Edward and Clara Steuermann Collection
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Edward and Clara Steuermann Collection1922-1981 (bulk 1930-1980)
Steuermann, Edward
Biographical History for: Edward and Clara Steuermann Collection1922-1981 (bulk 1930-1980)
Biographical Sketch Edward Steuermann was born June 18, 1892, in Sambor, a small Polish city in eastern Galicia (now part of the Ukraine). His study of the piano began in 1904 with the Czech pianist and teacher Vilem Kurz and continued, first in Basel in 1910 and then in Berlin, with Ferruccio Busoni. His first composition teacher of note was Engelbert Humperdinck, but Steuermann's inclinations towards the modern idiom made him seek instruction elsewhere. At Busoni's suggestion, Steuermann began studying with Arnold Schoenberg in 1912, thus initiating a professional association that was to figure prominently in Steuermann's career as both composer and pianist. Beginning with Pierrot lunaire, Steuermann performed in the premiere of almost every Schoenberg work for which a pianist was required. While in Vienna, he served as the pianist for the Verein für Musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) founded by Schoenberg in 1918 to introduce newer works there. Concurrent with these activities, Steuermann began a distinguished teaching career that would continue through the remainder of his life. Steuermann emigrated to the United States in 1938, where he continued to perform, to teach, and to compose. His recitals encompassed both the traditional repertory, particularly the music of Beethoven, and contemporary works more in keeping with the idiom of the Schoenberg school and his own compositions. After a brief association with the New School and several summer sessions at Juilliard, Steuermann joined the Juilliard faculty in 1952 and taught there until his death. His students included Theodor W. Adorno, Alfred Brendel, Jakob Gimpel, Lorin Hollander and Joseph Kalichstein. Although his performing was limited during this period, he did continue to compose, with a piano trio (1954), the string quartet, Diary (1961), his Variations for orchestra (1958), the cantata Auf der Galerie (1963-64), and a Suite for Chamber Orchestra (1964). Notable among his earlier composing activities are his piano pieces and songs and his arrangements and transcriptions, particularly those of Schoenberg and Webern. Clara Silvers Steuermann was born on February 10, 1922, in Los Angeles. After studying piano and composition at the City College there, she began her studies in music theory with Arnold Schoenberg at UCLA, while maintaining her study of the piano with Jacob Gimpel. She became one of Schoenberg's teaching assistants in 1942, beginning a lifelong personal association with him. Upon receiving her master's degree in 1944, at Schoenberg's and Gimpel's suggestion she moved to New York to study piano with Edward Steuermann. They were married in 1949. Between 1951 and Edward Steuermann's death from leukemia in 1964, Clara Steuermann served as an administrative assistant at the Juilliard Opera Theater and earned a Master of Library Science from the Columbia Library School. After holding a number of positions with the New York Philharmonic, the Kingsborough Community College, and the Juilliard library, she moved with her daughters Rebecca and Rachel to Cleveland to build a library at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her next post was at the Schoenberg Institute at the University of Southern California, where she organized the Schoenberg collection and administered the archive. Throughout her career, Steuermann was active in the Music Library Association, of which she was president for the 1975-1976 term. Her involvement with the international music-library community was also reflected by her activities in the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), particularly from the mid-1970's to her death in January 1982.
