Olin Downes papers, Series 5. Manuscripts

Descriptive Summary
Title: Olin Downes papers, Series 5. Manuscripts
Creator: Downes, Olin, 1886-1955
Inclusive Dates: circa 1926-1957
Language(s): English
Extent: 11.6 Linear Feet (29 boxes, 1 carton)
Collection Number: ms688.series5
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Olin Downes (1886-1955) was an American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955).

Scope and Content

The Manuscripts consist of manuscripts of Olin Downes from approximately 1926-1957. The manuscripts contain notes, research material, drafts, outlines, typescripts, and galleys of several of Downes' major published and unpublished works including The Eternal Spring of Music, Treasury of American Song, Men of MusicTen Operatic MasterpiecesChopin, and Olin Downes on Music, a compilation of Downes' writings from 1906-1955 edited by Irene Downes. The series also contains materials for a memoir of Downes.

Organization and Arrangement

The materials are arranged into seven subseries based on major works by Downes: 5.1 Manuscripts and galleys; 5.2 Ten Operatic Masterpieces; 5.3 Olin Downes on Music; 5.4 Chopin; 5.5 Men of Music; 5.6 Manuscripts by Others; 5.7 Copies of Downes' Published Books.

This finding aid represents just one portion of the Olin Downes papers, which all together consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, printed materials, articles, music manuscripts, and lectures.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Olin Downes papers, Series 5. Manuscripts, ms 688.series5, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

		Manuscripts and galleys (4 boxes)
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1	1		The Eternal Springs of Music Folder 1
1	2		The Eternal Springs of Music Folder 2
1	3		The Eternal Springs of Music Folder 3
1	4		The Eternal Springs of Music Folder 4
1	5		The Eternal Springs of Music Folder 5
1	6		A Question of Understanding
1	7		Unheard Melodies
1	8		Critic or Catpaw (Story)
1	9		Untitled Article
1	10		The Sinning Madonna (Play)
1	11		A Wonderful Time (Story)
1	12		The Music Rises (Radio Program)
1	13		A Child's Opera Book (Draft)
1	14		Symphony on a Cash Register (Article)
1	15		Barberina (Play)
1	16		Development of the Orchestra (Article) Folder 1
1	17		Development of the Orchestra (Article) Folder 2
1	18		Listening to Music (Book)
1	19		Stories, with Drawings, of Famous Melodies (Unpublished)
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2	1		Clippings
2	2		Miscellaneous Notes
2	3		Memoirs - Misc. Notes
2	4		Autobiography
2	5		Memoirs - Music Notes
2	6		Memoirs - Music Notes
2	7		Memoir Material 3rd Draft
2	8		Memoir Material - Last Draft, 1950
2	9		Music Notes
2	10		Downes Olin - Autobiography
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3	1		Treasury of Soue Durvo
3	2		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	3		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	4		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	5		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	6		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	7		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	8		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	9		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	10		Treasury of American Song Notes
3	11		Treasury of American Song Notes on Sections I-XV
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4	1		Sibeluis Book
4	2		O.D. Book on Record
4	3		O.D. Book on Record Library
4	4		Records Repertoire
4	5		Olin Downes Record Bookshelf
4	6		Records Repertoire
4	7		Records Repertoire
4	8		Women of Orchestra
4	9		Women of Orchestra
4	10		Women of Orchestra

 

		Ten Operatic Masterpieces (4 boxes)
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5	1		Downes, Olin - Books Ten Operatic Masterpieces
5	2		Text of book, A-L
5	3		Text of book, M-Z
5	4-5		Introduction, Ms.
5	6-7		Aida, Mss.
5	8		Aida, Galleys
5	9		Boheme, Mss.
5	10		Boheme, Galleys
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6	1-4		Carmen, Ms.
6	5		Carmen, Galleys
6	6-8		Figaro, Ms.
6	9		Figaro, Galleys
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7	1		Hansel and Gretel, Ms.
7	2		Love of Three Oranges, Ms.
7	3-4		Meistersinger, Ms.
7	5		Rosenkavalier, Ms.
7	6		Rosenkavalier, Galleys
7	7-8		Tosca, Ms.
7	9		Text, Ms. Carmen and Boheme
7	10		Text, Ms. Meistersinger
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8	1		Text, Tosca and Wozzeck
8	2-3		Duplicates
8	4-7		"Great Opera for Children" - Musical Arrangements by Leonard K. Marker

