Jean Réti-Forbes papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Jean Réti-Forbes papers
Creator: Forbes, W. Stanton
Creator: Réti, Jean
Inclusive Dates: approximately 1905-1972
Bulk Dates: 1957-1972
Language(s): English
Extent: 13.25 Linear Feet (26 boxes)
Collection Number: ms912
Repository: Hargrett Library
Abstract: The collection consists of papers of Jean Réti-Forbes from 1957-1972 and includes correspondence, subject files, lecture notes, photographs, writings and printed material, musical compositions, and audio recordings.

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Jean Réti-Forbes was a musician and musicologist. She was born in 1911 in Canada and died in 1972 in the United States. She married Austrian composer, Rudolph Réti, in 1943 and, after Réti's death, she married artist W. Stanton Forbes in 1963. She had a close relationship with Lucy Bates and her family, including her father, Goggin W. Sahlmark, and her second husband's family, especially his daughter Lucy, his mother Mrs. Walter Forbes, his sister Frances Heyn, his sister Martha Stanton, and his brother Frank Stanton. She worked at the University of Georgia in the Music Department for some time and donated the Olin Downes papers to the University of Georgia. She also toured Europe repeatedly, giving piano recitals in several countries, and was a member of numerous musical organizations, including the American Musicological Society and several symphonies.

Scope and Content

The Jean Réti-Forbes Papers consist of materials relating to world-renowned musician and musicologist Jean Réti-Forbes. The collection dates from 1957 to 1988 and contains correspondence with distinguished critics of this century including Lamar Dodd, Lillian Smith, and Werner Heisenberg, friends, and family; university lecture notes; audio tapes of Mrs. Réti-Forbes's works for piano, interviews, and lectures; personal and professional photographs; original compositions; and family and personal material.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged into three series: 1) Correspondence, 2) General Files, and 3) Audiotapes and printed materials. Majority of materials are listed roughly alphabetical within each series.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Jean Réti-Forbes papers, ms912, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 October 16.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

See also related materials in W. Stanton Forbes papers, ms940.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
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1	1	Adaskin, Murray
1	2	Adler, Kurt
1	3	American Musicological Society
1	4	Angur, Helen
1	5	Armstrong, Sir Thomas
1	6	Athens Historical Society
1	7	Bacon, Anna Lee
1	8	Baeninger, Martin
1	9	Baisden, Kay and Frank
1	10	Baker, Dorothy
1	11	Bamford, Francis
1	12	Barrie Books
1	13	Bax, Sir Arnold
1	14	Bee, Dorothy
1	15	Bell, G. & Sons
1	16	Berlioz, Hector
1	17	Bernheim, Alice and Rachel
1	18	Bird, John
1	19	Blair, Margaret
1	20	Boulez, Pierre
1	21	Bowers, Faubion
1	22	Boyd, Helen
1	23	Boyle, J.R. [Jean's uncle]
1	24	Branion, Grace
1	25	Branscombe, Gena
1	26	Bredendieck, Joan
1	27	Bresgan, Cesar
1	28	Brittenbaw, Helen
1	29	Broude Brothers Limited
1	30	Brown, Hal and Mollie
1	31	Brown, Malcolm
1	32	Bryan, Morris
1	33	Burge, Mary
1	34	Burgess, Mildred
1	35	Burnet, Duncan
1	36	Burval, Nellie
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2	1	Calvin, J.B.
2	2	Cameron, Dan
2	3	Canada Council - grant application
2	4	Canadian League of Composers - invitation
2	5	Canadian Music Journal
2	6	Carson, Virginia
2	7	Carver, Mosco
2	8	Case, Allen
2	9	Cecilia, Sister and Madeleine Touhy
2	10	Charlot, Jean
2	11	Cherry, Evelyn
2	12	Chorafa, Maria
2	13	Christ-Janer, Albert and Virginia
2	14	Christodulo, George and Marina
2	15	Clairmont/Touvelle
2	16	Clarke, P.M.
