Harold Bauer Collection
Guide to Special Collections in the Music Division
Library of Congress,
Washington DC, 1995
The material contained within the Harold Bauer Collection in
the Music Division of the Library of Congress was, according
to the records of the Library's Exchange and Gift Division
(Gift and Deposit Files, 1893-1961, currently on microfilm in
the Manuscript Reading Room), acquired by the Library in three
stages: during the years 1928-29, 1934-35, and after Bauer's
death in 1951, through a gift from his widow, Wynne Pyle
Bauer.
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 10
Approximate number of items: 1245
Number of boxes: 17
Inclusive dates of items: c.1880 - 1951
Biographical Sketch
1873 Apr 28 Harold Bauer is born in Kingston-on-Thames,
near London. Receives his first musical
education at home: an aunt gives him his first
violin lessons, and his father provides him
with piano instruction some years later.
1882 First public appearance as a violin soloist,
at Saint James' Hall, London.
1893 Leaves England for Paris, where he resides for
the next twenty years. Begins coaching with
Ignace Paderewski, which influences his
decision to pursue a career as a concert
pianist.
1894 Debut in Paris. Accepts an offer of a concert
tour through Russia as accompanist (on piano
as well as on violin) for the singer Louise
Nikita (pseudonym of Louise Nicholson), which
lasts until the spring of the following year.
after 1896 (circa) Frequents Parisian musical circles and becomes
acquainted with several notable figures,
including Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Enesco,
Casals and Kreisler; with the two latter
performers, Bauer begins a lengthy period of
touring.
1900 American debut in Boston as piano soloist in
Brahms' _Concerto no. 1 in D minor_ with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Wilhelm Gericke (the work's Boston premiSre).
1918 Founds the Beethoven Association in New York;
its first concert was presented on Nov 4 of
the following year.
1920 - 1948 (circa) HB devotes himself to the pursuit of interests
which were of highest importance to him:
concertizing, writing (on music education and
music criticism), and preparing editions of
piano music for the publishing firm of G.
Schirmer.
1924 Jul 10 Receives American citizenship.
1948 Publication of autobiography, _Harold Bauer:
His Book_.
1951 Mar 12 Dies in Miami.
Biographical Note
While infrequently considered by modern musical scholarship,
Harold Bauer (1873-1951) held an eminent position in the
musical life of his time. Throughout his career he was
regarded as one of the greatest living pianists, a successor
to the tradition of Liszt, Paderewski and Brahms, and a
celebrated interpreter of the music of Schumann, Brahms and
Franck. He was one of the first to champion the music of
Debussy and of Ravel, who dedicated the "Ondine" movement of
his _Gaspard de la nuit_ to the pianist. Bauer also had
considerable fame as a recitalist, performing with such
accomplished performers as Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler,
Jacques Thibaud, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, and the Flonzaley String
Quartet.
As a performer, Bauer continually sought to attain and to
define the highest musical standards, and to convey them to
the widest possible audience. To this end, Bauer founded the
Beethoven Association in 1918, which, through its sponsorship
of public concerts featuring the finest musicians of the time,
and through its financial support of musicians and
institutions alike, greatly contributed to the development of
American musical culture in the first half of this century.
As an educator, Bauer edited many editions of piano music
(most notably of Bach, Brahms, and the complete piano works of
Schumann), several of which are still in print today. In his
later years, he taught at the Manhattan School of Music and at
the University of Miami, and gave frequent lectures and master
classes throughout the country. Bauer was also keenly
interested in a wide range of musical topics and has left a
substantial amount of writings on various composers and their
works, interpretation, performance practice, and piano
technique.
Bauer's interest in education, however, was not limited to
musicians; he recognized that musical culture must extend to
as large an audience as possible in order to be fully
realized. For this audience, Bauer wrote many articles which
treated more general musical topics; his autobiography and
these articles all bear the stamp of his particular erudition
and wit. For these reasons he was held in high esteem by both
his contemporaries among professional musicians and by a
larger public, for whom his art possessed an almost "popular"
fame.
Scope and Content Note
The material in the Harold Bauer Collection is divided into
ten sections. From a musicological perspective, the material
of most notable interest is found in the _Correspondence_
series, which includes Bauer's correspondence with many of
this century's most important musical figures, such as Ernest
Bloch, Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Gabriel Faur,, Percy
Grainger, Jascha Heifetz, Josef Hofmann, Gustav Holst, Vincent
d'Indy, Fritz Kreisler, Charles Martin Loeffler, Pierre
Monteux, Moritz Moszkowski, Vladimir de Pachmann, Ignace Jan
Paderewski, Isidore Philipp, Henry PruniSres, Carl Ruggles,
Carlos Salzedo, Gustave Schirmer, Leopold Stokowski, and Efrem
Zimbalist; the _Music_ series, which contains several
holograph transcriptions and editions prepared by Bauer and
others; the _Iconography_ series, which includes both artwork
and photographs, and among the latter, inscribed photographs
of Ernest Bloch, Claude Debussy, Ignace Jan Paderewski,
Leopold Stokowski, and Rabindranath Tagore; and the _Writings
by/about Bauer_ series, which contains articles and speeches
by Bauer on a wide range of music-related topics. Also
included in this collection are publicity material regarding
Bauer and/or other performers, including concert programs and
information about concert tours; press clippings, the majority
of which are about Bauer, his performances, or about others;
clippings from journals and magazines about or by Bauer;
awards; and realia. The diverse range of material contained
within this collection reflects the scope of the personality
and interests of a man devoted to the pursuit of his art, and
its appreciation by its listeners.
