ASI Satellite Collections G

Gaber, Harley [G1]

Collection, 1977-1980: 2 folders (76 leaves), 1 book, 1 oversize folder

Harley Gaber--American composer. He created a series of "painted photo-silkscreen portraits" on the subject of Arnold Schoenberg.
Contents

announcements (2 items: 1978), "A limited edition of prints by Harley Gaber", "Lingua Press announces Collection 2"
book, The Lingua Press Collection 2 (Nov. 1977)
catalog (1 item: 1980), Lingua Press published works 1975-1980
correspondence (7 items: 1978-1980) with Harley Gaber, et al.
picture postcard (1 item: 1978?), "no. 1 from Minion for Arnold Schoenberg" (3 copies)
portraits (15 items: 1978), Minion for Arnold Schoenberg.

Correspondents

ASI (Clara Steuermann (5 items: 1978-1980))
Lingua Press (Kenneth Gaburo (2 items: 1978-1979)).

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Garbousova, Raya, 1906- [G2]

Collection, 1933: 2 folders (36 leaves), 1 microfilm

Raya Garbousova--Georgian violoncellist. She studied at the Tbilisi Conservatory (1914-1923). She emigrated to the United States in 1939. She has appeared as soloist with most major orchestras in Europe and the United States. Starting in 1970, she was a professor at Hartt College of Hartford University, Connecticut. She was a close friend of the violoncellist Emanuel Feuermann, who premiered Schoenberg's Cello Concerto (freely adapted from a Monn harpsichord concerto).
Contents

biographical data (1 leaf)
correspondence (3 items: 1974, 1996)
music manuscripts of Schoenberg's Cello Concerto after Monn (violoncello part, piano score)

Correspondents

ASI (Eve Eshelman (1 item: 1974))
Raya Garbousova (2 items: 1974)
Lawrence Schoenberg (1 item: 1996)

Music cited

Violoncello concerto

(updated 9 January 1997)
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Geiringer, Bernice [G10]

Collection, 1934-1993: 9 folders (208 leaves, 1 photograph, 1 recording)

Bernice Geiringer (née Abrams), previously Shapiro--concert pianist and wife of the musicologist Karl Geiringer (1899-1989). She was the first to study with Schoenberg upon his move to Los Angeles in 1934. One of her two fellow students at the time was John Cage.
Contents

class notes (5 items: 1934), 1 notebook perhaps in the hand of Schoenberg
clipping (1 item: 1993)
mimeographed music examples for teaching by Schoenberg (9 items: 1936)
music manuscript (1 item: [s.d.]) of Op. 9 inscribed to Karl Geiringer
recording (1 item: 1993) of oral history interview by Andrea Castillo Herreshoff with transcript and release

Music cited

Op. 9

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Gibbs, Christopher [G3]

Collection, 1984-1987: 1 folder (13 leaves, 3 photographs)

Christopher Gibbs--doctoral student at Columbia University, working on the topic of Schubert lieder. He investigated Schoenberg's 1934 activities at Chautauqua. See Journal of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute XI/2 (Nov. 1988) pp. 144-153 for information on Schoenberg's stay at Chautauqua.
Contents

correspondence (8 items: 1985-1987)
clipping, Gibbs' "Arnold Schoenberg was at Chautauqua" The Chautauquan Daily (20 Aug. 1984)
photographs of Schoenberg's home in Chautauqua (3 items: ca. 1985)

Correspondents

ASI (Jerry McBride (2 items: 1985), R. Wayne Shoaf (1 item: 1987))
Lawrence Schoenberg (1 item: 1985)
Christopher Gibbs (4 items: 1985-1987)

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Gilbert, Pia, 1921- [G4]

Collection, 1946-1951: 1 folder (54 leaves)

Pia Gilbert--composer, and faculty member of the Juilliard School. She was professor of Music for Dance, and Resident Composer at the University of California at Los Angeles (1947-1985). She was music director for the UCLA Dance Company. She has written books and articles on the subject of dance. A friend of the Schoenberg family, she was a founding member of the Friends of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute.
Contents

correspondence (22 items: 1946-1951), all to Schoenberg's sister Ottilie Blumauer (originals are in the Archiv der Akademie der Künste, Berlin)

Correspondents

Arnold Schoenberg (13 items: 1946-1951)
Gertrud Schoenberg (9 items: 1946-1950)

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Goehr, Rudolf, 1906-1981 [G5]

Collection, 1933-1988: 1 folder (16 leaves)

Rudolf Goehr--German-born American pianist and friend of Schoenberg. Studied with Schoenberg in Berlin. While in Europe he assisted Schoenberg's son, Georg, on Schoenberg's behalf. He lived in Paris after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II and emigrated to the United States in 1977.
Contents

correspondence (7 items: 1933-1949), with some modern (1992) transcriptions of the correspondence
obituaries (2 items: 1981-1988) of Goehr and his wife Suzanne