2	17	Clovis, Hall
2	18	Clute, Frances
2	19	Coffin, Marie
2	20	Coleman, Frank
2	21	Collier Books
2	22	Converse College
2	23	Cooke, Deryck
2	24	Cope, Oliver and Alice
2	25	Corporation of London - invitation
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22	25	Copyright materials and correspondence - Rudolph Reti, 1943-1947, undated
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2	26	Cortese, Mary
2	27	Couch, Annie Eileen
2	28	Cowell, Henry
2	29	Crabb, Eugene
2	30	Curzon, Clifford
2	31	Daugherty, Katherine
2	32	Davis, Chester K.
2	33	DelloJoio, Norman
2	34	Devin Adair Company
2	35	Dickson, Lovat
2	36	Diercks, Thelma and John
2	37	Dodd, Mary and Lamar
2	38	Douglas, Charles
2	39	Dow, Mary
2	40	Downes-Williams, Dorothy
2	41	Downes, Edward
2	42	Downes, Irene
2	43	Duncan, Shelbie
2	44	Dunlop, Marjorie
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3	1	Eidson, John Olin
3	2	Emanuel College and Mary Frances Ross
3	3	Emelat
3	4	Emetaz, Maurice Van Dyck
3	5	Enters. Angna
3	6	Eyre
3	7	Faber & Faber Limited, 1950-1965
3	8	Faber & Faber Limited, 1966-1972
3	9	Falkner, Margaret, 1962
3	10	Falkner, Margaret, 1971
3	11	Ferguson, Peggy
3	12	Fernandez, Justino
3	13	Florida State University
3	14	Fortson, Edwin
3	15	Fox, Ruth and Henry
3	16	Fradier, Mary
3	17	Frank, Jonathan
3	18	Frankenstein, Alfred V.
3	19	Fulton, Maisie
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4	1	Forbes, Frances
4	2	Forbes, Jean
			Letters are to W. Stanton Forbes from Jean Reti-Forbes before their marriage and Jean's letters to others after Rudolph's death.
4	2A	Forbes, Lester
4	3-5	Forbes, Lucy
4	6	Forbes, Mrs. Walter (B-Mom)
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5	1	Gamble, Isabella
5	2	Gelatt, Roland
5	3	University of Georgia - employment
5	4	University of Georgia - miscellaneous
5	5	Gerrie, Percy [Jean's uncle]
5	6	Glover, Robert
5	7	Garber, Jerry
5	8	Garber, Lynnie
5	9	Garber family
5	10	Garber family
5	11	Gardner, William E.
5	12	Geiringer, Otto to Rudolph Reti
5	13	Georgia Museum of Art
5	14	Georgia Review
5	15	Gerschefski, Edwin
5	16	Goldblatt, Rose
5	17	Goodall, Anne
5	18	Goodbody & Company
5	19	Grasberger, Franz
5	20	Green, Al and Kay
5	21	Greenwich House Music School
5	22	Groesbuk, Lue
5	23	Hancock-Ofstie, Joy
5	24	Hanson, Betty - Orpheus Club
5	25	Harkins, Sister Barbara
5	26	Harkness, Mechthild
5	27	Harmel-Rubinstein, Julian
5	28	Harrold, Thomas
5	29	Hawkin, Edna
5	30	Haynes, William G.
5	31	Heisenberg, Werner
5	32	Hendricks, Roy J.
5	33	Henry, Corinne
5	34	Heyn, Frances
5	35	Highfield, Daisy
5	36	Hollander, Clifford
5	38	Howell
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6	1	Jacobi, Frederick
6	2	Jacobs, Alice
6	3	James, Phillip
6	4	Janiec, Henry
6	5	Brother John
6	6	Johnson, Joyce
6	7	Jones, Edward
6	8	Jordan, Marjorie F.
6	9	Kahn, Emil
6	10	Kalitinsky, Andrew
6	11	Kendall, Raymond
6	12	Kennedy, W.A.