Kevin LaVine, June 1995
CONTENTS
I. Music [Boxes 1,2]
II. Correspondence [Box 3]
III. Writings by/about HB
A. _Harold Bauer: His Book_, MS. [Box 4]
B. Speeches, articles by HB [Box 5]
C. Speeches, articles about HB [Box 5]
[see also Clippings, Box 8]
IV. Writings, other
A. Beethoven Association material [Box 6]
B. Other [Box 7]
[see also Clippings, Box 8]
V. Clippings [Box 8]
VI. Publicity
A. Programs, bound [Box 9]
B. Programs, unbound [Box 10]
C. Material regarding Concert tours [Box 11]
VII. Awards, certificates [Boxes 15, 16]
VIII. Miscellaneous
A. Legal, financial papers [Box 11]
B. Other [Box 11]
IX. Iconography
A. Photographs of HB alone [Boxes 12, 15]
B. Photographs of HB with others [Boxes 12, 15, 17]
C. Photographs of others [Boxes 12, 15]
D. Photographs, other [Box 12]
E. Artwork [Boxes 12, 15]
[see also Clippings, Box 8]
X. Realia [Boxes 13, 14]
I. MUSIC [Includes holograph material by HB, printed and
photoreproduced music]
Box / Folder Contents
1 / 1 [Finding aid for this collection, printed
copy]
1 / 2 Bach, Johann Sebastian. _Come unto me_.
[Sonata, A minor, vn solo: Aria.] Arr.
HB for voice and piano (English). HB
holograph score, 2 p.
1 / 3 -------. _Toccata_ [C minor, organ solo].
Arr. HB for pf solo. HB holograph score,
19 p.
1 / 4 Bauer, Harold. _The B.A. bids you welcome
(Greeting)_. Mixed choir (SATB)
English). Holograph score, 1 p.
Includes additional annotated holograph
score of same, 1 p.; with additional
"greeting" material (vocal line only) for
Olga Samaroff, Walter Damrosch, and Rubin
Goldmark; holograph, 2 p.; also includes
vn obbligato part, holograph, in one half
page.
1 / 5 -------. [Cadenzas for Mozart's Piano
Concerto in A major.] Pf solo.
Holograph scores, 2, 3 p.
1 / 6 -------. _Invention for modulation in two
voices_. Pf solo. Holograph score, 2 p.
1 / 7 -------. _The pianist's warming up
exercises_. Pf solo. Photoreproduced
copy of holograph score, 2 p.
1 / 8 -------. _A simple primer for practical
keyboard modulation_. Pf solo. Photo-
reproduced copy of holograph score, 2 p.
1 / 9 -------. _Ye sweet retreat_ (after William
Boyce). Two pianos. New York: G.
Schirmer, 1943, 7 p. Includes holograph
scores of same, 2, 2 p.
1 / 10 Beethoven, Ludwig van. [Sonata, no. 23, op.
57, "Appassionata" (?)]. Pf solo.
Photographed copy of unidentified MS.
(holograph?) sketches, 8 p.
1 / 11 Boyce, William. _A new song for Solomon_.
Fl, voice, pf (figured bass) (English).
Photoreproduced copy of unidentifiable
printed score, 2 p.
1 / 12 Brahms, Johannes. _My faithful heart
rejoices_. [Herzlich tut mich erfreuen,
op. 122, no. 4.] Arr. HB for pf solo.
HB holograph score with pasteovers, 3 p.
1 / 13 von B�low, Hans. _If order is Heaven's first
law_. Voice and pf (English). Photo-
reproduced copy of Berliner Musikalien-
Druckerei edition, n.d., 4 p.
1 / 14 Deis, Carl. _Fleet fingers (Toccatina)_. Pf
solo. Photoreproduced copy, 4 p., bound.
(Copyright 1950 by G. Schirmer, Inc.)
1 / 15 Franck, C,sar. _Variationen �ber_ Von diesen
H"ndchen, so sanft, so meich. Pf solo.
Leipzig: Fr. Hofmeister, n.d., 10 p.; pl.
no. 1337.
1 / 16 Grainger, Percy. _British Folk Music
Settings_: 6. Irish Tune from County
Derry. Pf solo. London: Schott & Co.,
1911, 7 p. Inscribed by the composer.
1 / 17 Jones, Robert. _Ye love of change_. Arr. by
HB for voice, pf (English). HB holo-
graph score, 2 p.
1 / 18 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. _Sonata_ [D major,
pf solo]. Arr. by HB for pf four hands.
HB holograph scores, 27, 14 p.
1 / 19 Purcell, Henry. _Siciliano_. Arr. by HB for
pf solo. HB holograph score, 5 p.
2 / 1 Royce, Edward. _Noon tide_. Pf solo.
Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1921, 9 p.
2 / 2 -------. _A set of eight_: VI. "... darkly";
IV. Interlude; V. Joyance. Pf solos.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 4, 4, 7 p.
Also includes holograph (?) scores for:
II. Aubade (2 p.); VIII. Chorale (5 p.
with pasteover); VI. Danse (3 p.); VII.
"... Darkly" (2 p.); V. Interlude (2 p.);
I. Invocation (2 p.); IV. Joyance (3 p.
with pasteover); III. Spirit of Night (2
p.). [Titles and order of pieces within
this set vary from the order given in the
printed score.]
2 / 3 Royce, Edward. _Theme and Variations_, A
minor. Pf solo. New York: G. Schirmer,
1917, 19 p. Includes MS. material.
2 / 4 -------. _Variations in A minor_. Pf solo.
Holograph (?) score, 13 p.
2 / 5 Schumann, Robert. _Sonata_, A minor, op. 105.
Vn, pf. Edited by HB. HB holograph pf
score, 35 p.
2 / 6 -------. _Sonata_, D minor, op. 121. Vn, pf.