Scope and Content Note The Edward and Clara Steuermann Collection consists primarily of the music (both manuscript and printed) and writings of Edward Steuermann, and the correspondence of both Edward and Clara Steuermann. The date span of the collection is from 1922 to 1981, the bulk of the materials dating from the 1930's to the 1970's. The music in the collection includes holograph scores or sketches of most of Steuermann's compositions, both published and unpublished, as well as a number of copyist's scores and a few printed instrumental parts or scores. Steuermann's arrangements and transcriptions of works by Busoni, Poulenc, Schoenberg, Webern, and various 18th- and 19th-century composers are well represented by holograph scores also. Steuermann's collection of music by other composers includes both manuscript scores of friends and colleagues such as Hanns Eisler, Erich Itor Kahn, Earl Kim and René Leibowitz, and a large selection of printed scores of music from the 18th through the 20th centuries, many with Steuermann's annotations. The correspondence in the collection consists of both the general and family correspondence of Edward and Clara Steuermann, dating from 1922 through Clara Steuermann's death in 1981. The general correspondence includes letters between the Steuermanns and Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Ferruccio Busoni, and Theodor Adorno. Particularly lengthy is the correspondence with Rudolf and Lorna Kolisch, René Leibowitz, and Hans Moller. The family correspondence contains primarily letters to and from Berthold and Salka Viertel and the Gielen family. Writings in the collection encompass a broad range of materials, such as manuscript and typescript essays by Edward Steuermann, transcripts of excerpts from Steuermann's letters discussing musical matters, lectures and speeches, program and liner notes, interview transcripts, and letters of recommendation for various students and colleagues. Writings by others about Steuermann are also included, as is a typescript autobiographical essay by Steuermann's mother, Augusta Steuermann. There are a number of poetic texts as well, manuscript and typescript, in various languages, including poems by Berthold Viertel and Berthold Brecht. Other materials include: printed programs of music composed or performed by Steuermann or his students; clippings and other printed matter; papers of the Edward Steuermann Memorial Society; a few financial and legal papers; and several photographs. Additionally there are 4 boxes of materials acquired by Clara Steuermann between 1974 and 1981 concerning the activities of the International Federation of Music Libraries (IFLA), an organization in which she was active during the last decade of her life.
series
Writings
The Writings series is represented by two subseries: Writings of Edward Steuermann and Writings of Others. The Writings of Edward Steuermann subseries consists of manuscript, typescript, and printed materials, published and unpublished, including lectures and speeches, program and liner notes, interview transcripts, and miscellaneous lists. The Writings by Others subseries consists primarily of writings about Steuermann.
subseries
Writings by Edward Steuermann
About music
file
Auf Reisen...
Ausdruck und Geste
Alban Berg
Between the lines
Brecht and modern music (typescript excerpts from Steuermann letters)
Briefe an Karl Kraus (published in Die Fackel Nr. 811-819 (Aug. 1929), p. 91-93.
Briefe an Theodor W. Adorno (from Der Komponist Theodor W. Adorno, p. 358-359)
Busoni's six elegies
Darmstadt (incl. transcripts of correspondence)
Einfahrt nach Chicago
Expression - Gesticulation
Märchen vom Glück
Der musikalische Eindruck (also titled: The musical hearing)
The piano music of Arnold Schoenberg
Über das "Naturliche"
Verändert sich der musikalische Interpretationstyl?
Notebooks
#1: What is analysis; Expression and gesture (Ausdruck und Geste); Program notes for Pittsburgh; Stage-fright; Expression-Gesticulation; Bulgarian rhythm
#2: Lecture; lists of names; exam questions; writing on Busoni
Lectures and speeches
Juilliard School, speech, 1964
New School for Social Research (lecture scripts and notes): Rhythm, etc.
Romanticism in music and the "Kreisleriana"
Program and liner notes
Concert in memory of Erich Itor Kahn (typescript & printed)
Gail Kubik recording (typescript & printed)
"The Picture Puzzle" (1949) (printed)
Pittsburgh, January 1958 (typescript)
Schoenberg Klavierstücke (photocopy of record jacket)
Interviews with
Bergsma, William
Schuller, Gunther (in manuscript and typescript forms, and as printed in Perspectives of New Music 3/1 (Fall-Winter 1964), 22-35
Stuckenschmidt, Hans Heinz
As teacher
Letters of recommendation
List of students (in small red leather ring binder): alphabetical list of names, occasionally with addresses
Lists of students (typescript with annotations): at Juilliard (incl. names & addresses, schedules, and exam grades); at Mozarteum in Salzburg; at Philadelphia
Conservatory of Music; and at Princeton University
Personal
Address book
Personal excerpts from Steuermann letters (in typed transcript)
Writings by Others
Adorno, Theodor [re Steuermann] (typescript and printed)
Carter, Elliott. "Current Chronicle: New York" Musical Quarterly ?, p. 93-101.
Eisler, Hanns. Gespräche mit Hans Bünge (Leipzig, 1975), p. 75-76.
Mayer, Hans. "Eine deutsche Revolution. Also keine," Der Spiegel 33, 14 (August 1978), p. 124-128.
Reid, Charles. "How Kleiber Brought Wozzeck to the Stage," Music and Musicians, ? (January 1958).
