Herman Langinger Music Publishing Files
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Herman Langinger Music Publishing Files 1889-1972 (bulk 1927-1955)
Langinger, Herman
Biographical History for: Herman Langinger Music Publishing Files 1889-1972 (bulk 1927-1955)
Biographical Note Herman Langinger (1908-1979) was born in Spas, Austria. He immigrated to the United States as a teenager and eventually settled in New York City, where he cultivated the craft of music engraving. After working on the score of Charles Ives' Symphony no. 4, Langinger became known for handling difficult contemporary works. In 1928, he moved to San Francisco and started his own publishing house, Golden West Music Press. He subsequently began publishing Henry Cowell's quarterly serial New Music and became an influential figure in West Coast avant-garde circles. Langinger engraved such high profile pieces as Edgar Varese's Ionisation and works by Carl Ruggles, Roy Harris, and Arnold Schoenberg. After Cowell was imprisoned in 1936, Langinger, along with Gerald Strang, became co-managers of Cowell’s New Music Society, where they worked hard to keep the organization financially solvent. In his later years, Langinger became the owner of Highland Music Press in Los Angeles. He died in 1979.
Scope and Content Note The Herman Langinger Music Publishing Files contain materials accrued from 1927 to 1955 while Langinger worked as an engraver and publisher at his own Golden West Music Press in Hollywood, Calif. Most of the materials are related to the production of Henry Cowell's quarterly publication New Music. The collection includes holograph manuscript scores, edited score paste-ups, negative and positive proof copies, printed editions of New Music, financial receipts, notes/corrections, and correspondence (often from major composers) relating to publication. Similar materials exist for Langinger's other engraving commitments, notably Delkas Music Publishing Company and Affiliated Musicians, Inc., both in Los Angeles, Calif. The files contain works by many leading 20th century composers, such as John Cage, Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ernst Toch, Edgar Varèse, and Arnold Schoenberg. Represented as well are Latin American composers, namely Carlos Chávez (stemming from Cowell's interest in pan-American music) and various European and Soviet composers. Langinger's collection of holograph manuscript scores, often annotated by the composers, is substantial and spans the entire period that New Music was published. The plate and/or transfer proofs and paste-ups represent the largest components of the files and provide evidence of Langinger's intricate engraving process. Although the published edition file copies of New Music rarely are annotated, they form a comprehensive collection of the quarterly's total production. Correspondence interspersed within the files generally pertains to the music submitted for publication and provides insights as to the working partnership between composer, editor, and publisher. A large percentage of this correspondence is from members of New Music's editorial board, which included notable composers Elliott Carter, Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, Nicolas Slonimsky, Vladimir Ussachevsky, and Frank Wigglesworth. A handful of related publishing materials, mostly shop tickets, rounds out the collection.
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Project Files, 1889-1972
Holograph manuscript scores, publisher's plate/transfer proofs, manuscript or printed score paste-ups, notes, correspondence, and published editions of New Music quarterly and other published editions by affiliated firms such as Delkas Music Publishing Company and Affiliated Musicians, Inc. Many scores and proof copies bear annotations and corrections by the composers. Date of composition or publication copyright is provided for each title if known.
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Achron, Joseph
Sextet, op. 73 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, and trumpet, 1938
Holograph manuscript score paste-up
Printed score
Statuettes (piano), 1930
Antheil, George
Sonata no. 2: The airplane (piano), 1931
Publisher's proof
Ardévol, José
Sonatina (piano), 1934
Holograph manuscript score
Correspondence
Babbitt, Milton
Composition for four instruments (flute, violin, clarinet, cello), 1949
Manuscript score paste-up
Bacon, Ernst
Six songs (voice, piano), 1942
Ten songs (voice, piano), 1928
Barrymore, Lionel
Johnny, dear (voice, piano), 1944
Bartók, Béla see also Box 1, Purcell, Henry
Four dirges (piano), 1945
Becker, John J.
