Collection number: MC 227
Size: 28 boxes
(9.33 cu.ft.)
About Adrienne Fried Block (1921-2009)
Adrienne Fried Block (1921-2009) was born on March 11, 1921, in New York City. She grew up in Manhattan and attended the New York City public schools. In the 1930s, she began work on a BA at Hunter College, but left school to pursue a career as a musician. While raising two young daughters, she completed her degree in 1958 with a major in music. She earned an MA in Musicology from Hunter College 1967 and a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center in 1979. In addition to her groundbreaking scholarly work in musicology, she taught/conducted at several schools including the Dalcroze School of Music, Hunter College, and the CUNY Graduate Center, where she was an Adjunct Professor of Music and Co-Director of the research project “Music in Gotham: The New York Scene 1862-1875″ at the Graduate Center/CUNY, a documented history of music in performance. She taught, lectured and published articles on women in American music, including two prize-winning books, Women In American Music: A Bibliography of Music and Literature (with Carol Neuls-Bates) (1979) and Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian: The Life and Works of an American Composer (1998). She died on April 5, 2009.
About the Adrienne Fried Block Papers
The Adrienne Fried Block papers consist of background research materials for the book Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian: The Life and Works of an American Composer published by Oxford University Press in 1998.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
Contents of this collection are governed by U.S. copyright law. For questions about publication or reproduction rights, contact Special Collections staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Folder], [Box], Adrienne Fried Block Papers, 1872-1960, MC 227, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Donation: Linda and Barbara Fried, August 14, 2009 (Accession number: 2009.14)
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series. The first is made up of photocopies of Amy Cheney Beach music and is organized by opus number. The second series serves as a box list for the unprocessed materials found in boxes 11-28. The folder headings come from notes Block and others wrote and have not been further described.
Collection Contents
Series 1: Photocopies of Amy Beach Compositions by Opus Number
(9 boxes)| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Juvenilia, 1872-1885 | |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Juvenilia, Exercises (Primo and Secondo) | |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Adrienne Fried Block’s notes on Beach’s juvenilia | |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Opus 1, 1-4 Four Songs | |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Opus 2, 1-3 Three Songs | |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Opus 3, Cadenza | |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Opus 4,Valse Caprice | |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Opus 5, Mass in Eb (complete) | |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | Opus 5, Mass in Eb: Kyrie; Gloria | |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Opus 5, Mass in Eb: Laudamus Te; Qui Tollis | |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Opus 5, Mass in Eb: Quoniam Tu Sollis | |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Opus 5, Mass in Eb: Credo; Sanctus | |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Opus 5, Mass in Eb: Crucifixus; Agnus Dei | |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Opus 5, Graduale: Thou Glory of Jerusalem | |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Opus 7, O Praise The Lord, All Ye Nations | |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Opus 8, 1-3 Choral Responses | |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Opus 9, The Little Brown Bee | |
| Box 2 | ||
| Box 2, Folder 1 | Opus 10, No. 2 The Night Sea | |
| Box 2, Folder 2 | Opus 11, 1-3 Three Songs | |
