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1 No online items Gurudarshan Khalsa Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2016 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford URL: 1

2 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Charles Barber creator: Barber, Charles Identifier/Call Number: Physical Description: 6 Linear Feet5 boxes, 11 flat-boxes Date (inclusive): , Language of Material: The materials are primarily in English and Russian. Other languages include German and French. Special Collections materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: Content Description Research papers of Charles Barber for two of his publications on Alexander Siloti: Lost in the Stars ( and The Alexander Siloti Collection ( The materials include Charles Barber s correspondence with Siloti family members, museums, archives and libraries, as well as published music scores, publications, newspaper clippings and research notes. Also included are photocopied and handwritten copies of Alexander Siloti s correspondence as well as music scores, concert programs, posters, newspaper clippings and publications. Arrangement The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1: Research Materials. Series 2: Music Scores Preferred Citation Charles Barber,. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Publication Rights While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Biographical / Historical Alexander Siloti ( ) was a Russian-born pianist, conductor and arranger. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory and after graduating went to Leipzig, Germany to study under Franz Liszt. Siloti taught at the Moscow Philharmonic and worked as an editor for Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. He married Vera Tretyakova, the daughter of the industrialist Pavel Tretyakova and toured Europe and America with his wife and children from He organized, financed, and conducted the Siloti Concerts in St Petersburg, introducing many important and influential musicians and composers. He was Intendant at the Mariinsky Theatre and briefly a teacher at the Petrograd Conservatory before fleeing from what had become the Soviet Union to Finland. Siloti eventually moved to America and taught at the Julliard School. Throughout his life Siloti corresponded with many influential composers and others in the music world, such as Tchaikovsky and Liszt. Dr. Charles Barber is a conductor active in concert, opera, and recordings, and a teacher in the history and aesthetics of conducting. Charles Barber earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria; Master of Arts from Stanford; and, Doctor of Musical Arts from Stanford. He was a student of the conductor Carlos Kleiber, and served in apprenticeship with the San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. Barber was an assistant to composer and arranger Marty Paich working on recording projects and on films. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford and created the Charles Barber Conductors on Film Collection ( He has served as a producer to Naxos Records, the world s largest classical company, and in 1997 created American Classics, a series that has now over 300 CDs in release. Barber has conducted in Canada and the United States, and on tour in South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Morocco and Spain. He has served as the Conductor and Artistic Director of the City Opera Vancouver, Canada. Charles Barber corresponded with Kyriena Siloti, Alexander Siloti s daughter and with Maria Siloti, who married Siloti s son Levko Siloti and studied piano under Siloti, as well as with other Siloti family members. He also wrote to museums, archives, universities and libraries in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation/Soviet Union and Germany to find materials related to Siloti. 2

3 Subjects and Indexing Terms Concert programs Piano music Musical scores. Pianists Barber, Charles Siloti, Alexander, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Liszt, Franz Chopin, Frédéric Bach, Johann Sebastian, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, Series 1: Research Materials 1922, This series documents Charles Barber s research for his books about Alexander Siloti. The materials include Charles Barber s correspondence with Siloti family members, museums, archives and libraries, as well as research notes, newspaper clippings, publications and music sheets. Also included are photocopied and handwritten copies of Alexander Siloti s correspondence as well as music sheets, concert programs, posters, newspaper clippings and publications about Alexander Siloti. The files in this series have been kept in their original order with mostly original folder headings. box 1, folder 1 Alexander Siloti programs ( ) Photocopies of music sheets, programs and posters from concerts Siloti organized in Russia. Also includes Charles Barber correspondence, research and notebooks. The languages include: English, Russian, German, Dutch and French. box 1, folder 2 Mikhail Glinka's, L'Alouette, arranged by Alexander Siloti 1987 Includes correspondence and a photocopy of the original sheet music. box 1, Alexander Siloti correspondence, handwritten copies by Maria Siloti ( ) 1993 box 1, Siloti CD Project box 1, Photocopies for research on Alexander Siloti ( ) 1999 Includes Charles Barber correspondence and photocopies of publications about Alexander Siloti. box 1, Siloti Concert Programs ( ), transcribed by Maria Siloti box 1, folder 7 Siloti Concert Programs ( ), transcribed by Maria Siloti box 2, folder 1 Levko (Koshka) Siloti and Maria (Mussy, Mary), Siloti Levko Alexandrovich Siloti was Alexander Siloti's youngest son. He married Mary Alberta Mueller (Maria, Mussy) who studied piano with Siloti. Materials include correspondence and an excerpt from a manuscript Maria wrote about their life. box 2, folder 2 Russian book on Alexander Siloti (1963)

