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Joseffy
COLLECTION: Rafael Joseffy collection of piano music and other materials
LOCATION AS OF February, 2002: Room 219 Smith Music Hall; a relatively small
number of editions and manuscripts have been cataloged individually or as
collected manuscript sets and are located in the Music Library's Special
Collections area.
PROVENANCE: Personal collection of concert pianist, composer, and editor Rafael
Joseffy (1852-1915); donated by surviving members of the Joseffy family.
WHEN ACQUIRED: 1944
DESCRIPTION: Approximately 2,000 items, in over 80 shelf boxes and individually
cataloged, consisting mainly of solo piano music but also including some
orchestral scores, miscellaneous manuscripts, and a few items of vocal music.
Primarily U.S. and European editions of the period 1870-1915, including many
works by composers who were contemporaries of Joseffy. A number of items have
marginalia, fingerings, etc. in Joseffy's hand.
ARRANGEMENT: Materials in Room 219 Smith Music Hall are arranged alphabetically
by composer/title. Cataloged materials are interfiled among other items in
Special Collections according to shelf number.
ACCESS/FINDING AIDS/BIBLIOGRAPHY: Refer to card and online catalogs for access
to fully-cataloged items, as well as for any materials remaining under temporary
("MO") shelf numbers. A collection-level record ("Rafael Joseffy collection")
has been established for the uncataloged collection
presently housed in Room 219; individual items from this group of materials,
however, cannot be accessed via the online catalog. A separate card index,
providing access by composer, was prepared during
the late 1970s by Jean Geil and Judith Rabin (two card trays in Music Library
public card catalog labelled " Joseffy") .
The Collections File folder ("Joseffy") contains programs; correspondence
between Library personnel and members of the Joseffy family; correspondence
involving scholars who have made use of Joseffy
materials; packing lists (incomplete); copies of Joseffy's will and probate
documents; a commemorative medal with Joseffy's portrait on the front and a
pianist's hand on the verso, "From his friends and
admirers -New York -1911; " and other miscellaneous documents. Additional
personal papers (..."Papers, 1867-1912") have been cataloged as a set for the
Music Library's Special Collections area [MS q.780.923 J77p].
Two copies of the following catalog have been placed on reference in the Music
Library:
Musical library owned by Rafael Joseffy (1853-1915) 61p. [ML138 J67]
(The University of Illinois did not receive all items listed in this catalog;
the two copies on reference have pencil check-marks and cross-hatching in
various colors, with no key as to what the various markings designate.)
INDEX TERMS: Joseffy, Rafael; Manuscripts; Piano music
SEE ALSO: "Joseffy, Rafael" in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians,
2d ed. (New York: 2001) vol.13, p.216
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