Contents

Collection Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Organization of the Harold Bauer Collection

Selected Search Terms

Music

Correspondence

Writings by and about Harold Bauer

Writings, Other

Clippings, 1887-1951

Publicity

Awards & Certificates

Miscellany

Iconography

Realia

Harold Bauer Collection

Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress

2005

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.

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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 Fauré, 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 Prunières, 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 and about Harold Bauer series, which contains articles and speeches by Bauer on a wide range of music-related topics. The collection also includes publicity material regarding Bauer and 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 variety of material contained within this collection reflects the multi-faceted personality and diverse interests of a man devoted to the pursuit of his art, and its appreciation by its listeners.

A copy of the finding aid is located in BOX/FOLDER 1/1.

Kevin LaVine, June 1995

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Selected Search Terms

People

• Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951--Archives.
• Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951--Correspondence.
• Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951--Manuscripts.
• Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951--Photographs.
• Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951.
• Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951.
• Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951. Harold Bauer, his book.
• Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959--Correspondence.
• Boulanger, Nadia--Correspondence.
• Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973--Correspondence.
• Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924--Correspondence.
• Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961--Correspondence.
• Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987--Correspondence.
• Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957--Correspondence.
• Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934--Correspondence.
• Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931--Correspondence.
• Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962--Correspondence.
• Loeffler, Charles Martin, 1861-1935--Correspondence.
• Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964--Correspondence.
• Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925--Correspondence.
• Pachmann, Vladimir de, 1848-1933--Correspondence.
• Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941--Correspondence.
• Philipp, Isidore, 1863-1958--Correspondence.
• Prunières, Henry, 1886-1942--Correspondence.
• Ruggles, Carl, 1876-1971--Correspondence.
• Salzedo, Carlos, 1885-1961--Correspondence.
• Schirmer, Gustave, 1890-1965--Correspondence.
• Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977--Correspondence.
• Zimbalist, Efrem--Correspondence.

Organizations

• Beethoven Association (New York, N.Y.)

Subjects

• Music--20th century--History and criticism.
• Music--20th century.
• Music--Manuscripts.
• Musicians--Photographs.
• Pianists--United States.

Form/Genre

• Artifacts (Object genre)
• Awards.
• Clippings (Information artifacts)
• Correspondence.
• Photographic prints.
• Programs (Documents)
• Promotional materials.

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Organization of the Harold Bauer Collection

The Harold Bauer Collection is organized in ten series:

• Music
• Correspondence
• Writings by and about Harold Bauer
• Writings, Other
• Clippings
• Publicity
• Awards & Certificates
• Miscellany
• Iconography
• Realia

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Container List

Music

The Music series is represented by holograph materials by Harold Bauer, printed and photo reproductions.

Arranged alphabetically by composer and title therein.

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Come unto me. [Sonata, A minor, vn solo: Aria.] HB holograph score, 2 p.

Toccata [C minor, organ solo]. HB holograph score, 19 p.

Bauer, Harold

The B.A. bids you welcome (Greeting). Mixed choir (SATB) (English). Holograph score, 1 p.

[Cadenzas for Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major.] Holograph scores, 2, 3 p.

Invention for modulation in two voices. Holograph score, 2 p.

The pianist's warming up exercises. Photoreproduced copy of holograph score, 2 p.

A simple primer for practical keyboard modulation. Photoreproduced copy of holograph score, 2 p.

Ye sweet retreat (after William Boyce).New York: G. Schirmer, . 1943

Ye sweet retreat (after William Boyce). Holograph scores for 2 pianos; 2, 2 p.

Beethoven, Ludwig van

[Sonata, no. 23, op. 57, "Appassionata" (?)]. Photographed copy of unidentified manuscript.

Boyce, William

A new song for Solomon. Photoreproduced copy of unidentifiable printed score, 2 p.

Brahms, Johannes

My faithful heart rejoices. [Herzlich tut mich erfreuen, op. 122, no. 4.] HB holograph score with pasteovers, 3 p.

von Bülow, Hans

If order is Heaven's first law. Photoreproduced copy of Berliner Musikalien-Druckerei edition, n.d., 4 p.

Deis, Carl

Fleet fingers (Toccatina). Photoreproduced copy, 4 p., bound.

