55 Nachl 138/B (The Lienau Letter Copy Books, 1870-1890)  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Musikabteilung [Musikabteilung] ; 55 Nachl 138 (Verlagsarchiv Schlesinger)

Signatur: B

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1870-1890. - 3 Kästen. - Archiv

Inhaltsangabe:   The Lienau Letter Copy Books, 1870-1890  The retained original facsimile copies of several thousands of letters sent by the Berlin music publisher Emil Robert Lienau (1838-1920) to composers, musicians, publishers, opera intendants etc. between the years 1870 and 1890, including to Liszt, Dvorák, Julius Rietz, Stephen Heller, Friedrich Hermann, Moritz Kässmayer, Jules Benedict, Hans von Bülow, Joseph Joachim, Ernst Rudorff, Franz von Suppé, August Wilhelmj, F.W. Jähns, Theodor Kullak, Emil Pauer, Albert von Sachsen, Breitkopf & Härtel, C. G. Röder, August Cranz, Augener & Co., Franz Wessely, Carl Haslinger, B. Schott's Söhne, F. Volckmar, C.F. Peters, F. Loewenstein, C.F. Leede, W. Sulzbach, Johann André, A. Büttner, Brandus & Dufour, Julius Friedländer, C.W. Batz, Choudens, Durand, Novello, R. Cocks & Co., Litolff, Ricordi, Falter & Sohn, Heugel, C.A. Spina, Jürgenson, Simrock, G. Engelmann, G. Schirmer and many others, answering enquiries, announcing new publications, giving instructions for publication, providing invoices, settling accounts etc.  ...[to Dvorák, 2 July 1879:] Wollen Sie mir gestatten, daß ich das Concert einem mir befreundeten Pianisten ersten Ranges u. vortrefflichen Componisten vorlege u. mit ihm durchgehe u. mir vorspielen lasse, so soll mir das lieb sein, und ich kann mir davon ein Urtheil bilden. Falls Sie eine ausgeschriebene Stimme der Clavierparthie haben, bitte ich um dieselbe. Ebenso wären mir die Stimmen zu den anderen Sachen für den Stich sehr wilkommen...  In six folio volumes:  1) Correspondence 1870-1876, paper label to upper cover ("Copie-Buch vom 1/2 1870 - 4/2 1876"), some pencil annotations, 999 leaves, 28.1 x 23.3cm, plus indexes, two autograph letters signed by Lienau to Breitkopf & Härtel and Bodo von Hülsen laid down or bound in, gilt lettering to spine ("Copie Buch"), leather-backed boards, light wear to covers  2) Correspondence 1876-1879, paper label to upper cover ("Copie-Buch v. 5/2 1876 - 22/2 1879"), 996 leaves, 28.5 x 23.1cm, plus indexes, gilt lettering to spine ("Copie Buch"), leather-backed boards, spine worn  3) Correspondence 1879-1881, paper label to upper cover ("Copie-Buch. v. 27/2 1879 bis 6/10 1881"), 998 leaves, 29.4 x 24.2cm, three manuscript documents laid down on front pastedown and on leaves 269 and 335, a draft manuscript letter to Albert von Sachsen, with autograph corrections by Lienau, bound in before leaf 634, remnants of red paper label to spine, original cloth, creasing to some leaves, splitting at hinges  4) Correspondence 1881-1883, paper label to upper cover ("Copie-Buch v. 7/10 81 - 31/10 83"), 1000 leaves, 29.7 x 24.3cm, plus indexes, remnants of red paper label to spine, original cloth, splitting at lower hinge, covers worn  5) Correspondence 1883-1886, paper label to upper cover ("Copie-Buch 31./10. 83 - 13./2. 86"), 1005 leaves, 29.2 x 23.8cm, plus indexes, remnants of red paper label to spine, original cloth, creasing to some corners  6) Correspondence 1888-1890, printed and manuscript paper label to upper cover ("Copie-Buch. N.o angefangen den 23ten Juli 1888. beendet den 23ten October 1890"), 1000 leaves, 29.2 x 24.1cm, plus indexes, remnants of red paper label to spine, original cloth, some staining to covers, head of spine torn  AN ALMOST COMPLETE TWO DECADE'S RECORD (1870-1890) OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GERMAN MUSIC PUBLISHERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.  In 1864 the twenty-six-year-old Robert Lienau acquired the publishing firm of Schlesinger in Berlin, continuing it under the old name, with the addition of 'Robert Lienau', adding the Viennese firm of Haslinger in 1875. When Lienau retired in 1898, the reins of the firm were passed to to his sons, Robert Heinrich Lienau (1866-1949) and - from 1907 - Friedrich Wilhelm Lienau (1876-1973).  LITERATURE:  TNG, xiv (2001), p.686  Quelle: Sotheby's

Ordnungszustand: Vorgeordnet 

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Bearbeitung:   Die sogenannten "Schlesinger papers" wurden von der Musikabteilung im September 2024 über das Londoner Auktionshaus Sotheby's ersteigert. 

Pfad: 55 Nachl 138 (Verlagsarchiv Schlesinger)

DE-611-BF-130098, http://kalliope-verbund.info/DE-611-BF-130098

Erfassung: 12. August 2025 ; Modifikation: 12. August 2025 ; Synchronisierungsdatum: 2025-09-19T15:41:38+01:00

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