 

		Olin Downes on Music (9 boxes)
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9	1		American Composer at Home and Abroad: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master Book
9	2		American Composer at Home and Abroad: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
9	3 - 4		American Music
9	5		American Music: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master Book
9	6		American Music: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
9	7		Boston Public Library
9	8		John N. Burk (Boston Symphony Orchestra), 1955, 1957
9	9 - 10		American Operas
9	11		Whither American Opera - Typed Copies
9	12		American Opera: Photostats
9	13		American Operas: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master Book
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1	14		American Operas: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
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9	15		Music & The Public - Carbon Copies
9	16		Music and the Public: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
9	17		The Boston Post
9	18		Boston Post - Dr. Joseph Braunstein, 1906 - 1923
9	19		Boston Post Reviews, 1956
9	20		Boston Post - Mario Siletti, 1906 - 1923
9	21		Boston Symphony Orchestra
9	22 - 23		The Composer
9	24		The Composer: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master Book
9	25		The Composer: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
9	26		The Composer Additional Articles for Section - Photostats
9	27		Concert: Sibelius's 90th Birthday: Olin Downes, December 4, 1955
9	28		(First) "Conference on the Arts" - Boston University, May 3-5, 1957
9	29		Correspondence - Olin Downes
9	30		Royal Cortissoz Armory Show 1913, 1957
9	31		Philip Cortney
9	32 - 33		Criticism
9	34		Criticism, 1957
9	35		Criticism: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
9	36		Criticism: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master book
9	37		Criticism: Additional Photostats Suggested for Use on Criticism, April 7, 1956
9	38		Criticism: Articles Not Used But Rated
9	39 - 40		Opera
9	41		Opera: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master Book
9	42		Opera: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
9	43		Opera: Photostats Postponed
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10	1		Press Clippings, 1957
10	2		Press Clippings - Olin Downes On Music
10	3		Public Libraries Promotion for "Olin Downes On Music", 1957
10	4		Questionnaire and Replies Thereto, 1957
10	5		Questionanire - Correspondence Returned With List, 1955
10	6		Sales: "Olin Downes On Music", 1957
10	7		Simon and Schuster, INC.
10	8		Miss Grace Spofford
10	9		Dr. Irvin Stein
10	10		Leopold Stokowski
10	11		Susannah (The Opera)
10	12		Simon and Schuster - Captions (for book)
10	13		Simon and Schuster
10	14		Simon and Schuster
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11	1		Simon and Schuster
11	2		Simon and Schuster
11	3		Correspondence and Contract, Oct. 1955
11	4		Comments on Book, May 1956
11	5		Index Cards
11	6		Introduction, August, 1956
11	7		Introduction, May 17, 1956
11	8		Introduction (Notes), March 1956
11	9		Henry Simon, 1956 - 1957
11	10		Introduction (Versions), March 1956
11	11		Introduction (Comments), March 1956
11	12		Introduction (S. Finkelstein's Suggestions), March 1956
11	13		Louis M. Loeb (Lord, Day & Lord), 1955
11	14		Plan for Book Suggestions
