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2006568218 abstract "Includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings, music, programs, clippings, artwork, photographs, awards, and other materials. Biographical materials include a copy of autobiography of Leopold Damrosch and memoirs of Marie von Heimburg, the aunt of Clara, Frank, and Walter Damrosch. Both items also exist in Damrosch-Tee Van Collection and Damrosch-Blaine Collection. The correspondence consists of letters between members of the Mannes and Damrosch families and other important correspondents, including Percy Goetschius, Franz Lizst (translation from the original), Daniel Gregory Mason, Sergei Rachmaninoff, John D. Rockefeller, Arthur Schnabel, Randall Thompson, and others. The writings contain primerily numerous literary works by Marya Mannes and articles by Leopold Damrosch, Clara Damrosch Mannes, Leopold Mannes. The music consists of holograph scores, parts, and sketches of compositions by Leopold Damrosch. Also included are manuscript copies of works by Heinrich Gottwald, holograph scores of Edmund Singer, and of songs by Leopold Mannes. The photographs consist of photoprints and 27 albums of photoprints chiefly related to Mannes and Damrosch families. The artwork includes portraits of various members of the Mannes and Damrosch families, sketches by Clara Damrosch Mannes, and photographic reproductions of sculptures of Marya Mannes.".
2006568218 accessRights "Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.".
2006568218 accessRights "Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit".
2006568218 accessRights "Open to research.".
2006568218 accrualMethod "Gift;".
2006568218 contributor B10717654.
2006568218 contributor B10717655.
2006568218 date "1848".
2006568218 description "Clara Damrosch Mannes was born on Dec. 12, 1869 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). She began piano lessons as a child in New York City; in 1888 she studied piano in Dresden with H. Schtolz and theory with J. Schreyer; and in 1897 she took piano lessons with F. Busoni in Berlin. Toured the United States as a member of Mannes Duo. At the David Mannes School of Music Clara was responsible for most of the administrative work, taught advanced chamber music students, and supervised the ensemble department. Died in New York City on March 16, 1947.".
2006568218 description "David Mannes was an American music educator, violinist and conductor. He studied the violin in New York with August Zeiss and Carl Richter Nicolai, in Berlin with Heinrich de Ahna and Carl Haliř and in Brussels with Eugène Ysaÿe. After several years as a freelance player in theatre orchestras in New York, he was invited by Walter Damrosch in 1891 to join the New York Symphony Society, of which he subsequently became concertmaster (1903--1912). He married pianist Clara Damrosch in 1898, and their first child, Leopold Damrosch Mannes was born in 1899. From 1904 to the mid 20s David and Clara Mannes performed as the Mannes Duo for violin and piano. In 1901 he joined the faculty of the Music School Settlement (later the Third Street Music School Settlement at East 3rd Street, New York) and in 1912 the Music School Settlement for Colored Children in Harlem. In 1911 he assumed directorship of the Music School Settlement. In the same year he helped to establish the National Association of Music School Societies. He also founded and conducted a series of free concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1918--1947). In 1916 Mannes and his wife founded the David Mannes Music School (from 1953 the Mannes College of Music) in New York. He died in New York City on April 25, 1959.".
2006568218 description "Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu007003".
2006568218 description "Gift; Marya Mannes and David Blow; 1966 and 1990-1991.".
2006568218 description "Includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings, music, programs, clippings, artwork, photographs, awards, and other materials. Biographical materials include a copy of autobiography of Leopold Damrosch and memoirs of Marie von Heimburg, the aunt of Clara, Frank, and Walter Damrosch. Both items also exist in Damrosch-Tee Van Collection and Damrosch-Blaine Collection. The correspondence consists of letters between members of the Mannes and Damrosch families and other important correspondents, including Percy Goetschius, Franz Lizst (translation from the original), Daniel Gregory Mason, Sergei Rachmaninoff, John D. Rockefeller, Arthur Schnabel, Randall Thompson, and others. The writings contain primerily numerous literary works by Marya Mannes and articles by Leopold Damrosch, Clara Damrosch Mannes, Leopold Mannes. The music consists of holograph scores, parts, and sketches of compositions by Leopold Damrosch. Also included are manuscript copies of works by Heinrich Gottwald, holograph scores of Edmund Singer, and of songs by Leopold Mannes. The photographs consist of photoprints and 27 albums of photoprints chiefly related to Mannes and Damrosch families. The artwork includes portraits of various members of the Mannes and Damrosch families, sketches by Clara Damrosch Mannes, and photographic reproductions of sculptures of Marya Mannes.".
2006568218 description "Leopold Damrosch Mannes was born Dec. 26, 1899 in New York City. He studied piano with E. Quaile, composition form R. Scalero and P. Goetschius. After graduation from Harvard University in 1920 he went to Paris where he studied piano with A. Cortot. He also became interested in photography during his teenage years. He married Edith Verson Simonds in 1926. On his return to America he taught theory in the Mannes School and at the Institute of Musical Arts. In 1930 he moved to Rochester, New York, to work for the Eastman Kodak Company, where, in collaboration with L. Godowski, he completed the development of the Kodachrome process. In 1939 he returned to New York City where he became associate director of the Mannes School of Music the next year. In 1948 he established the Mannes Trio which performed in New York City until 1955. He became president of the Mannes School of Music in 1950, and in 1953 oversaw the conversion of the school to the Mannes College of Music. He died on Aug. 11, 1964 on Martha's Vineyard.".
2006568218 description "Mannes - Damrosch Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.".
2006568218 description "Marya Mannes was born in New York City on Nov. 14, 1904. She worked as a writer for Vogue, New Yorker, Glamour, and The Reporter. She published 10 books and a collection of poems. As a sculptor she created sculpture portraits of Walter Damrosch, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Raoul de Roussy de Sales. Married to Jo Mielziner (1926-1931), Richard Blow (1937-1943, son David Blow (1939)), Christopher Clarkson (1948-1966). For long periods of time lived in Europe and in New York. In 1983 moved to San Francisco, where she died on Sept. 13, 1990.".
2006568218 extent "around 1,700 items (36 containers,12 linear feet)".
2006568218 identifier eadmus.mu007003.
2006568218 identifier eadmus.mu007003.3.
2006568218 issued "1848".
2006568218 language "eng".
2006568218 relation "Damrosch - Tee Van collection".
2006568218 rights "Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.".
2006568218 spatial "United States".
2006568218 subject "Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885 Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885.".
2006568218 subject "Goetschius, Percy, 1853-1943 Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Goetschius, Percy, 1853-1943.".
2006568218 subject "ML31 .M2135".
2006568218 subject "Mannes, Clara, 1869-1948 Correspondence".
2006568218 subject "Mannes, Clara, 1869-1948.".
2006568218 subject "Mannes, David, 1866-1959 Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Mannes, David, 1866-1959.".
2006568218 subject "Mannes, Leopold, 1899-1964 Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Mannes, Leopold, 1899-1964.".
2006568218 subject "Mannes, Marya.".
2006568218 subject "Musicians United States Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Rockefeller, John D., III (John Davison), 1906-1978 Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Rockefeller, John D., III (John Davison), 1906-1978.".
2006568218 subject "Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951 Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951.".
2006568218 subject "Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984 Correspondence.".
2006568218 subject "Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984.".
2006568218 title "Mannes - Damrosch collection, 1848-1986 (bulk 1900-1950).".
2006568218 type "collection".