Sloss music collection, 1811-1947

Abstract/Contents

Summary: Autograph letters, primarily to Mrs. Sloss from musicians, singers, composers, and conductors. Also contains postcards, autographs and a few photographs.

Associated with	Sloss, Hattie Hecht

Subject	Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Subject	Bori, Lucrezia, 1887-1960
Subject	Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Subject	Damrosch, Frank, 1859-1937
Subject	Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950
Subject	Dobrowen, Issay, 1893-1953
Subject	Elman, Mischa, 1891-1967
Subject	Flood, William H. Grattan (William Henry Grattan), 1859-1928
Subject	Foote, Arthur, 1853-1937
Subject	Harty, Hamilton, 1879-1941
Subject	Hertz, Alfred, 1872-1942
Subject	Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
Subject	Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931
Subject	Melchior, Lauritz
Subject	Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864
Subject	Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Subject	Rethberg, Elisabeth, 1894-1976
Subject	Sembrich, Marcella, 1858-1935
Subject	Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851
Subject	Tetrazzini, Luisa, 1871-1940
Subject	Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960
Subject	Tovey, Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Subject	Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962
Subject	Music
Subject	Musicians
Subject	Songbooks
Subject	Songs, German
Genre	Autographs.

Language	The letters are in English and German, and the songbooks are in English, German, Aleut, and possibly Danish.
Ownership	Gift of Mrs. M. C. Sloss and others.
Note	Most signed photographs from the Sloss collection have been filed in the General Photograph Collection: Portraits (https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4083653)
Location	Location Finding aid available online
LCCN	ms 67002090
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/hm335gt6566
Location	Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Univ. Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305.

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