Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1941-1960.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960.

Contributor:

Selden-Goth, Gisella, 1884-1975.

Goth, Trudy.

Eble, Charles L.

Bruckner Society of America.

Johnson, Harriett.

Language:

English

German

Physical Description:

24 items (38 leaves)

Contained In:

Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 823.

Place of Publication:

1941-1960.

Language Note:

In English and German.

Biography/History:

Eble was an officer of the Bruckner Society of America, in New York City. Selden-Goth was a music scholar; she was an acquaintance of Mitropoulos and of Alma Mahler; Trudy Goth was apparently her daughter. Johnson was a music critic for the New York Post.

Summary:

1 item from Mitropoulos to Franz Werfel apparently responds to an appeal from Werfel on behalf of a writer or other artist in need of support. The remaining items from Mitropoulos are addressed to Alma Mahler; the correspondence documents a friendship that deepened over time, with Alma attending rehearsals and performances conducted by Mitropoulos. Alma's draft letter to Eble at the Bruckner Society recommends Mitropoulos to receive the Mahler-Bruckner Medal, praising his interpretations of Gustav Mahler's work. Included are 2 programs for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (1 for performances under the direction of Mitropoulos and 1 for performances in memory of him after his death, with Leonard Bernstein conducting); and a clipping of an article by Harriett Johnson about Mitropoulos's conducting of Gustav Mahler's third symphony.

Notes:

Includes 2 items from Alma Mahler: a draft of 1 letter to Mitropoulos and a carbon copy of 1 letter to Eble at the Bruckner Society. Also includes a postcard from Mitropoulos bearing messages from Gisella Selden-Goth and Trudy Goth.