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Machine readable finding aid created May 2007. Description is in English JPB 06-4Guide to the Catherine Kramer Scores, 1907-1949 Music Division The New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsNew York, New York Contact Information Music Division. New York Public Library. 40 Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY 10023-7498 (212) 870-1650 http://nypl.org/research/lpa/mus/mus.html Processed by: Helice Koffler Date completed: April 2007 Encoded by: Helice Koffler Processed and encoded through a gift from Robert W. Wilson.

Descriptive Summary Catherine Kramer Scores, 1907-1949 Kramer, Catherine JPB 06-422.79 linear feet; 3 boxes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Music Division.

New York, New York

The Catherine Kramer Scores primarily consist of original music composed by Kramer, as well as her arrangements of works by other composers. Catherine (or Catharine) Kramer completed a three-year course in piano, piano pedagogy, and composition at the Master Institute of Roerich Museum in May 1934. Subjects Personal Names {personal name entry} Organizations {organization/corporate name entry} Subjects {subject entry} Places Document Types {genreform entry} Occupations {occupation entry} Titles {title entry} Administrative Information Access

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Preferred Citation

Catherine Kramer Scores, JPB 06-42. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography

Catherine (or Catharine) Kramer completed a three-year course in piano, piano pedagogy, and composition at the Master Institute of Roerich Museum in May 1934. During the late 1920s through the early 1940s, Kramer composed several original compositions for piano and voice, primarily musical settings of the works of contemporary American and other poets. During the 1930s, Kramer also published her arrangements, generally for two pianos and four hands, of works of other composers, including Johan Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Moritz Moskowski, and Bedric Smetana.

Scope and Content Note

The Catherine Kramer Scores primarily consist of original music composed by Kramer, as well as her arrangements of works by other composers. The majority of the Kramer pieces consist of manuscript scores, frequently musical settings of poems. Authors represented include Dana Burnet, Grace Conkling, and Heinrich Heine. Many of Kramer's original compositions bear dedications to friends, including the Swedish soprano, Nanny Larsén-Todsen. Other manuscript scores include Kramer's own arrangements or keyboard transcriptions of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, and Bedric Smetana. Several of these scores were published by Pro Art Publications, as well as other music publishers. Additional music contained in the collection includes the manuscript score of Petit Berceuse (1949), a piece by the cellist, pianist, and composer, Marjorie Goetschius, which is dedicated to Kramer on the occasion of her birthday. Other Goetschius works include the sheet music for two popular songs she wrote with Jim Hoyl (a pseudonym of the violinist Jascha Heifetz). In addition to scores, the collection includes a few other items, such as a 1934 commencement program, as well as Kramer's certificate of completion of studies at the Master Institute of Roerich Museum.

Arrangement

Series I: Music by Catherine Kramer, 1926-1944 and undatedSeries II: Music by Other Composers, 1907-1949 and undatedSeries III: Professional Papers, 1927-1934 and undated

Series Descriptions/Container List Series I. Music by Catherine Kramer, 1926-1944 and undated8 folders

Alphabetical

The Music by Catherine Kramer series consists primarily of manuscript scores of original compositions by Kramer. Many of the pieces are musical settings of poems, including two versions of Du Bist Wie Eine Blume, a song dedicated to Nanny Larsén-Todsen. The 1926 copy was donated to the Music Division by the Akademiens Bibliotek and has been incorporated into this collection.

1 1Anonymous -Song of Cheer , 1931

"To my dear friend, Carrie F. Sinn."

1 2Burnet, Dana -Love's on the Highroad , 1944 1 3Conkling, Grace Walcott Hazard -The Little Rose , 1944

"For my dearest friend, Marcelle Denya."

Heine, Heinrich 1 4Du Bist Wie Eine Blume , 1926

"Respectfully dedicated to my dearest friend, Nanny Larsén - Todsen"; 2 manuscript copies, one inscribed on cover, April 1926, was donated by Akademiens Bibliotek from Larsén - Todsen's papers, bequeathed to their library.