Steuermann, Augusta [autobiographical]
Poetic Texts
Manuscript, typescript, and printed, in original language and in translation, by Steuermann(?) and others; includes typed Brecht Lieder with musical incipits in pencil
Correspondence, 1922-1981
The Correspondence series is represented by two subseries: General Correspondence and Family Correspondence. The General Correspondence subseries consists of letters to and from Edward and Clara Steuermann. The Family Correspondence subseries consists of letters written by Edward and Clara Steuermann and by other family members.
General Correspondence
Adler, Hermann
Adorno, Theodor
Alter, Georg
American Music Center
Apostel, Hans Erich
Armitage, Merle
Badura-Skoda, Paul
Berg, Helene
Berger, Arthur
Boonin, Joseph M.
Busoni, Ferruccio
Bussotti, Sylvano
Cameron, Basil
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Cerha, Friedrich
Clarke, Rebecca
Columbia Broadcasting System
Darmstadt, 1954-1961, undated
Dartington
Demus, Joerg see: Badura-Skoda, Paul
Deutsch, Joseph
Deutsch, Max
Dorian, Frederick See also: Carnegie Institute of Technology
Eisler, Hanns
Eisner, Bruno
Fiedler, Arthur
Fischer, Carl, Inc. See also: Reese, Gustave
Freund, Marya
Fromm, Paul
Haas, Stephanie see: Deutsch, Joseph
"Hanover"
Harris, Roy
Israel, 1954-1958
Jacobi, Frederick
Jalowetz, Heinrich
Juilliard School
Kestenberg, Leo
Kenyon College
Kim, Earl
Kindler, Hans
Kirchner, Leon
Kirkpatrick, Ralph
Kolisch, Rudolf, 1922-1965, undated and Lorna Kolisch
Krips, Josef
Kronold, Edward & Stephanie see: Deutsch, Joseph
Kubik, Gail
Laufer, Edward
Leibowitz, René, 1948-1973, undated
Lhevinne, Rosina
Library of Congress
Lieberson, Goddard See also: Columbia Broadcasting System
Lympany, Moura
Marschner, Wolfgang
Mendel, Arthur
Mennin, Peter
Milhaud, Darius
Moldenhauer, Hans
Moller, Hans, 1936-1954, undated
Monod, Jacques Louis
Newlin, Dika
Nono, Luigi
Nordoff, Paul
Peleg, Frank
Persichetti, Vincent
Persinger, Louis
Petri, Egon
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music
Philadelphia Free Library, Fleisher Collection
Philadelphia Musical Academy
Pisk, Paul A.
Polnauer, Josef
Porter, David
Princeton University See also: Mendel, Arthur
"Pupils"
Rathaus, Karol
Ratz, Erwin
Reese, Gustave
Reich, Willi
Rochberg, George
Rubin, Cecile E.
Salzburg Festspiele
Scherchen, Hermann
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1912-1951
Schoenberg, Gertrude
Schoenberg family
Schuman, William Howard
Selden-Goth, Gisella
Sessions, Roger
Sherman, Russell (Buddy)
Starer, Robert
Steber, Eleanor
Stein, Erwin
Stein, Leonard
Steinberg, William
Stevenson, Robert
Stokowski, Leopold
Stuckenschmidt, H. H. See also: Stuckenschmidt interview
Suk, Josef grandson of composer
Taubman, Howard
Trauneck, Joseph
Utah State Agricultural College See also: Wassermann, Irving
Vogelsang, Konrad
Wassermann, Irving
Webern, Anton
Weiss, Adolph
Wolff, Kurt
Wolpe, Stefan
Zeitlin, Zvi
Zelka, Charlotte
Zukovsky, Paul
Miscellaneous and unidentified (4 folders)
Notes on Steuermann correspondence (by Clara Steuermann)
Family Correspondence
Letters written by Edward and Clara Steuermann, 1917-1964
Correspondence between Edward & Clara Steuermann (1958, undated)
Letters from Edward Steuermann to Salka Viertel (1917-1964, undated)
Letters from Edward and Clara Steuermann to Rosa Gielen (undated)
Letters from Edward Steuermann to Michael Gielen (plus photocopies)
Letters of Edward Steuermann, excerpted (in transcript)
Letters written by other members of Steuermann's family, 1936-1981
Letters from Margaret Steuermann to Salka Viertel
Letters from Berthold Viertel to Edward Steuermann
Letters from Salka Viertel (1964-1978, and miscellanea) (5 folders)
Letters to and from Ljerko Spiller (nephew)
Letters from the Gielen family, 1936-1981, undated (24 folders)
Letters from Michael Gielen, 1966-1981, undated (2 folders)
Miscellaneous programs, press releases, clippings, etc. relating to Gielen family
Music
The Music series is represented by two subseries: Music by Edward Steuermann and Music by Other Composers. The Music by Edward Steuermann subseries is represented by two subseries: Original compositions and Arrangements and Transcriptions. These two subseries consist of manuscript and printed scores. The Music by Other Composers subseries is represented by two subseries: Manuscript Music and Printed Music. These two subseries consist of manuscript scores and printed scores.