Concerto for horn in F and orchestra, 1936
Soundpiece no. 4: second string quartet, 1948
Berger, Arthur
Three poems of Yeats (voice, flute, clarinet, cello), 1940
Beyer, Johanna Magdalena
IV (percussion ensemble), 1935
Biggs, Richard Keys
American hymn (voice, piano), undated
Andantino (organ), 1945
Bowles, Paul Frederic
Cafe sin nombre (piano), 1933
Danger de mort: IV (voice, piano), 1934
Danger de mort: VI (voice, piano), 1934
Letter to Freddy (voice, piano), 1935
Scènes d'Anabase: III (voice, oboe, piano), 1932
Bradley, Will
The deep quarry (clarinet choir), 1948
Honeysuckle and clover (brass choir), 1948
Brooks, Ernest
Piano sonata no. 3. Toccata, 1931-1935
Photocopied manuscript score
Brown, Merton
Cantabile for string orchestra, 1946
Cantabile: piano version, 1946
Cage, John
Amores: for piano and percussion, 1943
Notes and corrections
Carrillo, Julián
Preludio a Cristobal Cólon (vocalise with instrumental ensemble), 1934
Notes
Carter, Elliott
Pastoral for piano and viola, English horn, or clarinet, 1945
Printed score and parts
Carvajal, Armando
Three pieces for children (piano), 1939
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Fantasy on themes of Donizetti's Daughter of the Regiment. Romance (violin, piano), 1944
Cazden, Norman
Sonatina (piano), 1940
Chávez, Carlos
Seven pieces for piano, 1936
Printed scores
Sinfonía no. 5 for string orchestra, 1954
Sonata for piano, 1928
Photocopied holograph manuscript score
Sonatina for violin and piano, 1928
Spiral (Espira): movement for violin and piano, 1934
Cleghorn, James
How do you like this?: three ironies for piano, 1938
Collins, Anthony
The dancing master. Overture (string orchestra), 1946
Printed score paste-up
Copland, Aaron
As it fell upon a day: song for soprano with accompaniment for flute and clarinet, 1923
Cowell, Henry
Hilarious curtain opener (piano), 1939
Maestoso for piano, 1940
Ritournelle (piano), 1939
Two woofs (piano), 1947
Crawford, Ruth
Four preludes for piano, 1928
String quartet, 1931
Publisher's proofs
Creston, Paul
Seven theses: for piano, 1935
Suite for E♭ alto saxophone or B♭ clarinet and piano, 1938
Dahl, Ingolf
Variations on a Swedish folktune (flute), 1945
Davidenko, Alexander Alexandrovich
Song of a shepherd perishing in the mountains: no. 3 from Suite for chorus à capella, written on the basis of Chechen folk melodies, 1934
Davidson, Harold G.
Auto accident (percussion ensemble), 1936
Diggle, Roland
Chiaroscuro: for piano solo, 1947
Erdody, Leo
I bet you (voice, piano), 1945
Feldman, Morton
Illusions: for piano, 1950
Fernandez, Oscar Lorenzo
Batuque: negro dance from the opera Malazarte (orchestra), 1939
Moda (piano), 1942
Ficher, Jacobo
Sonatina for piano, B♭ trumpet and E♭ alto saxophone, op. 21, 1932
Fine, Vivian
The Great Wall of China (voice, flute), 1947
Finney, Ross Lee
Piano sonata in D minor, 1933
Franco, Johan
Theme and variations for piano, 1944
Fuleihan, Anis
Sonatina no. 1 (piano), undated
García Caturla, Alejandro
Preludio corto no. 1 (piano), 1927
Sonata corta (piano), 1927
Gideon, Miriam
Canzona for piano solo, 1945
Gnattali, Radames
Chôro (piano), 1942
Goldman, Richard Franko
Hymn for brass choir, 1939
Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich
O God, forgive Thou me: for mixed voices, a cappella, 1953
Green, Ray
Four short songs, no. 2: Fog (voice, piano), 1934
Four short songs, no. 4: Summer grass (voice, piano), 1934
Jig for a concert (2 pianos), 1953
Sonatina for piano, 1934
Three inventories of Casey Jones (percussion ensemble), 1936
Two madrigals: Hey nonny no; Sea charm (voices), 1934
Gudauskas, Giedra
Norėčiau skristi... (voice), 1972
Guarnieri, Camargo
Valsa (piano), 1942
Haines, Edmund
Slow dance: for organ, 1948
Hajos, Karl
This simple song (voice, piano), 1942
Hall, Ariel
Overtones (voice, harp or piano), 1944
Harris, Roy
Trio for pianoforte, violin, and violoncello, 1936
Holograph manuscript notes about third movement
Harris, William see Box 4, Verdi, Giuseppe see Box 4, Wagner, Richard
Harrison, Lou
Alleluia for orchestra, 1948
Prelude for grand piano, 1937
Saraband (piano), 1937
Six sonatas for cembalo or pianoforte, 1943
Hassan, Al
I'm walkin' out (voice, unspecified instruments), undated
Photocopied holograph manuscript lead sheet
Should pretending end (voice, unspecified instruments), undated
(Sometimes we're feeling) Sometimes small (voice, unspecified instruments), undated
Heilner, Irwin
Second rhapsody: for tenor and piano four hands, 1935
Heller, James G.
