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Heddy Baum papers

Title
Heddy Baum papers, ca. 1945-1990.
Author
Baum, Heddy.

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Box 3Moving imageSupervised use JPB 91-112 Box 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
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Additional Authors
  • Baum, Morton, 1905-1968.
  • Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012.
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
  • Ferrer, José, 1912-1992.
  • Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Description
ca. 1 linear ft.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Musical scores.
  • Clippings.
  • Correspondence.
  • Portraits.
Source (note)
  • Baum, Heddy
Biography (note)
  • Heddy Baum's late husband Morton Baum (1905-1968) was a performing arts administrator involved with New York's City Center for Music and Drama from its beginnings in 1943 until his death. Her friend Hans Werner Henze (b. 1926) is a German composer.
Language (note)
  • Chiefly in English; Henze's essay on Vespignani and the letters from Henze to Gert and Hilde von Gontard are in German.
Processing Action (note)
  • Accessioned
Call Number
JPB 91-112
Author
Baum, Heddy.
Title
Heddy Baum papers, ca. 1945-1990.
Summary
The first installment consists of 2 distinct collections: papers concerning Morton Baum, and papers concerning Hans Werner Henze. The Morton Baum materials include a typescript history of City Center from 1945-1956, including inserted clippings and letters to Morton Baum from Leonard Bernstein, William Grant Still, Jose Ferrer, and others; clippings about City Center, 1965 and about Morton Baum's selection as board chairman for City Center, 1966; program and clippings about a memorial concert for Morton Baum, 1969; and a letter to Heddy Baum from Lincoln Kirstein, 1973. The Hans Werner Henze materials include 82 items of correspondence (chiefly ALS) from Henze to Heddy Baum, 1973-1990; 3 ALS from Henze to Gert and Hilde von Gontard, 1974-1975, with an enclosed copy of a letter from Henze to Mr. Oppenheimer, 1975; pencil holograph of Henze's Piano sonata; and a portfolio published by the Frankfurt Feste '86 containing 5 portraits of Henze by his friend Renzo Vespignani, an essay on Vespignani by Henze, and 5 facsimiles of sketches of Henze's compositions. These last 2 items have also been cataloged in the RLIN Scores file. A portrait by Fritz Wolff of Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman has been separated from the collections and transferred to the Music Division's iconography collection: PhD 2546.
Biography
Heddy Baum's late husband Morton Baum (1905-1968) was a performing arts administrator involved with New York's City Center for Music and Drama from its beginnings in 1943 until his death. Her friend Hans Werner Henze (b. 1926) is a German composer.
Language
Chiefly in English; Henze's essay on Vespignani and the letters from Henze to Gert and Hilde von Gontard are in German.
Added Author
Baum, Morton, 1905-1968.
Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992.
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Research Call Number
JPB 91-112
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