Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Ernst Cassirer papers
The Ernst Cassirer Papers consist of manuscripts, research notes, correspondence, and personal papers documenting the life of Ernst Cassirer.
The Max Kowalski Collection
Vocal music by the Polish-German-English composer Max Kowalski (1882-1956)
Carl F. Schreiber papers
William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : general ephemera
William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : manuscripts
William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : medals and medallions
William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : music
The collection, a part of the William A. Speck Collection of Goetheana, consists of manuscript scores, all either settings of texts by Goethe or compositions based on, or inspired by, his works. The music manuscripts include autographs by Liszt, Carl Loewe, Mendelssohn, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Ludwig Spohr, and Karl Friedrich Zelter. The collection includes a one-page fragment from Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84, and an early sketch from Wagner's Faust Overture.
William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : original artwork
William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : theater ephemera
The William A. Speck Collection of Goetheana: Theater Ephemera consists of eighteenth- through twentieth-century theater playbills, programs, broadsides, posters, and other ephemera documenting performances of plays, operas, magic and puppet shows, burlesques and lectures based on works by Goethe (primarily Faust) and other German and European writers and composers.
William A. Speck collection of prints.
Print collection of portraits, views, and illustrations focused on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The portraits are of persons associated with Goethe, and include an extensive file on Goethe. The views are of places where Goethe lived or visited, particularly Weimar, and the illustrations are of scenes and characters from Goethe's works.
William A. Speck papers
Collection consists of correspondence, notes and drafts, card files, personal and family papers, documenting the founding of the Speck Collection and William A. Speck's activity as a Goethe collector and interpreter.