters from Karg-Elert to W. G. Sceats and Karg-Elert’s Partita in E for organ, op. 100, see Eg. 3669-3670. Collected by W. Godfrey Sceats and presented by John Sceats, Esq., 27 July 1966.

ff. 126. Largest size 315 x 232mm.

Contents:—

1. ff. 1-38. Photographs mainly of Karg-Elert and his family.

2. ff. 39-43. Printed programmes of organ recitals.

3. ff. 44-55. ‘Extracts from Harvey Grace’s Article on K-E (Musical Opinion, Feb./March 1912)’: typescript annotated in pencil.

4. ff. 56-64. ‘The earlier works of Karg-Elert’: annotated typescript of an article by G. Sceats, dated 21 Aug. 1931.

5. ff. 65-68. ‘A Karg-Elert A.B.C. (Pianoforte and Harmonium Works)’: annotated typescript of an article by G. Sceats.

6. ff. 69-72. Untitled manuscript article relating to Karg-Elert. Germ.

7. ff. 73-77. Letter from Johannes Viersig to G. Sceats, dated 12 May 1936, enclosing a typewritten article relating to Karg-Elert.

8. ff. 78-87. Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Kompositions-Verzeichnis (Berlin: Carl Simon, n.d.)

9. ff. 88-91. ‘Das moderne Kunstharmonium: eine Plauderei’: printed article by Karg-Elert.

10. ff. 92-93. ‘Sigfrid Karg-Elert’: offprint of an article by Dr A Schüz from Neue Musik-Zeitung, xxx (1909).

11. f. 94. ‘Some works of Sigfrid Karg-Elert’: cutting of an anonymous article from Musical Opinion, lii (1928), p. 399.

12. f. 95. ‘‘How I came to the Harmonium’’: cutting of an article by Karg-Elert from Musical Opinion, lii (1928), pp. 717-18.

13. ff. 96-126. Letters of Karg-Elert written from America on the occasion of his recital tour: photostats from Sächsische Sängerbundes-Zeitung, iii (1932).

Scope & Content:

Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, organist and composer: Photographs and articles of and rel. to: 1909-1936: Eng., Germ.

includes:

  • ff. 26-7 Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, organist and composer: W. Godfrey Sceats, composer and organist: Photocopies of a postcard to W. Godfrey Sceats from Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert: 1931: Germ: Autogr.
  • ff. 28-32 Katharine Karg-Elert, daughter of S Karg-Elert: Photographs: circa 1915.
  • f. 33 Katharine Karg-Elert, daughter of S Karg-Elert: Elizabeth Karg-Elert, wife of S Karg-Elert: Photograph of Elizabeth Karg-Elert and Katharine Karg-Elert: circa 1910.
  • f. 34 Max Reger, composer: Photograph of a cartoon of Max Reger: circa 1910.
  • f. 35 Nicholas Choveaux, composer and concert agent: Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, organist and composer: W. Godfrey Sceats, composer and organist: Elizabeth Karg-Elert, wife of S Karg-Elert: Norman Stuart, organist: Postcard to W. Godfrey Sceats from Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, Norman Stuart, Elizabeth Karg-Elert and Nicholas Choveaux: 1930: Autogr.
  • ff. 36-8 Karl Effenberger, artist: Photographs of a cartoon 'Thema im Pedal': circa 1927.
  • ff. 41-3 W. Godfrey Sceats, composer and organist: Arno Landmann, organist: Postcard with portrait, enclosing a concert programme to W. Godfrey Sceats from Arno Landmann: 1929: Germ: Autogr.
  • ff. 44-55 Harvey Grace, organist: Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, organist and composer: Extracts from an article from Musical Opinion by Harvey Grace, rel. to Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert: 1912: Typewritten.
  • ff. 56-68 Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, organist and composer: W. Godfrey Sceats, composer and organist: Articles by W. Godfrey Sceats, rel. to Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert: circa 1930: Typewritten.
  • ff. 73-7 Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, organist and composer: W. Godfrey Sceats, composer and organist: Johannes Viersig, organist of St Elizabeth, Breslau: Letter, enclosing an article to W. Godfrey Sceats from Johannes Viersig, rel. to Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert: 1936: Germ: Typewritten, signed.
  • ff. 92-3 Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert, organist and composer: Dr A. Schüz, writer on music: Offprint of an article by Dr A. Schüz, rel. to Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert: 1909: Germ: Printed.

Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Project / Collection:
Music Miscellaneous
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Hierarchy:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
German
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1909
End Date:
1936
Date Range:
1909-1936
Era:
CE
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Names:
Choveaux, Nicholas, composer and concert agent, 1904-1995
Effenberger, Karl, artist
Elert, Sigfrid Theodor, organist and composer, 1877-1933
Grace, Harvey, organist
Karg-Elert, Elizabeth, wife of S Karg-Elert
Karg-Elert, Katharine, daughter of S Karg-Elert
Landmann, Arno, organist
Reger, Max, composer, 1873-1916,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110247128
Sceats, W Godfrey, composer and organist
Schüz, A, Dr writer on music
Stuart, Norman, organist
Viersig, Johannes, organist of St Elizabeth Breslau