Music by Edward Steuermann
Original Compositions
Abendlied
Auf der Galerie
Holograph full score, pencil, with annotations in ink and colored pencil: 26 p.
Holograph full score, pencil, with annotations in red and blue pencil; 4 p.
Holograph full score, pencil, with annotations in red and blue pencil (65 mm. only); 4 p.
Photocopy of copyist's score for chorus & piano; 45 p.
Brecht Lieder
Holograph piano-vocal score in ink and pencil; [10 p.]
Reproduction of holograph piano-vocal score, with annotations in pencil; 11 p.
Concerto, piano
Holograph sketches for short score, pencil with annotations; 13 p., [12 p.]
Dialogues
Holograph violin score, black ink on transparencies; 6 p.
Holograph violin score, blue ink with annotations in colored pencil; 3 p.
Holograph violin score, pencil with annotations; Jan. 19th 63
Drei Chöre
Holograph full score, black ink on transparencies; 16 p.
Copyist's full score with pencil annotations, bound; 38 p.
Holograph sketches, pencil, with 2 p. ink on transparencies; 30 p.
Copyist's choral score of Die Nacht only, with annotations in red pencil; 23 p.
Drei Lieder
Ozalid of copyist's piano-vocal score; 10 p.
Frühlingslied
Holograph sketches in ink and pencil; 4 p.
Improvisation and allegro
Holograph violin & piano score, black ink on transparencies; 19 p.
Holograph violin & piano score, black ink with pencil annotations and pasteovers; 14 p.
Holograph revisions, black ink, blue ink, & pencil, on paper and transparencies; [6 p.]
Ozalid of copyist's score for violin & piano with extensive annotations in red and green pencil; 26 p.
Lied des Gefangenen
Holograph piano-vocal score, black ink; 4 p.
Milosc skrzydlata See also: Zigeunerlied
Holograph piano-vocal score, blue ink; 2 p.
Music for instruments
Holograph full score, black ink on transparencies with annotations in pencil; 42 p.
Holograph sketch of short score, pencil with annotations; 20 p.
Holograph sketches, pencil and other; 104 p.
Na krakowskim zamku wesele
Holograph piano-vocal score, pencil (untitled, incomplete); 4 p.
Nachtlied
Holograph piano sketch, ink and pencil; 4 p.
Nocturne and scherzo
Holograph score for clarinet & piano, pencil with annotations; 10 p.
O lass uns noch
Holograph piano-vocal score, black ink with pencil emendations; 3 p.
Ouverture
Holograph sketches and tone rows, pencil and ink
Piano piece, 1938
Holograph piano score, ink with pencil emendations; 3 p.
Powiew w sadzie See: Zigeunerlied
Presto - Etude
Piano score in ink, hand unknown; 3 p., 1 p.
Prosba o skzrydlata See: Zigeunerlied
Quartet, strings, 1937
Quartet, strings, No. 1; 7 waltzes
Holograph score, blue ink with pencil & pasteovers, lacks 2nd movement; 32 p.
Copyist's string parts; 21 p., 23 p., 23 p., 23 p.
Quartet, strings, No. 2
Copyist's string parts; 11 p., 11 p., 11 p., 11 p.
Holograph sketches, pencil with annotations, and tone rows, ink
Quartet, strings, various
Romanze See also: Frühlingslied
Serenade
Holograph sketches for short score, pencil, and tone rows, ink; 34 p.
Soldatenlied
Holograph piano-vocal score, black ink with pencil annotations; 5 p.
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete: 2 p.
Sonata, piano, 1923 [?]
