Alexander Weinmann papers, 1614-1986

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Summary

Creator:
Weinmann, Alexander, 1901-1987
Extent:
14 Linear Feet
7,000 Items
Language:
German, and English.
Collection ID:
RL.01359

Background

Scope and content:

The collection reflects Weinmann's extensive research in the history of Viennese music publishing and is a resource for study of publishing firms in Vienna as well as documenting Weinmann's bibliographical research. The Music Series includes title pages and parts of arrangements, focusing on Viennese publishers and composers, including Georg Druschetzky, Joseph Haydn, Johann Baptist Vanhal, Johann Josef Rösler, and Ferdinand Kauer, as well as Johann Sebastian Bach. Included in the Writings and Speeches Series are manuscript drafts of works related to Weinmann's bibliographies (published in the Beiträge zur Geschichte des Alt-Weiner Musikverlages) as well as bio-bibliographical and historical works. The series also documents Weinmann's study of 19th century Viennese publishing firms including Artaria and Company, Giovanni Cappi, Leopold Kozeluch, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Carlo and Pietro Mechetti, Tranquillo Mollo, Ignaz Sauer, Johann Traeg, and Thaddäus Weigl. Series includes research by Weinmann's brother, Ignaz Weinmann, on Franz Schubert.

The Research Notes Series consists of bibliographic references and citations, information about works and plate numbers; Weinmann's contributions to the Répertoire international des sources musicales; and Wiener Zeitung references. The Series also concerns Weinmann's work as an editor of the sixth edition of the Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts. Anthony van Hoboken, Willi Boskovsky, Franz Giegling, Anton Fietz, and Arthur Fiedler are among primary correspondents in the collection. Weinmann also collected letters (originals and copies) from persons and publishers he studied, including J.P. Gotthard, Johann Strauss, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, and Tobias Haslinger.

Biographical / historical:
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Date Event
1901, Feb. 20
Born, Vienna, Austria
1948
Published Werkverzeichnis Joseph Lanner
1952
Published Artaria and Co.
1955
Completed Vollständiges Verlagsverzeichnis Artaria und Comp. (Dissertation)
Received a doctorate in musicology, Innsbruck University
1956
Published Werkverzeichnis Johann Strauss Vater und Sohn
Published Weiner Musikverleger und Musikalienhändler von Mozarts Zeit bis gegen 1860
1964
Published Franz Anton Hoffmeister
1973
Published "'Das Grab' ein literarisch-musikalischer Bestseller" in Österreichische Musikzeitschrift
1987
Died, Vienna, Austria

Weinmann's works in Viennese music publishing are included in the Beiträge zur Geschichte des Alt-Weiner Musikverlages series. He also published a number of articles in the field of musicology in the Österreichische Musikzeitschrift. He was a contributor to the Répertoire international des sources musicales and the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and a co-editor of L. von Köchel: Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts (Sixth Edition).

Acquisition information:
The Alexander Weinmann Papers (1614-1986) were purchased by the Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in 1988.
Processing information:

Processed by: Dan Daily

Completed June 8, 1994

Encoded by Stephen Douglas Miller

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