Kagan, Susan [K1]
Collection, 1960-1992: 1 folder (8 leaves)
Susan Kagan--pianist on the faculty of Hunter College (New York City). She received her baccalaureate from Columbia University, her master's from Hunter College, and her doctorate from the City University of New York. She studied piano with Irma Wolpe and Beveridge Webster.
Contents
- correspondence (2 items: 1992)
- programs (3 items: 1960-1985)
Correspondents
- ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (1 item: 1992))
- Susan Kagan (1 item: 1992)
Music cited
- Programs: Opp. 11, 19, 21, 23, 25, 33a, 33b
Keller, Alfred, 1907- [K2]
Collection, 1958-1980: 1 folder (17 leaves)
Alfred Keller--Swiss composer who studied with Schoenberg at the Preussischer Akademie der Künste (1927-1930). He taught piano at the St. Galischen Lehrerseminar in Rorschach (1946-1958). Two of his atonal compositions are Variationen über ein Thema von A. Schönberg (1968) and Epitaph für A. Schönberg (1957).
Contents
- clippings (3 items: 1977-1980), 2 on Keller, 1 on Józef Koffler (1896-1943?, Schoenberg student 1920-1924)
- biographical essay by Keller entitled "Arnold Schönberg" (13 leaves: 1958?)
Kellermann, Josef [K3]
Collection, 1988-1989: 1 folder (16 leaves), 1 book
Josef Kellermann--vocalist with the ensemble Mex Brothers, and music teacher in Germany. He had an interest in Wolfgang Fraenkel (1897-1983, composer and Schoenberg acquaintance in Los Angeles).
Contents
- book, Kellerman Verzeichnis der Werke von Wolfgang Fraenkel (1897-1983) (Staatsprüfung, Munich, 1989)
- music, Fraenkel Music for String Quartet "To Arnold Schoenberg on his 75th birthday" (unpublished, 1949)
- correspondence (9 items: 1988-1989)
Correspondents
- ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (5 items: 1988-1989))
- Josef Kellermann (4 items: 1988-1989)
Kelley, Dorothea [K4]
Collection, 1934-1987: 1 folder (3 leaves, 1 photograph)
Dorothea Kelley (née Bestor)--manager of the Dallas Chamber Music Society. She was a student of Schoenberg in Chautauqua (1934). She has been a violist in the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Chautauqua Symphony, and the Dallas Symphony, where she was also program annotator for twenty-four years. See Journal of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute 11/2 (Nov. 1988) for a description of Schoenberg's stay at Chautauqua.
Contents
- photograph of Schoenberg with Kelley at Chautauqua (1934)
- correspondence (2 items: 1987)
Correspondents
- ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (1 item: 1987))
- Dorothea Kelley (1 item: 1987)
Kirchner, Leon, 1919- [K5]
Collection, 1964-1990: 1 folder (61 leaves, 1 program)
Leon Kirchner--composer and conductor. He was a student of Schoenberg at the University of California at Los Angeles. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Southern California and Mills College. Since 1961 he has taught at Harvard University. He conducted the Marlboro Music Festival recording of Schoenberg's Opp. 9, 24.
Contents
- article, Kirchner "Notes on Understanding" Dædalus 98/3 (Summer 1969): 739-746
- clippings (52 items: 1964-1990)
- correspondence (4 items: 1975)
- program (1 item: 1972)
Correspondents
- ASI (Clara Steuermann (2 items: 1975))
- Leon Kirchner (2 items: 1975)
Music cited
- Clippings: Opp. 9, 24, 29, 38, 41, Brahms arrangement
Klemperer, Lotte [K6]
Collection, 1930-1996: 1 folder (47 leaves, 6 photographs)
Lotte Klemperer--daughter of the conductor Otto Klemperer. Otto Klemperer performed many of Schoenberg's early works.
Contents
- clippings (8 items: 1934-1936, 1973-1981)
- correspondence (24 items: 1930-1996)
- photographs (6 items: 1935-1936) of Klemperers, Schoenbergs, Ernst Toch, et al.
- Schoenberg autograph (1903)
Correspondents
- ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (1 item: 1992), Clara Steuermann (6 items: 1974-1979))
- California State College at Los Angeles (Ralph Moritz (1 item: 1974))
- Lotte Klemperer (12 items: 1974-1996)
- Otto Klemperer (1 item: 1930)
- Arnold Schoenberg (2 items: 1935-1951)
- Gertrud Schoenberg (1 item: 1941)
Music cited
- Clippings: Op. 18, String Suite
(updated 19 June 1997)
Kohler, Stephan [K7]
Collection, 1928-1994: 1 folder (8 leaves)
Stephan Kohler--director of the Richard-Strauss-Institut in Munich.
Contents
- correspondence (2 items: 1991, 1994)
- music manuscript, Schoenberg's "Dreistimmiger Canon, Genossenschaft Deutscher Ton-Setzer"
Correspondents
- ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (1 item: 1991))
- Stephan Kohler (1 item: 1994)
(updated 12 November 1996)
Koldofsky, Adolph, 1905-1951 [K8]
Collection, 1948-1979: 2 boxes (21 folders (202 leaves, 4 volumes))
Adolph Koldofsky--London-born violinist, who spent many years (1912-1946) in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver) where he was a leading performer and musicologist. In 1946 he moved to Los Angeles, where he was instrumntal in reviving the International Society for Contemporary Music Los Angeles Chapter. At the ISCM-sponsored 75th-birthday concert for Schoenberg (1949), Koldofsky premiered Schoenberg's Op. 47 (which was dedicated to him) and also performed Opp. 41 & 45.
