Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec collection of Artur Schnabel materials
Contributors: Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951; Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951
Published: 1893
Language: eng
Number of pages: 926
Subjects: Correspondence; Photographs; Manuscripts; Music; Pianists
Other titles: Artur Schnabel - Mary Virginia Foreman LeGarrec collection,
Description: The collection includes holograph manuscript and published music scores by Schnabel as well as published scores by other composers, some of which contain annotations and performance indications in the hands of Schnabel, Le Garrec, and others. The collection also contains Schnabel's and Le Garrec's correspondence with music figures such as Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Firkušný, Pierre Fournier, René Liebowitz, Leopold Mannes, and Dmitri Mitropoulos. In addition, there are 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 and libretti, some with annotations; photographs; and miscellaneous iconography, including caricatures and cartoons.
Notes: Open to research.

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Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec Collection of Artur Schnabel Materials, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Gift; Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec; 1997.

transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.

Artur Schnabel (b. Apr. 17, 1882, in Lipnik; d. Aug. 15, 1951, in Axenstein, Switzerland) was an Austrian-born American pianist, pedogogue, and composer.

Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec (b. Apr. 5, 1908, in Minneapolis, Minn.) was Schnabel's student and confidante.

Materials in English, German, and French.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu011014

The Library of Congress Music Division holds the Artur Schnabel Collection.