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Alban Berg/Willi Reich Collection

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This small collection of printed and manuscript music as well as correspondence to and from composer Alban Berg was originally compiled by his student and biographer, Willi Reich (1898-1980). Reich studied musicology at the University in Vienna where he earned his doctorate in 1934; he also studied composition there with both Berg and Anton Webern. Included in this collection are manuscripts and printed music, many with performance markings, and approximately 300 pieces of correspondence between Berg and Reich that date from the last seven years of Berg’s life. In Berg’s final letter from November 4, 1935, he informs Reich that he has only one or two months to live (he died on December 24 of that year). Approximately three-quarters of the 300 letters are from Reich to Berg, with the balance being Berg’s replies.

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General

Span Dates: 1912-1950s
Bulk Dates: 1920s-1930s
Major Language(s): German
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 300
Number of Containers: 2
Linear Feet: 1.25
Contents: 8 printed and manuscript scores; 300 pieces of correspondence between Berg and Reich; misc. articles and clippings
Processing History: No finding aid; minimum processing.
Provenance: Purchased in the spring of 1990 from J & J Lubrano, antiquarian in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [See their catalogue 35, item #56]

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions: Subject to PARR policies and procedures
On Microfilm?: No
Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: Alban Berg/ Willi Reich Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress