Rare Book and Manuscript Library
William Mason collection of autographs of musicians
Mason, William, 1829-1908
4079084
MS#0850
English
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1 volume
1830-1906
Arrangement
Cataloged.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located on-site.
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This collection has no restrictions.
Summary
This collection of autographed inscriptions and letters from noted 19th century musicians was assembled by Mason. The material includes the signatures of 85 composer, performers, and other musical people, most of whom were Dr. Mason's contemporaries and personal friends. There are 103 items the majority of which are bits of music in script with signatures, and a few autograph letters to Mason. Among those represented are Berlioz, Jenny Lind, Franz Liszt, MacDowell, Paderewski, Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Samaroff, and the Schumanns.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Mason collection of autographs of musicians; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Van Sindern, Mina Mason: Address--Gift.
Gift of Mina Mason Van Sinvern, 1933.
Biographical / Historical
Pianist, teacher, and musical theoretician.
William Mason (January 24, 1829 July 14 1908 was a noted pianist composer and teacher. He made his musical debut at seventeen with the Boston Academy of Music March 7 1846. In 1849 he went to Germany to complete his education and studied with a number of pianists including Franz List. Upon his return to the United States in 1854 he started to tour the country giving piano recitals.
In 1857 Mason married Mary Isabella Web. In 1855 he helped to found the Mason-Thomas Soirees of Chamer-Music at which many compositions by Schumann and Brahms were first performed in the United States. After 1868 Mason mostly wrote and taught music and piano technique. His most famous book is Touch and Technic. He wrote about forty pieces for the piano among them Silver Spring and Capriccio Fantastico He died at age seventy-nine at his home in New York.
Processing Information
Van Sindern, Mina Mason Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Existence and Location of Copies
This item has been microfilmed. See microfilm #MN-0235.
Musicians
Composers
Music theory
Autographs (manuscripts)
Teachers
Pianists
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921
Samaroff Stokowski, Olga, 1882-1948
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896
X780. M38. Folio/repositories/2/archival_objects/332024Existence and Location of CopiesAvailable on microfilm. Signed "William Mason, Orange, N.J., Nov. 15, 1883" on page 1. Book is paginated 1-101
Ander, Alios Heidenroslein/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320253 May 18511 page score2Aus der Ohe, Adele Score, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/332026May 18971 page3Bachmann, Caroline Listesfotempo/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320271 page score4Benedict, Julius Score, London/repositories/2/archival_objects/33202830 May 18531 page5Berlioz, Hector Score/repositories/2/archival_objects/332029[April or May 1854]1 page6Brandeis, Johann Note, Prague/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203020 May 18511 page7Scope and Contents[Includes portrait]
Brockway, Howard Score, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203120 October 18991 page8Brodsky, Adolf Score, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203222 February 18921 page9Buck, Dudley Signarure, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203313 February 18941 page10Bull, Ole Bornemann Signature, Astor House New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203419 November 18451 page (fragment)11Bulow, Hans von To William Mason, Boston/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203521 October 18752 page a.l.s.12Cossmann, Bernhard The Spleen, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203626 May 18762 page score13Carreno, Teresa, 1853-1917 Score and note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203718971 page14Drevschock, Alexander and Raimund Score and note, Prague and Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320381851 and 18561 page15Essipoff, Annette Score and note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33203918 May 18771 page16Friedheim, Arthur Maestoso Trionfante, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33204020 December 18941 page score, with note17Gabrilowitsch, Ossip Minuet, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33204111 November 19001 page score, with note18Godowsky, Leopold Moto Perpetuo, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320427 March 18991 page score, with note19Goldbeck, Robert Fragment of letter, St. Louis/repositories/2/archival_objects/33204311 June 18831 page20Gottschalk, Louis Moreau To William Mason, [New York]/repositories/2/archival_objects/332044[n.d.]1 page a.l.s.21Gridley, C. E. To William Mason, Hamburg/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320455 August 18491 page a.l.s.22Grieg, Edvard Score, [Bergen Norway]/repositories/2/archival_objects/332046[1 July 1890]1 page23Haberbier, Ernst Score, London/repositories/2/archival_objects/33204730 May 18531 page24Hauptmann, Moritz Score, with note, Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/33204818501 page25Huss, Henry Holden Score, with letter, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33204927 March 18751 page a.l.s.26Joachim, Joseph Score, Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/33205029 June 18501 page27Joseffy, Rafael Score, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/332051August 18891 page28Klindworth, Carl Score, with note, Germany/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320529 February 18541 page29Kneisel Quartet Note with drawing, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320534 April 18991 page30Kubelik, Jan Mendelssohn/repositories/2/archival_objects/33205419011 page score, with note31Laub, Ferdinand To Mr. Ella[?], [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/332055[n.d.]2 page a.l.s.32Laub, Ferdinand Etude, Austria/repositories/2/archival_objects/33205615 June 18531 page score33Leschetizky, Theodor To William Mason, Austria/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320579 May 18974 page a.l.s.Pages 34 & 35Scope and Contents[Page 35 contains a typed (carbon) transcription of the a.l.s.]
