Simon Bucharoff Collection, 1887-1992
By Maristella Feustle
Collection Overview
Title: |
Simon Bucharoff Collection, 1887-1992![]() |
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Predominant Dates: | 1916-1967 |
ID: | 06/ 014 |
Primary Creator: | Bucharoff, Simon (1881-1955) |
Extent: | 50.0 Boxes |
Arrangement: | Organized into ten series: (1) Scores; (2) Oversized scores; (3) Published works by Simon Bucharoff; (4) Libretti and other writings; (5) Correspondence and papers; (6) Photographs, clippings, and publicity; (7) Works by other authors and composers; (8) Isadore Buchhalter; (9) Realia; and (10) Documentation from the University of Houston. |
Date Acquired: | 00/00/2010 |
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Languages: |
English German |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of fifty boxes, mainly of the compositions and papers of Simon Bucharoff (1881-1955), along with materials related to Bucharoff's brother, Isadore Buchhalter, papers related to activities of Bucharoff's estate, one piece of realia, and the documentation that accompanied the collection from the University of Houston. Bucharoff's papers consist mainly of correspondence, but also include clippings, photographs, concert programs, promotional materials, and writings on non-musical subjects. The materials are predominantly from 1916 through 1967, with a smaller number of materials from before and after that period.
The scores comprise the most complete collection of Bucharoff's works that has yet been assembled and organized. His papers chronicle the his rise to prominence as a pianist, and then as a composer, the struggles of the 1920s and onward, his attempts to promote and publish his works, and reflect the personality, worldview, and spirituality that informed his works.
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Administrative Information
Repository: | Music Library |
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Acquisition Source: | University of Houston |
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Box and Folder Listing
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Series 7: Works by other authors and composers
Dates suggest some materials may have belonged to Isadore and Elisabeth Buchhalter or their heirs.-
Box 1
Barcode 85022.-
Folder 1: Prominent Women of Illinois : 1885-1932, 1932
Published by the Illinois Women's Press Association; features Elizabeth Buchhalter on page 73. Small poem booklet "To My Wife Elizabeth" [from Isadore] enclosed in front cover. Three photos found in book: Medill High School, "Dean of Chicago College of Music" [presumably Isadore at far right], and a family photo. -
Folder 2: Neunzig Jahre in Glaube, Kampf und Sieg : ein Menschen- und Heldenbild unseres deutschen Kaisers., 1887
By Oskar Meding, edited by Carl Hallberger. Stuttgart und Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt.
In exceptionally good condition.
Note enclosed in Bucharoff's hand: "as background for picture suggested by Simon Bucharoff. Title of picture: Blood and Tears vs. Years of Wars -- which? Other ideas which will make it a picture of outstanding value as if may stop a third world war."
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Folder 3: Galston Studienbuch, 1910
In German; "Detailed commentary on the performance of selected piano works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Brahms" available in its entirety through Archive.org and the University of Toronto. -
Folder 4: ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1952
Hardcover, 636 pages. Edited by Daniel I. McNamara. Entry on Bucharoff on p. 63. -
Folder 5: Encore - by A.D. Weinthrop, 1937
"Christmas of Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven." Dedicated to Weinthrop's daughter, Florence. -
Folder 6: George Gershwin, 1938
"Edited and designed by Merle Armitage." New York: Longmans Green & Co. -
Folder 7: G.F. Handel: Messiah
Vocal score, edited by J.M. Coopersmith. New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., 1947. N1057. -
Folder 8: Bach: Inventions in 2 & 3 Parts
Herausgegeben von Czerny, Gripenkerl und Roitzsch. Leipzig: C.F. Peters. 8275. -
Folder 9: R. Strauss: Burleske D-moll für Pianoforte und Orchester
Cover only. Ochesterstimmen. Edition Steingräber. 404c. -
Folder 10: Sun-Kissed Roses, 1912
By Nat Johnson, arr. Harry L. Alvord. For piano. 2 copies. Chicago: F.J.A. Forster Music Pub. -
Folder 11: J.N. Hummel: Sonaten und Stücke für Pianoforte
Herausgegeben von Louis Köhler und F.A. Roitzsch. Leipzig: C.F. Peters. 6332. -
Folder 12: Single page from Bote & Bock publication
Advertisement for collections of Mozart's works, likely separated from a larger work. -
Folder 13: Fugue (A moll) de J. Seb. Bach
Exécutée aux Concerts par F. Liszt. Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger. S. 2662 (A 5). -
Folder 14: A. Loeschhorn: Discours D'Amour. Nocturne, Op. 27
Brittle. Berlin: Ed. Bote et. G. Bock. B. & B. 3560. -
Folder 15: Haydn: Trio No. 4 en Mi.
