Bauer, Harold,  1873-1951. <br/><br/>
Harold Bauer collection, 1880-1951  (bulk 1920-1951). 

 - 10 linear ft. (17 boxes, 1,245 items). 
<br/><br/> The material in the Harold Bauer collection consists of: correspondence with musicians such as Ernest Bloch, Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Gabriel Fauré, Percy Grainger, Jascha Heifetz, Josef Hofmann, Gustav Holst, Vincent d'Indy, Fritz Kreisler, Charles Martin Loeffler, Pierre Monteux, Moritz Moszkowski, Vladimir de Pachmann, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Isidore Philipp, Henry Prunières, Carl Ruggles, Carlos Salzedo, Gustave Schirmer, Leopold Stokowski, and Efrem Zimbalist; music which includes several holograph transcriptions and editions prepared by Bauer and others; artwork and photographs, among the latter, inscribed photographs of Ernest Bloch, Claude Debussy, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Leopold Stokowski, and Rabindranath Tagore; writings by and about Bauer, containing articles and speeches by Bauer on a wide range of music-related topics; publicity material regarding Bauer and/or other performers, including concert programs and information about concert tours; press, journal, and magazine clippings, the majority of which are about Bauer's performances; awards; and realia. 
<br/><br/>Harold Bauer collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Harold Bauer, born Apr. 28, 1873, Kingston-on-Thames, near London, died Mar. 12, 1951,  Miami, Fla. Throughout his career he was regarded as one of the greatest living pianists, a successor to the tradition of Liszt, Paderewski, and Brahms, and a celebrated interpreter of the music of Schumann, Brahms, and Franck. He was one of the first to champion the music of Debussy and of Ravel. Bauer also had considerable fame in chamber music, performing with Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the Flonzaley String Quartet, and others. He founded the Beethoven Association in 1918 which, through its sponsorship of public concerts featuring the finest musicians of the time, and through its financial support of musicians and institutions alike, greatly contributed to the development of American musical culture in the first half of the 20th century. Bauer edited many editions of piano music (most notably of Bach, Brahms, and the complete piano works of Schumann), several of which are still in print today. In his later years, he taught at the Manhattan School of Music and at the University of Miami and gave frequent lectures and master classes throughout the United States. Bauer was also interested in a wide range of musical topics and has left a substantial amount of writings on various composers and their works, interpretation, performance practice, and piano technique. Bauer also wrote many articles on more general musical topics. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and on the Internet. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm2001096361 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951. <br/>Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951 --Correspondence.<br/>Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951 --Autographs.<br/>Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959 --Correspondence.<br/>Boulanger, Nadia--Correspondence.<br/>Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 --Correspondence.<br/>Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924 --Correspondence.<br/>Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 --Correspondence.<br/>Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987 --Correspondence.<br/>Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957 --Correspondence.<br/>Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934 --Correspondence.<br/>Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 --Correspondence.<br/>Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962 --Correspondence.<br/>Loeffler, Charles Martin, 1861-1935 --Correspondence.<br/>Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964 --Correspondence.<br/>Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925 --Correspondence.<br/>Pachmann, Vladimir de, 1848-1933 --Correspondence.<br/>Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 --Correspondence.<br/>Philipp, Isidore, 1863-1958 --Correspondence.<br/>Prunières, Henry, 1886-1942 --Correspondence.<br/>Ruggles, Carl, 1876-1971 --Correspondence.<br/>Salzedo, Carlos, 1885-1961 --Correspondence.<br/>Schirmer, Gustave, 1890-1965 --Correspondence.<br/>Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 --Correspondence.<br/>Zimbalist, Efrem--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Musicians--Portraits.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML31  / .B43