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Cage
610
International Webern Society
International Webern
Society Records
1962-1989
4 containers.
2 linear feet of shelf
space.
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.
Collection materials are in
English
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.
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.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
610, International Webern
Society Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Webern, Anton 1883-1945--Societies, etc.
Moldenhauer, Hans
Armstrong, Peter
Hedwall, Paul, 1939-1979
McKenzie, Wallace
Riseling, Robert
International Webern Society --Archives
International Webern Society--Records and
correspondence
Performing Arts
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1
Membership records, 3 card
files
1962-1966
1
1
Documents associated with
organization of the Webern Society
1963-1972
1
1
Bank account records
1963-1967
1
2
Membership lists and mailing label
matrix sheets
1967-
1980
2
3
Bills, deposit records, checks and
other fiscal records
1967-1979
2
4
Banking records
1967-1970
2
5
Banking records
1971-1979
2
5
deposit records
1963-1967.
2
6
Cash account book
1978-1984
2
7
Ledger of membership
accounts
1964-1973
2
8
Banking records
1980-1989
3
9
Webern Memorial, Mittersall
concert. Correspondence
1967
3
10
Officers' correspondence. Robb,
Riseling, Hedwall, McKenzie, Moldenhauer
1967-1979
3
11
Officers' correspondence.
Moldenhauer, McKenzie, Brandt
1980-1982
3
12
Correspondence regarding the Webern
Centennial Festival, Vienna
1983
3
13
Correspondence and information from
members
1967-1983
3
14
Membership communications.
Requests, dues, payments
1967-
1987
3
15
Correspondence relative
miscellaneous matters.
1967-1979
3
16
London Sinfonietta, South Bank.
Webern Concert Series
1978
3
17
Programs. McKenzie's notes on
Vienna performances
1969-1970
3
18
Newsletters
1967-1987
4
19
Hans Moldenhauer. Letters, and
related papers
1968-1982
4
20-21
Hans Moldenhauer. International
Webern Society, Moldenhauer Archives
1968-1983
4
22
Tape recording, with letter by
Peter Armstrong, of recital in 1982--Webern, Scriabin, Schoenberg
1982