Edited by HB. HB holograph scores for pf
(32 p.), vn part (26 p.).
2 / 7 -------. _Sunrise_ [Ges"nge der Fr�he, op.
133, no. 3]. Arr. HB for two pf. HB
holograph scores, 6, 5 p.
2 / 8 -------. [Studien f�r den Pedal-Fl�gel, op.
56, no. 4.] Arr. HB for two pf. HB
holograph scores, 5, 5 p.
2 / 9 Sonneck, Oscar G. _"Ein Kleiner Lieder Cyklus
zu Gedichten von Theodor Storm_, op. 18
(1918). Voice, pf (German).
Photoreproduction of holograph score, 12
p. Inscribed by the composer on front
cover.
2 / 10 -------. _Vier Pessimistische Lieder_, op. 17
(1917). For voice, pf (German).
Photoreproduction of holograph score, 13
p. Inscribed by the composer on front
cover.
2 / 11 [Unidentified.] _Flourish (French Soldiers'
War Tune)_. Arr. HB for two pf. HB
holograph score, 10 p.
2 / 12 [Unidentified.] _Fandango_. Pf solo.
Photographed copy, 4 p.
2 / 13 [Unidentified reverse print, 1 p.]
II. CORRESPONDENCE [number of items in each folder (within
parentheses) follows the folder name]
Box / Folder Contents
3 / 1 Aeolian Company (4)
3 / 2 Aldrich, Richard (2)
3 / 3 Ashe, Mrs. Bowman Foster (2)
3 / 4 Baldwin Piano Company (8)
3 / 5 BarrSre, Georges (1)
3 / 6 Bauer, Harold, 1911-29 (5)
3 / 7 Bauer, Harold, 1930-51 (11)
3 / 8 Bauer, Harold, undated (3)
3 / 9 Bauer, Harold: "Lessons by mail" to Wynne Pyle
(later Mrs. HB) (12)
3 / 10 Bitter, John (10)
3 / 11 Bloch, Ernest (7)
3 / 12 Boulanger, Nadia (3)
3 / 13 Casals, Pablo (1)
3 / 14 Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague (1)
3 / 15 Damrosch, Frank and Walter (5)
3 / 16 Deis, Carl (2)
3 / 17 Delius, Frederick (photoreproduction of ALS,
2 p., to P. Grainger) (1)
3 / 18 Einstein, Alfred (1)
3 / 19 Enesco, Georges (1)
3 / 20 Engel, Carl (3)
3 / 21 Erskine, John (1)
3 / 22 Faur,, Gabriel (1)
3 / 23 Gabrilowitsch, Ossip and Clara (4)
3 / 24 Ganz, Rudolph (1)
3 / 25 Gavin, Basil (4)
3 / 26 Goodrich, Wallace (4)
3 / 27 Grainger, Percy and Elsa (22)
3 / 28 Hale, Philip (1)
3 / 29 Heifetz, Jascha (1)
3 / 30 Hess, Myra (1)
3 / 31 Hofmann, Josef (2)
3 / 32 Holst, Gustav (1)
3 / 33 Honeywell, Eugenia (2)
3 / 34 Huberman, Bronislaw (1)
3 / 35 d'Indy, Vincent (1)
3 / 36 van Katwijk, Paul (6)
3 / 37 Kortshak, Alice (1)
3 / 38 Kreisler, Fritz (4)
3 / 39 Library of Congress (4)
3 / 40 Loeffler, Charles Martin (4)
3 / 41 Manhattan School of Music (NY) (12)
3 / 42 Martin, Mary (1)
3 / 43 Mason, Henry Lowell (11)
3 / 44 Mason & Hamlin Company (6)
3 / 45 Miami, University of (Coral Gables, FL) (9)
3 / 46 Monteux, Pierre (4)
3 / 47 Moor, Emmanuel (8)
3 / 48 Moszkowski, Moritz (1)
3 / 49 W.W. Norton & Company (11)
3 / 50 de Pachmann, Vladimir (2)
3 / 51 Paderewski, Ignace Jan (1)
3 / 52 Peabody Conservatory of Music (Baltimore, MD)
(2)
3 / 53 Philipp, Isidore (6)
3 / 54 Picquart, Georges (3)
3 / 55 PruniSres, Henry (1)
3 / 56 Putnam, Brenda (4)
3 / 57 Rabaud, Henri (1)
3 / 58 Radio Corporation of America / RCA Victor (1)
3 / 59 Reese, Gustave (4)
3 / 60 Rosenthal, Marie (1)
3 / 61 Ruggles, Carl (3)
3 / 62 Rummel, Walter Morse (4)
3 / 63 Salmon, Joseph (2)
3 / 64 Salzedo, Carlos (1)
3 / 65 Schenck, Martin (4)
3 / 66 Schirmer, Gustave (4)
3 / 67 Schumann Memorial Foundation (5)
3 / 68 Sembrich, Marcella (1)
3 / 69 Steinway, Theodore (1)
3 / 70 Stokowski, Leopold and Olga Samaroff (3)
3 / 71 Thibaud, Jacques (1)
3 / 72 Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) (9)
3 / 73 Van Loon, Henrik, 1931-36 (10)
3 / 74 Van Loon, Henrik, 1937-44; undated (12)
3 / 75 Wilcox & White Piano Roll Company (4)
3 / 76 Yale University, School of Music (2)
3 / 77 Zimbalist, Efrem (1)
3 / 78 Miscellaneous, A-C (30)
3 / 79 Miscellaneous, D-H (21)
3 / 80 Miscellaneous, I-P (33)
3 / 81 Miscellaneous, R-Z (40)
3 / 82 Unidentified (6)
III. WRITINGS BY/ABOUT HB
A. _Harold Bauer: His Book" [(_Memoirs,_ autobiography)
holograph MS., previously bound in several spiral
notebooks]
Box / Folder Contents
4 / 1 "London / 1873 to 1892" ; 91, 17 p., in ink
and in pencil, with pasteovers.