[Mainz]: B. Schott's Söhne. 20213. -
Folder 16: Raff: Suite pour Piano, D moll, Op. 91
Cover only. Edition peters, No. 1161. -
Folder 17: F. Chopin: Scherzo in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Edited by Robert Waterman Stevens. The University Society, Inc. 893-23-CB. -
Folder 18: Blank "practice record" grid
"Copyright 1919, National Academy of Music." -
Folder 19: R. Casadesus: Cadenzas to Haydn Concerto in D Major; Cadenza to Beethoven Concerto in C Minor (Op. 37), 1945
Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel Co. Haydn work enclosed in Beethoven work. -
Folder 20: J.S. Bach: Ouverture aus der 29sten Kirchen-Cantate
Übertragen von Camille Saint-Saëns. Leipzig: J. Rieter-Biedermann. 269a. -
Folder 21: Paul Miners Piano Accordion Scales, 1956
"For 120 bass accordion." Chicago: M.M. Cole Publishing Company.
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Box 2
Barcode 85024.-
Folder 1: Creation and Conservation: a Guide for Parents and Instructors by A.B. de Sousa
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Folder 2: G. C. Schürmann: Claudius' aria from Ludovicus Pius
Stapled photocopy of printed version; photocopy of manuscript arranged for soprano, oboe, and piano by R. Richards. -
Folder 3: C.W. Gluck: Meleagro's Aria from La Corona
Stapled photocopy of manuscript arrangement for soprano, oboe, and piano by R. Richards. -
Folder 4: Clarinda Harriss and Elaine Erickson: 1. Debate: Mortar and Pestle, for mezzo-soprano and tape
4 pages of music. Transcribed in Bucharoff's hand [?] -
Folder 5: Ballet No. 3 by Ray Heindorf, recording July 16 '39
Single manuscript page of excerpts. -
Folder 6: Barry Schrader / Ted Hughes: Moon-Whales and Other Moon-Songs : for Soprano and Tape
Spiral-bound copy of manuscript. -
Folder 7: Reza Vali: Eight Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 4) for voice and piano
Spiral-bound copy of manuscript. -
Folder 8: Reza Vali: Folk Songs (set Nr. 8 A) for voice and chamber ensemble
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Folder 9: Reza Vali: Folk Songs (set Nr. 10) for voice and chamber orchestra
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Folder 10: Judith Shatin: Songs of Anna Akhmatova
Translation by Sharon Leiter. For mezzo-soprano, flute, B-flat clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano. New York: American Composers Alliance. -
Folder 11: Judith Shatin: Wedding Song
Text by Christopher Marlowe. For soprano and B-flat clarinet. -
Folder 12: Van Appledorn: Freedom of Youth, 1986
For voice and Yamaha DX7 Synth. Spiral-bound copy of manuscript. -
Folder 13: Ruth Crawford [Seeger]: 3 Songs on Poems by Carl Sandburg
Rat Riddles, Prayers of Steel, In Tall Grass. Photocopies of scores, some parts, and performance instructions. -
Folder 14: Jan Swafford: Shore Lines : songs on poems of Denise Levertov for soprano and flute
Spiral-bound copy of manuscript. -
Folder 15: Binder: Songs by Beth Anderson
Post-It note in binder dated 1992: "Betty said to send you songs." Refers to résumé sent with songs. -
Folder 16: Ayers: Sand Child
"Text adapted from Tahar ben Jelloun." Photocopy in binder. -
Folder 17: Lydia Ayers and Isabelle Ganz
Cover letter from Ayers to Ganz, concert proposal, Sand Child and workshop program by Ayers, photo of unidentified woman (likely either Ganz or Ayers). -
Folder 18: Résumé from composer, ca. 1987
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