Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Willi Reich collection on Alban Berg, 1905-1956
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Main title
- Willi Reich collection on Alban Berg, 1905-1956 (bulk 1931-1935).
Links
Links
- Finding aid https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021011
- Finding aid (PDF) https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021011.3
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Description
- approximately 275 items (2 boxes, 1.25 linear feet)
Rights advisory
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
- Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021011
LC classification
- ML31 .B453
Variant title
- Alban Berg/Willi Reich collection, 1912-1950
Biography/History note
- Alban Berg (b. Feb. 9, 1885, in Vienna - d. Dec. 24, 1935, in Vienna) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School comprised also of his teacher Arnold Schoenberg and fellow pupil Anton Webern.
- Willi Reich (b. May 27, 1898, in Vienna - d. May 1, 1980, in Zürich) was a music critic and musicologist; he studied composition with A. Berg and later became his biographer.
Organized/Arranged
- Organized into the following series: I. Papers (1905-1935), II. Music (1926-1956).
Summary
- The collection contains correspondence between the composer and musicologist Willi Reich, articles and clippings; also included is printed music for Berg's vocal and instrumental works.
- The Papers series consists chiefly of correspondence between Willi Reich and Alban Berg dating from 1928 to 1935. It also includes a small number of telegrams, clippings, and writings.
- The Music series consists of printed music for Alban Berg's solo songs, chamber works, and orchestral compositions. Published articles and programs accompany several items, and Willi Reich signed or stamped three scores.
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Notes
- The Library of Congress houses holograph scores for Alban Berg's Violin Concerto and his opera Wozzeck . The Library also holds a significant amount of autograph correspondence between Alban Berg and Paul Hohenberg.
- The following Library of Congress Music Division special collections contain materials related to Alban Berg: The Arnold Schoenberg Collection includes letters between Arnold Schoenberg and Berg, as well as Anton Webern; The Rudolph Kolisch Collection also includes holograph correspondence between Kolisch and Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern, as well as holograph music scores; The Alexander von Zemlinsky Collection includes materials related to the Second Viennese School.
- Collection materials mainly in German.
Acquisition source
- Purchase; J & J Lubrano, Music Antiquarians, Great Barrington, Mass.; 1990.
Cite as
- Willi Reich Collection on Alban Berg, Music Division, Library of Congress.
LCCN
- 2006571040
Repository
- Library of Congress Music Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- Willi Reich collection on Alban Berg
- Refer to finding aid
Request in
- Performing Arts Reading Room (Madison, LM113)
Status
- Not Charged