4 / 2 "Paris / 1893-1913" ; 65 p., in ink, with
pasteovers and inserted printed material.
4 / 3 "Paris / 1900-1913 (continued)" ; 85 p., in
ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 4 "Chapter" ; 48 p., in ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 5 "Chapter" ; 33 p., in ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 6 "Chapter" ; 35 p., in ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 7 "Chapter" ; 31 p., in ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 8 "Chapter" ; 22 p., in ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 9 "Chapter" ; 20 p., in ink.
4 / 10 "Chapter" ; 27 p., in ink.
4 / 11 "Chapter" ; 22 p., in ink.
4 / 12 "Chapter" ; 19 p., in ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 13 "Havana, a green cigar, a hat and a bottle of
rum" ; 35 p., in ink, with pasteovers.
4 / 14 Typescript, p. 50-81, complete.
4 / 15 Typescript, 11 p. (miscellaneous pages between
p. 22 and p. 135).
4 / 16 Typescript, 88 p., unnumbered ("p. 187 ?" on
first page).
4 / 17 Typescript, 17, 5 (printed), 3 p., unnumbered
("p. 298 ?" on first page).
4 / 18 Typescript, 14 p., unnumbered, with 5 p.
pasteovers in HB's hand.
B. Speeches, Articles by HB
Box / Folder Contents
5 / 1 "Address by HB at Cleveland, Ohio, December
11th, 1930," typed, 11 p. (2 copies).
5 / 2 [Address to the Beethoven Association]: "From
Rabelais-/Chapter: Abbey de Theleme,"
holograph, undated, in ink, 1 p.
5 / 3 "Address to the Neighborhood Music School,"
(New York, 1928 Apr 8), printed pamphlet,
8 p. (2 copies).
5 / 4 [Address to Omaha music teachers], typed,
undated, 4 p. (missing first page?).
5 / 5 "All Join In," clipping from _Music Clubs
Magazine_, c. 1933, 2 p.
5 / 6 [Amateur musicians and music clubs], typed,
undated, 1 p.; carbon copy of typedcopy,
undated, 1 p.
5 / 7 "Answer to Correspondents" (regarding Chopin
_Polonaise_, Franck _Variations_),
holograph, undated, ink, 1 p.
5 / 8 "Beethoven / Lecture...for Beethoven
Association," holograph, ink and pencil,
undated, 18 p.
5 / 9 "Beethoven Association / April 18th, 1925. /
Address of the President at / the General
Meeting," typed, with pasteovers, 11 p.
5 / 10 "B.A. [Beethoven Association] Feb 12, 1934,"
holograph, 2 p.
5 / 11 [Definition of music], holograph, undated,
ink, 1 p.
5 / 12 "Delusions of Piano Technic / Even Scale as a
Handicap - Emotional and Mechanical
Studies Inseparable," clipping from _New
York_ (?), December 1928, 2 p.
5 / 13 "Dinner with [Vladimir] de Pachmann - New
York, June 17, 1924 or [2]5 ?", holo-
graph, ink and pencil, 6 p.
5 / 14 "The Evolution of Musical Instruments / and /
the Development of the Symphony Orchestra
from the 16th to the 20th Centuries,"
holograph, undated, ink and pencil, 34 p.
5 / 15 "Expression in Music," holograph, undated,
ink, 9 p.
5 / 16 [Foreword to a piano method book], holograph,
undated, ink and pencil, 5 p.
5 / 17 "The Growth of Music in America," (Address to
the Music Division of the National
Federation of Settlements, Washington DC,
1923 May 16). Printed in _The Musical
Courier_, 1923 Jun 7, p. 10.
5 / 18 [Inborn musical sense and amateur musicians],
typed, undated, 4 p. (incomplete); carbon
copy of original, undated, 6 p.
(complete).
5 / 19 HB and Wollstein, R.H. "Let the Amateur Make
Music," clipping from _The Etude_, July
1931, 1 p.
5 / 20 HB and Wollstein, R.H. "Let the Amateur Make
Music," clipping of article originally
appearing in _The Etude_, condensed and
reprinted in _Readers' Digest_, September
1931. One copy each of magazine and
article (1 p.).
5 / 21 [Letter to members of the Beethoven
Association], holograph, ink, dated 1935
Dec 30, 4 p.
5 / 22 [The musical amateur] ("New York American, May
9, 1932."), holograph, ink, 10 p.; typed
copy, undated, 6 p. (original copies);
carbon copies of typed copy, with
emendations, undated, 7 p.
5 / 23 [Notes regarding Chopin _Polonaise_, Liszt
_�tude_], holograph, undated, pencil,
1 p.
5 / 24 "Notes on Robert Schumann," typed, undated,
3 p.; carbon copies of typed copy, 2 p.
5 / 25 [Participation in music], holograph, undated,
ink, 3 p.
5 / 26 "Popular Music," holograph, undated, ink,
22 p.
5 / 27 "Popular music," typed, undated, ink, 21 p.
5 / 28 [Pythagorean monochord notes], holograph,
undated, pencil, with sketches, 1 p.
5 / 29 "Robert Schumann," holograph, undated, 20 p.
5 / 30 "Schumann's Novelette, op. 99, no. 9,"
clipping from _The Etude_, August 1951,
4 p.
5 / 31 "Self Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,"
reprinted from _The Musical Quarterly_,
vol. XXIX, no. 2, April 1943; p. 153-168.
