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The Bruno Walter papers

Title: The Bruno Walter papers, [ca. 1887-ca. 1966].
Author: Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XII, Box 1	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XI, Box 1, folder 1-87	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series X, Box 1, folder 1-99	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XI, Box 2, folder 88-185	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 10, Box 2, folder 100-247	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XVII, no. 36	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XVII, no. 35	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XVII, no. 34	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XVII, no. 33	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series XVII, no. 32	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 17, no. 31	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 17, no. 30	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 17, no. 29	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 17, no. 28	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 15, no. 27	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 17, no. 27	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Series XVII, no. 26	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 15, no. 26	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 15, no. 25	Archival mix	Request in advance	JPB 92-4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Series 17, no. 24	Archival mix	Supervised use	JPB 92-4	Offsite

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Description

ca. 12.65 cubic ft.

Summary

The bulk of the collection dates from 1938-1962. It had been supplemented (through Lotte Walter Lindt's efforts) with reproductions of Walter's correspondence to various recipients. Most of Walter's pre-1938 correspondence was lost during wartime bombing (Lindt, Bruno Walter Briefe, p. 1). Correspondents with more than 10 items include Paul Badura-Skoda, Rudolf Bing, Karl Böhm, Adrian Boult, Van Cliburn, Kathleen Ferrier, Lotte Lehmann, Goddard Lieberson, Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler, Thomas Mann, Daniel Gregory Mason, David Oppenheim, Hans Pfitzner, Wolfgang Streseman, Heinz Tietjen, Arturo Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Records, Decca Record Company, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, and Wiener Philharmoniker.

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Note

Sound recordings and two reels of silent 16mm film have been transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Manuscript and printed scores have been cataloged separately in the scores file. Some manuscript and printed books have been cataloged separately in the books file.

Reproduction (note)

Series 1-9 are available on microfilm: *ZB-2677 (master negative: *ZZ-33,406).

Source (note)

Bruno Walter Foundation

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Walter's conducting scores and manuscripts of his original compositions are located in the library of the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Vienna (Cf. Eschwë, Der Bruno Walter Nachlass).

Biography (note)

Bruno Walter was a naturalized American conductor.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available.

Provenance (note)

Formerly in the possession of Lotte Walter Lindt, Walter's daughter. Upon her death, the papers were held by the Bruno Walter Foundation.

Processing Action (note)

Processed

Call Number

*ZB-2677 (series 1-9 only)

OCLC

1323122732

Author

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962.

Title

The Bruno Walter papers, [ca. 1887-ca. 1966].

Reproduction

Series 1-9 are available on microfilm: *ZB-2677 (master negative: *ZZ-33,406).

Biography

Bruno Walter was a naturalized American conductor.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Walter's conducting scores and manuscripts of his original compositions are located in the library of the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Vienna (Cf. Eschwë, Der Bruno Walter Nachlass).

Indexes

Finding aid available.

Provenance

Formerly in the possession of Lotte Walter Lindt, Walter's daughter. Upon her death, the papers were held by the Bruno Walter Foundation.

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Badura-Skoda, Paul.

Tietjen, Heinz.

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997.

Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981.

Boult, Adrian, Sir, 1889-

Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.

Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977.

Oppenheim, David, 1922-2007.

Ferrier, Kathleen, 1912-1953.

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954.

Lehmann, Lotte.

Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.

Mason, Daniel Gregory, 1873-1953.

Pfitzner, Hans, 1869-1949.

Stresemann, Wolfgang.

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.

Columbia Records, Inc.

Decca Record Company.

Gustav Fischer Verlag.

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.

BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

New York Philharmonic.

Wiener Philharmoniker.

Research Call Number

*ZB-2677 (series 1-9 only)

JPB 92-4

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