The Siegrun H. Folter Collection of Heinrich Funk Materials

Collection

Call Number: MSS 148

Content Description

The collection contains material related to Siegrun Folter's research on the music of German composer Heinrich Funk (1893-1981). Materials include music, correspondence, clippings, notes, programs and a draft of a thematic index for Funk's music (written/compiled by Folter).

Dates

1923 - 1983

Creator

Folter, Siegrun H.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Arrangement

The materials in the collection have been kept in their original order, and organized into two series: I. Music, and II. Research Materials.

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

German

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0148

Additional Description

Overview

Biographical / Historical

Siegrun H. Folter (née Heinecke), was born in 1930, in what was to become East Germany. She edited and catalogued the literature of music, including the third edition of the Library of Congress classification schedule for music. She also wrote the book, "Private Libraries of Musicians and Musicologists: A Bibliography of Catalogues." Folter earned a bachelor's degree in French from Rochester University, a Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois and doctoral degrees in German and Russian from the University of Kansas. At the time of her death in 1988, she was a professor at Lehman College in New York City.

Processing Information

This collection has been minimally processed, and will likely require an in-person examination of the materials at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library.