6	13	Kerr, Buck and Mary
6	14	Key, Alice
6	15	Kidwell, Ann
6	16	Klein, Rudolf
6	17	Knapp, William
6	18	Koch, Dara
6	19	Krenck
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22	1	Lachmann, Elizabeth to Jean Sahlmark
22	2-5	Lachmann, Elizabeth to Rudolph Reti
22	6	Lachmann, Elizabeth - miscellaneous
22	7-8	Lachmann, Elizabeth - will and estate
22	9-11	Lachmann, Norbert (Kegg)
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6	20	Lachmann, Keg
6	21	Ladd, Valeria
6	22	Lance, Francisco
6	23	de Lange, Hendrik
6	24	Lee, Ethel
6	25	LeFann, Elizabeth
6	26	Leinsdorf, Erich via Ann Coughlin
6	27	Lit, Janice
6	28	Loucks, Catherine
6	29	Lowenbach, Jan
6	30	Lund, Gagga
6	31	Lundberg, Lizaveta
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7	1	MacGregor, Jean
7	2	MacLanahan, Frances
7	3	Macleod
7	4	The Macmillan Company via Cecil Scott
7	5	Mahan, Katie
7	6	Maine
7	7	Masaryk, Herberta
7	8	Mathison, George
7	9	Mayer
7	10	McAlpine, Martha
7	11	McClelland and Stewart Limited
7	12	McGill, Ruth
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22	23	McLanahan, Alex and Frances
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7	13	McKay, Douglas
7	14	McKeever, Florence
7	15	McMillan, Constance
7	16	de Meeus, Countesse
7	17	Mellinger, Marie B.
7	18	Menuhin, Yaltah
7	19	A. Messina Company
7	20	Meysenberg
7	21	Miller, Alan
7	22	Miller, Philip
7	23	Miscellaneous
7	24	University of Mississippi
7	25	Mitchell, Donald
7	26	Moldenhauer, Hans
7	27	Montgomery, Walter
7	28	Morgan, Lillian D.
7	29	Morse, Darwin S.
7	30	Motchane, Martha
7	31	Mumford, Lewis
7	32	National Education Association, Education Travel Division
7	33	National Library of Scotland
7	34	Newman, William S.
7	35	Newton, Virginia L.
7	36	New York Times via Harold Schonberg
7	37	Nikas, Mary
7	38	Nin-Culmell, Joaquin
7	39	Norton, Margaret
7	40	Noyes, Morgan
7	41	Offerdahl, John
7	42	Ogburn, Dorothy
7	43	O'Neill, Frank Q.
7	44	Parmenter, Ross
7	45	George Peabody College
7	46	Pease, Eva
7	47	Peeler, Caspen
7	48	Personalities of the South book series
7	49	Pertzoff, Olga
7	50	Peterson, M.
7	51	Piano Teacher's Club of Savannah, Georgia
7	52	Pindar, George
7	53	Pincherle, Marc
7	54	Pinkerton, Ruth A.
7	55	Pisk, Paul
7	56	Pixler, Olive
7	57	Placzek, Adolf
7	58	Politoske, Daniel T.