Holograph piano score, blue ink with pasteovers; 6 p.
Sonata, piano, 1925-26
Holograph piano score, ink with pencil annotations; 19 p.
Holograph piano score, black ink on transparencies, with pasteover; 22 p.
Suite, chamber orchestra
Holograph full score, pencil with blue and red pencil annotations; 41 p.
Holograph full score of ouverture only, black ink on transparencies; 21 p.
Ozalid of copyist's full score, bound, with annotations in red pencil; 39 p.
Holograph sketches, pencil with annotations in colored pencil and ink
Suite, piano
Holograph piano score, black ink on transparencies with pasteovers; 18 p.
Ozalid of holograph piano score, with alterations; 18 p.
Holograph sketches, pencil and ink; 136 p. (3 folders)
Printed piano score, Prelude and Melody only; 6 p.
Tag für Tag
Toccata and aria
Holograph sketches for flute and piano, pencil, and tone rows, pencil & ink; 73 p.
Trio, for piano, violin & violoncello
Ozalid of holograph score with numerous annotations in penicl, red pencil, and blue ink, and pasteovers; 43 p.
Ozalid of copyist's violin and cello parts; 12 p., 12 p.
Holograph sketches, pencil, and black ink on transparencies (4 p.); 54 p.
Variations for orchestra
Holograph full score, black ink on transparencies with annotations; 30 p.
Holograph sketches, pencil, and tone rows, ink; 43 p.
Vier Klavierstücke
Holograph piano score, ink with pencil annotations; 16 p., [3] p.
Holograph piano score, black ink on transparencies; 18 p.
Holograph title pages and sketches, pencil and ink; 5 p.
Vier Lieder
Holograph piano-vocal score, black ink on transparencies, with annotations in blue ink; 10 p.
Wenn die zwei Schwestern
Zigeunerlied
Holograph piano-vocal score, black ink on transparencies; 4 p.
Holograph piano-vocal score, pencil; 4 p.
Unidentified sketches, voice and piano
Unidentified sketches, tone rows, corrections, etc.
Arrangements and Transcriptions
Toccata; arr.
Arranger's holograph piano score, black ink on transparencies; 19 p.
Haydn, Joseph
Concerto, piano, D major; Cadenzas ; 3 Kadenzen zum d dur Konzert von J. Haydn
Holograph piano score in ink, with pencil; 5 p.
Concerto, piano, D major; Cadenzas ; Kadenz (zum I Satz des d dur Konzertes von J. Haydn)
Holograph piano score in ink, with pencil; 5 p., 1 p.
Herbert, Victor
Badinage; arr.
Holograph score for two pianos, pencil; 4 p.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Concerto, piano, C major; Cadenza
Concerto, piano, K. 595; Cadenzas
Holograph piano score of 1st- mvmt. cadenza, black ink on transparencies; 6 p.
Holograph piano score of 1st-mvmt. cadenza, blue ink; 3 p.
Holograph piano sketches of 1st-mvmt. cadenza, pencil; 7 p.
Holograph piano score of 1st-mvmt. cadenza, pencil; 4 p.
Holograph piano score of 3rd-mvmt. cadenza, pencil; 2 p., 1 p.
Poulenc, François
Trois pièces; No. 2, Toccata; arr.
Arranger's holograph score for 3 pianos, blue ink with pencil annotations; 8 p.
Arranger's holograph score for 3 pianos, pencil; 5 p.
Printed piano score (Paris: Heugel, 1931); 7 p.
Schoenberg, Arnold
Concerto, piano; arr.
Arranger's holograph of piano-reduction of orchestral score, pencil; 17 p.
Ode to Napoleon; arr.
Arranger's holograph of piano-reduction of orchestral score, pencil; 20 p.
Verklärte Nacht; arr.
Arranger's holograph score for violin, cello, and piano, ink; 36 p.
Reproduction of copyist's score for violin, cello, and piano, with typeset title page; 42 p.
Photocopy of copyist's score for violin, cello, and piano; 53 p.
Schubert, Franz
Wohin; arr. for 3 pianos
Arranger's holograph score for 3 pianos, blue ink; 6 p.
Arranger's holograph score for 3 pianos, pencil; 4 p.
Copyist's score for 3 pianos, black ink on transparencies; 9 p.
