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Ernst Henschel collection: Berlin: Meister-Saal (1916-38)

Collection Summary

Collection Title

Ernst Henschel collection: Berlin: Meister-Saal (1916-38)

Unique Identifier

Henschel

Description

A collection of handbills and programmes for chamber and sonata performances given at the Meister-Saal, Köthenerstr. 38, Berlin between 1916 and 1938, held loosely and arranged chronologically across boxes 9 to 25 of the Ernst Henschel collection (1892-1966).

For an introduction to this collection see Ernst Henschel collection: General. In the listing below, the division of material is given in the form: box number/parcel number.

1. Kammermusikabend/Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik
2. Claudio Arrau (piano)
3. Miscellaneous concerts

1. Kammermusikabend/Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik
27 February 1928 (box 17); 23 February and 24 April 1929 (box 18); 10 December 1929 (box 18); and 9 May 1930 (box 19).

2. Claudio Arrau (piano)
26 September, 20 October and 15 December 1922 [and 11 January 1923]: Das wohltemperierte Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach (single document, multiple copies, box 12/i).
9 and 23 October, 12 and 20 November and 11 December 1935, 15 and 29 January, 11 and 25 March, 22 April and 8 September 1936 and 3 March 1937: Das Gesamte Klavierwerke von Johann Seb. Bach nos. 1-12 (box 23, box 24/i and box 24/ii). Annotations to the programmes for 1936 suggest that the performances actually took place on 15 and 29 January, 18 March, 22 April, 30 September and 9 December. Programmes are filed under these dates.

3. Miscellaneous concerts
28 March 1916: Kammer-Abend with Alice Ehlers (piano) (box 9/i).
4 and 28 January 1917: Kammermusik-Abend with Möllendorff-Quartett (4 January)/Hjalmar von Dameck (violin, 28 January) (box 9/ii).

Box 10/ii
28 March 1919: III. Abend mit zeitgenössischen Werken, with Hermann Scherchen.
16 and 26 May 1919: I/II Kammermusik-Abend der Neuen Musikgesellschaft/Scherchen-Quartett.

Box 12/i
16 February 1922: II. Klavier-Abend, Alfred Schmidt-Badekow.
11 March 1922: Moderner Sonaten-Abend, Mayo Wadler and Eduard Erdman.
18 March 1922: Moderner Klavier-Abend, Erwin Schulhoff.
1 April 1922: Klavierwerke von Johannes Brahms, Walter Rehberg. This document also contains programmes for other performances in this series given on 20 March and 7 April in the Brahmssaal, on 7 April in the Meistersaal and on 20 April in the Blüthnersaal.

Box 13
6 February 1924: II. Konzert by the Roth-Quartett.
9 February 1924: Kammermusik mit Gitarre, with Erwin Schwarz-Reiflingen, presented by the Kammermusikvereinigung der Staatsoper.
22 February and 27 May 1924: 2. and 4. Kammermusikabend with the Melos-Gemeinschaft.
28 September and 1 October 1924: Zwei Gedächtnis-Konzerte, In Memoriam Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni (single document, the second performance being in the Vox-Saale).

21 March 1925: Klavier-Abend von Willi Apel (box 14).

Box 15
14 January 1926: Zweiter Klavierabend, Hermann Hoppe.
19 March 1926: Kompositions-Abend, Günter Raphael.
30 March 1926: Sigfrid Karg-Elert-Abend.
14 October: Klavier-Abend von Johannes Strauss. This document also includes programmes for recitals by Joseph Szigeti (Beethovensaal, 4 October) and Ernst von Dohnanyi (Singakademie, 11 October).

Box 16
10 February 1927: Kammermusik-Abend, Trio-Vereinigung.
14 February 1927: Joseph Marx-Lieder-Abend der Bruckner-Vereinigung.
20 September 1927: I. Konzert der Gesellschaft der Freunde des neuen Rußland, with Samuel Feinberg (piano).
14 December 1927: Neue Kinderstücke und Kinderlieder, with Alice Jacob-Loewenson (piano) and Alice Schäffer-Kuznitsky (vocal).

Box 17
23 February 1928: Klavierabend von Walter Niemann.
17 November 1928: Zeitgenossische Russische Musik, for the Gesellschaft der Freunde des Neuen Rufzland.

1 March 1929: Kammermusik-Abend by the Genzel-Quartett (box 18).

Box 19
24 January 1930: 10 Jahre Novembergruppe.
25 March 1930: Kammermusikabend with Charlotte Kaufmann und Gerhard Tucholski.

26 February 1931: IV. Konzert mit neuen Werken/Das Klavierwerk Arnold Schönbergs (box 20).

Box 23
5 February 1935: Bach-Abend von Georg A. Walter.
24 February 1935: Junge Deutsche Komponisten.
30 October 1935: Alte Kammermusik München.
24 November 1935: Klavier-Abend von Kurt Lichdi.
2 May 1935: Hausmusik um Mozart.

4 March 1936: Mozart-Abend von Edith Axenfeld (piano) (box 24/i).
2 March 1937: I. Sonaten-Abend von Hans Andreae (cello) und Renata Borgatti (piano) (box 24/ii).

Box 25
4 February 1938: Gerhard Puchelt (piano) und der Berliner Streichtrio.
18 February 1938: Kammermusik-Abend des Dahlke-Trios.
25 March 1938: Klavier-Abend von Hermann Bischler.

Format

Date range of collection

1916 - 1938

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Not Specific

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Associated Places

Meistersaal, Berlin

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Collections Overview

The Library's collection of song and piano sheet music is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, providing a valuable insight into Victorian society and culture as well as the music itself.

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