Correspondents

Arnold Schoenberg (7 items: 1933-1949)

(updated: 30 April 1997)
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Goldberg, Albert, 1898- [G6]

Collection, 1915-1982: 1 box (4 folders (47 leaves, 5 articles, 1 periodical, 7 programs))

Albert Goldberg--music critic of the Chicago Herald Examiner (1925-1936), the Chicago Tribune (1943-1946), and the Los Angeles Times (from 1947). He maintained a correspondence with Schoenberg relating to some of Goldberg's critical writings in the Los Angeles Times.
Contents

articles (5 items: 1915-1965)
clippings (12 items: 1948-1968)
correspondence (10 items: 1948-1982) some with envelopes
periodical (1 item, Tempo (1974))
programs (7 items: 1932-1974)

Correspondents

ASI ((1 item: 1974), Jerry McBride (2 items: 1982))
Theodore Front (1 item: 1982)
Arnold Schoenberg (4 items: 1948-1951)
Gertrud Schoenberg (2 items: 1951-1953)

Music cited

Programs, clippings: Opp. 1, 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19, 21, 34, 38, 41-43, 45, 47, Brettllieder, Gurre-Lieder, Die Jakobsleiter, 3 kleine Orchesterstücke, "Lied der Waldtaube", Moses und Aron, Strauss arrangements, Violoncello concerto

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Greenbaum, Kyla [G7]

Collection, 1945-1992: 1 folder (18 leaves, 1 volume)

Kyla Greenbaum--English pianist and composer. She performed the English premiere of Schoenberg's Piano concerto, op. 42. She has also performed his Phantasy, op. 47.
Contents

biographical data (6 leaves)
clipping (1 item: 1951)
correspondence (2 items: 1992)
journal, The Jewish Quarterly containing "Schoenberg and Judaism" by Greenbaum (Spring 1991)
program (2 items: 1945-1951)

Correspondents

ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (1 Item: 1992)
Kyla Greenbaum (1 item: 1992)

Music cited

Programs, clippings: Opp. 42

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Greissle, Felix, 1894-1982 [G8]

Collection, 1899-1987: 3 boxes (104 folders (ca. 2,862 leaves, 4 articles, 9 periodicals, 9 photographs), 20 books, 1 microfilm, 14 programs, 29 scores, 10 recordings)

Felix Greissle--private student of Schoenberg in Vienna (from 1920). He was the rehearsal coach for Schoenberg's Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen in Vienna. He conducted many early performances of Schoenberg's works, including Opp. 4, 13, 21, 24, 26, 28. He was Schoenberg's preferred arranger, and eventually made at least 16 arrangements of Schoenberg's works, including Opp. 9, 10, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 36, 40. In 1921 he married Schoenberg's daughter Gertrud. In 1938 he emigrated to the United States, where he worked as editor-in-chief for the music publishers G. Schirmer and Edward B. Marks Music Corporation. Later he was a consultant to the Theodore Presser Company. He taught theory and composition at Columbia University, and the Philadelphia Academy of Music. He has written an unpublished biography of Schoenberg. See Journal of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute VI/1 (June 1982) pp. 4-7 for an obituary of Greissle and X/1 (June 1987) pp. 65-81 for a fuller description of this collection.
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finding aids (2 items: 1987)
printed announcements (10 items: 1952-1977)
articles (4 items: 1922-1978)
manuscripts, etc. relating to Greissle's book Arnold Schoenberg: Portrait of an Outstanding Musician (12 items: 1970-1982)
books (19 items: 1901-1978: Bellermann, Forte, Goldman, Graf, Hilmar, Leibowitz, Meyerowitz, Moldenhauer, Nettl, Ratz, Reich, Schoenberg Harmonielehre, Sessions, Stuckenschmidt, Szmolyan, etc.)
correspondence (393 items: 1944-1987)
ephemera (5 items)
legal documents (13 items: 1960-1975)
microfilm of Gurrelieder
materials for Mödlinger Schönberg-Woche (7 items: 1979)
music manuscripts (7 items), including Greissle arrangements of Schoenberg's Opp. 24, 40
printed music (29 items: 1899-1969: Bach; Beethoven; Mahler; Schoenberg's Opp. 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 15, 17, 20, 36, 40, 43b, 50a, Gurrelieder; Spinner)
National Endowment for the Humanities documents (3 items: 1978-1981)
newsletters (6 items: 1969-1978)
periodicals (3 items: 1961-1977)
photographs (9 items: 1971-[n.d.]: Dallapiccola, Greissle, Kolisch, Sessions, Trauneck, etc.)
programs (14 items: 1956-1982)
recordings (10 items: 195?-1970), including an interview of Greissle by George Perle
text manuscripts (13 items: 1972-1979), including lists, notes, lectures, interviews