Schumann, Robert
Variationen; arr for 2 pianos
Arr. holograph sketches for 2 piano score; 10 p. [see oversize box OV 3]
Strauss, Richard
Die Fledermaus; themes arr. for 2 pianos
Arranger's holograph score for 2 pianos, black ink on transparencies, with annotations; 56 p.
Symphony, op. 21; arr.
Arranger's holograph sketch for piano; 2 p., 2 p.
Music by Other Composers
Manuscript Music
Sechs Bagatellen, Op. 6
Klavierstücke, op. 8
Thema, 11 Variationen, Coda I und Trauermusik, op. 70
Copyist's score, ink with pencil annotations; 15 p.
Kahn, Erich Itor
Huit inventions
Nenia; Judaeis qui hac aetate perierunt
Ozalid of copyist's score for violoncello & piano, with annotations; 28 p.
Short piano piece
Blue print of Holograph piano score; 2 p.
Sechs Bagatellen
Ozalid of holograph[?] piano score; [5 p.]
Three bagatelles
Four bagatelles
Ozalid of holograph[?] piano score; 13 p.
Prelude, Song, Tocatta[sic], Fantasy, Epilogue
Ozalid of holograph[?] piano score; 6 p.
Leibowitz, René
Sonata quasi una fantasia, op. 43
Zenk, Ludwig
[Songs, op. 5, no. 1-4]
Holograph[?] piano-vocal score, blue ink; 3 p., 2 p., 2 p., 2 p.
Printed Music
Alkan, Ch. v.
Capriccio alla soldatesca, op. 50. Paris: G. Mergault & Cie., n.d.
Le chemin de fer, op. 27. Paris: Editions Costallat, n.d.
Douze etudes, op. 35. Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, n.d.
Le tambour bat aux champs, op. 50, no. 2. Paris: Costallat & Cie, n.d.
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Klavierwerke. Wien: Universal-Edition, [1902].
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Capriccio. New York: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1915.
Fugen. Klavierwerke, Band XXI. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1917.
Grosse Fuge. New York: G. Schirmer, 1910.
Klavierwerke, Band IV. Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d.
Partitas, French, six. New York: Kalmus, 1942.
Suites, English, six. New York: Kalmus, 1945.
Suite, English, no. 3, G minor. Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1926.
Suites, French, six; Suite, A minor; Suite, E-flat major. New York: Kalmus, 1945.
Toccatas, organ. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900.
Toccatas. New York: Kalmus, 1948.
Variations, Goldberg. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1938.
The Well-tempered Clavichord. New York: G. Schirmer, 1895.
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.
Bartok, Béla
Im Freien. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1927.
Rumänische Volkstänze. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1918.
Beethoven, Ludvig van
Klavierstücke. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.
Sonatas, no. 1-32. Vol. I & II. New York: Kalmus, n.d.
Sonatas. Vol. I-IV. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1945.
Sonatas, no. 1-32. Vol. I & II. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1935.
Variationen. Band I. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.
Berg, Alban
Sonata, piano, op. 1. Berlin: Verlag der Schlesinger Buch und Musikhandlung, n.d.
Boulez, Pierre
Sonata, piano, no. 2. Paris: Heugel et Cie, 1950.
Brahms, Johannes
Balladen, op. 10. Berlin-Leipzig: N. Simrock, n.d.
Complete works for piano solo. 3 vols. New York: G. Schirmer, 1949.
Fantasien, op. 116. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1892.
Klavierwerke. Sonaten, op. 1 & 2; Scherzo, no. 4; Balladen, op. 10; Rhapsodien, op. 79; Fantasien, op. 116; Drei Intermezzi, op. 117; Sechs Klavierstücke, op. 118; Vier Klavierstücke, op. 119. Wien: Univeral-Edition, n.d.
Kompositionen für Klavier zu 2 Händen. 2 vols. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.
Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel, op. 24. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1909.
Elegien [and] Erscheinung; Berceuse. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1908.
Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1921.
Sonatina. Leipzig: Jul. Heinr. Zimmermann, 1910.
Chopin, Frédéric
Complete works. The Oxford original edition of Frédéric Chopin. 3 vols. London: Oxford University Press, 1932.
Etüden. Wien: Universal-Edition, n.d.
Préludes pour piano. Oeuvres complètes, vol. 1. Warsaw: Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, 1949.
