Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Wanda Landowska and Denise Restout papers,

Title

• Wanda Landowska and Denise Restout papers,

Summary

• The collection consists of annotated music, correspondence, business papers, writings, photographs, biographical materials, programs, and other materials that document the legacy of Landowska. These materials largely reflect the activities and music library of Landowska and her pupil, secretary and caretaker, Denise Restout, after their migration to the United States in 1941. Various items are the result of Restout's efforts in documenting Landowska's teachings and preserving her legacy. The music materials consist chiefly of annotated, printed scores. Interspersed among these are manuscript scores, orchestral parts, sketches, transcriptions and cadenzas, notes, and other assorted materials. Included as well are nine Landowska sketchbooks from 1893-1896 and her manuscripts for Liberation fanfare, Five Polish folksongs, and other compositions. Many of the scores in this collection contain fingerings by Restout that were copied directly from Landowska's own materials or formulated in strict accordance to her teachings. The correspondence contains personal letters and business papers to and from students, family members, composers and performers, artists, agents, musicologists, fans, and friends. Notable personalities represented by substantial correspondence include Doda Conrad, Manuel de Falla, Arthur Hoérée, Georges Pioch, Francis Poulenc, and Rafael Puyana. As a scholar-performer, Landowska produced a considerable body of writing on music and other topics over the course of her career. These materials in the Writings and Research Materials series are organized as follows: published writings, datebooks and journals, teaching materials, other writings and research materials, and writings by others. Her files contain drafts of articles and essays, notebooks, annotated clippings, bibliographic citations, and offprints of interest. This series also contains Restout's materials relating to her unfinished biography on Landowska entitled Landowska on music. Landowska's teachings and performance critiques are preserved in a run of copious notes taken by her assistants between 1927 and 1929. These are augmented by lesson ledgers, planning notes, programs and promotional materials, and Restout's own class notes from her studies with Landowska.
• The Files series is a subject file containing materials that reflect many of Landowska and Restout's activities after their immigration to the United States in 1941. They contain business papers, contracts, correspondence, legal documents, inventories, publicity materials, and other items pertaining to recordings, publishing, projects, social events, and research. Of particular importance are Restout's "estate" files related to the restitution of materials ransacked from Landowska's music library and instrument collection at Saint-Leu in 1940. Also of note are a series of performance files (1942-1955), documents related to Music ancienne and Landowska on music, discographies, and business papers for R.C.A. Victor, Landowska's primary recording label. The Photographs are largely centered around Landowska's activities at Saint-Leu during the 1920s and 1930s. Images are organized in four categories: Landowska alone; Landowska with others; Denise Restout; and Other people and subjects. Dignitaries include Pablo Casals, Aaron Copland, Manuel de Falla, Ruggero Gerlin, Arthur Honegger, José Iturbi, Yehudi Menuhin, Darius Milhaud, Ignace Paderewski, Francis Poulenc, Rafael Puyana, Auguste Rodin, Leopold Stokowski, and Leo Tolstoy. Other notable subjects include Landowska's historic instrument and artwork collections, images of her hands in performance, and the Saint-Leu grounds and concert hall.
• Personal documents and other items largely related to the families of Landowska and Restout are organized in the Biographical Materials series. These include address books, immigration and probate papers, biographies, and content related to (but not physically found with) Restout's materials for the Landowska biography. The remaining Programs, Financial Documents and Miscellany series consist of programs and promotional materials, financial documents, and miscellaneous items. Among these are expense ledgers, tax returns, iconography of Landowska and musical figures, teaching fliers, posters, and realia.

Names

• Landowska, Wanda
• Restout, Denise

Headings

• -  Landowska, Wanda
• -  Landowska, Wanda--Archives
• -  Restout, Denise
• -  Landowska, Wanda--Manuscripts
• -  Landowska, Wanda--Correspondence
• -  Landowska, Wanda--Photographs
• -  Landowska, Wanda--Portraits
• -  Landowska, Wanda--Discography
• -  Restout, Denise--Correspondence
• -  Restout, Denise--Photographs
• -  Music--Manuscripts
• -  Harpsichord music
• -  Harpsichord--Performance
• -  Harpsichord--Instruction and study
• -  Ecole de Musique Ancienne
• -  Harpsichordists
• -  Pianists--Poland
• -  Keyboard instrument music--18th century--History and criticism
• -  Keyboard instruments
• -  Music--17th century--History and criticism
• -  Music--18th century--History and criticism
• -  Performance practice (Music)--History--17th century
• -  Performance practice (Music)--History--18th century
• -  Performance practice (Music)
• -  Keyboard instruments--Photographs
• -  Music--Instruction and study
• -  Music--History and criticism
• -  Musical analysis
• -  Music appreciation
• -  Restout, Denise.--Landowska on music
• -  Conrad, Doda--Correspondence
• -  Copland, Aaron,--1900-1990--Photographs
• -  Falla, Manuel de,--1876-1946--Correspondence
• -  Falla, Manuel de,--1876-1946--Photographs
• -  Gerlin, Ruggero--Photographs
• -  Hoérée, Arthur--Correspondence
• -  Honegger, Arthur,--1892-1955--Photographs
• -  Iturbi, José,--1895-1980--Photographs
• -  Menuhin, Yehudi,--1916-1999--Photographs
• -  Milhaud, Darius,--1892-1974--Photographs
• -  Paderewski, Ignace Jan,--1860-1941--Photographs
• -  Pioch, Georges,--1874---Correspondence
• -  Poulenc, Francis,--1899-1963--Correspondence
• -  Poulenc, Francis,--1899-1963--Photographs
• -  Puyana, Rafael,--1931-2013--Correspondence
• -  Puyana, Rafael,--1931-2013--Photographs
• -  Rodin, Auguste,--1840-1917--Photographs
• -  Schunicke, Elsa--Correspondence
• -  Tolstoy, Leo,--graf,--1828-1910--Photographs
• -  Jewish property--Europe
• -  World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions
• -  World War, 1939-1945--Claims
• -  Sound recordings--Production and direction
• -  Sound recording industry

Genre

• Appointment books
• Articles
• Clippings (Information artifacts)
• Correspondence
• Diaries
• Drafts (Documents)
• Financial records
• Legal documents
• Notes
• Photographic prints
• Posters
• Programs (Documents)
• Promotional materials
• Scores
• Writings

Notes

• -  Organized into nine series: I. Music, circa 1850s-1969, II. Correspondence, 1896-2002, III. Writings and Research Materials, 1894-1999, IV. Files, 1907-2002, V. Photographs, 1869-2000s, VI. Biographical Materials, 1843-2001, VII. Programs, 1897-1999, VIII. Financial Documents, 1916-1970, IX. Miscellany, 1900s-2000s.
• -  Wanda Landowska (b. July 5, 1879, in Warsaw, Poland; d. Aug. 16, 1959, in Lakeville, Conn.) was a keyboardist, composer, and teacher best known for revitalizing harpsichord performance in the twentieth century.
• -  Denise Restout (b. Nov. 24, 1915, in Paris; d. Mar. 9, 2004, in Lakeville, Conn.) was a French keyboard teacher, and Landowska's protege, assistant, editor, and biographer.
• -  Collection material in French and English.
• -  Bequest; Denise Restout; 2004.
• -  Sound and video recordings transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (MAVIS no. 12625).
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu014002
• -  Wanda Landowska and Denise Restout Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Medium

• approximately 41,000 items (255 containers, 117 linear feet)

Call Number/Physical Location

• ML31 .L356

Repository

• Library of Congress Music Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2013568041

Rights Advisory

• Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Access Advisory

• Open to research
• Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2013568041

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record