Anton Seidl collection of musical papers, 1870-1943

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Series III: Clippings and Ephemera



Box 4 Folder 1 Druck von J.B. Hirschfeld Publishers Libretto, "Prolog: Zur Eroffnung des Neuen Gewandhauses", Leipzig, 11 December 1884, 4 pages bd


Box 4 Folder 2 Wagner, Richard B. Schott's Soehne (publisher) Facsimile of libretto to "Dit Meistersinger von Nurnberg", Mainz, n.d., 84 pages bd.

[Inscription RW on facsimile. Inscription from Seidl to Auguste Seidl questionable.]


Box 4 Folder 3 Seidl, Anton Program Metropolitan Opera directed by Seidl, New York, 12 March 1896, 10 pages bd.

[Printed by Dempsey & Carroll, NY.]


Box 4 Folder 4 Program: National Symphony Orchestra, Inc. at Carnegie Hall conducted by Willem Mengelberg, New York, 20 and 22 January 1921, 8 pages

[Program and notes include references to Wagner. ]


Box 4 Folder 5 Wagner, Richard Incomplete printed material: printed photo and pages 278, 289, 310, [n.p.], [n.d.], 4 pages bd.

[Possibly a periodical clipping.]


Box 4 Folder 6 Bayreuther Blatter Periodical featuring articles on Seidl, Bayreuth, 1898, 63 pages bd.s., 63 pages bd.

[One copy contains annotations by Auguste Seidl on page 149.]


Box 4 Folder 7 Bayreuther Blatter Periodical with material relating to Seidl, Bayreuth, 1899, 99 pages bd.


Box 4 Folder 8 Clippings and ephemera include: 1) Program: Philharmonic Society of New York, 22 April 1892. 2) Printed Seidl obituary (no source). 3) Small envelope marked "Genuine signatures of Anton Seidl" containing 12 signed snippets of paper. 4) Museum pamphlet: "Das Reuter- und Wagner- Museum." 8 pages. 5) Column detailing dedication service for Seidl's urn. 13 January 1906, 1 page with photocopy., v.p., n.d.; 1892 and 1906, 5 items


Box 4 Folder 9 Programs. 1) Anton Seidl Subscription Concerts, The Astoria, 1897-1898. 2) Maine Benefit Concert, Waldorf-Astoria, 4 March 1898. 3) The Steinway Hall Programme, Anton Seidl's Second Symphony Soiree, 29 January 1887., New York, 1887-1898, 4 pages bd., 3 pages bd., 10 pages bd.


Box 4 Folder 10 Program: Richard Wagner's "Schriften und Dichtungen" (Tristan and Isolde), Leipzig, 1873, 18 pages bd.s.

[Inscribed by Seidl: "Anton Seidl, Bayreuth Dec. 872 (publication date 1873)]


Box 4 Folder 11 Newspaper and periodical clippings. v.p., [n.d.]; 1883-1933, 21 pages photocopies


Box 4 Folder 12 Newspaper and periodical clippings., v.p., [n.d.]; 1891-1917, 18 pages photocopies


Box 4 Folder 13 Newspaper and periodical clippings., v.p., [n.d.]; 1882-1922, 33 pages photocopies


Box 4 Folder 14 Newspaper and periodical clippings. Originals on file contain possible notes by Seidl or Auguste Seidl., v.p., [n.d.]; 1885-1898, 26 pages photocopies, 6 items orginal


Box 4 Folder 15 Newspaper and periodical clippings. Originals on file contain possible notes by Seidl or Auguste Seidl., v.p., [n.d.]; 1897-1898, 15 pages photocopies, 4 items orginal


Box 4 Folder 16 Newspaper and periodical clippings. Originals on file contain possible notes by Seidl or Auguste Seidl., v.p., [n.d.]; 1885-1898, 16 pages photocopies, 6 items orginal


Box 4 Folder 17 Newspaper and periodical clippings. Originals on file contain possible notes by Seidl or Auguste Seidl., v.p., [n.d.]; 1882-1897, 15 pages photocopies, 2 items orginal


Box 4 Folder 18 Newspaper and periodical clippings. Originals on file contain possible notes by Seidl or Auguste Seidl., v.p., [n.d.]; 1886-1893, 16 pages photocopies, 6 items orginal


Box 4 Folder 19 Newspaper and periodical clippings, v.p., [n.d.] 1885-1936, 29 pages photocopies, 3 items original


Box 4 Folder 20 Clippings and ephemera regarding life of Auguste Seidl-Kraus, v.p., 1877, 1885 and 1939, 9 pages photocopies , 1 page original

[Includes concert program 25 August 1877 with Auguste Krauss on roster.]


Box 4 Folder 21 Funeral paraphenalia for Anton Seidl, New York, 31 March 1898; 2 May 1898, 2 pages bd, 2 pages bd., 2 pages t.ms., 1 page printed copy, 1 page printed copy, 6 pages photocopies

[2 copies of announcement; 2 versions of funeral program, 1 copy Memorial program]


Box 4 Folder 22 Concert notes., NY, PA, MD, Washington., [n.d.], 4 pages photocopies, 4 pages originals


Box 4 Folder 23 Postcards and photograph, [v.p.], [n.d.]; 1897, 2 p.c., 1 p.c.s., 5 1/8" x 4" photograph, 5 pages photocopies


Box 4 Folder 24 Programs, Bayreuth, NY, England, 1890-1897, 9 pages printed programs, 9 pages photocopies


Box 4 Folder 25 Programs, periodical signed Arthur Claapen, notes, v.p., 1882-1895, 6 pages photocopies, 4 pages printed, 12 pages s., 1 page a.ms.


Box 4 Folder 26 Newspaper clippings , [n.p], [n.d.]; 1901-1903, 9 pages photocopies


Box 4 Folder 27 Bayreuth Festival ephemera: postcard, poster, programs, Seidl notes, Bayreuth, 1897, 1 p.c., 1 poster, 2 pages printed, 4 pages printed bd., 2 pages a.s., 6 pages photocopies

[Notes (letter?) signed by Anton Seidl.]


Box 4 Folder 28 Newspaper clippings., New York, 11 April 1904; 21-22 April 1930, 8 pages photocopies


Box 4 Folder 29 Wagner, Richard Newspaper and periodical clippings, programs with printed notes and libretto, [n.p.] Bayreuth, 1882-1883; 1917, 21 pages photocopies, 12 items originals


Box 4 Folder 30 Wagner, Seigfried Newspaper clippings, [n.p.] London, [n.d.] 1896, 1 page photocopy