Research Catalog

Title

Hugo Weisgall Papers, 1922-1997 (bulk 1934 - 1997)

Author

Weisgall, Hugo.

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Finding Aid

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Additional Authors

• Argento, Dominick.
• Blumenfeld, Harold.
• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
• Cowell, Sidney Robertson.
• Ephros, Gershon, 1890-1978.
• Goldman, Richard Franko, 1910-
• Kaufman, Hank, 1918-
• Kondek, Charles.
• Kraft, Leo.
• Lipman, Samuel.
• Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998.
• Olon, John.
• Pinson, Hilda.
• Rochberg, George.
• Rothschild, Randolph S., 1909-2003.
• Saylor, Bruce.
• Scheindlin, Raymond P.
• Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000.
• Sheng, Bright, 1955-
• Verrett, Shirley.
• Weisgal, Abba Yosef.
• Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-
• Wyner, Yehudi, 1929-
• American Composers Alliance.
• Chizuk Amuno Congregation (Baltimore, Md.)
• Hawaii Opera Theatre.
• Hilltop Opera.
• International Society for Contemporary Music.
• Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
• Lincoln Center Institute.
• Lyric Opera Center for American Artists.
• National Endowment for the Arts. Opera-Musical Theatre Program.
• WNDT (Television station : Newark, N.J.)
• White House Conference on International Cooperation (1965 : Washington, D.C.)

Description

13.75 linear ft. (36 boxes).

Summary

The Hugo Weisgall Papers document his professional life from his student days at the Curtis Institute in the 1930s to 1997.

Subjects

• Diaries
• Performing arts posters
• Chamber Music Society of Baltimore
• Lecture notes
• Librettos
• Clippings
• Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts
• Scores
• Composers
• Programs
• Weisgall, Hugo

Genre/Form

• Scores.
• Librettos.
• Lecture notes.
• Clippings.
• Programs.
• Performing arts posters.
• Diaries.

Note

• Folders 900-905 (not in finding aid) consist of diaries, July 1931-February 1963; from previous acquisition; transferred from Music-Am. (Letters) 80-1.

Source (note)

• Weisgall, Jonathan M.

Biography (note)

• Hugo Weisgall was a Moravian-born American composer.

Language (note)

• Family letters in the correspondence series are mostly in German or Hungarian.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing Action (note)

• Processed

Call Number

JPB 00-43

OCLC

NYPT03-A5

Author

Weisgall, Hugo.

Title

Hugo Weisgall Papers, 1922-1997 (bulk 1934 - 1997)

Biography

Hugo Weisgall was a Moravian-born American composer. Weisgall studied composition and conducting at the Curtis Institute, comparative literature at Johns Hopkins University and took composition lessons from Roger Sessions privately. After several years in Europe, during and following World War II, he returned to the United States and was active in musical organizations in the Baltimore area before shifting most of his activities to New York. There, he joined the faculties of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Queens College and the Juilliard School and was named Associate Director for Education at Lincoln Center. In addition to his teaching, he worked as a conductor and as a composer, his output centering primarily on a dozen operas, a number of which have received full scale productions by the New York City Opera and other companies.

Language

Family letters in the correspondence series are mostly in German or Hungarian.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Composers.

Added Author

Argento, Dominick.

Blumenfeld, Harold.

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.

Cowell, Sidney Robertson.

Ephros, Gershon, 1890-1978.

Goldman, Richard Franko, 1910-

Kaufman, Hank, 1918-

Kondek, Charles.

Kraft, Leo.

Lipman, Samuel.

Machlis, Joseph, 1906-1998.

Olon, John.

Pinson, Hilda.

Rochberg, George.

Rothschild, Randolph S., 1909-2003.

Saylor, Bruce.

Scheindlin, Raymond P.

Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000.

Sheng, Bright, 1955-

Verrett, Shirley.

Weisgal, Abba Yosef.

Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-

Wyner, Yehudi, 1929-

American Composers Alliance.

Chizuk Amuno Congregation (Baltimore, Md.)

Hawaii Opera Theatre.

Hilltop Opera.

International Society for Contemporary Music.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Lincoln Center Institute.

Lyric Opera Center for American Artists.

National Endowment for the Arts. Opera-Musical Theatre Program.

WNDT (Television station : Newark, N.J.)

White House Conference on International Cooperation (1965 : Washington, D.C.)

Research Call Number

JPB 00-43