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|| About the Collection ||
The Mendelssohn Collection is a subset of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection, which includes not only the quintet of Stradavari instruments given to the Library by Mrs. Whittall, but also a rich collection of autograph manuscripts by major European composers. The present Mendelssohn Collection consists chiefly of music manuscripts and letters of Mendelssohn and other members of the Mendelssohn family, libretti, programs, iconography and other papers dating from the 19th century as well as research materials concerning Mendelssohn assembled by William Freemantle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1811-1944
- Bulk Dates
- 1820s-1847, 1885-1913
- Major Language(s)
- German, English, French
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 4,389
- Number of Containers
- 26 & map case
- Linear Feet
- 10
- Contents
- Music manuscripts, autograph letters, and printed music by Felix Mendelssohn, autograph letters by family members and friends, printed libretti, writings, programs, clippings, iconography, and papers, most of which were assembled by William Freemantle.
- Processing History
- Processed, 2005
- Provenance
- In 1945, the materials that were to become known as the Mendelssohn Collection were acquired for inclusion into the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation of Autograph Musical Scores and Autograph letters. In 1947, additional Mendelssohn materials were sent by J. Alex Symington of Leeds, England. Most of the materials in the Mendelssohn Collection were collected by William T. Freemantle.
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection/Mendelssohn Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
Subject(s)
- Chamber Music
- Choral Music
- Instruments: Piano
- Instruments: Strings
- Orchestra
- Sacred Music
- Song
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