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International Webern Society Records, 1962-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
International Webern Society
Title
International Webern Society Records
Dates
1962-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 containers., (2 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 610
Summary
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, membership rosters, newsletters, and programs from musical performances, all related to this organization for the encouragement of study and performance of the music composed by Anton Webern. Correspondants include Peter Armstrong, Paul Hedwall, Wallace McKenzie, Hans Moldenhauer and Robert Riseling.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The International Webern Society was founded in 1962. The efforts of Hans Moldenhauer, a musicologist from Spokane, Washington, and biographer of Anton von Webern, were of considerable importance in bring the organization into being and long played a major role in the Society. The purpose of the organization was to encourage study and performance of the music of Anton von Webern. The organization was managed by officers at various locations, chiefly in the United States. The organization was dissolved in 1990.

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Content Description

Records of the International Webern Society consist of correspondence, minutes, fiscal records, membership lists, newsletters, and programs from music performances. Principal correspondents are Peter Armstrong, Paul Hedwall, Wallace McKenzie, Hans Moldenhauer, and Robert Riseling.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 610, International Webern Society Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The records of the International Webern Society were acquired by the Washington State University Libraries in 1993 through William Brandt of Pullman, Secretary-Treasurer of the organization.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: Membership records, 3 card files
    Dates: 1962-1966
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: Documents associated with organization of the Webern Society
    Dates: 1963-1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Bank account records
    Dates: 1963-1967
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Membership lists and mailing label matrix sheets
    Dates: 1967- 1980
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Bills, deposit records, checks and other fiscal records
    Dates: 1967-1979
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Banking records
    Dates: 1967-1970
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: Banking records
    Dates: 1971-1979
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: deposit records
    Dates: 1963-1967.
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Cash account book
    Dates: 1978-1984
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: Ledger of membership accounts
    Dates: 1964-1973
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Banking records
    Dates: 1980-1989
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Webern Memorial, Mittersall concert. Correspondence
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9
  • Description: Officers' correspondence. Robb, Riseling, Hedwall, McKenzie, Moldenhauer
    Dates: 1967-1979
    Container: Box 3, Folder 10
  • Description: Officers' correspondence. Moldenhauer, McKenzie, Brandt
    Dates: 1980-1982
    Container: Box 3, Folder 11
  • Description: Correspondence regarding the Webern Centennial Festival, Vienna
    Dates: 1983
    Container: Box 3, Folder 12
  • Description: Correspondence and information from members
    Dates: 1967-1983
    Container: Box 3, Folder 13
  • Description: Membership communications. Requests, dues, payments
    Dates: 1967- 1987
    Container: Box 3, Folder 14
  • Description: Correspondence relative miscellaneous matters.
    Dates: 1967-1979
    Container: Box 3, Folder 15
  • Description: London Sinfonietta, South Bank. Webern Concert Series
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 3, Folder 16
  • Description: Programs. McKenzie's notes on Vienna performances
    Dates: 1969-1970
    Container: Box 3, Folder 17
  • Description: Newsletters
    Dates: 1967-1987
    Container: Box 3, Folder 18
  • Description: Hans Moldenhauer. Letters, and related papers
    Dates: 1968-1982
    Container: Box 4, Folder 19
  • Description: Hans Moldenhauer. International Webern Society, Moldenhauer Archives
    Dates: 1968-1983
    Container: Box 4, Folder 20-21
  • Description: Tape recording, with letter by Peter Armstrong, of recital in 1982--Webern, Scriabin, Schoenberg
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box 4, Folder 22

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Personal Names

  • Armstrong, Peter
  • Hedwall, Paul, 1939-1979
  • McKenzie, Wallace
  • Moldenhauer, Hans
  • Riseling, Robert
  • Webern, Anton 1883-1945--Societies, etc.

Corporate Names

  • International Webern Society --Archives (creator)
  • International Webern Society--Records and correspondence
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