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Biographical Note
Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Hugo Leichtentritt Papers consist of music manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, programs, scrapbooks, and writings on music history, criticism, and theory. The collection spans the period 1888 to 1972, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1890 to the 1933. Leichtentritt's personal compositions include songs, and works for solo piano, organ, small instrumental combinations, and orchestra. These are chiefly represented by manuscript scores, parts, and sketches. Leichtentritt's dramatic works are often regarded as his most significant original compositions: Esther (1923-1926), Cantata, op. 27: Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron (1930), and his comedic opera, Der Sizilianer (1915-1918). A handwritten thematic index, located in box 21, provides details about the history of many of his compositions. Leichtentritt frequently reconstructed or arranged the compositions of other composers to illustrate concepts for teaching. These are respresented in the subseries of "Music by Other Composers" alongside scores and parts by various composers, including Bach, Haydn, Handel, and Monteverdi. Lichtentritt's settings of texts by the German poets Richard Dehmel and Friedrich Hölderlin are extensively represented. The collection also contains seven scrapbooks that date from 1888 to 1933. These span Leichtentritt's early career, from his years as an undergraduate at Harvard University, through his employment at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin, to his later hiring by Harvard in 1933. The albums chiefly contain articles, clippings, correspondence, programs, and promotional material in German and English about various musical performances and composers. Leichtentritt's writings consist of manuscript and typescript drafts of articles, essays, critical commentary, and analyses. Most notable are the materials for his book Music of the Western Nations, which was published posthumously by Nicolas Slonimsky in 1956. Although the final version contained twelve chapters, there are fourteen present in his draft, including a foreword, introduction, and index. Equally intriguing is Leichtentritt's unfinished autobiography that chronicles his military life in Germany during World War I, his travels throughout Europe, and his seven-year tenure as a lecturer at Harvard University. The collection also contains a draft of his 1901 dissertation, Reinhard Keiser in seinen Opern, which he submitted for his Doctorate of Philosophy degree from Berlin University. Other writings include a work on the history of motet music and analyses of compositions by Chopin, Copland, Handel, and Monteverdi. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the Hugo Leichtentritt PapersThe Hugo Leichtentritt Papers are organized in four series: Return to the Table of Contents Container ListMusic, 1893-1972Music by LeichtentrittManuscript and published scores, parts, and sketches. Researchers should consult Leichtentritt's thematic index for more detailed compositional histories of select works. Arranged alphabetically by title. 4 stimmen Fuge (piano), 1896 ScoreThe 7 penitential psalms (voices, chorus, orchestra), undated ScoreAllegro maestoso (piano), 1893 ScoreAndante, op. 1 (piano), 1890 SketchAus dem 106 Psalmen für 3 Stimmen mit Klavier, 1892 Title pageCanon in der Oktave (piano), 1896-1897 ScoresCantata for contralto solo and orchestra, or piano, on selected verses from the canticle of Solomon, op. 27: Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron, 1930 ScoreCa'tchua (orchestra), 1908 Score fragmentChinesisch-deutsche Jahres-und Tageszeiten von Goethe (no. 1-8), op.4: ein Liederzyklus (voice, orchestra), 1912 ScoresConcert for cello and orchestra, op. 24, 1927 Scores and sketchesConcerto for violin and orchestra, op. 14, undated Scores and violin solo partsCyprian de rose (voices), 1892 ScoreDanket dem Herrn, denn er ist freundlich (double chorus), 1899 ScoreDirge of Saul: for baritone solo, women's chorus, and instruments, circa 1944? Score and sketchesDoppelter contrapunkt, 1897 ExercisesDreistrimmiger [?] canon, undated SketchEsther: dramatische Legende nach der Bibel (voices, violin, organ), 1914 ScoreEsther: dramatische Legende nach der Bibel (voices, chorus, orchestra), 1923-1926 and undated Scores and sketchesEtude (piano), undated ScoreEtude (piano), undated Score and sketchesEtude (piano), 1932 ScoreEtude no. 1 (piano), undated ScoreEtude no. 3 (piano), undated ScoreFrom the 130th psalm (voices, chorus, orchestra), 1897 ScoresDes Frühlings Ankunft (voice, piano), 1910 ScoreHero und Leander: op. 30, undated PartsIch sehe dich in Tausend bildern: op. 2, no. 7 (voice, piano), 1910 Printed scoreIntroitus solemnis: for organ, op. 33, see also Prelude for organ 1933 Printed scoreJewish marching song (voice or chorus, piano), undated ScoreKol nidreh: for mixed chorus and organ, undated ScoreKontrapunkt, 1895-1897 ExercisesLieder und Gesänge, op. 2 and 3 (voice, piano), 1909-1910 and undated ScoresMiscellaneous compositions, undated Sketches and fragmentsPiano concerto (piano, orchestra), 1929 ScorePiano quintet, op. 14, 1914 ScorePrelude for organ, see also Introitus solemnis 1930 ScorePsalm 2 (voices, orchestra), 1897 ScoreScherzo and trio (piano), 1895 ScoreSchwimm hin, Ringelein: aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn (voice, piano), 1909-1910 ScoreDer Sizilianer (voices, orchestra), 1915-1918 Scores, vocal part for "Isadore", and librettosSonata for cello and piano, 1929 Scores and correctionsSonata for piano, 1898 Score and sketchesSonata for piano, op. 23, 1926 ScoresSonata for viola and piano, op. 13, 1913 Scores and viola partSonata for violin and piano, op. 17, 1919 Scores, violin part, and sketchesSong for the twentieth reunion of the class of 1894, Harvard College (voice, piano), 1914 ScoreString quartet, 1894 ScoreString quartet, 1897 ScoreString quartet, op. 1, 1913 Printed scoreString quartet, op. 7, undated ScoreString quartet no. 2, op. 20, undated PartsString quartet no. 3, undated Scores and partsSuite for cello solo, undated Title pageSuite for harpsichord, op. 31, 1932 ScoreA summer day: tone poem for women's chorus and chamber orchestra, op. 11, undated Scores and double bass partSymphonic suite (orchestra), undated Scores and sketchesTenebrae factae sunt (voices), undated ScoreTheme (piano), 1893 ScoreTheme and variations for piano, op. 26, 1930 Scores and sketchesTheme and variations for string quartet, undated Score and partsToccata and fugue for piano, op. 29, 1931 Score and sketchesVariations on a Siamese melody: for orchestra, 1931 ScoreUnidentified, undated SketchesMusic by Other ComposersManuscript and printed scores and parts in the hands of Leichtentritt and other composers. Includes manuscript copies and arrangements by Leichtentritt used for student instruction. Arranged alphabetically by composer and title of work therein. A-CaCh-DehDel-HaHe-HoHo-MuNo-VScrapbooks, 1888-1933Unbound volumes of articles, clippings, correspondence, and programs. Arranged chronologically. 1880s-1920s and undated1918-1933 and undatedWritings, 1892-1956Manuscript and typescript drafts of book chapters, articles, essays, and other writings on music history. Includes Leichtentritt's unfinished autobiography and his journal from 1893. Arranged alphabetically by title. "Aaron Copland: Third symphony," 1946"The American scene of music," undatedAnalyse der Chopin'schen Klavierwerke, 1920-1922Autobiography, undated"Claudio Monteverdi as Madrigalkomponist," undated"Essais et critiques," 1893-1894Geschichte der Motette, 1908Handel, 1924"History of ancient art," 1892-1893"Jean Sibelius: Fifth symphony," undated"Julius Caesar," undatedMiscellany, undatedMusic, history, and ideas, undatedMusic of the Western nations, 1956"Nationalism and internationalism in music," undated"Die Oper," undated"Protestant music and the Reformation," 1934"The reform of Trent," undated"Reinhard Keiser in seinen Opern," 1901"Schubert," undatedTagebuch, 1893Miscellany, 1889-1931One article, two programs, and a thematic index of Leichtentritt's musical compositions. Arranged alphabetically by title or subject. "Bericht über die fünfte Hauptversammlung," 1920Programs, 1889, 1931Thematic index, undatedReturn to the Table of Contents |
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