Correspondents

James Abruzzo (1 item: 1973)
American Society of Composers, Arrangers, and Publishers (Martin Bookspan (1 item: 1971))
Arnold Schönberg Gesamtausgabe (Nikos Kokkinis (2 items: 1973-1979), Tadeusz Okuljar (2 items: 1975), Christian M. Schmidt (1 item: 1976), Rudolf Stephan (3 items: 1974-1975), Camilla Überschaer (6 items: 1974-1975))
ASI (Jerry McBride (5 items: 1982-1986), R. Wayne Shoaf (5 items: 1986-1987), Leonard Stein (16 items: 1975-1980), Clara Steuermann (11 items: 1975-1979))
Belmont Music Publishers (Reiko Bissey (2 items: 1973))
Belwin-Mills (H. Willard Gray (1 item: 1978))
Helene Berg (3 items: 1971-1972)
Boosey and Hawkes (W. Stuart Pope (1 item: 1973))
Bremerton Symphony (David Avshalomov (1 item: 1975))
Alfred Brendel (1 item: 1976)
Otto Brusatti (1 item: 1976)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (John S. Edwards (3 items: 1972-1973))
Cleveland Institute of Music (William Kurzban (3 items: 1974))
Composers Conference (Mario Davidovsky (1 item: 1976))
Robert Craft (1 item: 1971)
Karoly Csipak (1 item: 1980)
Curtis Institute (Rudolf Serkin (1 item: 1973))
Luigi Dallapiccola (4 items: 1952-1972)
Desto Records (Horace W. Grenell (1 item: 1972))
Edward B. Marks Music Corp. (Joseph Auslander (4 items: 1972-1973), Bernard Kalban (8 items: 1972-1977), Herbert E. Marks (1 item: 1955), Jean Nadel (2 items: 1972))
Gene [s.n.] (1 item: 1977)
Pia Gilbert (1 item: 1977)
Arnold Greissle (3 items: 1975-1977)
Felix Greissle (89 items: 1969-1981)
Jacqueline Greissle (1 item: 1983)
Robert S. Groban (5 items: 1971-1973)
Hans Grüss (1 item: 1977)
Carl Haverlin (1 item: 1977)
Hans W. Heinsheimer (1 item: 1975)
Jascha Horenstein ((1 item: 1973), Joel Lazar (1 item: 1973))
International Alban Berg Society (Mark DeVoto (2 items: 1971-1972))
Internationale Schönberg-Gesellschaft (Elisabeth Lafite (8 items: 1975-1979))
JFK Center for the Performing Arts (Julius Rudel (2 items: 1973-1974))
Juilliard School (Bennet Ludden (1 item: 1978))
Kay [s.n.] (1 item: 1979)
Rudolf Kolisch (1 item: 1953)
Louis Krasner (1 item: 1974)
Erich Leinsdorf (1 item: 1974)
Lester M. Levin (1 item: 1973)
Library of Congress (Verner W. Clapp (1 item: 1954), Richard S. Hill (1 item: 1949))
Los Angeles Philharmonic (Orrin Howard (1 item: 1977))
Alma Mahler (1 item: 1955)
Manhattan School of Music (George Schick (1 item: 1973))
Diana Mittler Battipaglia (1 item: 1974)
National Endowment for the Humanities (David Coder (1 item: 1978), Barbara Croissant (1 item: 1978))
New England Conservatory (Gunther Schuller (4 items: 1972-1974), Thurston Smith (1 item: 1974))
New York Council of the Humanities (Carol Groneman (1 item: 1978), Fran Jacobs (1 item: 1978))
New York State Council on the Arts (Robert Plunket (1 item: 1977))
Oakland Symphony Orchestra (Harold Farberman (1 item: 1972))
Österreichische Musikzeitschrift (Elisabeth Lafite (4 items: 1979))
Österreichischer Rundfunk (Otto Sertl (2 items: 1974))
George Perle (3 items: 1972)
Perspectives of New Music (Benjamin Boretz (2 items: 1972-1973))
Philadelphia Musical Academy (Donald Chittum (1 item: 1972))
Pittsburgh Symphony Society (William Steinberg (1 item))
Portland Junior Symphony (Jacob Avshalomov (1 item: 1972))
Princeton University Chapel (Walter Nollner (1 item: 1974))
Public Broadcasting Association (James Svejda (8 items: 1977-1978))
Publication Arts (George W. Cooke (1 item: 1978))
Radio Basel (U. Rilschad (1 item: 1973))
Josef Rufer (3 items: 1974)
Rutgers University (George J. Buelow (1 item: 1971: 1971-1973), Robert Moevs (3 items))
San Francisco Chronicle (Robert P. Commanday (1 item: 1972))
Arnold Schoenberg (2 items: 1944-1948)
Georg Schönberg (7 items: 1972-1973)
Gertrud Schoenberg (2 items: 1949-1951)
Lawrence A. Schoenberg (4 items: 1974)
Nuria Schoenberg Nono (5 items: 1963-1975)
B. Schott's Söhne (Arno Volk (4 items: 1974-1975))
Scribner & Miller (Bob Billis (1 item: 1972))
Charles Seeger (1 item: 1975)
Michael Senturia (1 item: 1973)
Roger Sessions (16 items: 1961-1982)
SKO Incorporated (Edward F. O'Rourke (1 item: 1978))
Joan Smith-Bickart (1 item: 1974)
Georg Solti (Enid Blech (1 item: 1974))
William Strickland (2 items: 1972)
Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1 item: 1972)
Joachim Stutchewsky (1 item: 1972)
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (Christopher Keene (1 item: 1979))
Walter Szmolyan (2 items: 1979)
Josef Tal (2 items: 1974-1975)
Tcherepnin (1 item: 1972)
Theater Chamber Players Washington DC (Dina Koston (1 item: 1974))
Theodore Front Musical Literature (Nicholas Elsier (2 items: 1973)
Theodore Front (1 item: 1987))
Theodore Presser Company (Arnold Broido (12 items: 1973-1979))
Francis Thorne (3 items: 1972-1973)
Joseph Trauneck (18 items: 1971-1974)
Berthold Türcke (1 item: 1981)
Universal Edition (Elena Hift (2 items: 1972), Alfred Schlee (3 items: 1969-1976), Oktavian von Spitzmüller (1 item: 1974))
University of Chicago (Ralph Shapey (1 item: 1972))
University of Illinois (Alexander L. Ringer (7 items: 1972-1974))
University of Michigan (Thomas Hilbish (5 items: 1973-1974), Marilyn Mason (1 item: 1973))
University of Southern California (Grant Beglarian (3 items: 1977))
University Society (Warren D. Bagatelle (1 item: 1979))
Westminster Choir College (Robert W. Jones (1 item: 1972))
Wiener Stadtbibliothek (Albert Mitringer (4 items: 1962-1973))
Yale University (Alan Forte (1 item: 1974))
Helmut Zeraschi (3 items: 1976-1977)