4 Series 1: Research Materials 1922, box 2, CB/BH Music Materials include correspondence and publication list. CB/BH Music was a company formed by Charles Barber and Bruce Herman. box 2, CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Siciliano 1994 box 2, CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a 1994 box 2, CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude to Cantata 29, BWV 29, orchestra score and parts 1994 box 2, folder 7 CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050, orchestra score and parts 1994 box 2, folder 8 CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor 1994 box 2, folder 9 CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Organ Prelude in E Minor 1994 box 3, folder 1 CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Romanze Op. 8, No box 3, folder 2 CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gigue 1994 box 3, CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude from Cantata No. 29, BWV 29 for piano in E Major 1994 box 3, CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude from Cantata No. 29, BWV 29 for piano in D Major 1994 box 3, CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Organ Prelude in G Minor, BWV box 3, CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Chaconne, BWV 1004a 1994 box 3, folder 7 CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Air, BWV box 3, folder 8 CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude, BWV box 3, folder 9 CB/BH Music Alexander Silot Editions, Johann Sebastian Bach, Adagio, BWV box 3, CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions extras 1994 box 3, CB/BH Music Alexander Siloti Editions 1994 box 3, Miscellaneous Research Materials ( ) Materials include correspondence, posters, concert programs and photocopies of publications and articles from archives, museums and libraries in the United States, Britain, Germany and Russia. There is also Charles Barber correspondence with these institutions. Languages include English, Russian, German and French. Miscellaneous Research Materials ( ) Folder 1 box 3, Siloti book 1998 Materials include index cards, research notes, cards from catalog and photocopies of publications. Languages are in English and Russian. box 3, Articles ( ) (part 1 of 2) Photocopies of publications, magazines and journals. Also includes Charles Barber correspondence. Languages are in German, French, English and Russian. 4

5 Series 1: Research Materials 1922, box 4, folder 1 Articles ( ) (part 2 of 2) Photocopies of publications, magazines and journals. Also includes Charles Barber correspondence. Languages are in German, French, English and Russian. box 4, folder 2 Bibliography ( ) Photocopies of publications with annotations and notes by Charles Barber. Languages include German and English. box 4, Catalogues box 4, Miscellaneous correspondence Charles Barber correspondence with archives, museums and libraries regarding materials on Alexander Siloti. box 4, Biographical Dictionary of Russian/Soviet Composers (1989) box 4, Research materials on Paul Dukes ( ) 1998 box 4, folder 7 Family trees (1921) box 4, folder 8 Film 1998 box 4, folder 9 Research materials on Alexei Haieff 1998 box 4, Rud. Ibach Sohn (1885) 1998 Materials include Charles Barber correspondence and photocopies of Alexander Siloti materials from the Rud. Ibach Sohn archives. Rud. Ibach Sohn is a German company that manufactures pianos. box 4, International Piano Archive at the University of Maryland College Park box 4, Julliard School Archives ( , 1990) 1998 box 4, Leipziger Städische Bibliotheken Msikbibliothek ( ) 1998 box 4, Libraries ( ) box 4, Research materials on Franz Liszt (1934) 1995 box 4, folder 16 Pierpont Morgan Library ( ) 1987 box 4, folder 17 Naxos/Encore Liner Notes - Marco Polo 1996 box 4, folder 18 Permissions box 4, folder 19 Publishers 1995 box 4, folder 20 Research materials on Sergei Rachmaninoff 1997 Alexander Siloti Archive ( , ) 1922, Folder 2 box 4, folder 21 Alexander Siloti Archive ( , ) 1922, box 5, folder 1 Siloti Recital Programs ( ) box 5, folder 2 Recordings ( ) Includes Charles Barber correspondence and research notes. Also includes photocopies of publications and liner notes from Siloti's recordings. box 5, Alex Siloti: correspondence Includes correspondence between Charles Barber and Alex Siloti, Alexander Siloti's grandson. box 5, Kyriena Siloti Includes Charles Barber research notes and correspondence with Kyriena Siloti. Kyriena Siloti was Alexander Siloti's daughter. 5

