Daniel Gregory Mason papers, 1894-1953

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Series I: Correspondence


Subseries I.1: Correspondence to Daniel Gregory Mason



Box 1 A - Ba



Box 2 Be



Box 3 Bi - Cl



Box 4 Co - F



Box 5 G



Box 6 H - Hill



Box 7 Hillyer - K



Box 8 L - Man



Box 9 Mar - Mol



Box 10 Mon - O



Box 11 P - R



Box 12 S



Box 13 T - Va



Box 14 Vi - Z


Box 14 Miscellaneous Correpsondence to Daniel Gregory Mason


Subseries I.2: Correspondence from Daniel Gregory Mason, 1923-1953



Box 15 Correspondence, 1923-1948



Box 16 Correspondence, 1949-1953

Series II: Journals, 1894-1950



Box 17 Nos. 1-3, 11-14, 1894-1899, 1905-1907



Box 18 Nos. 4-10 and miscellaneous, 1899-1905, 1918-1919, 1930-1931, 1934-1935



Box 19 Journals, 1937, first half of 1939, 1940



Box 20 Journals, 1941-1943



Box 21 Journals, 1944-first half of 1947



Box 22 Journals, First half of 1950



Box 23 Unlabeled (Sealed)



Box 24 Journal Indices and Miscellaneous

Series III: Manuscripts and printed versions of Mason's musical compositions

Arranged by type of composition



Box 25 Vocal Compositions

20 compositions, including "Russians", "Three Children's Songs", etc.



Box 26 Vocal Compositions

15 compositions, including "O Daughters of Jerusalem" "The Quest", etc.



Box 27 Organ Compositions

3 compositions


Box 27 Piano Compositions

15 compositions



Box 28 Piano Compositions

7 compositions, e.g., Symphony 2 in A major, Opus 30


Box 28 Piano Transcriptions of Orchestral Works by Daniel Gregory Mason

7 transcriptions



Box 29 Chamber Music

20 compositions



Box 30 Orchestral Compositions

"Quartet for Strings and Piano", etc.



Box 31 Orchestral Compositions

"The Quiet Hour", etc.



Box 32 Orchestral Compositions

"A Lincoln Symphony, Opus 35, Julliard", etc.



Box 33 Orchestral Compositions

"Suite after English Folksongs," etc.



Box 34 Orchestral Compositions

4 compositions; "Scherzo", etc. See Also: Flatbox 320.



Flatbox 320 Orchestral Compositions

4 scores "Scherzo".



Box 35 Orchestral Compositions

4 compositions, "Love Songs", etc.



Box 36 Orchestral Compositions

3 compositions


Box 36 Transcriptions of Other Composers' Works

8 transcriptions: "Music Lovers", etc.

Series IV: Sketchbooks, Compositions, Typescripts, Pamphlets, Periodical Articles by Mason, and Clippings



Box 37 Sketchbooks and Seven Notebooks



Box 38 Typescripts, pamphlets, periodical articles by Mason



Box 39 Typescripts, pamphlets, clippings, and periodical articles by Mason



Box 40 Articles by Daniel Gregory Mason (Printed Materials)

Series V: Mason's Published Works

Some are heavily annotated.



Box 41 The Appreciation of Music , 5 Volumes


Box 41 Artistic Ideals


Box 41 The Chamber Music of Brahms , 1933 and 1950



Box 42 Comtemporary Composers


Box 42 The Orchestral Instruments and What They Do


Box 42 From Song to Symphony


Box 42 Music in My Time


Box 42 The Quartets of Beethoven

2 copies


Box 42 The Romantic Composers


Box 42 Tune In, America


Box 42 Ears to Hear



Box 43 Beethoven and His Forerunners , 1904 and 1933


Box 43 The Dilemma of American Music


Box 43 From Grieg to Brahms


Box 43 A Neglected Sense in Piano Playing

Series VI: Business Papers



Box 44 Royalties and Contracts



Box 45 Miscellaneous papers and items

Series VII: Phonograph Records



Flatbox 321 Phonograph Records

Quartet in G Minor, Opus 19.

Series VIII: Photographs



Box 47 Photographs



Box 48 Sheet Music and One Framed Photograph



Flatbox 320 Signed photograph from Flonzaley Quartet to Daniel Gregory Mason

Series IX: Scrapbooks, 1898-1952, undated

Scrapbooks contain press reviews of compositions, programs, etc. Box 49 also includes an index to scrapbooks and one folder of miscellaneous clippings.



Box 49 Index to scrapbooks


Box 49 Miscellaneous Clippings, 1 folders


Box 49 Volume 1, 1898 March-1918 June


Box 49 Volume 2, 1918 November-1922 December



Box 50 Volume 3, 1923 January-1928 January


Box 50 Volume 4, 1928 January-1930 December



Box 51 Volume 5, 1931 November-1934 December


Box 51 Volume 6, 1934 December-1937 November



Box 52 Volume 7, 1937 November-1939 February


Box 52 Volume 8, 1940 November-1947 December



Box 53 Volume 9, 1948 January-1952 April



Box 54 Scrapbook of Reviews of From Grieg to Brahms


Box 54 Scrapbook of Reviews of Beethoven and His Forerunners


Box 54 Scrapbook of Reviews of Artistic Ideals, The Dilemma of American Music, and The Quartets of Beethoven


Box 54 Scrapbook of Humanism and Music Notes



Box 55 Book Reviews of Tune In, America, The Chamber Music of Brahms, Music in My Time, etc.


Box 55 Alphabetical Index--Record of Other Composers, etc.


Box 55 The Chamber Music of Brahms

Edwards. Reprint.


Box 55 From Song to Symphony

First edition.


Box 55 From Grieg to Brahms

First edition.

Series X: Books from the Library of Daniel Gregory Mason



Box 56 Books



Box 57 Books



Box 58 Books



Box 59 Books



Box 60 Books



Box 61 Books



Box 62 Books



Box 63 Books



Box 64 Books



Box 65 Books



Box 66 Books



Box 67 Books

Series XI: Manuscript Scores of Other Composers



Box 68 Scores



Box 69 Scores



Box 70 Scores



Box 71 Scores



Box 72 Scores



Box 73 Scores



Box 74 Scores

Series XII: Additions to the Collection


2020 Addition:



Box 36 Folder 1 Score: "Three Pieces for Flute, Harp, (or piano). String Quartet. I. Saraband II. Elegy III. Caprice" Opus 13

Written of the flute part is the following: "Note, April 1922, this set of parts (but not the score) is the property of the Boston Flute- Players Club. D.S.M."

The work was published in 1923 by G. Schirmer for the Society for the Publication of American Music.

Embossed on the cover and the first page of the score is "120 East Eighty Second Street" (Mason's address)