1 5Liebesleid (Du Bist Wie Eine Blume) , 1925

Also donated by Musikaliska Akademiens Bibliotek; earlier version of same setting.

1 6Kreymborg, Alfred -Old Manuscript , 1935 1 7Prelude in B Major , 1927

"To my friend, Jennie Robinor."

1 8Woodland Reverie (for piano solo) , 1937

"For A.G.H., with love."

Series II: Music by Other Composers, 1907 - 1949 and undated19 folders

Alphabetical

The Music by Other Composers series mainly contains manuscript and printed versions of musical works that were arranged for keyboard by Kramer. Several of these editions were published by Pro Art Publications during the late 1930s, most of which are included with the collection. Also of interest are compositions by Marjorie Goethius, including the manuscript version of a piece dedicated to Kramer, as well as sheet music for two popular songs, co-written with Jim Hoyl (Jascha Heifetz).

Manuscript scores 1 9Arensky, Anton Stepanovich -Elegia (from Trio in D minor, opus 32) , 1932

Arranged for violoncello and piano by Catherine Kramer.

1 10Bach, Johann Sebastian -Toccata and Fugue in D minor , 1938

Includes cover for Pro - Art published edition.

Bizet, Georges 1 11Adagietto (Arlesienne - Suite I) , 1927

Arranged for piano solo by Catharine Kramer.

1 12Paraphrase on Gypsy Music from Carmen , 1938

"To my friend, M. M. Lichtmann"; transcribed for two pianos, four hands by Catherine Kramer.

1 13In Mezo Al Mar (Italian folksong of Trieste) , 1933

Freely arranged for two pianos, four hands, by Catherine Kramer.

1 14Goetschius, Marjorie -Petite Berceuse , 1949

"For Cathie on her birthday."

1 15Lilienthal, A. W. -Fugue on a Theme by J. S. Bach , undated

"To my dear friend and pupil Catharine Kramer."

1 16Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -The Old Castle , undated

Transcribed for 2 pianos, 4 hands, by Catherine Kramer.

1 17Schwarz, Erwin -Fugue (in G minor) , undated 1 18Smetana, Bedric, Polka from Act I of The Bartered Bride , undated

Transcribed for 2 pianos, 4 hands by Catherine Kramer.

1 19Strauss, Richard -Epilogue (from Till Eulenspiegel, op. 28) , 1935

Arranged for 1 piano, 4 hands by Catherine Kramer...commissioned by Linda Cappabianca.

Published scoresBach, Johann Sebastian 2 1Fugue in G minor (the Little) , 1938 2 2Prelude and Fugue on B - A - C - H , 1907

Edited, phrased and fingered by Paolo Gallico; inscribed on cover: C. Kramer, May 25, 1937.

Brahms, Johannes 2 3Four Choral Preludes transcribed for two pianos, four hands by Catherine Kramer , 1933 2 4How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings , 1938 Hoyl, Jim and Marjorie Goetschius 2 5So Much in Love , 1946

Jim Hoyl was a pseudonym for violinist, Jascha Heifetz.

2 6When You Make Love To Me (Don't Make Believe) , 1946

Emery Music sheet music cover features Bing Crosby.

2 7Moszkowski, Moritz -Bolero, Opus 12, No. 5 , 1935 2 8Smetana, Bedric -Bartered Bride Overture , 1938

With annotations in pencil.

Series III: Professional Papers, 1928 - 1934 and undated5 folders

Alphabetical

The Professional Papers series includes contains a few items relating to Kramer's studies at the Master Institute of Roerich Museum, a manuscript of a poem, and letters to publishers requesting permission to set certain poems to music.

3 1Charts and analysis of figures, Book I - Well - Tempered Clavichord (Johann Sebastian Bach), 1932 3 2Correspondence, 1927

Permission from publishers to set poems to music.

3 3Master Institute of Roerich Museum, 1934

Commencement program and certificate of graduation for course in piano, piano pedagogy, and composition

3 4Nocturne , 1928

Manuscript of poem by unidentified author, most likely written by Kramer.

3 5Notebook of texts, undated

Texts of various poems Kramer may have planned to set to music.