Franck, César

Variationen über Von diesen Händchen, so sanft, so meich.Leipzig: Fr. Hofmeister, n.d.

Grainger, Percy

British Folk Music Settings: 6. Irish Tune from County Derry.London: Schott & Co., . 1911

Jones, Robert

Ye love of change. HB holo- graph score, 2 p.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Sonata [D major, pf solo]. HB holograph scores, 27, 14 p.

Purcell, Henry

Siciliano. HB holograph score, 5 p.

Royce, Edward

Noon tideBoston: Arthur P. Schmidt Co., . 1921

A set of eight: VI. "... darkly"; IV. Interlude; V. JoyanceNew York: G. Schirmer, . 1919

Theme and Variations, A minorNew York: G. Schirmer, . 1917

Variations in A minor Holograph (?) score, 13 p.

Schumann, Robert

Sonata, A minor, op. 105 Holograph arranger's piano score (1944), 33 p.

Sonata, D minor, op. 121 HB holograph scores for pf (32 p.), vn part (26 p.).

[Studien für den Pedal-Flügel, op. 56, no. 4.] HB holograph scores, 5, 5 p.

Sunrise [Gesänge der Frühe, op. 133, no. 3]. HB holograph scores, 6, 5 p.

Sonneck, Oscar G.

Ein Kleiner Lieder Cyklus zu Gedichten von Theodor Storm, op. 18 (1918). Photoreproduction of holograph score, 12 p.

Vier Pessimistische Lieder, op. 17 (1917). Photoreproduction of holograph score, 13 p.

[Unidentified]

Fandango Photographed copy, 4 p.

Flourish (French Soldiers' War Tune) HB holograph score, 10 p.

[Unidentified reverse print, 1 p.]

Correspondence

The Correspondence series is represented by many letters from Harold Bauer's peers (number of items in each folder appear within parentheses following the folder name).

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

Aeolian Company (4)

Aldrich, Richard (2)

Ashe, Mrs. Bowman Foster (2)

Baldwin Piano Company (8)

Barrère, Georges (1)

Bauer, Harold, 1911-1951, undated

Bitter, John (10)

Bloch, Ernest (7)

Boulanger, Nadia (3)

Casals, Pablo (1)

Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague (1)

Damrosch, Frank (5) and Walter Damrosch

Deis, Carl (2)

Delius, Frederick (photoreproduction of ALS, 2 p., to P. Grainger) (1)

Einstein, Alfred (1)

Enesco, Georges (1)

Engel, Carl (3)

Erskine, John (1)

Fauré, Gabriel (1)

Gabrilowitsch, Ossip (4) and Clara Gabrilowitsch

Ganz, Rudolph (1)

Gavin, Basil (4)

Goodrich, Wallace (4)

Grainger, Percy (22) and Elsa Grainger

Hale, Philip (1)

Heifetz, Jascha (1)

Hess, Myra (1)

Hofmann, Josef (2)

Holst, Gustav (1)

Honeywell, Eugenia (2)

Huberman, Bronislaw (1)

d'Indy, Vincent (1)

van Katwijk, Paul (6)

Kortshak, Alice (1)

Kreisler, Fritz (4)

Library of Congress (4)

Loeffler, Charles Martin (4)

Manhattan School of Music (NY) (12)

Martin, Mary (1)

Mason, Henry Lowell (11)

Mason & Hamlin Company (6)

Miami, University of (Coral Gables, FL) (9)

Monteux, Pierre (4)

Moor, Emmanuel (8)

Moszkowski, Moritz (1)

W. W. Norton & Company (11)

de Pachmann, Vladimir (2)

Paderewski, Ignace Jan (1)

Peabody Conservatory of Music (Baltimore, MD) (2)

Philipp, Isidore (6)

Picquart, Georges (3)

Prunières, Henry (1)

Putnam, Brenda (4)

Rabaud, Henri (1)

Radio Corporation of America/RCA Victor (1)

Reese, Gustave (4)

Rosenthal, Marie (1)

Ruggles, Carl (3)

Rummel, Walter Morse (4)

Salmon, Joseph (2)

Salzedo, Carlos (1)

Schenck, Martin (4)

Schirmer, Gustave (4)