Lind, Jenny [To George Webb], New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33205817 September 18502 page a.l.s.36Liszt, Franz To William Mason, [v.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33205919 August 1849 - 23 March 18807 a.l.s.Pages 37 - 45Liszt, Franz Score, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206028 August 18491 page46Handel E minor Fugue, Austria/repositories/2/archival_objects/332061[ca. 1850]1 page printed score47Scope and Contents[Pencil marks by Listz]
MacDowell, Edward Score, with note, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206213 December 18941 page48Rosenberg, C. Portrait of Mary Webb Mason [wife of William Mason], [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320631 March 18601 page49Mayer, Carl Score, Hamburg/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206425 January 18491 page50Mills, Sebastian Bach Score, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206520 May 18731 page51Moor, Emanuel Score, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206614 September52Szumowska, Antoinette Chopin Nocturne, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206719 May 18951 page52rFontaine, Mortier de Fugue, Hambourg/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206828 July 18591 page53Moscheles, Ignaz [To William Mason], Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/33206922 May 18502 page a.l.s.54Moscheles, Ignaz Exercise, Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320708 February 18501 page score55Moscheles, Ignaz [To William Mason], [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/332071[n.d.]1 page a.n.s.56Paderewski, Ignaz Score, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33207221 December 18911 page57Dohnanyi, Ernst von Score, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33207312 April 19001 page57rPaine, John Knowles Score, with note, Appledore NH/repositories/2/archival_objects/332074August 18551 page58Paur, Emil Score, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/332075[1897?]1 page59Pruckner, Dionys Score, Weimar/repositories/2/archival_objects/33207626 June [n.y.]1 page60Raff, Joachim Transcription for piano, Weimar/repositories/2/archival_objects/33207725 June 18541 page61Raff, Joachim [To William Mason], Frankfurt/repositories/2/archival_objects/33207816 January 18801 page a.l.s.62Rea, William Score, Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/33207911 January 18501 page63Hauptmanns, Moritz Engraved portrait, Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/33208031 December 18681 page63rReissiger, Karl Gottlieb Score, Dresden/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320814 May 185064Remenyi, Eduard Score, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320823 January 18951 page65Richter, Ernst Friedrich Score, Leipzig/repositories/2/archival_objects/33208314 May 18501 page66Rubinstein, Anton Score, Weimar/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320845 June 18541 page67Safonoff, Vassily Quote, with note, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33208531 January 19061 page68Samaroff, Olga Note, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320869 March 19061 page69Saint-Saens, Camille To Randolph Brodsky, Paris/repositories/2/archival_objects/33208727 February 18892 page a.l.s., 1 visiting card70Schindler, Anton Score, Frankfurt/repositories/2/archival_objects/33208830 September 18521 page71Schneider, Johann Score, Dresden/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320893 May 18501 page72Schnyder von Wartensee, Xaver Score, with note, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209018532 pagesPages 73 & 73rSchulhoff, Jules Scherzo, Prague/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209126 Septmeber 18501 page score74Schumann, Clara Score, Dresden/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209230 April 18501 page75Schumann, Robert Score, Dresden/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209329 April 18501 page76Sembrich, Marcella Marriage of Figgaro, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3320947 October 19151 page score fragment77Siloti, Alexander Score fragment, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209522 March 18981 page78Hambourg, Mark Note with score fragment, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209623 November 18991 page78rSivori, Camillo Score, Boston/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209713 November 18461 page79Slivinski, Joseph Score, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209820 April 18991 page80Sontag, Henriette Score, Munchen/repositories/2/archival_objects/33209922 May 18521 page81Stavenhagen, Bernhard Score, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/3321001 May 18951 page82Sternberg, Constantin I.E. von Score, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33210115 June 18971 page83Sudlatzek, Mary Score, with note/repositories/2/archival_objects/33210229 July 18511 page84Sudlatzek, Theresa To William Mason/repositories/2/archival_objects/33210329 July 18512 page a.l.s.Pages 85 & 85rTchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich To Brodsky, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/332104[n.d.]1 page a.l.s.86Berlioz, Hector Photograph and etching of, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/332105[n.d.]1 page87Vieuxtemps, Henri Score, Weimar/repositories/2/archival_objects/33210619 April 18541 page87rThomas, Christian Friedrich Theodore (1835-1905) To Willaim Mason, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33210712 March 18811 page a.l.s.88Fiske, John and Celia Thaxter Drawing and Greek quote, Isle of Sholas/repositories/2/archival_objects/3321084 September 1887 & 28 July 18881 page89Thalberg, Sigismond Score, with note, [n.p.]/repositories/2/archival_objects/33210921 October 18561 page90Wagner, Richard Score, with note, Zurich/repositories/2/archival_objects/3321105 June 18521 page91Whiting, Arthur Score, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/3321115 March 18951 page92Wilhelmj, August Score, with note, New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/33211226 November 18781 page93Willmers, Rudolph La Pompa di Festa, Vienna/repositories/2/archival_objects/33211314 August 18501 page94Wolf, Carl Maria Score, Berlin/repositories/2/archival_objects/3321146 April 18521 page95Mason, William Autographs from Album which are especially interesting to me in the "Book of 'Memories' etc.", New York/repositories/2/archival_objects/332115[n.d.]3 page a.ms. list101