Music cited

Programs: Opp. 6, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19-20, 26, 31, 35, 39-42, 43a, 43b, 44, 46, 47, 50a, 50b, 50c, Die Jakobsleiter, Violoncello concerto, "Da meine Lippen reglos sind", "Sage mir auf welchem Pfade", "Streng ist uns das Glück und spröde", Bach transcription
Recordings: Opp. 10, 26, 49

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Gruenberg, Louis, 1884-1964 [G9]

Collection, 1923-1985: 1 folder (15 leaves)

Louis Gruenberg--American composer of Russian origin. He was head of the composition department at the Chicago Musical College (1933-1936). He later moved to California, where he established a reputation as a composer of film music. In 1923, Gruenberg conducted the American premiere (in New York City) of Pierrot Lunaire under the auspices of the International Composer's Guild.
Contents

articles (3 items: 1923-1964)
clippings (9 items: 1922-1964)
correspondence (1 item: 1985)

Correspondents

Joan Gruenberg Cominos (1 item: 1985)

Music cited

Clippings, articles: Op. 21

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Galerie Gerda Bassenge (Berlin) [G11]

Collection, 1914-1991: 1 folder (3 leaves)

Galerie Gerda Bassenge--Berlin dealer in prints (and drawings), old and rare books, and autographs.
Contents

auction item descriptions for correspondence (1 item: 1951) to Southern Music Company (Wladimir Lakond), published music (Pierrot lunaire, op. 21 & Gurre-Lieder)

Correspondents

Arnold Schoenberg (1 item: 1951)

Music cited

Op. 21, Gurre-Lieder

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Galerie Hassfurther (Vienna) [G12]

Collection, 1994-1995: 1 folder (14 leaves, 1 auction catalog)

Galerie Hassfurther--located in the Loos Haus in Vienna's Michaelerplatz, this gallery auctions artworks and autographs.
Contents

auction item descriptions for correspondence (5 items: 1913-1916) to Frau von Egger, Gottfried Kassowitz, 2 items without addressee
correspondence (4 items: 1994-1995)
fliers (2 items: 1994)

Correspondents

ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (2 items: 1994))
Wolf Dietrich Hassfurther (2 items: 1994, 1995)

(updated 4 November 1996)
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