Schumann Memorial Foundation (5)

Sembrich, Marcella (1)

Steinway, Theodore (1)

Stokowski, Leopold (3) and Olga Samaroff Stokowski

Thibaud, Jacques (1)

Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) (9)

Van Loon, Henrik, 1931-1944, undated

Wilcox & White Piano Roll Company (4)

Yale University, School of Music (2)

Zimbalist, Efrem (1)

Miscellaneous, A-C (30)

Miscellaneous, D-H (21)

Miscellaneous, I-P (33)

Miscellaneous, R-Z (40)

Unidentified (6)

Writings by and about Harold Bauer

The Writings by and about series consists of three subseries: Harold Bauer, His Book (autobiography); Speeches by Harold Bauer; Speeches about Harold Bauer. The first subseries, Harold Bauer, His Book (autobiography), consists of holograph manuscript, previously bound in several spiral notebooks.

Arranged by subject, title or provenance.

Harold Bauer, His Book (autobiography)

"London/1873 to 1892" ; 91, 17 p., in ink and in pencil, with pasteovers.

"Paris/1893-1913" ; 65 p., in ink, with pasteovers and inserted printed material.

"Paris/1900-1913 (continued)" ; 85 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

"Chapter" ; 48 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

"Chapter" ; 33 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

"Chapter" ; 35 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

"Chapter" ; 31 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

"Chapter" ; 22 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

"Chapter" ; 20 p., in ink.

"Chapter" ; 27 p., in ink.

"Chapter" ; 22 p., in ink.

"Chapter" ; 19 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

"Havana, a green cigar, a hat and a bottle of rum" ; 35 p., in ink, with pasteovers.

Typescript, p. 50-81, complete.

Typescript, 11 p. (miscellaneous pages between p. 22 and p. 135).

Typescript, 88 p., unnumbered ("p. 187 ?" on first page).

Typescript, 17, 5 (printed), 3 p., unnumbered ("p. 298 ?" on first page).

Typescript, 14 p., unnumbered, with 5 p. pasteovers in HB's hand.

Speeches & Articles by Harold Bauer

"Address by HB at Cleveland, Ohio, December 11th, 1930," typed, 11 p. (2 copies).

[Address to the Beethoven Association]: "From Rabelais-/Chapter: Abbey de Thélème," holograph, undated, in ink, 1 p.

"Address to the Neighborhood Music School," (New York, 1928 Apr 8), printed pamphlet, 8 p. (2 copies).

[Address to Omaha music teachers], typed, undated, 4 p. (missing first page?).

"All Join In," clipping from Music Clubs Magazine, c. 1933, 2 p.

[Amateur musicians and music clubs], typed, undated, 1 p.; carbon copy of typed copy, undated, 1 p.

"Answer to Correspondents" (regarding Chopin's Polonaise, Franck's Variations), holograph, undated, ink, 1 p.

"Beethoven/Lecture...for Beethoven Association," holograph, ink and pencil, undated, 18 p.

"Beethoven Association/April 18th, 1925./Address of the President at/the General Meeting," typed, with pasteovers, 11 p.

"B.A. [Beethoven Association] Feb 12, 1934," holograph, 2 p.

[Definition of music], holograph, undated, ink, 1 p.

"Delusions of Piano Technic/Even Scale as a Handicap - Emotional and Mechanical Studies Inseparable," clipping from New York (?), December 1928, 2 p.

"Dinner with [Vladimir] de Pachmann - New York, June 17, 1924 or [2]5 ?", holograph, ink and pencil, 6 p.

"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.

"Expression in Music," holograph, undated, ink, 9 p.

[Foreword to a piano method book], holograph, undated, ink and pencil, 5 p.

"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,

[Inborn musical sense and amateur musicians], typed, undated, 4 p. (incomplete); carbon copy of original, undated, 6 p. (complete).

HB and Wollstein, R.H. "Let the Amateur Make Music," clipping from The Etude, July 1931, 1 p.

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

[Letter to members of the Beethoven Association], holograph, ink, dated 1935 Dec 30, 4 p.

[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

[Notes regarding Chopin's Polonaise, Liszt's Etude], holograph, undated, pencil, 1 p.

