Irving Schwerke Collection
Span: 1919-1973
Bulk: 1920-1970
English, French, German
collection
13 ft.
83 boxes
Irving Schwerke was an international music critic and musician, who throughout his career contributed to more than 100 leading papers and magazines, and encyclopedias such as Britannica Junior, the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, and Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. He was the author of Kings Jazz and David, and Alexander Tansman, Polish Composer. In Paris he organized the first all-American concert, and later (1931) the first all-American music festival in Germany. After the fall of France, Schwerké left Paris and immigrated to the United States in 1942. He wrote for The Musical Digest and The Musical Courier, was the drama and music critic for The Chicago Daily Tribune, and was a correspondent for La Nuova Italia Musicale in Rome and for The London Musical Times. He corresponded with many of the major musicians and composers of his time.
First editions of Schwerke's books, scrapbooks of his articles and reviews, autograph books, photographs, and 5 shelf feet of correspondence.
Irving Schwerke Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
Schwerke, Irving
Papers of an international music critic, musician, writer, lecturer and teacher who corresponded with important performers and composers in the mid-twentieth century.
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Critics and Essayists
Webster, Beveridge
Turina, Joaquin
Tucker, Sophie
Tansman, Alexandre
Still, William Grant
Schwerke, Irving
Rosenthal, Moriz
Porter, Quincy
Philipp, Isidor
Nin, Anais
Monteux, Pierre
Lopatnikoff, Nikolai
Jacobi, Frederick
Ibert, Jacques
Francescatti, Zino
Firkusny, Rudolf
Falla, Manuel de
Eames, Emma
Dukas, Paul
Cortot, Alfred
Casella, Alfredo
Brailowsky, Alexander
Bachmann, Alberto
Antheil, George
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Music Division, Library of Congress
IHAS
120821
loc.natlib.scdb.200033739