William Mason collection of autographs of musicians, 1830-1906

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X780. M38. Folio

Available on microfilm. Signed "William Mason, Orange, N.J., Nov. 15, 1883" on page 1. Book is paginated 1-101



Page 2 Ander, Alios Heidenroslein, 3 May 1851, 1 page score



Page 3 Aus der Ohe, Adele Score, New York, May 1897, 1 page



Page 4 Bachmann, Caroline Listesfotempo, 1 page score



Page 5 Benedict, Julius Score, London, 30 May 1853, 1 page



Page 6 Berlioz, Hector Score, [April or May 1854], 1 page



Page 7 Brandeis, Johann Note, Prague, 20 May 1851, 1 page

[Includes portrait]



Page 8 Brockway, Howard Score, New York, 20 October 1899, 1 page



Page 9 Brodsky, Adolf Score, New York, 22 February 1892, 1 page



Page 10 Buck, Dudley Signarure, [n.p.], 13 February 1894, 1 page



Page 11 Bull, Ole Bornemann Signature, Astor House New York, 19 November 1845, 1 page (fragment)



Page 12 Bulow, Hans von To William Mason, Boston, 21 October 1875, 2 page a.l.s.



Page 13 Cossmann, Bernhard The Spleen, New York, 26 May 1876, 2 page score



Page 14 Carreno, Teresa, 1853-1917 Score and note, New York, 1897, 1 page



Page 15 Drevschock, Alexander and Raimund Score and note, Prague and Leipzig, 1851 and 1856, 1 page



Page 16 Essipoff, Annette Score and note, New York, 18 May 1877, 1 page



Page 17 Friedheim, Arthur Maestoso Trionfante, New York, 20 December 1894, 1 page score, with note



Page 18 Gabrilowitsch, Ossip Minuet, New York, 11 November 1900, 1 page score, with note



Page 19 Godowsky, Leopold Moto Perpetuo, [n.p.], 7 March 1899, 1 page score, with note



Page 20 Goldbeck, Robert Fragment of letter, St. Louis, 11 June 1883, 1 page



Page 21 Gottschalk, Louis Moreau To William Mason, [New York], [n.d.], 1 page a.l.s.



Page 22 Gridley, C. E. To William Mason, Hamburg, 5 August 1849, 1 page a.l.s.



Page 23 Grieg, Edvard Score, [Bergen Norway], [1 July 1890], 1 page



Page 24 Haberbier, Ernst Score, London, 30 May 1853, 1 page



Page 25 Hauptmann, Moritz Score, with note, Leipzig, 1850, 1 page



Page 26 Huss, Henry Holden Score, with letter, [n.p.], 27 March 1875, 1 page a.l.s.



Page 27 Joachim, Joseph Score, Leipzig, 29 June 1850, 1 page



Page 28 Joseffy, Rafael Score, with note, New York, August 1889, 1 page



Page 29 Klindworth, Carl Score, with note, Germany, 9 February 1854, 1 page



Page 30 Kneisel Quartet Note with drawing, New York, 4 April 1899, 1 page



Page 31 Kubelik, Jan Mendelssohn, 1901, 1 page score, with note



Page 32 Laub, Ferdinand To Mr. Ella[?], [n.p.], [n.d.], 2 page a.l.s.



Page 33 Laub, Ferdinand Etude, Austria, 15 June 1853, 1 page score



Folder Pages 34 & 35 Leschetizky, Theodor To William Mason, Austria, 9 May 1897, 4 page a.l.s.

[Page 35 contains a typed (carbon) transcription of the a.l.s.]



Page 36 Lind, Jenny [To George Webb], New York, 17 September 1850, 2 page a.l.s.



Folder Pages 37 - 45 Liszt, Franz To William Mason, [v.p.], 19 August 1849 - 23 March 1880, 7 a.l.s.



Page 46 Liszt, Franz Score, [n.p.], 28 August 1849, 1 page



Page 47 Handel E minor Fugue, Austria, [ca. 1850], 1 page printed score

[Pencil marks by Listz]



Page 48 MacDowell, Edward Score, with note, [n.p.], 13 December 1894, 1 page



Page 49 Rosenberg, C. Portrait of Mary Webb Mason [wife of William Mason], [n.p.], 1 March 1860, 1 page



Page 50 Mayer, Carl Score, Hamburg, 25 January 1849, 1 page



Page 51 Mills, Sebastian Bach Score, [n.p.], 20 May 1873, 1 page



Page 52 Moor, Emanuel Score, New York, 14 September



Page 52r Szumowska, Antoinette Chopin Nocturne, New York, 19 May 1895, 1 page



Page 53 Fontaine, Mortier de Fugue, Hambourg, 28 July 1859, 1 page



Page 54 Moscheles, Ignaz [To William Mason], Leipzig, 22 May 1850, 2 page a.l.s.