5 / 32 [Support for government funding for the arts],
typed, with emendations in ink and in
pencil, undated, 5 p.
5 / 33 "Wm. Lym [?] Phelps: Autobiography / Ye Love
of Change," holograph, undated, ink, 3 p.
5 / 34 [Miscellaneous notes in HB's hand], 4 p.
C. Speeches, Articles about HB
Box / Folder Contents
5 / 35 Downes, Olin. "Harold Bauer." Typescript of
lecture given as part of the "Bauer Memorial
Broadcast," radio station WQXR, 1951 Mar 14,
3 p.
5 / 36 Feldman, Abraham J. "Harold Bauer - an
appreciation." Typescript of lecture given
at the "Harold Bauer Memorial Concert," Hartt
College of Music (Hartford, CT), 1951 May 17,
2 p.
5 / 37 _Fulles m£sicals. Revista patrocinada per
l'Associaci¢ de M£sica da Camera_, 1927 Oct 15
(v. 1, no. 1) (Barcelona, Spain), 24 p.
Contains biography of HB on p. 4.
5 / 38 Heylbut, Rose. "Education as Emancipation / A
Conference with Harold Bauer," clipping from
_The Etude_, May 1948, 2 p.
5 / 39 [Volpe, Marie (?)]. "Marie Volpe on Music,"
transcript of interview with HB,
conducted in Miami, 1948 Feb 21; typed, 7 p.
IV. WRITINGS, OTHER
A. Beethoven Association material
Box / Folder Contents
6 / 1 _Constitution and By-laws of the Beethoven
Association_, printed pamphlet, dated
April 1923 (?).
6 / 2 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated April 1925, 29 p.
6 / 3 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated April 1926, 26 p.
6 / 4 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated April 1927, 23 p.
6 / 5 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated May 1928; 25 p. (two
copies).
6 / 6 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated May 1929, 28 p.
6 / 7 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated June 1930, 28 p.
6 / 8 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated June 1931, 37 p.
6 / 9 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated June 1932, 30 p.
6 / 10 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated June 1933, 43 p.
6 / 11 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated July 1934, 36 p.
6 / 12 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated September 1935, 30 p.
(two copies).
6 / 13 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated July 1936, 36 p.
6 / 14 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated August 1937, 34 p.
6 / 15 _Beethoven Association Annual Report_, bound
pamphlet, dated August 1938, 32 p. (two
copies).
B. Other
Box / Folder Contents
7 / 1 _L'Aide affectueuse aux Musiciens_, Members'
report, June 1918, 12 p.
7 / 2 _American Federation of Musicians, Official Journal
of, Local 802, Associated Musicians of Greater
New York_, May 1941 (v. XV, no. 7), 27 p.
7 / 3 _American Federation of Musicians, Official Journal
of, Local 802, Associated Musicians of Greater
New York_, October 1941 (v. XV, no. 12),
p. 1-12.
7 / 4 [American Piano Company publicity brochure ("Pianos
old and new")]. Cleveland: Caxton Company,
1924, 14 p.
7 / 5 _"Appreciation of Music" Bulletin_, the South
Orange-Maplewood (NJ?) Adult School, dated
1940 Jan 23. Photoreproduced program notes of
original typescript, 2 p.
7 / 6 _The Bohemians / By-laws / List of members_,
printed pamphlet, dated December 1934, 32 p.
7 / 7 Elwell, Herbert. "The Search for method in
Modernism," lecture delivered at Oberlin
Conservatory, 1949 Nov 15. Photoreproduced
copy, 15 p.
7 / 8 [Ernest E. Gottlieb Company sales catalog (No. XI:
"Musicology / Part one")], undated, 28 p.
7 / 9 Hibberd, Lloyd. "_Estampie_ and _Stantipes_,"
reprinted from _Speculum_, April 1944 (v. XIX,
no. 2), by the Mediaeval Academy of America
(Cambridge, MA), p. 222-249. Inscribed to HB
by the author.
7 / 10 Hickman, C.N. "A Description of a new grand piano
and comparison with the present grand action."
Carbon copies of original typescript and
photoreproductions, undated, 30 p.
7 / 11 Keefer, Lubov. "The Influence of Adam Mickiewicz
on the _Ballades_ of Chopin," reprinted from
_The American Slavic and East European
Review_, May 1946 (v. V, nos. 12-13), p. 38-
50.
7 / 12 Keilhau, Wilhelm. "Edvard Grieg... - A Chapter of
Norwegian history," reprinted from _The
Norseman_, 1943 (v. I, no. 3), 20 p.
7 / 13 _The "Last" Stradivarius Cello_. Printed pamphlet,
copyrighted by Russell B. Kingman, 1944, 8 p.
7 / 14 [Manhattan School of Music Concert and Placement
Bureau publicity pamphlet ("Treasure House of
Talent")], undated. Contains photo of HB.
- / - _The Musical Quarterly_ (published at New York: G.
Schirmer, Inc.): the following issues were
discarded through the Library of Congress
Exchange and Gift Division, May 1995: October
1926 (v. XII, no. 4, part II); July 1927 (v.
XIII, no. 3); January 1932 (v. XVIII, no. 1);
October 1932 (v. XVIII, no. 4, part II).
7 / 15 Newman, H.H. _Evolution, Genetics, and
Eugenics_:"Evidences from Embryology" (Chapter
IX); "Critique of the Recapitulation Theory"
(Chapter X) (from Scott, W.B., _The Theory of
Evolution_, The Macmillan Company, 1917)
(excerpt). No publication data included.
Inscribed to HB by Roy Fraser.
7 / 16 Nossig, Alfred. _J.J. Paderewski_. Leipzig:
Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, n.d.,
33 p.