Debussy, Claude
L'isle joyeuse. Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1904.
Sonata, piano, op. 1. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1924.
Fauré, Gabriel
Nocturnes. [S.l.]: [s.n.], n.d.
Fitelberg, Jerzy
What is Benjamin? New York: Edward B. Marks Music Corp., 1950.
Granados, E.
Quejas ó La Maja y el Ruiseñor. New York: International Music Co., 1941.
Hindemith, Paul
Konzertmusik für Klavier, Blechbläser und Harfen. Mainz: B. Schott"s Söhne, 1930.
Little suite for solo piano. New York: Mercury Music Corp., 1950.
Explanation of metaphors, op. 15. New York: Bomart Music Publications, 1950.
Vier Klavierstücke, op. 8. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1947.
Liszt, Franz
Totentanz. Leipzig: Breitkopf & H/ärtel, 1919.
Mendelssohn, Felix
Rondo capriccioso, op. 14. New York: G. Schirmer, 1915.
Moniuszko, Stanislaw
Wiosna (Le printemps). Cracow: Polskie Wydawnictwo, 1950.
Znasz-li ten kraj? (Connais-tu le pays?) Warsaw: Warszawa Gebethner i Wolff, n.d.
Andantino aus dem 9. Klavier-Konzert, Werk 271. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1914.
Rondos, fantaisies, et pièces diverses. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1917.
Sonatas and three fantasias for piano. New York: Kalmus, n.d.
Mussorgsky, Modest
Pictures from an exhibition. New York: Edward B. Marks Music Crop., 1941.
Ballade: Variations on a hurdy-gurdy theme. New York: Bomart Music Publications, 1950.
Ravel, Maurice
Gaspard de la nuit. Paris: Durand & Cie, 1909.
Miroirs. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., n.d.
Le tombeau de Couperin. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1918.
Reger, Max
Aus meinem Tagebuch, op. 82, Heft 1-3. Leipzig: Lauterbach & Kuhn, 1904.
[Concerto, piano, 4 hands, op. 114]. Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, n.d.
Episoden, op. 115. Heft I & 2. Leipzig: Lauterbach & Kuhn, n.d.
Fünf Humoresken, op. 20. Leipzig: Jos. Aibl Verlag, 1927.
Sechs Intermezzi, op. 45, Heft 1-2. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1928.
Sieben Charakterstücke, op. 32, Heft I. Leipzig: Jos. Aibl Verlag, 1899.
Scarlatti, Domenico
Sonaten, 1-60. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.
Sonatas, piano. Wien: Universal Edition, 1953.
Complete works for piano solo. 6 vols. New York: Kalmus, n.d.
Humoreske, op. 20. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1901.
Sonaten [and] Koncert ; Op. 22. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.
Sonaten [and] Koncert ; Op. 14. Wien: Jos. Eberle & Co., [1902].
Sonaten [and] Koncert ; Op. 11. Leipzig: Peters, n.d.
Sonaten [and] Koncert ; Koncert, op. 54. [Wien]: [Universal Edition], n.d.
Waldscenen, op. 82. Leipzig: Verlag von Bartholf Senff, n.d.
Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevitch
Sonata, piano, no. 4, op. 30. Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff, 1904.
Sonata, piano, no. 7, op. 64. Berlin: Russischer Musikverlag, n.d.
Sonata, piano, no. 10, op. 70. Leipzig: P. Jurgenson, n.d.
Weber, Carl Maria von
Sonata, piano, no. 2, op. 39. Compositions for the pianoforte. New York: G. Schirmer, 1903.
Programs, 1912-1917, undated
The Programs series consists of printed and typescript programs of music performances featuring Steuermann as composer (1952-1971), Steuermann as pianist (1912-1963), and Steuermann students (1949-1969).
Steuermann as composer (1952-1971)
Steuermann as pianist (1912-1963) (2 folders)
Steuermann students (1949-1969, undated) (5 folders)
Legal & Financial Papers
The Legal & Financial Papers series is represented by two subseries: Legal Papers and Financial Papers. These two subseries consist of miscellaneous citizenship documents, contracts, and miscellaneous documents re the Steuermann estate, etc.
