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MS Mus. 1696
- Record Id:
- 040-001947362
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001947360
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000248.0x000387
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1696
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MS Mus. 1696. Music manuscripts and papers; 1956-1960.
ff. 131. 362 x 266mm.
1. ff. 1-50. ‘Three Fragments from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’, chamber cantata for speaker, mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble, words by James Joyce; 1956-1957. Autograph vocal score in pencil with corrections and annotations in red pencil and ink, followed by notes to the engraver. Published by Schott & Co., 1958.
2. f. 51r. ‘Feleségem Szan tiszta’, for piano; n.d. Photocopy. The third movement only of a longer work.
3. ff. 52-72r. Anton Webern: ‘II Kantate’, annotated by M. Seiber; 1951. Printed copy of the work published by Universal-Edition, Wien, in 1951, with extensive pencil annotations in Seiber’s hand. With some leaves of his manuscript notes of further analysis of both this work and Webern’s Quartet op. 28. German.
4. ff. 73-121. Correspondence; 1936-1960. ff. 73-84. Letters to Seiber from Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno; 1936-1937. German; - ff. 85-113. Correspondence of Seiber and György Ligeti; 1957-1960. The letters from Seiber are photocopies from the Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel. Hungarian; - ff. 114-121. Other letters; 1952-1960. English and German.
5. ff. 122-131. Programme of Mátyás Seiber’s memorial concert; 1960.
includes:
- ff. 1-50. Mátyás Seiber, composer: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, author: 'Three fragments from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', chamber cantata composed by Mátyás Seiber, words by James Joyce: 1956-1957: Autogr.
- f. 51r. Mátyás Seiber, composer: 'Feleségem Szan tiszta', for piano: n.d.: Photocopy.
- ff. 52-72r. Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, composer: Mátyás Seiber, composer: Analysis of Anton Webern's 'Il Kantate' and Quartet no. 28 by Mátyás Seiber: 1951: Germ: Autogr.
- ff. 73-84. Mátyás Seiber, composer: Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, German philosopher: Letters to Mátyás Seiber from Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno: 1936-1937: Germ.
- ff. 85-113. Mátyás Seiber, composer: György Sándor Ligeti, composer: Correspondence between Mátyás Seiber and György Sándor Ligeti: 1957-1960: Hungarian: The letters from Seiber are photocopies.
- f. 94. Mátyás Seiber, composer: György Sándor Ligeti, composer: Dr - Harpner, of the Anglo-Austrian Society: Letter to Dr Harpner from Mátyás Seiber on behalf of György Sándor Ligeti: 1957: Copy.
- f. 114. Mátyás Seiber, composer: Desiré Ligeti, bass: Letter to Mátyás Seiber from Desiré Ligeti: 1952: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 115. Percy Marshall Young, writer on music: Mátyás Seiber, composer: Letter to Percy Marshall Young from Mátyás Seiber: 1957: Copy.
- ff. 116-117. Mátyás Seiber, composer: Dr Gerth-Wolfgang Baruch, Leiter der Redaktion Musik, Südwestfunk: Letters to Mátyás Seiber from Dr. Gerth-Wolfgang Baruch: 1958: Germ: Typewritten, signed.
- f. 118. Mátyás Seiber, composer: Dr Heinrich Strobel, head of music, Subwestfunk, Baden Baden: Letter to Dr. Heinrich Strobel from Mátyás Seiber: 1958: Germ: Copy.
- ff. 119-120. Mátyás Seiber, composer: G. Arthur M. Wilkinson, MBE, Cheltenham Festival organiser: Letter, with a programme note for his violin sonata to G. Arthur M. Wilkinson from Mátyás Seiber: 1960: Copy, typescript.
- f. 121. Mátyás Seiber, composer: G. Arthur M. Wilkinson, MBE, Cheltenham Festival organiser: Letter to Mátyás Seiber from G. Arthur M. Wilkinson: 1960: Typewritten, signed.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001947360
040-001947362 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1695-1696 : Music manuscripts and papers of Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960); 1929-1960
MS Mus. 1696 : MS Mus. 1696. Music manuscripts and papers; 1956-1960. ff. 131. 362 x 266mm. 1. ff. 1-50. ‘Three Fragments from A Portrait… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001947360[0002]/040-001947362
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1695-1696
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German
Hungarian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1960
- Date Range:
- 1936-1960
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund, German philosopher
Baruch, Gerth-Wolfgang, Head of Musik Südwestfunk editorial department, fl 1950-1960
Harpner, Dr —, of the Anglo-Austrian Society
Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius, author, 1882-1941,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121302495
Ligeti, Desiré, bass
Ligeti, György Sándor, composer, 1923-2006,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121358907
Seiber, Mátyás György, composer; pseudonym George S Mathis, 1905-1960
Strobel, Heinrich, Dr., head of music, Südwestfunk Baden Baden, 1898-1970
Webern, Anton Friedrich Wilhelm, composer, 1883-1945
Wilkinson, G Arthur M, MBE Cheltenham Festival organiser
Young, Percy Marshall, writer on music, 1912-2004