Jewish National and University Library (Jerusalem)

Collection, 1896-2015: 8 folders (643 leaves)

The Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem owns the papers of Georg Alter, who was secretary of Schoenberg's Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen, the manuscript of Arnold Schönberg’s early songs »Mädchenlied« and »Sehnsucht« (1896), as well as the Archive of Chemjo Vinaver (mus 52).

Contents

finding aids
clippings (35 items: 1922-1935), programs (5 items: 1924-1936), texts (48 items: 1922-1924) relating to the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen and the Kolisch Quartet
correspondence relating to the Verein (237 items: 1920-1964)
correspondence relating to the Kolisch Quartet (116 items: 1923-1939)
correspondence relating to the acquisition of this collection (10 items: 1988, 2015)
correspodence relating to the donation of the autograph manuscript dedicated to Clara Orienter (1 item: 1978)
correspondence relating to the genesis and publication of op. 50B (15 items:1950-1952)
music manuscripts (5 items: 1896, 1937, 1942, n.d.)
personalia (8 items: ca. 1927)
text manuscripts: jottings on Arnold Schönberg written by Chemjo Vinaver (6 items: n.d.)
photographs (32 items: ca. 1927) of Georg Alter, Benar Heifetz, Kolisch Quartet, Rudolf Kolisch, Pollatschek, Arnold Schoenberg, Edward Steuermann, Erwin Stein, Joseph Trauneck, Alexander von Zemlinsky
statutes, protocols, official communications all relating to the Verein (15 items: 1921-1927)


Correspondents

Georg Alter (63 items: 1922-1924, 1934-1937, 1962-1964)
Karel Alter (1 item: 1934)
ASC (Dennis Gerlach (3 items: 2015))
ASI (R. Wayne Shoaf (3 items: 1988))
Oskar Baum (1 item: 1922)
Paul Bechert (22 items: 1935-1937)
Alban Berg (2 items: 1923-[n.d.])
Bicurin (1 item: 1935)
Julia-Lotte van Dijk (1 item: 1964)
Hanns Eisler (3 items: 1923-[n.d.])
Ernst Eulenburg Musikverlag (Ernst Eulenburg (1 item: 1922))
Maurits Frank (6 items: 1923)
Peter Franke (3 items: 1935-1936)
Josef Frankenbusch (1 item: 1920)
Marya Freund (3 items: [n.d.])
Benjamin Halpern (1 item: 1950)
Carl Haslinger qdm. Tobias Musik-Verlag (1 item: 1922)
Gustav Havemann (5 items: 1922)
Benar Heifetz (2 items: 1936)
Richard Hoffmann (2 items: 1950-1952)
Heinrich Jalowetz (2 items: 1921-1923)
Jewish National and University Library (Iaacov Ghelman (2 items: 1988), Gila Flam (2 items: 2015))
Anar Kahane (1 item: 1978)
Felix Khuner (6 items: 1933-1936)
Wilhelm Klitsch (4 items: 1923)
Hans Kohn (1 item: [n.d.])
Henriette Kolisch (1 item: 1936)
Josie Kolisch (4 items: 1935-1939)
Rudolf Kolisch (58 items: 1922-1937)
Jenö Lehner (1 item: 1935)
Olga Novakovic (1 item: 1927)
Radiojournal Praha (1 item: 1934)
Josefa Rosanska (2 items: 1928)
Albert Sammons (1 item: 1941)
Hanns Schimmerling (1 item: [n.d.])
Arnold Schoenberg (11 items: 1922-1923)
Gertrud Schoenberg (2 items: 1951)
Erwin Schulhoff (2 items: 1924)
Erwin Stein (15 items: 1922-1924)
Else Steiner (1 item: 1935)
Erich Steinhard (1 item: 1923)
Edward Steuermann (79 items: 1922-1935)
Hilda Steuermann (6 items: 1923-1929)
Václav Talich (1 item: 1929)
Joseph Trauneck (6 items: [192-?], 1962-1964)
Johann Turnowsky (1 item: 1925)
Urania (2 items: 1936)
Chemjo Vinaver (10 items: 1950-1952)
Erika Wagner (1 item: 1923)
Anton Webern (6 items: 1923)
Bruno Weigl (2 items: 1924)
Olga Wolfsthal (17 items: 1935-1937)
Alexander von Zemlinsky (2 items: 1923-[n.d.])
unidentified (2 items: 1927, 1959)


Music cited

Programs, texts, clippings: Opp. 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 29, 30, 50B

Music

Mädchenlied, Sehnsucht
Joseph Achron: Infinite Canon for Arnold Schoenberg (4 p.)
Psalm op. 50B