Legal Papers
Birth certificates (2 copies) (see oversize box OV 2)
Citizenship documents, immigration & naturalization papers, visa application
Contractual agreement with BMI
Copyright materials (registration forms, lists)
War ministry papers (Wien, 1918) (see oversize box OV 2)
Financial Papers
Certification of bank account balance
Estate of Edward Steuermann (correspondence & other documents)
Materials re piano purchase, sale, and ownership
Edward Steuermann Memorial Society
The Edward Steuermann Memorial Society series consists of official documents and minutes, correspondence, and programs, including both manuscript and printed materials.
Certificate of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of board meetings, etc.
Correspondence (1965-1969)
Programs (1964-1965)
Clippings
The Clippings series consists primarily of photocopies of clippings, divided by subject: Steuermann as composer, Steuermann as pianist, Steuermann obituaries and tributes, and articles from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Steuermann as composer (1927-1974, undated)
Steuermann as pianist (1934-1962, undated)
Obituaries and tributes
New Grove articles (photocopies): "Darmstadt," "Dartington Summer School," "Donaueschingen," and "International Society for Contemporary Music"
Books and Periodicals
The Books and Periodicals series consists of publications from Edward and Clara Steuermann's library.
Books
Dorian, Frederick
The History of Music in Performance: The Art of Musical Interpretation from the Renaissance to our Day. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1942.
Generations in Turmoil. Great Neck, NY: Channel Press, Inc., 1960.
Liebowitz, René
Le compositeur et son double: Essais sur l"Interprétation musicale. Paris?: Éditions Gallimard, 1971.
L"Évolution de la musique de Bach à Schoenberg. Paris: Éditions Corrêa, 1951.
Histoire de l"opéra. Paris: Éditions Buchet/Chastel, 1957.
Introduction à la musique de douze sons. Paris: L"Arche, 1949.
Leibowitz, René and Konrad Wolff
Kahn, Erich Itor: Un grand représentant de la Musique contemporaine. Paris: Éditions Buchet/Chastel, 1958.
The Song of Solomon. Jerusalem: Shulammite, n.d.
Viertel, Berthold
Fürchte dich nicht! New York: Barthold Fles Verlag, 1941.
Der Lebenslauf. New York: Aurora Verlag, 1946.
Briefe an Hildegard Jone und Josef Humplik. Wien: Universal Edition, 1959.
Periodicals
L"Approdo musicale, 19-20 (1965).
Liebowitz, René. "Le mal du bon musicien," Le temps modernes, no. 192, p. 1739-1750.
Musical Quarterly, Vol. 52, no. 1 (January 1966).
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
The International Federation Of Library Associations (IFLA) series is represented by two subseries: Files of Clara Steuermann and IFLA Publications. Files of Clara Steuermann, manuscript and typescript with some printed matter (correspondence, reports, minutes, drafts, etc.). IFLA Publications, consisting of printed matter.
Files of Clara Steuermann, 1975-1981
By date
1975 (Abstracts, article: Music Libraries, by Miriam Miller)
1977 - Correspondence
1977 - Reports, forms
1978 - Reports, minutes, newsletter article
1979 - Correspondence, memoranda
1979 - Directories, organizational chart, newsletter
1980 - Correspondence, memoranda
1980 - Minutes, reports, newsletters
1981 - Correspondence, memoranda
1981 - Committee lists, program drafts, newsletters
By subject
American Library Association & Music Library Association (1979)
Audio-Visual Media Working Group (1978-1979)
Brussels Congress (1977)
Conservation Section (1978-1979)
Copenhagen (1979) (3 folders)
Manila (1979-1980)
Round Table on Music in Libraries (1978-1981)
Special Libraries (serial publication) (1978-1979) (incl. March 1978 issue)
Special Libraries Division (1979-1980)
Strbske Pleso, Czechoslovakia, Congress (1978) (2 folders)
IFLA Publications
Directories (1976-1981) (3 folders)
IFLA Annual (1974-1979)
IFLA Journal (1975, Vol. 1, no. 1, to 1980, Vol. 6, no. 4)
Other publications, 1976-1981
Miscellany
Includes photograph of Edward Steuermann, report card of Margarete Steuermann, and miscellaneous printed material.
Photographs of Edward Steuermann (multiple copies of single studio portrait)
School report card of Margarete Steuermann (first wife of Edward Steuermann)
Report on the Music Institute at Kenyon College, Summer 1945 [typescript]
Black Mountain College Bulletin, Music Institute, Summer 1945