Page 55 Moscheles, Ignaz Exercise, Leipzig, 8 February 1850, 1 page score



Page 56 Moscheles, Ignaz [To William Mason], [n.p.], [n.d.], 1 page a.n.s.



Page 57 Paderewski, Ignaz Score, New York, 21 December 1891, 1 page



Page 57r Dohnanyi, Ernst von Score, New York, 12 April 1900, 1 page



Page 58 Paine, John Knowles Score, with note, Appledore NH, August 1855, 1 page



Page 59 Paur, Emil Score, with note, New York, [1897?], 1 page



Page 60 Pruckner, Dionys Score, Weimar, 26 June [n.y.], 1 page



Page 61 Raff, Joachim Transcription for piano, Weimar, 25 June 1854, 1 page



Page 62 Raff, Joachim [To William Mason], Frankfurt, 16 January 1880, 1 page a.l.s.



Page 63 Rea, William Score, Leipzig, 11 January 1850, 1 page



Page 63r Hauptmanns, Moritz Engraved portrait, Leipzig, 31 December 1868, 1 page



Page 64 Reissiger, Karl Gottlieb Score, Dresden, 4 May 1850



Page 65 Remenyi, Eduard Score, with note, New York, 3 January 1895, 1 page



Page 66 Richter, Ernst Friedrich Score, Leipzig, 14 May 1850, 1 page



Page 67 Rubinstein, Anton Score, Weimar, 5 June 1854, 1 page



Page 68 Safonoff, Vassily Quote, with note, [n.p.], 31 January 1906, 1 page



Page 69 Samaroff, Olga Note, [n.p.], 9 March 1906, 1 page



Page 70 Saint-Saens, Camille To Randolph Brodsky, Paris, 27 February 1889, 2 page a.l.s., 1 visiting card



Page 71 Schindler, Anton Score, Frankfurt, 30 September 1852, 1 page



Page 72 Schneider, Johann Score, Dresden, 3 May 1850, 1 page



Folder Pages 73 & 73r Schnyder von Wartensee, Xaver Score, with note, [n.p.], 1853, 2 pages



Page 74 Schulhoff, Jules Scherzo, Prague, 26 Septmeber 1850, 1 page score



Page 75 Schumann, Clara Score, Dresden, 30 April 1850, 1 page



Page 76 Schumann, Robert Score, Dresden, 29 April 1850, 1 page



Page 77 Sembrich, Marcella Marriage of Figgaro, [n.p.], 7 October 1915, 1 page score fragment



Page 78 Siloti, Alexander Score fragment, with note, New York, 22 March 1898, 1 page



Page 78r Hambourg, Mark Note with score fragment, [n.p.], 23 November 1899, 1 page



Page 79 Sivori, Camillo Score, Boston, 13 November 1846, 1 page



Page 80 Slivinski, Joseph Score, New York, 20 April 1899, 1 page



Page 81 Sontag, Henriette Score, Munchen, 22 May 1852, 1 page



Page 82 Stavenhagen, Bernhard Score, with note, New York, 1 May 1895, 1 page



Page 83 Sternberg, Constantin I.E. von Score, with note, New York, 15 June 1897, 1 page



Page 84 Sudlatzek, Mary Score, with note, 29 July 1851, 1 page



Folder Pages 85 & 85r Sudlatzek, Theresa To William Mason, 29 July 1851, 2 page a.l.s.



Page 86 Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich To Brodsky, [n.p.], [n.d.], 1 page a.l.s.



Page 87 Berlioz, Hector Photograph and etching of, [n.p.], [n.d.], 1 page



Page 87r Vieuxtemps, Henri Score, Weimar, 19 April 1854, 1 page



Page 88 Thomas, Christian Friedrich Theodore (1835-1905) To Willaim Mason, New York, 12 March 1881, 1 page a.l.s.



Page 89 Fiske, John and Celia Thaxter Drawing and Greek quote, Isle of Sholas, 4 September 1887 & 28 July 1888, 1 page



Page 90 Thalberg, Sigismond Score, with note, [n.p.], 21 October 1856, 1 page



Page 91 Wagner, Richard Score, with note, Zurich, 5 June 1852, 1 page



Page 92 Whiting, Arthur Score, with note, New York, 5 March 1895, 1 page



Page 93 Wilhelmj, August Score, with note, New York, 26 November 1878, 1 page



Page 94 Willmers, Rudolph La Pompa di Festa, Vienna, 14 August 1850, 1 page



Page 95 Wolf, Carl Maria Score, Berlin, 6 April 1852, 1 page



Page 101 Mason, William Autographs from Album which are especially interesting to me in the "Book of 'Memories' etc.", New York, [n.d.], 3 page a.ms. list