"Notes on Robert Schumann," typed, undated, 3 p.; carbon copies of typed copy, 2 p.

[Participation in music], holograph, undated, ink, 3 p.

"Popular Music," holograph, undated, ink, 22 p.

"Popular music," typed, undated, ink, 21 p.

[Pythagorean monochord notes], holograph, undated, pencil, with sketches, 1 p.

"Robert Schumann," holograph, undated, 20 p.

"Schumann's Novelette, op. 99, no. 9," clipping from The Etude, August 1951, 4 p.

"Self Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," reprinted from The Musical Quarterly, vol. XXIX, no. 2, April 1943; p. 153-168.

[Support for government funding for the arts], typed, with emendations in ink and in pencil, undated, 5 p.

"Wm. Lym [?] Phelps: Autobiography/Ye Love of Change," holograph, undated, ink, 3 p.

[Miscellaneous notes in HB's hand], 4 p.

Speeches & Articles about Harold Bauer

Downes, Olin. "Harold Bauer." Typescript of lecture given as part of the "Bauer Memorial Broadcast," radio station WQXR, 1951 Mar 14, 3 p.

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.

Fulles músicals. Revista patrocinada per l'Associació de Música da Camera, 1927 Oct 15 (v. 1, no. 1) (Barcelona, Spain), 24 p. Contains biography of HB on p. 4.

Heylbut, Rose. "Education as Emancipation/A Conference with Harold Bauer," clipping from The Etude, May 1948, 2 p.

[Volpe, Marie (?)]. "Marie Volpe on Music," transcript of interview with HB, conducted in Miami, 1948 Feb 21; typed, 7 p.

Writings, Other

The Writings, Other series consists of two subseries: Beethoven Association and Other. This series is represented by periodicals and publications related to Harold Bauer or his compositions.

Arranged by author or title.

Beethoven Association material

Constitution and By-laws of the Beethoven Association, printed pamphlet, dated April 1923 (?).

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated April 1925, 29 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated April 1926, 26 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated April 1927, 23 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated May 1928, 25 p. (two copies).

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated May 1929, 28 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated June 1930, 28 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated June 1931, 37 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated June 1932, 30 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated June 1933, 43 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated July 1934, 36 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated September 1935, 30 p. (two copies).

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated July 1936, 36 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated August 1937, 34 p.

Beethoven Association Annual Report, bound pamphlet, dated August 1938, 32 p. (two copies).

Other

L'Aide affectueuse aux Musiciens, Members' report, June 1918, 12 p.

American Federation of Musicians, Official Journal of, Local 802, AssociatedMusicians of Greater New York, May 1941 (v. XV, no. 7), 27 p.

American Federation of Musicians, Official Journal of, Local 802, AssociatedMusicians of Greater New York, October 1941 (v. XV, no. 12), p. 1-12.

[American Piano Company publicity brochure ("Pianos old and new")]. Cleveland: Caxton Company, 1924, 14 p.

"Appreciation of Music" Bulletin, the South Orange-Maplewood (NJ?) Adult School, dated 1940 Jan 23. Photoreproduced program notes of original typescript, 2 p.

The Bohemians/By-laws/List of members, printed pamphlet, dated December 1934, 32 p.

Elwell, Herbert. "The Search for method in Modernism," lecture delivered at Oberlin Conservatory, 1949 Nov 15. Photoreproduced copy, 15 p.

[Ernest E. Gottlieb Company sales catalog (No. XI: "Musicology/Part one")], undated, 28 p.

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.

Hickman, C.N. "A Description of a new grand piano and comparison with the present grand action." Carbon copies of original typescript and photo- reproductions, undated, 30 p.

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.

Keilhau, Wilhelm. "Edvard Grieg... - A Chapter of Norwegian history," reprinted from The Norseman, 1943 (v. I, no. 3), 20 p.

The "Last" Stradivarius Cello. Printed pamphlet, copyrighted by Russell B. Kingman, 1944, 8 p.

[Manhattan School of Music Concert and Placement Bureau publicity pamphlet ("Treasure House of Talent")], undated. Contains photo of HB.

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.

Nossig, Alfred. J.J. Paderewski. Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, n.d., 33 p.

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.