Contents
- finding aids
- articles, "Birthday Canons...to Carl Engel" (1949)
- biographical data (3 items)
- catalog, "El Instituto Interamericano do Musicologia, Uruguay"
- clipping (1 item: 1949)
- correspondence (10 items: 1949-1954, 1978-1979)
- manuscript and printed scores of Opp. 29 (printed score (Universal Edition 8685)), 45 (manuscript facsimile, photostatic copies of the parts), 47 (manuscript facsimile, transparencies of score & violin part, plus 2 copies of the violin part, printed edition (Peters 6060), printed edition (miniature score))
- corrections for Opp. 45 (25 leaves), 47 (32 leaves)
- photographs (6 items: [n.d.]-1950) of Koldofsky, Schoenberg, et al.
- programs (7 items: 1949-1951)
- script, "Music of Today"
- business card, Velma Tetzlaff
Correspondents
- ASI (Clara Steuermann (1 item: 1978))
- Theodore Front (1 item: 1978)
- Russell Garcia (1 item: 1950)
- Adolph Koldofsky (1 item: 1951)
- Gwendolyn Koldofsky (1 item: 1979)
- Arnold Schoenberg (4 items: 1949-1950)
Music cited
- Programs, clipping, invitation: Opp. 1, 12, 41, 45, 47, Engel canons, Moses und Aron
Kolisch, Maria, 1896-1987 [K9]
Collection, 1912-1980: 1 folder (135 leaves, 60 photographs)
Maria "Mitzi" Kolisch (married name, Seligmann)--worked in the field of medicine for most of her life, initially beginning as a World War I nurse in her father's field hospital. In the 1940s she worked in an agricultural research laboratory at the University of California at Riverside, developing hybrid strains of cotton. Thereafter she worked for many years in various hospitals in the San Francisco area in the field of nuclear medicine, teaching the proper handling of radio isotopes. She was the sister of Gertrud Kolisch (who became the wife of Arnold Schoenberg) and Rudolf Kolisch (violinist of the Kolisch Quartet, who performed many Schoenberg works).
Contents
- biographical data (3 items)
- exhibit brochure (2 items: 1978)
- clippings (4 items: 1956-1980)
- chronology of Pro Arte Quartet
- correspondence (6 items: 1978-1980)
- photographs (60 items: 1912-1978) of Nuria, Lawrence, Ronald, Arnold, Gertrud Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Rudolf Kolisch, Maria Kolisch, Kolisch Quartet, et al.
- programs (2 items: 1978-1979)
- invitations (3 items: [n.d.]-1978)
- newsletter, San Franciso State University Info 170 (7 July 1975), announcing acquisition of Schoenberg letters
- interview transcript (21 pp.: 23 Mar. 1978), Kolisch with Schoenberg seminar students at New England Conservatory
- lecture script, Kolisch on Beethoven (29 pp.)
Correspondents
- ASI (Clara Steuermann (3 items: 1978-1980))
- Maria Kolisch (3 items: 1978-1980)
Music cited
- Programs: Opp. 19, 30
Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991 [K10]
Collection, 1979-1992: 1 folder (11 leaves, 5 booklets, 1 photograph)
Ernst Krenek--noted Austrian composer, who utilized Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. He studied with Franz Schreker (1923-1925) and Paul Bekker (1925-1927). He was a correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung (1930-1933). He came to the United States in 1937, eventually becoming a citizen in 1945. He taught at Vassar College (1939-1942) and Hamline University (1942-1947). He lived principally in California (1947-1992), but when in Austria, he frequently lived in the Schönberg Mödling house.
Contents
- biographical data (2 items)
- catalogs of works (2 items: 1980-1982)
- correspondence (1 item: 1979)
- death announcement (1992)
- invitation (1 item: 1991)
- photograph of Krenek
- programs (2 items: [n.d.]-1979)
- song texts (3 leaves)
Correspondents
- ASI (Clara Steuermann (1 item: 1979))
Kronold, Edward [K11]
Collection, 1931: 1 folder (1 score)
No biographical information available.
Contents
- score, Hanns Eisler, Die Massnahme, op. 20 (Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1931)
Kwartin-Friedmann, Clara [K12]
Collection, 1924-1977: 1 folder (9 leaves, 4 photographs)
Clara Kwartin-Friedmann--vocalist who was acquainted with Schoenberg (1924). She sang the premiere of Anton Webern's Trakllieder, op. 14, at the Donaueschingen Festival (1924).
Contents
- correspondence (3 items: 1977)
- photographs (4 items: 1924) of Kwartin, Schoenberg, Kolisch Quartet, Webern, Paul Stefan, et al.
Correspondents
- ASI (Clara Steuermann (2 items: 1977))
- Clara Kwartin-Friedmann (1 item: 1977)
Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna) [K13]
Collection, 1995: 1 folder (53 leaves)
The Kunsthalle Wien is a large, temporary exhibition space near the Karlskirche and the Technical University in Vienna.
Contents
- clippings for multi-media exhibit by Dara Birnbaum (8 October to 19 November 1995)
(updated 24 October 1996)
Knussen, Oliver, 1952- [K14]
Collection, 1995: 1 folder (29 leaves, 2 sound recordings)
Oliver Knussen--British composer; conducted performances of three Schoenberg one-act operas at the Muziektheater in Amsterdam (March 1995).
Contents
- photocopies of clippings (29 leaves)
- sound recordings (2 tape cassettes)
Music cited
- Clippings and sound recordings: Opp. 17, 18, 32
(updated 12 November 1996)
Kravitz, Ellen King [K15]
Collection, 1989-1995: 1 folder (3 leaves)
Ellen King Kravitz--musicologist active in the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society.
Contents
- correspondence (1 item: 1989)
- program (2 leaves)
Correspondents
- ASI (Heidi Lesemann (1 item: 1989))
(updated 12 November 1996)