[Detail] The sheet music cover of Gavotte by Helen Hopekirk. New York: Schirmer, G., 1884. About this image
|| About the Collection ||
This collection mostly contains the music manuscripts of the Scots-American composer and pianist Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945). Contemporary accounts (many contained in the collection’s scrapbooks) show Hopekirk was considered one of the great concert pianists of her generation. She taught at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and in 1900 she premiered her “Piano Concerto in D” with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her recitals often included her own compositions, which demonstrated a strong influence from her native Celtic folk music.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1875-1930
- Major Language(s)
- English, German
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 200
- Number of Containers
- 16
- Linear Feet
- 6
- Contents
- 82 Hopekirk manuscripts (scores, parts, sheet music); 6 sketchbooks; 13 manuscripts of other composers (mostly for piano solo and voice with piano); 21 published piano works by other composers inscribed to Hopekirk; 5 scrapbooks of press notices (1875-1921) and programs (1880-1939); 6 literary manuscripts; 12 folders of biographical material produced for program notes, articles and press releases.
- Processing History
- Processed; folder list in box 1
- Provenance
- Gift of Constance Huntington Hall, 1954
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
- On Microfilm?
- No
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Helen Hopekirk Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