Pochon, Alfred. Musique d'autrefois/Interprétation d'aujourd'hui. Geneva: Édition Henn, 1943, 72 p. Inscribed to HB by the author.

[Pythagorean monochord notes]: carbon copies of original typescript, excerpted from Dowland, John, Andreas ornithoparcus/His micrologues or Introductioncontaining the Art of Singing... Also the Dimensions and Perfect use ofthe Monochord according to Guido Aretinus (London, n.p., 1609), 3 p. Contains annotations and sketches in pencil.

[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.

Riemenschneider, Albert. Some Aspects of 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, 1950), 23 p.

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.

Schenck, Janet D. Adventure in Music. A Reminiscence. Manhattan School of Music1918-1960. Published by the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1961, 111 p.

Spivacke, Harold. "Paganiniana," offprint from The Library of Congress QuarterlyJournal of Current Acquisitions, February 1945 (v. II, no. 2) (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945), 19 p.

Taylor, Robert Lewis. [Three articles on Percy Grainger], clippings from The NewYorker, early 1948, 16 p.; photoreproduced copy of these, 21 p.

Tibbett, Lawrence. "My Most Momentous Musical Moment," clipping from The Etude, c. 1942, 2 p.

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. This I believe! Pamphlet printed by the American Unitarian Association (Boston, MA), May 1943, 1 p. (two copies).

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. To have or to be - take your choice. New York: John Day Company, 1932, 28 p. Inscribed by the author on front cover.

Clippings, 1887-1951

The Clippings series is represented by printed matter relating to Harold Bauer's music or performances (number of items in each folder appear within parentheses following the folder name).

Arranged chronlogically.

Clippings, 1887-1919 (26)

Clippings, 1920-1924 (20)

Clippings, 1925-September 1926 (38)

Clippings, October 1926 (55)

Clippings, November 1926-December 1927 (27)

Clippings, 1928-1929 (25)

Clippings, 1930-1932 (48)

Clippings, 1933-1934 (19)

Clippings, 1935-1938 (28)

Clippings, 1939-1942 (37)

Clippings, 1943 (47)

Clippings, 1944-1945 (26)

Clippings, 1946-1950 (27)

Clippings, 1951- (9)

Clippings: Obituaries (17)

Clippings regarding Harold Bauer: His Book (47)

Clippings regarding F. Chopin (27)

Clippings regarding I. Paderewski (18)

Clippings, miscellaneous, A-N (62)

Clippings, miscellaneous, O-R (47)

Clippings, miscellaneous, S-Z (13)

Clippings, undated (69)

Publicity

The Publicity series consists of three subseries: Programs, Bound; Programs, Unbound; and Tour Materials (number of items in each folder appear within parentheses following the folder name). The bound programs were originally contained in five leather-bound volumes.

Arranged chronologically.

Programs, Bound

"Programmes, 1892-1905"

"Programmes, 1905-1909"

"Programmes, 1909-1911"

"American programmes, 1900-1904"

"American programmes, 1905-1908"

Programs, Unbound, 1899-1949

Printed programs, -1899 (1)

Printed programs, 1910-12 (31)

Printed programs, 1913 (31)

Printed programs, 1914-19 (9)

Printed programs, 1920-26 (15)

Printed programs, 1927-29 (17)

Printed programs, 1930 (16)

Printed programs, 1931-32 (19)

Printed programs, 1933-34 (15)

Printed programs, 1935-36 (14)

Printed programs, 1937-39 (10)

Printed programs, 1940-49 (31)

Printed programs, undated: solo recitals by HB (17)

Printed programs, undated: recitals by HB with others (17)

Printed programs by others, with references to HB (21)

Miscellaneous programs (3)

Material Regarding Concert Tours, 1936-1944

"Press book[s] for HB," (2 items) containing biographical information; one photo- reproduction of typescript; the other printed.

Tour lists, itineraries, 14 p., typed and in pencil.

Tour programs, 1936, 36 p.

Tour programs, 1937, 53 p.

Tour programs, 1938, 37 p.

Tour programs, 1939, 16 p.

Tour programs, 1940, 21 p.

Tour programs, 1941, 18 p.

Tour programs, 1942, 10 p.

Tour programs, 1943-44, 18 p.

Miscellaneous publicity, 20 p.

Awards & Certificates

The Awards and Certificates series is represented by such documents given to Harold Bauer in recognition of his achievements.

Arranged by subject.

Certificate naming HB a "Chevalier" of the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, issued at Paris, 1927 Jan 12 & 14.

Certificate from Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, and Maria Cristina, Queen Regent, naming HB a "Caballero" of the Ordem Española de Isabel la Católica, issued 1901 Sep 22.

Handwritten document honoring HB, signed by the Queen Regent of Portugal, dated 1902 Dec 1; original envelope included.

Certificate from the Ministère de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts (Paris, France), naming HB an "Officier d'Académie"; issued at Paris, 1903 Mar 1.

Certificate from the Ministère de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts (Paris, France), naming HB an "Officier d'Instruction Publique"; issued at Paris, 1908 May 23.

Certificate of honorary membership in Mu Phi Delta music fraternity, Colgate University chapter (Hamilton, NY), issued 1937 Apr 20.

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.

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).

Miscellany

The Miscellany series consists of two subseries: Legal & Financial and Other.

Arranged by subject or format.

Legal & Financial Papers

Birth certificate, issued at London, 1917 June 13.

Certificate of (American) naturalization, issued at New York, 1924 Jul 10.

Miscellaneous legal, financial papers, 13 p.

Other

Recordings and piano rolls: lists, related publicity, 9 p.

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

Stamp collection: postage stamps honoring composers, a writer (A. Pushkin), and music in general; contains 21 stamps; dated "Omaha, 4/13/44."

Other, 15 items.

Iconography

The Iconography series consists of five subseries: Harold Bauer Alone; Harold Bauer with Others; Photographs of Others; Photographs, Other; and Artwork. When indicated, name and location of photographer, in parentheses, and any other written or printed indications, in quotation marks and in parentheses.

Arranged by subject.

Photographs of Harold Bauer Alone

HB as young boy, with violin (Offenbach/New York)

HB as young boy, framed photograph, dated 1886 [FRAGILE]

HB, dated 1896 (Elliott & Fry, London)

HB as young man ("Property of Loudon G. Charlton/Carnegie Hall/New York.")

HB as young man, reprinted (halftone) photo

HB at piano, dated 1897 (Herm. Hamnqvist, Stockholm)

HB (Window & Grove, London)

HB, inscribed to Gottfried Mann (?), dated 1898 (Photographie Société anonyme / Kosmos, Amsterdam)

HB as young man ("about 1900")

HB aboard the S.S. France ("Sept 26 - Oct 2nd 1931")

HB at piano (Apeda/New York)

Framed collection of photographs (11) of HB [FRAGILE]

HB at age 50, framed photograph [FRAGILE]

HB (Selmer Norland/Kristiania)

HB with cigarette ("29/MP")

HB at Bar Harbor, ME

HB ("...as Meyerbeer, April 28, 1933 (his 60th birthday)/At the `Opera Ball' (benefit for Opera)") (Albert R. Dupont/New York)

HB (at "Manhattan School/May 1948")

HB (Kossuth/Wheeling, WV)

HB seated, in profile (C. Bennette Moore/New Orleans)

HB in profile (Palomba/Napoli)

HB ("Last and best mature photo ... by Argianni")

HB (at "Naples, Italy")

HB with book

HB at piano ("Miami Herald Photo/Miami, Florida/Winter 1945")

HB (at "University of Miami")

HB ("Apeda/New York")

HB (3 items; Arnold Genthe/New York)

HB (2 items; John Haley/Hartford, CT)

HB in Paris (3 items)

HB (2 items; unidentified photographers)

Photoreproduction of drawing of HB as a young boy, with violin, by "J.M.B[.,19]88"

Photo of drawing of HB by Charles Boiry, Paris, 1910

Photo of drawing of HB by Katharine M. Gericke, 1932

Photographs of Harold Bauer with Others

Mr. & Mrs. HB at "Sedgemere," their home at St. James, Long Island, New York

HB, O. Gabrilowitsch (verso: "First 2-piano artists in U.S.A.")

