Overview
Correspondence (primarily letters to Robert Franz), musical compositions and transcriptions, and other documents of German pianist and composer Otto Dresel.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1845-1892
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1 linear foot (3 boxes)Contains Dresel's letters, 1849-1890, to Robert Franz and other correspondents, concerning musical compositions and related topics; letters, 1845-1883, to Dresel; manuscript musical compositions and transcriptions; and other correspondence. Also includes notes, musical fragments, poem, and concert programs.
Biographical / Historical
Dresel was a German concert pianist and composer who emigrated to the U.S.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
62M-309. Transferred by Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University; received: 1963.
2018M-111. Gift of David Francis Urrows, 2018 June.
Separated Materials
For additional Otto Dresel papers held by the Houghton Library, see HOLLIS catalog.
- Title
- Dresel, Otto, 1826-1890. Otto Dresel papers, 1845-1892: Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00822
Repository Details
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