6 Series 1: Research Materials 1922, box 5, My Memories of Liszt by Alexander Siloti box 5, Maria Siloti: corresondence box 5, folder 7 Siloti's students' questionnaires Includes correspondence and questionnaires for students who studied piano under Alexander Siloti. box 5, folder 8 Sources box 5, folder 9 Stanford research grant 1986 box 5, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ( ) Photocopies and handwritten copies of correspondence between Tchaikovsky and Siloti. Also includes correspondence between Maria Siloti and Charles Barber. Materials are in Russian and English. box 5, Writing notes Series 2: Music Scores , Series 2: Series 2 consists of published and manuscript music scores, mainly from Alexander Siloti, Levko Siloti or Maria Siloti s music collection of major composers including, Arensky, Bach, Balakirev, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky. Many of the scores are annotated. The series is in original order and is arranged alphabetically by composer and by title. It contains a mixture of originals and photocopies. Some of the scores also include correspondence from Maria Siloti to Charles Barber explaining the importance or context of a particular score with regards to Alexander Siloti. folder 1 Arensky, An der Quelle Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, folder 2 Arensky, Basso Ostinato (photocopy) (1898) Arensky, Consolation (photocopy) () Arensky, Logaedes (photocopy) (1898) Arensky, Six Caprices pour Piano, # 2,3,4,6 (photocopy) () Arensky, Valse Nuit d Egypte (photocopy) () folder 7 Bach, Adagio From the Toccato C Major, for Organ BWV 564 arr. Cello/piano (photcopy) (1925) folder 8 Bach, Adagio A-Moll BWV 564 (handwritten, photopcopy) () folder 9 Bach, Air (Alexander Siloti Concert Repertoire Booklet) Suite # Bach, Air (Alexander Siloti Concert Repertoire Booklet) Suite # Bach, Air BWV 1068 arr. String quartet (handwritten, photocopy) (1920) Bach, Air (extrait de la suite d orchestre en re) arr. Cello/piano (photocopy) () Bach, Air on G String (photocopy) (1927) Bach, Air arr. Violin/piano (handwritten, large photocopy) () Bach, Andante (From the Sonata for Violin Solo in C Major) No

7 Series 2: Music Scores , folder 16 folder 17 folder 18 folder 19 folder 20 folder 21 folder 22 Bach, Andante aus dem 5 Brandenburg schen Konzert, violin & Violo, piano (some pages separated, heavily taped edge) 1921 Bach, Andante (from the Italian Concerto for Piano) (handwritten) Bach, Andante BWV 1003 arr. Violin & viola, piano 1927 Bach, Andante aus dem 5. Brandenburg schen Konzert, BWV 1050 (photocopy) (1921) Bach, Chaconne BWV 1004, arr. Vln or cello/piano (photocopy) (1924) Bach, Choral Prelude (I Call On Thee Lord) 1936 Bach, Choral Prelude ( ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, for the organ) (handwritten) Includes excerpt from Levko and Maria Siloti's autobiography Bach, Choral Prelude Cello Part Revised by P. Casals (handwritten) folder 23 folder 24 Bach, Concert No. 2 in E Major for violin and orchestra (Brandenburg) (annotations in red pencil) 1924 Bach, Concert No. 2 (mi majeur) pour violon et orchestra (Brandenburg) 1921 folder 25 folder 26 Bach, Concerto in D major (Brandenburg Concerto No. 5) for Piano, Flute, Violin folder 27 Bach, Concerto in D major (Brandenburg Concerto No. 5) for Piano, Flute, Violin flat-box 7, folder 1 Bach, Erstes Konzert I 1915 flat-box 7, folder 2 Bach, Erstes Konzert II 1915 flat-box 7, Bach, Gigue (from the Piano Suite B major) 1923 flat-box 7, Bach, Koncert fur Klavier in D Dur; piano part flat-box 7, Bach, Koncert fur Klavier in D Dur; piano part flat-box 7, Bach, Italian Concerto, arr. Piano 4-hands 1930 flat-box 7, folder 7 Bach, Organ Prelude (E Minor) 1923 flat-box 7, folder 8 Bach, Organ Prelude (E Minor) 1923 flat-box 7, folder 9 Bach, Organ Prelude (G Minor) 1924 flat-box 7, Bach, Organ Toccata and Fugue in D minor (pencil annotations) flat-box 7, Bach, Paraphrase on the Prelude in C# Minor 1924 flat-box 7, Bach, Passacaglia c-moll fur Orgel (pencil annotations) flat-box 8, folder 1 Bach, Prelude aus der Kantate No. 29 flat-box 8, folder 2 Bach, Prelude aus dem Clavier-Buchlein fur Wilhem Friedemann Bach (photocopy) () flat-box 8, Bach, Prelude (from the Cantata # 29) (handwritten, photocopy) () Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, flat-box 8, Bach, Prelude (cantata 29, BWV 29) D minor 1909 Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, flat-box 8, flat-box 8, flat-box 8, folder 7 flat-box 8, folder 8 Bach, Prelude aus der Kantate No. 29 (photocopy) () Bach, Siciliano Bach, Siciliano (aus der Sonata fur clavier und Flate) (handwritten) Bach, Siciliano (handwritten with black and red ink) 7