7 / 17 _Pages from Schubert's Diary_. Monograph printed
by the Columbia Phonograph Company for the
Advisory Board of the Schubert Centennial,
dated 1928 Nov 18, 31 p.
7 / 18 Pochon, Alfred. _Musique d'autrefois /
Interpr,tation d'aujourd'hui_. Geneva:
�dition Henn, 1943, 72 p. Inscribed to HB by
the author.
7 / 19 [Pythagorean monochord notes]: carbon copies of
original typescript, excerpted from Dowland,
John, _Andreas ornithoparcus / His micrologues
or Introduction containing the Art of
Singing... Also the Dimensions and Perfect use
of the Monochord according to Guido Aretinus_
(London, n.p., 1609), 3 p. Contains
annotations and sketches in pencil.
7 / 20 [Pythagorean monochord notes]: typescript of
excerpts from Taylor, Thomas (translator),
_From Iamblicus life of Pythagoras or
Pythagoric Life_ (London: A.J. Vulpy, 1818),
4 p.
7 / 21 Riemenschneider, Albert. _The Use of flutes in the
works of J.S. Bach_. Monograph, printed by
the Music Division of the Library of Congress
(Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office, 1951), 23 p.
7 / 22 Sachs, Curt. _The Commonwealth of Art_. Monograph
of lecture delivered at the Library of
Congress, 1949 Apr 25 (Washington, DC: U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1950), 19 p.
7 / 23 Schenck, Janet D. _Adventure in Music. A
Reminiscence. Manhattan School of Music
1918-1960_. Published by the Manhattan School
of Music, New York, 1961, 111 p. Contains
photo of HB.
7 / 24 Spivacke, Harold. "Paganiniana," offprint from
_The Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of
Current Acquisitions_, February 1945 (v. II,
no. 2) (Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1945), 19 p.
7 / 25 Taylor, Robert Lewis. [Three articles on Percy
Grainger], clippings from _The New Yorker_,
early 1948, 16 p.; photoreproduced copy of
these, 21 p.
7 / 26 Tibbett, Lawrence. "My Most Momentous Musical
Moment," clipping from _The Etude_, c. 1942,
2 p.
7 / 27 Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. _This I believe!_
Pamphlet printed by the American Unitarian
Association (Boston, MA), May 1943, 1 p. (two
copies).
7 / 28 -------. _To have or to be - take your choice_.
New York: John Day Company, 1932,
28 p. Inscribed by the author on front cover.
V. CLIPPINGS [number of items in each folder (within
parentheses) follows the folder name]
Box / Folder Contents
8 / 1 Clippings, 1887-1919 (26)
8 / 2 Clippings, 1920-1924 (20)
8 / 3 Clippings, 1925-September 1926 (38)
8 / 4 Clippings, October 1926 (55)
8 / 5 Clippings, November 1926-December 1927 (27)
8 / 6 Clippings, 1928-1929 (25)
8 / 7 Clippings, 1930-1932 (48)
8 / 8 Clippings, 1933-1934 (19)
8 / 9 Clippings, 1935-1938 (28)
8 / 10 Clippings, 1939-1942 (37)
8 / 11 Clippings, 1943 (47)
8 / 12 Clippings, 1944-1945 (26)
8 / 13 Clippings, 1946-1950 (27)
8 / 14 Clippings, 1951- (9)
8 / 15 Clippings: Obituaries (17)
8 / 16 Clippings regarding _Harold Bauer: His Book_ (47)
8 / 17 Clippings regarding F. Chopin (27)
8 / 18 Clippings regarding I. Paderewski (18)
8 / 19 Clippings, miscellaneous, A-N (62)
8 / 20 Clippings, miscellaneous, O-R (47)
8 / 21 Clippings, miscellaneous, S-Z (13)
8 / 22 Clippings, undated (69)
VI. PUBLICITY [number of items in each folder (within
parentheses) follows the folder name]
A. Programs, bound [contained in five leather-bound volumes]
Box / Folder Contents
9 / 1 "Programmes, 1892-1905"
9 / 2 "Programmes, 1905-1909"
9 / 3 "Programmes, 1909-1911"
9 / 4 "American programmes, 1900-1904"
9 / 5 "American programmes, 1905-1908"
B. Programs, unbound
Box / Folder Contents
10 / 1 Printed programs, -1899 (1)
10 / 2 Printed programs, 1910-12 (31)
10 / 3 Printed programs, 1913 (31)
10 / 4 Printed programs, 1914-19 (9)
10 / 5 Printed programs, 1920-26 (15)
10 / 6 Printed programs, 1927-29 (17)
10 / 7 Printed programs, 1930 (16)
10 / 8 Printed programs, 1931-32 (19)
10 / 9 Printed programs, 1933-34 (15)
10 / 10 Printed programs, 1935-36 (14)
10 / 11 Printed programs, 1937-39 (10)
10 / 12 Printed programs, 1940-49 (31)
10 / 13 Printed programs, undated: solo recitals by HB (17)
10 / 14 Printed programs, undated: recitals by HB with
others (17)
10 / 15 Printed programs by others, with references to HB
(21)
10 / 16 Miscellaneous programs (3)
C. Material regarding Concert tours
Box / Folder Contents
11 / 1 "Press book[s] for HB," (2 items) containing
biographical information; one photo-
reproduction of typescript; the other printed.
11 / 2 Tour lists, itineraries, 14 p., typed and in
pencil.
11 / 3 Tour programs, 1936, 36 p.
11 / 4 Tour programs, 1937, 53 p.
11 / 5 Tour programs, 1938, 37 p.
11 / 6 Tour programs, 1939, 16 p.