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8	1	Jean Reti Forbes' University of Georgia Students, 1969-1972
8	2	Jean Reti Forbes' University of Georgia Students, 1969-1972
8	3	Ramsey family (Dotty, Becky, Julie, and Wayne)
8	4	Randlett, Samuel
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22	24	Regarding Tonality-Atonality-Pantonality copyright, 1957
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8	5	Reill, Van
8	6	Reilley, Edward
8	7	Reinke, Charlotte
8	8	Renold, Marie
8	9	Réti, Rudolph
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22	12	Réti, Jean to Rudolph Réti, 1942
22	13	Réti, Jean to Rudolph Réti, 1943
22	14	Réti, Jean to Rudolph Réti, 1945
22	15	Réti, Jean to Rudolph Réti, 1947
22	16	Réti, Jean to Rudolph Réti, 1954
22	17	Réti, Jean to Rudolph Réti, undated
22	18	Réti, Rudolph to Jean Réti, 1942
22	19	Réti, Rudolph to Jean Réti, 1943-1944
22	20	Réti, Rudolph to Jean Réti, 1945
22	21	Réti, Rudolph to Jean Réti
22	22	Réti, Rudolph to Jean Réti, 1952-1954, undated
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21	4	Réti-Forbes, Jean to W. Stanton Forbes
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9	4	Richter, Rosemary
9	5	Robinson, Geoffrey
9	6-7	Robinson, Carol
9	8	Rockliff Publishing Corporation Limited
9	9	Ross, Gilbert
9	10	Rossi Compostella, Irnerio
9	11	Russia trip correspondence, Jean Réti-Forbes and Lucy Stanton Forbes to W. Stanton Forbes, 1970
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10	1-2	Sahlmark, Goggin W.
10	3	Sahlmark, Kate
10	4	Sanders, Marion Dwight
10	5	Saporta, Nora
10	6	Sargent, Betty
10	7	Sarton, May
10	8	Saskatchewan's Lt. Governor
10	9	Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers' Association
10	10	Schlittler, Emil
10	11	Scott, Desmond
10	12	Sears, Edmund H.
10	13	Sharman, J. C. - invitation to meet British Consulate-General
10	14	Sharp, Hulda
10	15	Shevenell-Forbes, Lucy
10	16	Siegmeister, Elie
10	17	Smith, Lillian
10	18	Smith, C. Wallace
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11	1	Snelling, Paula
11	2	University of South Carolina Music Department
11	3	Spalding, Phinizy
11	4	Sparks, Andy
11	5	Spofford, Grace
11	6	Spry, Graham
11	7	Stallings, Edith
11	8	Stanton, Frank
11	9	Stanton, Martha
11	10	Steedman, Margot
11	11	Steiner, Stella
11	12	Stephenson, Geneva
11	13	St. Martin's Press, Incorporated
11	14	Strahl, Magaret
11	15	Stransky, Eugene
11	16	Stratford Composers Conference and Stratford Shakespearen Festival
11	17	Straus, Regina
11	18	Sturt, Lady Cecila
11	19	Szmolyan, Walter
11	20	Talmadge, Herman E.
11	21	Tawaststjerna, Erik
11	22	Teague, A. Dawson
11	23	Teresita, Sister
11	24	Terrillon-Mackay, Louise F.
11	25	Terry, Maria
11	26	Thomas, Helen
11	27	Thompson, Mildred
11	28	Titus, Joan
11	29	Todd, Pat
11	30	Toombs, Henry and William Creighton
11	31	Tucker, Lillian V.
11	32	Tuohy, Madeleine
11	33	Turner, Jean
11	34	Voulis, Aspasia
11	35	Wahl, Carol
11	36	Wahn, Janet
11	37	Warren, Pearl E.
11	38	Watson, Jean
11	39	Wedding; Jean & Stanton's - congratulations letters
11	40	Wellesz, Ejon
11	41	Westrup, J.A.
11	42	White, Barbara
11	43	Wigginton, Eliot
11	44	Wilcox, Louis B.
11	45	Wiley, Bert
11	46	Wolfe, Ann F.
