MS Mus 234.2Gruenberg, Eugene, 1854-1928. Eugene Gruenberg papers: Guide.
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Call No.: MS Mus 234.2
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Creator: Gruenberg, Eugene, 1854-1928.
Title: Eugene Gruenberg papers,
Date(s): 1865-1984 (inclusive), 1873-1928
(bulk).
Quantity: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.).
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English and
German.
Abstract: Papers of the violinist and teacher Eugene Gruenberg collected by his pupil Louis
Krasner, including materials for a biography of Gruenberg's friend the conductor Arthur
Nikisch.
Processed by: J. F. Coakley.
*89M-63. Gift of Louis Krasner, 1501 Beacon St., Brookline,
MA 02148, and Mrs. Naomi Orenstein, 72 Nonantum St., Newton, MA 02158;
received: 1981.
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Eugene Gruenberg Papers (MS Mus 234.2). Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Eugene Gruenberg (1854-1928) was a graduate of the Vienna Conservatory where he was a close
friend of the later celebrated conductor Arthur Nikisch (1855-1922). In 1878 he joined the
orchestra of the Leipzig opera under Nikisch, and in 1889 followed him to Boston to play in
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After Nikisch left the BSO to return to Germany in 1895,
Gruenberg became head of the violin department at the New England Conservatory of Music,
where he remained for the rest of his life.
Organized into the following series:
- I. Correspondence.
- II. Compositions.
- III. Concert programs.
- IV. Photographs.
- V. Clippings and other printed material.
- VI. Correspondence of Krasner about Gruenberg and Nikisch.
Gruenberg planned to write a life of Nikisch, perhaps in combination with his own memoirs,
but he died suddenly leaving only some working papers. Part of these were recovered by his
pupil Louis Krasner and make up the present collection. Papers of Gruenberg probably
intended for his memoirs and a life of Nikisch, never published.
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Series: I. Correspondence.
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(1) Gruenberg, Eugene, 1854-1928. Letters to Morris
Feldman,1926, 1927.1 folder.
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(2) Gruenberg, Eugene, 1854-1928. Letters to members of his family,
1875, 1916.1 folder.
The 1875 letter is to his mother, with a postscript in the hand of
Nikisch. Also with another note (to her?) from Nikisch. The
1916 letter is a typescript headed "A letter left by Prof. Eugen Gruenberg, deceased
in Boston to his brother Consul A. S. Gruenberg of Vienna." It
begins "My dear Stefan."
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(6) Nikisch, Arthur, 1855-1922. Letters to Eugene
Gruenberg,1873-1921.7 folders.
Includes various postcards, notes, and telegrams. With a telegram from Nikisch to Leo
Gruenberg (1876). Undated items are at the end of the sequence. Most of the letters
are numbered by Gruenberg. For partial publications of these letters see items 63, 64;
for Gruenberg's English translations see item 20.
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(7) Nikisch, Amélie. Letters to Eugene
Gruenberg,1922-1923.1 folder.
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(8a) Schanzer, Carlo, b. 1865. Letter to Vittorio
Gui,1929.1 folder.
With a clipping.
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Series: III. Concert programs.
Most of the concerts 1865-1880 are associated with the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde, the Wiener Musiker-Bund, or the
Wiener Akademischer Wagner-Verein . Also included are some
performances at the Wiener Staatsoper . From 1881 to 1888, most
programs are for concerts in the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, or the
Stadttheater zu Leipzig.
Some but not all programs mention Nikisch or Gruenberg as performers.
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(32) Concerts in Vienna, 1865-1871.1 folder.
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(33) Concerts in Vienna, 1872.1 folder.
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(34) Concerts in Vienna, 1873.1 folder.
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(35) Concerts in Vienna, 1874.1 folder.
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(36) Concerts in Vienna, 1875.1 folder.
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(37) Concerts in Vienna, 1876.1 folder.
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(38) Concerts in Vienna, 1877.1 folder.
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(41) Concerts, 1881.1 folder.
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(42) Concerts, 1882.1 folder.
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(43) Allgemeiner Deutscher Musik-Verein. Tonkünstler-Versammlung zu
Leipzig. Programm für die Festtage vom 3. bis 6 Mai 1883 : printed booklet, 1883.1 folder.
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(44) Concerts, 1884.1 folder.
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(45) Concerts, 1885-1886.1 folder.
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Series: IV. Photographs and drawings.
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(48) Photographs of Arthur Nikisch,undated.1 folder.
11 photographs in various formats, including
cartes-de-visite,card photographs, and autographed larger studio photographs.
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(51) Photographs of Eugene Gruenberg,undated.2 folders.
10 photographs of Gruenberg in various groups, some family. Appearing are
Leopold Gruenberg (as a child), Stefan
Gruenberg,Louis Krasner,Franz Kneisel,Felix Winternitz, and " Petri ." With a
photograph of the Boston Symphony Orchestra annotated "1900 ...
im alten Saal" (photocopy).
- (Housed at Houghton as PF)(52) Photographs of members of Gruenberg's family, 1906, 1909 and undated.2 folders.
Three photographs: Carlo Schanzer (1909, inscribed to "Meinen
lieben Onkel Eugen"), Julius Gruenberg, " Otto
Gruenberg & Señora" (1906)
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(53) Photographs of others, 1889 and
undated.4 folders.
16 photographs, mostly cabinet photographs, all apparently of people known to
Gruenberg. Some are signed. Those appearing include Eugen
d'Albert, the Kneisel Quartet, and two sons of
Emil Paur.
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Series: V. Clippings and other printed material.
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(54) Wiener akademischer Richard Wagner-Verein. Printed announcements,
1873.1 folder.
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(55) Newspaper clippings listing the cast of operas
performed in Vienna, [ca.
187-].1 folder.
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(60) Clippings from Leipzig newspapers about Eugene
Gruenberg , 1881-1889.1 folder.
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(65) Obituaries of Arthur Nikisch , 1922.1 folder.
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(66) Obituaries of Eugene Gruenberg , 1928.1 folder.
Includes clippings from German newspapers; a typescript by Philip
Hale for the Boston Herald in English and in German translation; and
manuscript drafts in German in the hand of Louis Krasner.
Also includes a telegram to Krasner informing him of Gruenberg's death.
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(67) Addresses made at a supper to Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. De
Coppet and the Flonzaley Quartet, New York, March
ninth, 1914 : printed book, 1914.1 folder.
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(68) Miscellaneous printed material, undated.2 folders.
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Series: VI. Correspondence of Louis Krasner about Gruenberg's papers.
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(69) Letters to Louis Krasner,1930.1 folder.
The letters are from Edward Joseph Dent,Ernst Rychnovsky, and Bernhard Schuster.
Also with a letter from Schuster to Robert Oboussier, and a manuscript by Krasner (1
leaf, perhaps of this date) about the collection.
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(70) Correspondence of Louis Krasner,1975-1984.1 folder.
Krasner's correspondents are Herbert Cahoon at the
Pierpont Morgan Library,Felix Greissle,Rudolf F. Kallir, and Rodney Dennis.
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