Baron

COLLECTION: Hermann Baron collection of music publishers' catalogs

LOCATION AS OF 2001: Special Collections cataloging backlog cabinets or University Press storage; some individual items may have been cataloged for Music Library

PROVENANCE: Private collection purchased from H. Baron, London, England

WHEN ACQUIRED: 1978, 1981

DESCRIPTION: Approximately 500 items from 150 publishers acquired from H. Baron (music antiquarian dealer) in spring 1978; eighteen additional items acquired In July 1981. Largely 1880s through 1940s; a few earlier or later catalogs.

ARRANGEMENT: Loosely alphabetical by name of firm

ACCESS/FINDING AIDS/BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lists and correspondence filed in Collections file.

INDEX TERMS: Music publishers; Baron, Hermann

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