8 Series 2: Music Scores , flat-box 8, folder 9 flat-box 8, flat-box 8, flat-box 8, flat-box 8, flat-box 8, flat-box 8, Bach, Siciliano BWV 1031 (handwritten, photocopy) Bach, Sonate (I,II,III, e V) piano e violin; vln only (handwritten) Bach, Sonata for vln solo, E major; arr. Organ and chamber players (incomplete) (photocopy) () Bach, Sonate III (E major) for violin and piano (handwritten) Bach, Sonate VI (pencil annotations) Bach, Toccata and Fugue D Minor (handwritten) Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 (handwritten, photocopy) () Bach, Toccata and Fugue, D Minor for Organ, BWV 565 (handwritten, photocopy) folder 1 Balakirev, Au jardin, 1906 Balakirev, Berceuse pour le Piano folder 2 Balakirev, Islamey Fantaisie Orientale 1926 Balakirev, Islamey Fantaisie Orientale 1926 Balakirev, Islamey Fantaisie Orientale (photocopy) () Balakirev, L Alouette Balakirev, L Alouette (handwritten) folder 7 Balakirev, Nocturne pour Piano folder 8 Balakirev, Novelette pour le Piano 1906 Beethoven, Sonaten Fur Klavier folder 9 Beethoven, 32 Variationen fur das Pianoforte (pencil annotations) Bizet, Carmen Bizet, Carmen 3-me entr acte 1919 Bizet, Carmen 3-me entr acte 1919 Bizet, Glinka (photocopy) () Borodin, For the Shores Native Land Borodin, Serenade (from Petite Suite ) (photocopy) (1926) folder 16 folder 17 folder 18 folder 19 folder 20 folder 21 Brahms, Variationen uber ein Thema von Robert Schumann (pencil annotations) Chopin, Ballade G Minor Op. 23 (notes glued in) Chopin, Ballade G-minor Op. 23 Chopin, Etude E flat minor #6 Op. 10 (notes glued in) (some handwritten notes) Chopin, Etude F Minor Op. 25 #10 (notes glued in) (some handwritten notes) Chopin, Etude No. 25 in F Minor (photocopy) () 8

9 Series 2: Music Scores , folder 22 folder 1 folder 2 folder 7 folder 8 folder 9 folder 16 Chopin, Etude No. 25 F Minor 1929 Chopin, Nocturne D flat major Op. 27 No. 2 (notes glued in) (pencil annotations) Chopin, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 (pencil and ink annotations) Chopin, Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1 C Minor 1929 Chopin, Nocturne C Minor Op. 48 No. 1 (handwritten) Chopin, Pianoforte-Werke Band 5. Polonaisen Chopin, Prelude Op. 28, No. 3, G Major 1929 Chopin, Prelude Op. 28 No. 3 G Major (handwritten, photocopy) () Chopin, Scherzo #3 (handwritten) (notes glued in) (pencil and ink annotations) Chopin, Sonate mit Cello (handwritten and printed) Chopin, Walzer (Edition Schott NR: 21) 1917 Dohnanyi, Sechs Konzertetuden Heft I 1923 Dohnanyi, Vier Rhapsodien, nr. I, IV 1930 Glazunov, Serenade du Troubadour Op. 79 Glazunov, Volga Boatmen s Song 1926 Gluck, Orpheus 2nd Ballet (handwritten, photocopy) Handel, Dettingen Te Deum and photocopy Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, folder 1 folder 2 Ibert, Escales No Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro 1910 Lyadov, Goolenki 1927 Lyadov, Prelude Op. 11 No. 1 Lyadov, Prelude Op. 11 No. 1 (handwritten, photocopy) () Lyadov, Variations sur un theme de Glinka (photocopy) (). Also includes photocopies of telegrams from 1935 and folder 7 Liszt, Abscheid (Farewell) (photocopy) () folder 8 Liszt, Annees de Pelerinage 1re Annee: Suisse