11 / 7 Tour programs, 1940, 21 p.
11 / 8 Tour programs, 1941, 18 p.
11 / 9 Tour programs, 1942, 10 p.
11 / 10 Tour programs, 1943-44, 18 p.
11 / 11 Miscellaneous publicity, 20 p.
VII. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES
Box / Folder Contents
16 / 1 Certificate naming HB a "Chevalier" of the _Ordre
National da la L,gion d'Honneur_, issued at
Paris, 1927 Jan 12 & 14.
16 / 2 Certificate from Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, and
Maria Cristina, Queen Regent, naming HB a
"Caballero" of the _Ordem Espa¤ola de Isabel
la Cat¢lica_, issued 1901 Sep 22.
15 / 20 Handwritten document honoring HB, signed by the
Queen Regent of Portugal, dated 1902 Dec 1;
original envelope included.
15 / 21 Certificate from the _MinistSre de l'Instruction
Publique et des Beaux-Arts_ (Paris, France),
naming HB an "Officier d'Acad,mie"; issued at
Paris, 1903 Mar 1.
15 / 22 Certificate from the _MinistSre de l'Instruction
Publique et des Beaux-Arts_ (Paris, France),
naming HB an "Officier d'Instruction
Publique"; issued at Paris, 1908 May 23.
15 / 23 Certificate of honorary membership in Mu Phi Delta
music fraternity, Colgate University chapter
(Hamilton, NY), issued 1937 Apr 20.
15 / 24 Certificate of receipt from the Library of
Congress, issued at Washington, DC, 1935 Apr
17, for HB's gift of a photoreproduced, bound
score of L. van Beethoven's _Grand Fugue_ (for
pf, 4 hands), op. 134.
15 / 25 Certificate of receipt from the New York Public
Library, issued at New York, 1945 May 11, for
HB's gift of a score of L. van Beethoven's
_Grande Fugue_, op. 133 (Vienna, 1827).
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
A. Legal, Financial papers
Box / Folder Contents
11 / 12 Birth certificate, issued at London, 1917 June 13.
11 / 13 Certificate of (American) naturalization, issued at
New York, 1924 Jul 10.
11 / 14 Miscellaneous legal, financial papers, 13 p.
B. Other
Box / Folder Contents
11 / 15 Recordings and piano rolls: lists, related
publicity, 9 p.
11 / 16 Invitations (2 items) to a dinner sponsored by the
Worshipful Company of Musicians at
"Stationers' Hall, E.C.," dated 1926 Oct 26
and 1927 Oct 25
11 / 17 Stamp collection: postage stamps honoring
composers, writers; contains 21 stamps;
dated "Omaha, 4/13/44."
11 / 18 Other, 15 items.
IX. ICONOGRAPHY [includes name and location of photographer,
if indicated, in parentheses; also includes
any other written or printed indications, in
quotation marks and in parentheses]
A. Photographs of HB alone [arranged in approximate
chronological order according to date indications, or by
HB's appearance]
Box / Folder Contents
12 / 1 HB as young boy, with violin (Offenbach / New York)
12 / 2 HB, dated 1896 (Elliott & Fry, London)
15 / 1 HB as young man ("Property of Loudon G. Charlton /
Carnegie Hall / New York.")
12 / 3 HB as young man, reprinted (halftone) photo
12 / 4 HB at piano, dated 1897 (Herm. Hamnqvist,
Stockholm)
12 / 5 HB (Window & Grove, London)
12 / 6 HB, inscribed to Gottfried Mann (?), dated 1898
(Photographie Soci,t, anonyme / Kosmos,
Amsterdam)
15 / 2 HB as young man ("about 1900")
12 / 7 HB aboard the S.S. France ("Sept 26 - Oct 2nd
1931")
12 / 8 HB at piano (Apeda / New York)
12 / 9 HB (Selmer Norland / Kristiania)
12 / 10 HB with cigarette ("29 / MP")
12 / 11 HB at Bar Harbor, ME
12 / 12 HB ("...as Meyerbeer, April 28, 1933 (his 60th
birthday) / At the `Opera Ball' (benefit for
Opera)") (Albert R. Dupont / New York)
12 / 13 HB (at "Manhattan School / May 1948")
12 / 14 HB (Kossuth / Wheeling, WV)
15 / 3 HB seated, in profile (C. Bennette Moore / New
Orleans)
15 / 4 HB in profile (Palomba / Napoli)
12 / 15 HB ("Last and best mature photo ... by Argianni")
12 / 16 HB (at "Naples, Italy")
15 / 5 HB with book
12 / 17 HB at piano ("Miami Herald Photo / Miami, Florida /
Winter 1945")
12 / 18 HB (at "University of Miami")
12 / 19 HB ("Apeda / New York")
12 / 20 HB (3 items; Arnold Genthe / New York)
12 / 21 HB (2 items; John Haley / Hartford, CT)
12 / 22 HB in Paris (3 items)
12 / 23 HB (2 items; unidentified photographers)
15 / 6 Photoreproduction of drawing of HB as a young boy,
with violin, by "J.M.B[.,19]88"
12 / 24 Photo of drawing of HB by Charles Boiry, Paris,
1910
15 / 7 Photo of drawing of HB by Katharine M. Gericke,
1932
B. Photographs of HB with others
Box / Folder Contents
12 / 25 Mr. & Mrs. HB at "Sedgemere," their home at
St. James, Long Island, New York
12 / 26 HB, O. Gabrilowitsch (verso: "First 2-piano artists
in U.S.A.")