11	15		Readers, Nov 22, 1955
11	16		Readers, Nov 29, 1955
11	17		Research Record N.Y. Times
11	18		Notes on "Master Book" Script - Henry Simon
11	19		Proofreader's Marks - Simon and Schuster, INC., 1956
11	20		Sociology of the Musician
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12	1 - 4		Working Memoranda, 1955
12	5		Special Subjects
12	6		Misc.
12	7		Special Subjects
12	8		Miscellaneous Articles - Photostats
12	9		Misc.
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13	1		The American Composer
13	2 - 3		Bach
13	4		Barber: Photostats and Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master Book
13	5		Ludwig von Beethoven
13	6		Berg "Wozzeck", Dec 26, 1926
13	7		Georges Bizet
13	8 - 9		Ernest Bloch
13	10 - 11		Johannes Brahms
13	12		Ella Brailowsky
13	13		Dr. Joseph Braunstein
13	14 - 15		Benjamin Britten
13	16		Carpenter, John Alden
13	17		George Whitefield Chadwick
13	18		Chalmers Clifton
13	19		Frederick Chopin
13	20		Debussy
13	21		Mr. Sidney Finkelstein
13	22 - 23		George Gershwin
13	24		Vittorio Giannini
13	25		Henry F. Gilbert
13	26		Gluck Orfeo Armide Alceste
13	27		Gounod
13	28		Haydn
13	29		Paul Hindemith
13	30		Arthur Honegger
13	31		Charles Ives
13	32		Kreisler
13	33		Krenek
13	34		Dr. Henry Levinger
13	35		Goddard Lieberson, 1955
13	36		Liszt
13	37		Charles Martin Loeffler
13	38		Mendelssohn
13	39		Gian-Carlo Menotti
13	40		Menotti
13	41		Jean Morel
13	42		Moussorgsky
13	43 - 44		Mozart
13	45 - 46		Prokofieff
13	47		Giacomo Puccini
13	48		Prokofieff: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Papes in Master Book
13	49		Prokofieff: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
13	50		Puccini Turandot
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14	1 - 2		Sergei Rachmaninoff
14	3		Maurice Ravel
14	4		Clara Rockmore, 1955
14	5		Satie
14	6		Scarlatti
14	7 - 8		Arnold Schoenberg
14	9 - 10		Alexander Scriabin
14	11		Controversy: Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, October 23, 1927
14	12		Franz Schubert
14	13 -14		Dmitri Shostakovich
14	15 - 16		Jean Sibelius
14	17 - 18		Richard Strauss
14	19 - 20		Igor Stravinsky
14	21		Josef Suk
14	22		Deems Taylor
14	23		Saul Taishoff
14	24		Virgil Thomson
14	25 - 26		Vaughan Williams
14	27 - 28		Guisseppi Verdi
14	29		Villa-Lobos
14	30		Richard Wagner
14	31		Carl Maria von Weber
14	32		Press
14	33		Books - Acknowledgements - Olin Downes on Music
14	34		Mr. Samuel L. M. Barlow
14	35		The Interpreter: Photostats of Edited Material; Typed and in Master Book
14	36		The Interpreter: Carbon Copies of Edited and Typed Pages in Master Book
14	37		Working Outline - 50 Years of Music - Olin Downes Writings from Boston Post & NY Times
14	38		Interpreters & Interpretation - Typed Copies
14	39 - 40		Education (Music)
14	41		Kreisler
14	42		Beecham
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15	1		Photostats, 1924 - 1941
15	2		Clippings
15	3		Photostats, 1942 - 1955
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16	1		Title Page - Page 23
16	2		Page 24 - 162
16	3		Page 163 - 292
16	4		Page 293 - 393
16	5		Page 394 - 493
16	6		Page 494 - 633
16	7		Page 634 - 777
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17	1		Page 778 - 875
17	2		Page 876 - End of Index
17	3		Printer's Directions
17	4		Printer's Directions
17	5		Plan for Book Irene
17	6		N.Y. Times Articles for Irene's Book
17	7		Re: Irene's Book