Three songs for soprano, 1953
Herrmann, Bernard
Sinfonietta: for string orchestra, 1936
Holograph manuscript corrections
Hovhaness, Alan
Mihr: for two pianos, 1945
Humphrey, Doris
Dance rhythms (percussion ensemble), 1936
Ives, Charles
22 (piano), 1912
Eighteen songs (voice, piano), 1894-1923
Holograph manuscript/typescript notes
Lincoln: the great commoner (chorus, orchestra), undated
A set of pieces: for theatre or chamber orchestra, 1904-1911
Sonata no. 3 for piano and violin, 1951
Thirty-four songs (voice, piano), 1889-1921
Holograph manuscript/printed scores
Three protests (piano), 1947
Manuscript score paste-ups
Jackson, Howard
Blue flamingo: musical impression (piano), 1953
Jemnitz, Sándor
Second sonata for violin alone, op. 37, 1940
Kauder, Hugo
Quartet for oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon, 1948
Kaun, Bernhard
Quintet for oboe and strings, 1940
Kerr, Harrison
Notations on a sensitized plate: for voice, clarinet, string quartet, and piano, 1939
Khachaturian, Aram
Dance no. 3 (piano), 1934
Kodály, Zoltán
Zongora muzsika: ten pieces for solo piano, 1945
La Violette, Wesley
Largo lyrico (string orchestra, timpani, harp or piano), 1944
Luening, Otto
Eight preludes for piano, 1942
Only themselves understand themselves, 1934
McKay, George Frederick
Dance suite no. 2 (piano), 1940
McPhee, Colin
Four Iroquois dances (orchestra), 1945
Miaskovsky, Nikolai
Fragment lyrique (orchestra), 1934
Mignone, Francisco
Lenda sertaeja: no. 9 (piano), 1942
Milhaud, Darius
Danses de Jacarémirim: for violin and piano, 1945
Violin part
Le bal martiniquais (2 pianos), 1944
Le bal martiniquais (orchestra), 1945
La liberation des Antilles. No. 1: Bonjour messieurs les liberateurs (voice, piano), 1944
Typescipt of text
Monod, Jacques-Louis
Passacaille, op. 1: for soprano and seven instruments, 1952
Moross, Jerome
Biguine (orchestra), 1935
Mossolov, Alexander Vassilievich
A Turkmenian lullaby: for chorus a capella, 1934
Nancarrow, Conlon
Blues for piano, 1938
Prelude (piano), 1938
Rhythm study no. 1: for player-piano, 1951
Toccata for violin and piano, 1938
Newell, Sara
Salute to spring (voice, piano), 1945
Paz, Juan Carlos
3a composición en los 12 tonos, op. 32 ( B♭ clarinet, piano), 1943
Clarinet part
Perl, Lothar
Four American variations on a theme by Paganini (piano), 1947
Perle, George
Hebrew melodies: for unaccompanied cello, op. 19, 1945
Quartet no. 3, op. 21 (string quartet), 1948
Pisk, Paul A.
Five sketches for piano, op. 39, 1942
Polovinkin, Leonid Alexeyevich
Humoresque philosophique (piano), 1933
Prausnitz, Frederik
Episode (orchestra), 1949
Price, Florence B.
