Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec Collection of Artur Schnabel Materials, 1893-1996
Span: 1893-1996
Bulk: c. 1920-c. 1950
English, French, German
collection
5 ft.
11 boxes
Artur Schnabel was an Austrian-born American pianist, pedagogue, and composer. Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec was Schnabel's student and confidante. The collection includes holograph manuscript and published music scores by Schnabel as well as published scores by other composers, some of which contain annotations in the hands of Schnabel, Le Garrec, and others. In addition, the collection contains correspondence; writings by both Schnabel and Le Garrec; concert programs featuring Schnabel as both pianist and composer; biographical material; press clippings, published articles, and monographs regarding Schnabel and his circle; books; photographs; and other iconography.
Holograph manuscript and published music, correspondence, writings, concert programs, tour itineraries, press clippings, books, iconography, and miscellaneous biographical material related to both Schnabel and LeGarrec.
Acetate disc transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec Collection of Artur Schnabel Materials, Music Division, Library of Congress
Schnabel, Artur 2
Papers of pianist Artur Schnabel and his pupil Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec.
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Piano Music
Orchestral Music
Songs
Schnabel, Artur
Le Garrec, Mary Virginia Foreman
Curzon, Clifford
Firkusny, Rudolf
Fournier, Pierre
Liebowitz, René
Mannes, Leopold
Mitropoulos, Dimitri
ML31.L4
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Music Division, Library of Congress
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu011014
IHAS
120821
loc.natlib.scdb.200033808