 

		Chopin (3 boxes)
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18	1		Thesis of Chopin Book
18	2		Chronological Biographical Outline (In Loose Leaf Notebook)
18	3		Chopin Bibliography (From N.Y. Public, Catalog)
18	4		Source and Reference Material (Miscellaneous)
18	5 - 8		Nowaczynski - Chopin's Youth (Translation)
18	9		Hoesick - Chopina do Elsnera (Translation)
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19	1		Chopin - Translation of Women in Chopin's Life
19	2 - 6		Hoesick - Chopin (Translating by Mme. Kobylaneka)
19	7		Chopin (Translated by Kahylanska or Hertz?)
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20	1		Hoesick, Translation - Carbons and Penciled Notes
20	2		Chopin: Notes, Articles, and Stories, Re
20	3		Chopin: Birth and Ancestry
20	4		Hoesick - Maria Wodzinska, Re
20	5		Delphine Potoka, Additional Information
20	6		Chopin: Chopin's Last Year, Nov 1948 - Oct 1849
20	7		Pictures, List of Articles, Programs, etc.
20	8		Mickiewicz in Music (Typed Sonnet Laid In)
20	9		Chopin - Complete Works (2 Copies)

 

		Men of Music (7 boxes)
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21	1		Plan for Book (Composers)
21	2		Rough Notes
21	3 - 5		Notes & Misc. Mss.
21	6		Introduction
21	7		American Symphonists
21	8 - 9		Bach
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22	1 - 3		Bach
22	4 - 8		Beethoven
22	9		Bellini
22	10		Berg
22	11		Berlioz
22	12		Bloch
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23	1		Brahms
23	2		Bruckner
23	3 - 4		Corelli
23	5		Debussy - "Pelleas"
23	6		Gilbert, Henry
23	7		Glinka
23	8		Gluck
23	9		Handel
23	10 - 12		Haydn
23	13		Humperdinck
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24	1		D' Indy
24	2		Instruments (Violin)
24	3		Lalo
24	4		LeClair
24	5		Liszt
24	6 - 7		Mahler
24	8		Mendelssohn
24	9		Monteverdi
24	10		Mozart
24	11		Offenbach
24	12 - 13		Prokofieff
24	14		Puccini
24	15		Rachmaninoff
24	16		Rubinstein, Anton
24	17		Russian Symphonists
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25	1		Saint-Saens
25	2		Schubert
25	3 - 4		Shostakovitch
25	5		Sibelius
25	6		Research - Songs and Ballads
25	7		Strauss
25	8 - 9		Stravinsky
25	10		Suite of 15th Century
25	11		Suite of 16th Century
25	12		Suite of 18th Century
25	13		Suite - General
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26	1 - 3		Tchaikovsky
26	4		Vaughan-Williams
26	5		Verdi
26	6		Villa-Lobo
26	7 - 8		Vivaldi
26	9		Wagner
26	10		Weber
26	11		Notebook I
26	12		Notebook II
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27	1		Notebook III
27	2		Notebook IV
27	3		Notebook V
27	4		Notebook VI

 

		Manuscripts by Other Authors (2 boxes)
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28	1		The Well-Tempered Clavichord
28	2		Mrs. Mathilde Wesendonk (R. P. Winslow)
28	3		Man & Genius - Manuscript
28	4		Finck, Henry T.
28	5		Gatti (Autobiography)
28	6		Church Music (Author Unknown)
28	7		History of Opera Libretti (Thesis)
28	8		European Dawn (Szabolcsi)
28	9		Richard Strauss - Book on (Archer)
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29	1		Untitled Book on Music
29	2		Polyphony in Modern American Music by Dorothy Slepian, Ph.D. - Vol I
29	3		Polyphony in Modern American Music by Dorothy Slepian, Ph.D. - Vol II
29	4		Sardou, Victorien - La Tosca - Translated by Alice E. Black
29	5 - 6		Translation of La Tosca by Alice E. Black

 

		Published Books and Notebooks
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1	1		Olin Downes on Music: a selection of his writings during the half-century 1906-1955, edited by Irene Downes (inscribed to Jean and Rudolph Reti by Irene), 1957
1	2		A Treasury of American Song, by Olin Downes and Elie Siegmeister (inscribed to Irene's mother by Olin), 1940
1	3		Ten Operatic Masterpieces, Mozart to Prokofieff, text by Olin Downes, 1952
1	4		Engraved Olin Downes music stand topper, wood, undated
1	5-8		4 notebooks with summaries of correspondence, reviews (not created by Olin Downes)