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Letter
(1945-02-04)
Letter from composer Henry Cowell to Arnold Shaw, letting Shaw know that "I'll get at the writing of the introductory remar[k]s pronto."
Receipt
(1946-03-30)
Receipt from the New York Times Company, recording that composer Henry Cowell was paid for his article "Case for system" that appeared in the Sunday Section of the newspaper.
Postcard
(1958-05-09)
Postcard from ethnomusiologist Sidney Robertson Cowell to Frances Schillinger, asking about the Rhythmicon [the first electronic rhythm machine built by Russian inventor Louis Theremin]: "could a composer afford to buy it? ...
Letter
(1946-11-09)
Letter from Frances Schillinger to composer Henry Cowell, noting that she is "delighted that you offered to talk personally to publishers about Joseph's music. If you could take enough time to do this, I would have hopes ...
Letter
(1965-07-18)
Letter from ethnomusicologist Sidney Robertson Cowell to Frances Schillinger, letting her know that "Henry has been ill…and it is unfortunately impossible for him to undertake to write anything - he is sorry."
[Letter to Madeleine Friedheim]
(1921-10-20)
Letter (in German) from Arthur Friedheim to his wife, Madeleine; written while Friedheim was teaching in Toronto.
[Letter to Madeleine Friedheim]
(1921-11-17)
Letter (in German) from Arthur Friedheim to his wife, Madeleine; written while Friedheim was teaching in Toronto.
Statement (Inglenook Tea Rooms)
(1923-06-11)
Statement of accounts from "Inglenook Tea Rooms", listing various expenses incurred by the Friedheims.
March of the Orient, Op. 11
(1924)
Manuscript score of Joseph Schillinger's March of the Orient, Op. 11, in the composer's hand. The cover page and title page are in Russian, while the music score is in modern notation.
Letter
(1945-09-13)
Letter from composer Henry Cowell to Frances Schillinger, regretfully declining her offer to "administer the exploitation program for Joseph's system…I am devoted to the Schillinger System, and feel that anything I can do ...