10 Series 2: Music Scores , folder 9 Liszt, Au bord d une source (Annees de Pelerinage, Ire annee) 1923 Liszt, Au lac de Wallenstadt (Annees de Pelerinage, I, No. 2) 1926 Liszt, Annees de Pelerinage 2de Annee VII. Apres une Lecture du Dante (pencil annotations) 1909 Liszt, Ballade #2 G Minor (some notes glued in) (pencil and ink annotations) folder 16 folder 1 folder 7 folder 2 folder 7 Liszt, Benediction De Dieu Solitude (photocopy) (1923) Liszt, Benediction De Dieu Solitude (ink annotations) 1923 Liszt, Concert Etude (D flat major) (pencil annotations) 1931 Liszt, Concert Etude (D flat major) (pencil annotations) 1931 Liszt, Concert Pathetique (photocopy) () Liszt, Concert Pathetique (handwritten, photocopy) () Rachmaninoff, Romanze (op. 8, No. 2) fur pianoforte (photocopy) (1899) Tchaikovsky, Concert (No. 1, B moll) (photocopy) () Liszt, Concerto No. 1 in E Major 1904 Liszt, Concerto Pathetique I (E moll-e minor-mi mineur) Liszt, Concerto Pathetique II (E moll-e minor-mi mineur) Liszt, Danse Macabre 1911 Liszt, Danse Macabre Totentanz 1911 Liszt, Dante Sonata (photocopy) (1904) Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, 1986 folder 8 folder 9 Liszt, Dreams of Love (lots of pencil markings, lyrics in the beginning scratched out) Liszt, Erstes Concert Kleine Flote (photocopy) () Liszt, Erstes Konzert fur Pianoforte und Orchester (photocopy) () Liszt, Il Penseroso 1923 Liszt, Klavier-Konzert NR. 2 A-Dur (some notes glued in) (pencil and ink annotations) 1926 Liszt, Konzert 1 (some notes glued in) 1932 folder 1 Liszt, Les jeux d eaux a la villa d Este No

11 Series 2: Music Scores , folder 2 folder 7 folder 8 folder 9 Liszt, Les jeux d eaux a la villa d Este No Liszt, Notturno No. 3 (pencil annotations) Liszt, Notturno Nr. 3 Liszt, Orage (1re Annee) 1909 Liszt, Pensees des Morts Liszt, Polonaise No. 2 in E 1930 Liszt, Rhapsodie hongroise No. 12 (pencil and ink annotations) 1914 Liszt, Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 14 Liszt, Sposalizo 1924 Liszt, Sonate (photocopy) () Liszt, St. Francis de Paule marchant sur les flots 1923 Liszt, Sursum Corda 1924 Paginini-Liszt, Etude No. 6 Theme with Variations 1942 folder 16 folder 17 folder 1 folder 2 Luigini, Ballet Egyptien No Mendelssohn, Scherzo (photocopy) () Mozart, Variations ( Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman ) C Major 1924 Rachmaninoff, Preludes op. 23, V. VI. (pencil annotations) Rachmaninoff, Italian Polka (photocopy) () Rachmaninoff, Melodie, Op. 3, No. 23 (photocopy) () Rachmaninoff, Romance (In the Silence of Night), Op. 4, No. 3 (photocopy) (1929) Riabinin, Fantaisie (handwritten) Rubinstein, Lezginka (Dance from the Opera The Demon ) (photocopy) (1949) Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti and a photocopy of a Russian article about Siloti's 120th birthday. folder 7 Rubinstein, Troisieme Barcarolle

12 Series 2: Music Scores , folder 8 Rubinstein, Troisieme Barcarolle Op. 50 (photocopy) (1904) Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, folder 9 Rubinstein, Valse-Caprice Saint-Saens, Le Cygne 1924 Schlozer, Etude Op. 1, No. 2 (photocopy) (1929) Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, 1986 Schubert, Impromptu (G Major) (photocopy) () Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, folder 16 Schubert s Weerke, Serie IX (phantasie, impromptu, und andere stucke fur piano) Siloti, Polka Russe 1921 Siloti, Transcriptions for the Young (photocopy) (1922) Tausig, Hungarian Dances (photocopy) () Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, flat-box 15, folder 1 flat-box 15, folder 2 flat-box 15, Tchaikovsky, Concerto No. 1 in B Minor for Pianoforte; arr Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky, Trio fur Pianoforte, Violine, Violoncell Includes correspondence from Maria Siloti, 1988 flat-box 15, flat-box 15, flat-box 15, Vieuxtemps, Concerto 4me (orch parts) Vieuxtemps, Grand Concerto No. IV Vivaldi, Concerto in D Minor RV 565 (photocopy) () 12