Dances in the Canebrakes: for piano, 1953
Purcell, Henry
Two preludes for piano, 1945
Riegger, Wallingford
Duos for three woodwinds, 1944
Suite for flute alone, 1930
Roldán, Amadeo
Motivos de son: eight Cuban songs for voice and small orchestra, 1935
Rózsa, Béla
Sonate pour piano, 1929
Rudhyar, Dane
Granites (piano), 1929
Sinfonietta (orchestra), 1934
Ruggles, Carl
Angels: for brass or strings, 1925
Evocation. No. 4, 1944
Evocations: four chants for piano, 1954
Evocations: three chants for piano, 1943
Photocopied holograph manuscript scores
Organum: for orchestra (piano), 1947
Sun-treader (orchestra), 1934
Corrections
Russell, Bill
Three dance movements (percussion ensemble), 1933
Ruyneman, Daniel
Sonata (chorus), 1931
Sandoval, Miguel
Picture of man and wife conversing (piano), 1945
Santa Cruz, Domingo
Three pieces for violin and piano, 1939
Schoenberg, Arnold
Klavierstück, 1932
Seeger, Ruth Crawford see Box 3, Crawford, Ruth
Sessions, Roger
Duo for violin and piano, 1942
Seymour, John Lawrence
Three romances for violoncello and piano. From the far-off hills, op. 47, no. 1, 1947
Printed score and part
Three romances for violoncello and piano. A song on the road, op. 47, no. 2, 1947
Veni creator: op. 37, no. 2 (voice, organ/piano), 1947
Holograph manuscript scores
Shevitz, Arnold
Improvisations: for unaccompanied flute, 1953
Shifrin, Seymour
Four cantos (piano), 1948
Siegmeister, Elie
The strange funeral in Braddock: for baritone and piano, 1933
Silberta, Rhéa
Jeunesse (voice, piano), 1945
Lullaby for Judith (voice, piano), 1945
Slonimsky, Nicolas
Studies in black and white (piano), 1929
Still, William Grant
Bells (orchestra), 1944
Poem for orchestra, 1944
Suite for violin and piano, 1945
Holograph manuscript violin part
Strang, Gerald
Eleven (piano), 1931
Fifteen (piano), 1932
Intermezzo: 2nd movement of a symphony, 24b, 1935
Percussion music for three players, 1935
Strongin, Theodore
Four duos for two flutes, 1948
Tansman, Alexandre
Four piano moods, 1944
Thatcher, Gladys Knesel
Then I remember (voice, piano), 1953
Thomson, Virgil
Capital, capitals: for four men and a piano, 1947
Sonata da chiesa (clarinet, horn, trombone, trumpet, viola), 1926
Toch, Ernst
Fuge aus der Geographie (chorus), 1930
Ideas: op. 69 (piano), 1947
Poems to Martha: op. 66 (voice, string quartet), 1943
Quintet, op. 64 (piano quintet), 1938
Serenade, op. 25 (2 violins, viola), 1943
Parts
Tremblay, George
Piano sonatas, op. 8, nos. 1-2, 1939
Trusselle, Stanley
I hear my Father speak (voice, piano), 1953
Uribe Holguín, Guillermo
Preludio, op. 49, no. 1 (piano), 1939
Preludio, op. 56, no. 1 (piano), 1939
Van Vactor, David
Miscellaneous vocal works, 1944
Varèse, Edgard
Density 21.5 (flute), 1946
Ionisation (percussion ensemble), 1931
Vaughan, Clifford
Bonny Mary (voice, piano), 1944
Veprik, Alexander Moiseevich
Stalinstan (chorus, piano), 1934
Text (English translation)
Verdi, Giuseppe
La traviata. Prelude to Act III (string orchestra), 1946
Manuscript score in the hand of Harris
Vernon, Ashley
Lü Hsing. The journey (voice, piano), 1942
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Melodia da montanha: Serra da Piedade de belo horizonte (piano), 1942
New York sky-line (piano), 1942
Wagner, Richard
Tristan and Isolde. Introduction to 3rd act (string orchestra), 1946
Weber, Ben
Closing piece: for organ, op.36, 1955
Dance for unaccompanied cello, op. 28, 1948
Five bagatelles for piano, 1939
Legend: for violin and piano, 1938
Webern, Anton
Geistlicher Volkstexte. Liebste Jungfrau, wir sind dein, op. 17 (voice, violin, clarinets), 1930
Weiss, Adolph
Six preludes for piano, 1929
Sonate for flute and viola, 1930
Wilkinson, Marc
Three pieces for cello and piano, 1952
Wolff, Christian
For prepared piano, 1951
Wolpe, Stefan
Passacaglia for piano solo, 1936
Holograph manuscript notes
Woronoff, Wladimir
Sonnet pour Dallapiccola (piano), 1948
Wright, Norman
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed: President Lincoln's burial hymn (voice, piano), 1945
An inscription by the sea (voice, piano), 1945
Unidentified composers
Untitled piano music, circa 1953
Holograph manuscript fragments
Publisher's proof fragments
Miscellany, 1944-1948
Published New Music catalog, handwritten list of composers/titles included in New Music, and publisher shop tickets for music not included in the collection.
New Music published catalog, undated
New Music handwritten list, undated
Shop tickets, 1944-1948