12 / 27 HB, P. Casals, ? (verso: "on tour")
12 / 28 HB, F. Kreisler, J. Hofmann (at "Seal Harbor,
Maine")
12 / 29 HB, B. Huberman, F. Salmond, L. Tertis (autographed
by all pictured)
12 / 30 Group photo (including HB, P. Grainger)
("Moszkowski Benefit Concert / Met Opera
House [,] Dec 1923")
15 / 8 Group photo (including HB, G. BarrSre) ("Moszkowski
Benefit Concert - Party at the
home of Ernest Shelling. New York.") (Pack
Bros. / New York)
12 / 31 Publicity calendar for the Baldwin Piano Company
for 1931, featuring photograph of HB, W.
Gieseking, J. Iturbi, J. Lhevinne
17 / - Group photo (including HB, L. Auer, G. BarrSre,
C. Friedberg, R. Goldmark, J. Heifetz, O.
Samaroff, M. Sembrich, etc.) ("Annual Meeting
Dinner of / The Beethoven Association / and
the 50th Birthday of our / President Harold
Bauer. / The Biltmore. April 28, 1923";
autographed by all pictured)
C. Photographs of others [arranged alphabetically by
subject]
Box / Folder Contents
12 / 32 Wynne Pyle Bauer (2 items; Arnold Genthe / New
York)
12 / 33 Wynne Pyle Bauer ("Arpeda" on verso [=Apeda
(photographer) / New York ?])
12 / 34 Photo of drawing of L. van Beethoven
12 / 35 L. van Beethoven: tomb
12 / 36 David Bistham (inscribed, dated 1910)
15 / 9 Ernest Bloch (inscribed to HB, "San Francisco, Mar
1928")
15 / 10 Walter Damrosch (2 items: one unsigned; the other
inscribed to HB, "Dec. 28/1922")
12 / 37 Claude Debussy (inscribed, dated August 1916)
15 / 11 Wilhelm Gericke [?] (inscribed "With love from
Paula and Katharine Gericke / Vienna, April
1930") (Selzer / Vienna)
15 / 12 Yvette Guilbert (inscribed to HB) (Marcia Stein)
12 / 38 Photo of drawing of Ferdinand von Hiller
12 / 39 Photo of drawing of Joseph Joachim
15 / 13 Franz Liszt (Louis Held / Weimar)
12 / 40 Lillian Nordica (inscribed to "Mrs. Beringer",
dated 1894) (W. H"ffert / Berlin)
12 / 41 Ignace Jan Paderewski (inscribed "New York / Nov
2nd, 1907 / W. Pyle") (G. Nitsche / Lausanne)
12 / 42 Anton Rubinstein; contains handwritten quotation
from Plato on verso (J. Ganz / Bruxelles)
12 / 43 Franz Schubert: memorial
12 / 44 Photos of drawings of Robert and Clara Schumann (4
items)
15 / 14 Leopold Stokowski (inscribed to HB)
15 / 15 Rabindranath Tagore (autographed) (E.S. Curtis /
Seattle)
12 / 45 Jacques and Marguerite Thibaud (inscribed to
"Marie"), "New York, 1917."
12 / 46 Miscellaneous/unidentified photos of
drawings/lithographs (2 items)
12 / 47 Postcards regarding L. van Beethoven, E. Grieg,
F. Liszt, W.A. Mozart, F. Schubert, R.
Schumann; the Vienna Opera House, and the
Vienna History Museum (34 items)
D. Photographs, other
Box / Folder Contents
12 / 48 Plaster, bronze castings of HB's hands (2 items)
12 / 49 HB's Baldwin piano
12 / 50 HB's medals
12 / 51 Bust of HB by Brenda Putnam (3 items)
12 / 52 "Sedgemere," St. James, Long Island, New York
12 / 53 Photo of drawing of female head and shoulders
titled "Appassionata"
12 / 54 Photo of drawing of nude female torso titled
"Moonlight Sonata"
E. Artwork
Box / Folder Contents
12 / 55 Self-portrait of HB, in blue pencil, titled "David
and Goliath," dated 1926 Jun 12
12 / 56 Drawing of HB, in ink and watercolor, by Bento
Barboza (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1904)
15 / 16 Drawing of HB by Kulh Brut, in ink
15 / 17 Drawing (caricature) of HB by Massaguer, in pencil,
dated 1933
12 / 57 Silhouette drawing of HB, P.Casals, in ink ("Van-
Castelle, Spain")
15 / 18 L. van Beethoven: lithograph of the composer "in
his Study," by Carl Schloesser
15 / 19 Franz Schubert: lithographs (2 items) by the same
artist, signed: a portrait of the composer,
dated 1928; and a view of the composer's home
X. REALIA
Box / Folder Contents
13 / 1 Plaster casting of HB's hands [* FRAGILE *]
14 / 1 Metronome, with key, in chamois pouch.
14 / 2 Medal, boxed, inscribed "Sciencias, Letras e Artes"
(Lisbon, Portugal).
14 / 3 Medal, boxed, inscribed "Por Isabel la Cat¢lica"
(Madrid, Spain).
14 / 4 Medal, boxed, inscribed "Honneur et Patrie" (Paris,
France).
14 / 5 Medal, bronze, 2 5/8" (6.8 cm) diameter, without
inscription.
14 / 6 Medal, bronze, 3 1/8" (8 cm) diameter, from the
society "La Trompette," inscribed "Souvenir de
E. Lemoine / Harold Bauer."
[* Note: Two additional medals awarded to HB (one medal,
presented by the Philharmonic Society of London, 1912;
and one silver medal) and included in the collection are
presently housed in the Musical Instrument Vault's Map
Case. Photographs of all medals awarded to HB can be
found in Box 12, Folder 50; one photograph of the plaster
castings of HB's hands, contained in Box 13 of the
collection, can be found in Box 12, Folder 48.]
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