11	47	Yeomans, Pat
11	48	Zipper, Herbert for National Guild of Community Music Schools
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12	1	Unidentified
12	2	Unidentified
12	3	Unidentified
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9	12	Address and telephone book
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21	1	Bates, Lucy, 1949-1960
21	2	Bates, Lucy, 1961-1963
21	3	Bates, Lucy, 1964-1971
21	4	Bates, Lucy - Postcards, 1964
21	5	Bates, Lucy - Postcards, 1965
21	6	Bates, Lucy - Postcards, 1966
21	7	Bates, Lucy - W. Stanton Forbes
21	8	Bates, Lucy - Postcards, 1967
21	9	Bates, Lucy - Postcards, 1968-1969
21	10	Bates, Lucy, undated

 

2. General Files
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13	1	American Musicological Society; Athens meeting
13	2	Appointment Book, 1957
13	3	Atlanta Symphony
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14	1	Bates, Lucy - legal papers
14	2	Bates, Lucy - photographs and newspaper clippings
14	3	Biographies/obituaries of Jean Réti-Forbes
14	4	Boston Symphony
14	5	Certificates
14	6-8	Clippings
14	11	Clippings
14	9	Olin Downes papers at the University of Georgia
14	10	Stanton Forbes papers (includes artwork, letters, exhibit programs, etc)
14	12-13	Writing - Jean Réti
14	14	"Child of the Prairie" by Jean Réti
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15	1A	Financial papers of household expenses for Reti house at Montclair, NJ
15	1	Edwin Gerschefski papers (programs, personal musical compositions, letters, etc)
15	2	Guest book / W. Stanton Forbes diary re. Jean Reti-Forbes, 1960-1972
15	3	Guest book / diary photocopy
15	4	Hambidge Art Foundation correspondence, 1963
15	5	Hambidge Art Foundation correspondence, 1964-1967
15	6	Hambidge Art Foundation correspondence, 1968-1972
15	7	Hambidge Art Foundation legal documents
15	8	Hambidge Art Foundation miscellaneous
15	9	Hambidge Art Foundation printed materials
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16	1	Lecture notes
16	2-3	Legal papers
16	4	Miscellaneous personal papers
16	5	Musical compositions
16	6	Musical composition - Kinderszenen
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3		Musical composition - The Greatest of All is Love by Rudolph Reti
3		Musical composition - The Magic Gate by Rudolph Reti
3		Musical composition - March of the Bewitched by Rudolph Reti
3		Musical composition - Marsch zu Ehren der Besiegten by Rudolph Reti
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16	7	Musical composition - Musikbuch aus Osterreich
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3		Musical composition - Primeval Melody by Rudolph Reti
3		Musical composition - Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen) of Robert Schumann (with motives and fingering inserted in the score) by Jean Reti
3		Musical composition - Sechs Liebesgesänge, op. 5, heft I, II by Rusdolph Reti
3		Musical composition - Soup in Alabaster by Jean Reti, partial
3		Musical composition - Streichquartett in zwei Sätzen by Rudolph Reti
3		Musical composition - Terrassen, op. 2 by Rudolph Reti
3		Musical composition - Two Orchestral Pieces from the Ballet "David and Goliath," Rudolph Reti
3		Musical composition - Winternacht by Rudolph Reti
3		Musical compositions - various partial scores and compositions
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16	8	Passports
16	9-10	Personal papers in notebooks
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17	1-9	Photographs
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2		Photographs, oversized
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18	1-2	Poems, prose, and related publications
18	3	Programs
18	4-5	Programs/reviews
18	6-7	Typescript - Child of the Prairie
18	8	Typescript - Notes on Playing the Piano
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19	1	Typescript - To Dwell in Sound
19	2	Typescript - Very Personal Notes on Rudolph Réti
19	3	Receipts/business papers
19	4	Rudolph Réti publications, papers, and clippings
19	5	Sahlmark family history
19	6	Dr. Sahlmark (obituaries, newspaper clippings, legal papers, etc)
19	7	Clara Boyle Sahlmark (invitations, newspaper clipping, and letter)
19	8	Saskatchewan Archives Board
19	9	Season music programs
19	10	Slides
19	11	Stanton family
19	12	Lucy M. Stanton
19	13-14	Sympathy letters
19	15	Tax returns

 

3. Audio tapes and printed material
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20		Audiotapes (reel-to-reel)
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23		Audiotapes (reel-to-reel)
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13	4-5	Concert music programs
13	8	Concert music programs
13	6	Miscellaneous (includes receipts and obituaries)
13	7	Lillian Smith publications