HB, P. Casals, ? (verso: "on tour")

HB, F. Kreisler, J. Hofmann (at Seal Harbor, Maine)

HB, B. Huberman, F. Salmond, L. Tertis (autographed by all pictured)

Group photo (including P. Grainger, etc.) ("Moszkowski Benefit Concert/Met Opera House [,] Dec 1923")

Group photo (including G. Barrère, etc.) ("Moszkowski Benefit Concert - Party at the home of Ernest Shelling. New York.") (Pack Bros./New York)

Publicity calendar for the Baldwin Piano Company for 1931, including photographs of W. Gieseking, J. Iturbi, J. Lhevinne, etc.

Group photo (including G. Barrère, L. Auer, F. Damrosch, et al.) of the "annual meeting dinner of the Beethoven Association and the 50th birthday of our president Harold Bauer. The Biltmore [New York, NY] April 28, 1923." (Photo by Drucker & Baltes Co.)

Photographs of Others

Wynne Pyle Bauer (2 items; Arnold Genthe/New York)

Wynne Pyle Bauer ("Arpeda" on verso [=Apeda (photographer)/New York ?])

Photo of drawing of L. van Beethoven

L. van Beethoven: tomb

David Bistham (inscribed, dated 1910)

Ernest Bloch (inscribed to HB, "San Francisco, Mar 1928")

Walter Damrosch (2 items: one unsigned; the other inscribed to HB, "Dec. 28/1922")

Claude Debussy (inscribed, dated August 1916)

Wilhelm Gericke [?] (inscribed "With love from Paula and Katharine Gericke / Vienna, April 1930") (Selzer/Vienna)

Yvette Guilbert (inscribed to HB) (Marcia Stein)

Photo of drawing of Ferdinand von Hiller

Photo of drawing of Joseph Joachim

Franz Liszt (Louis Held/Weimar)

Lillian Nordica (inscribed to "Mrs. Beringer", dated 1894) (W. Höffert/Berlin)

Ignace Jan Paderewski (inscribed "New York/Nov 2nd, 1907/W. Pyle") (G. Nitsche/Lausanne)

Anton Rubinstein; contains handwritten quotation from Plato on verso (J. Ganz / Bruxelles)

Franz Schubert: memorial

Photos of drawings of Robert and Clara Schumann (4 items)

Leopold Stokowski (inscribed to HB)

Rabindranath Tagore (autographed) (E.S. Curtis/Seattle)

Jacques and Marguerite Thibaud (inscribed to "Marie"), "New York, 1917."

Miscellaneous/unidentified photos of drawings/lithographs (2 items)

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)

Photographs, Other

Plaster, bronze castings of HB's hands (2 items) [FRAGILE]

HB's Baldwin piano

HB's medals

Bust of HB by Brenda Putnam (3 items)

"Sedgemere," St. James, Long Island, New York

Photo of drawing of female head and shoulders titled "Appassionata"

Photo of drawing of nude female torso titled "Moonlight Sonata"

Artwork

Self-portrait of HB, in blue pencil, titled "David and Goliath," dated 1926 Jun 12

Drawing of HB, in ink and watercolor, by Bento Barboza (São Paulo, Brazil, 1904)

Drawing of HB by Kulh Brut, in ink

Drawing (caricature) of HB by Massaguer, in pencil, dated 1933

Silhouette drawing of HB, P.Casals, in ink ("Van-Castelle, Spain")

Silhouette drawing of HB (reproduction), dated Paris, May 1901

L. van Beethoven: lithograph of the composer "in his Study," by Carl Schloesser

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

Realia

The Realia series is represented by artifacts from the Harold Bauer Collection.

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.

Arranged by subject.

Plaster casting of HB's hands [* FRAGILE *]

Metronome, with key, in chamois pouch.

Medal, boxed, inscribed "Sciencias, Letras e Artes" (Lisbon, Portugal).

Medal, boxed, inscribed "Por Isabel la Católica" (Madrid, Spain).

Medal, boxed, inscribed "Honneur et Patrie" (Paris, France).

Medal, bronze, 2 5/8" (6.8 cm) diameter, without inscription.

Medal, bronze, 3 1/8" (8 cm) diameter, from the society "La Trompette," inscribed "Souvenir de E. Lemoine/Harold Bauer."