| Box 2, Folder 3 | Opus 12, 1-3 Three Songs (“Wilt Thou be My Dearie?,” “Ye Banks and Braes o’Bonnie Doon,” and “My Luve is Like A Red, Red Rose”) | |
| Box 2, Folder 4 | Opus 13, Hymn of Trust | |
| Box 2, Folder 5 | Opus 14, 1-4 Four Songs | |
| Box 2, Folder 6 | Opus 15, No. 3 Dreaming | |
| Box 2, Folder 7 | Opus 16, Rudolf (aka The Minstrel and the King) | |
| Box 2, Folder 8 | Opus 17, Festival Jubilate (and notes) | |
| Box 2, Folder 9 | Opus 18, Eilende Wolken, Segler Der Lufte (and notes) | |
| Box 2, Folder 10 | Opus 19, 1-3 Three Songs | |
| Box 2, Folder 11 | Opus 20 Villanelle: Across the World | |
| Box 2, Folder 12 | Opus 21, 1-3 Three Songs (includes actual sheet music of “Extase”) | |
| Box 2, Folder 13 | Opus 22, Bal Masque; Opus 23, Romance | |
| Box 2, Folder 14 | Opus 24, Bethlehem | |
| Box 2, Folder 15 | Opus 25, 1-6 Children’s Carnival | |
| Box 2, Folder 16 | Opus 26, 2-4 Four Songs (includes actual sheet music for “Wouldn’t That be Queer?”) | |
| Box 3 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 1 | Opus 27, Alleluia, Christ is Risen | |
| Box 3, Folder 2 | Opus 28, 1-3 Trois Morceaux Caracteristiques | |
| Box 3, Folder 3 | Opus 29, 1-4 Four Songs | |
| Box 3, Folder 4 | Opus 30, The Rose of Avon-Town | |
| Box 3, Folder 5 | Opus 31, 1-3 Three Flower Songs | |
| Box 3, Folder 6 | Opus 32, Symphony in E Minor: “Gaelic” (pp. 1-50 and notes) | |
| Box 3, Folder 7 | Opus 32, Symphony in E Minor: “Gaelic” (pp.51-120) | |
| Box 3, Folder 8 | Opus 32, Symphony in E Minor: “Gaelic” (pp.121-200) | |
| Box 3, Folder 9 | Opus 32, Symphony in E Minor: “Gaelic” (pp.201-220 and notes) | |
| Box 3, Folder 10 | Opus 33, Teach Me Thy Way | |
| Box 3, Folder 11 | Opus 34, Sonata in A Minor (for piano and viola) | |
| Box 3, Folder 12 | Opus 35, 1-4 Four Songs; Opus 36, Children’s Album | |
| Box 4 | ||
| Box 4, Folder 1 | Opus 37, Three Shakespeare Songs | |
| Box 4, Folder 2 | Opus 38, Peace On Earth; Opus 39, Three Shakespeare Choruses | |
| Box 4, Folder 3 | Opus 40, Three Compositions | |
| Box 4, Folder 4 | Opus 41, 1-3 Three Songs | |
| Box 4, Folder 5 | Opus 42, Song of Welcome | |
| Box 4, Folder 6 | Opus 43, 1-5 Five Burns Songs | |
| Box 4, Folder 7 | Opus 44, Three Browning Songs | |
| Box 4, Folder 8 | Opus 45, Concerto for piano and orchestra in C# Minor (with many notes) | |
| Box 4, Folder 9 | Opus 46, Sylvania: A Wedding Cantata | |
| Box 4, Folder 10 | Opus 47, Summer Dreams | |
| Box 4, Folder 11 | Opus 48, Four Songs | |
| Box 4, Folder 12 | Opus 49, Songs of Liberty | |
| Box 4, Folder 13 | Opus 50, Help Us, O God! | |
| Box 4, Folder 14 | Opus 51, 1-4 Four Songs (and notes) | |
| Box 4, Folder 15 | Opus 52, Hymn of Freedom | |
| Box 5 | ||
| Box 5, Folder 1 | Opus 53, Jephthah’s Daughter | |
| Box 5, Folder 2 | Opus 54, 1-2 Scottish Legend and Gavotte Fantastique | |
| Box 5, Folder 3 | Opus 55, Invocation (for the violin) | |
| Box 5, Folder 4 | Opus 56, 1-4 Four Songs (“Autumn Song”; “Go Not Too Far”; “I Know Not How To Find The Spring” and “Shena Van”) | |
| Box 5, Folder 5 | Opus 57, 1-2 Only A Song, and Once Summer’s Day | |
| Box 5, Folder 6 | Opus 59, The Sea-Fairies | |
| Box 5, Folder 7 | Opus 59, The Sea Fairies | |
| Box 5, Folder 8 | Opus 60, Variations on Balkan Themes | |
| Box 5, Folder 9 | Opus 60, Variations on Balkan Themes | |
| Box 5, Folder 10 | Opus 61, Give Me Not Love | |
| Box 5, Folder 11 | Opus 61, When Soul is Joined to Soul | |
| Box 5, Folder 12 | Opus 63, Service in A: “Te Deum” | |
| Box 5, Folder 13 | Opus 63, Service in A: “Benedictus,” “Jubilate Deo,” “Magnificat,” and “Nunc Dimittis” | |
| Box 5, Folder 14 | Opus 64, Eskimos: Four Characteristic Pieces | |
| Box 5, Folder 15 | Opus 65, Les Rèves de Colombine: Suite Française | |
| Box 6 | ||
| Box 6, Folder 1 | Opus 66, The Chambered Nautilus/1 | |
| Box 6, Folder 2 | Opus 66, The Chambered Nautilus/2 | |
| Box 6, Folder 3 | Opus 66, The Chambered Nautilus/3 (and notes) | |
| Box 6, Folder 4 | Opus 68, After | |
| Box 6, Folder 5 | Opus 69, 1-2 Two Mother Songs | |
| Box 6, Folder 6 | Opus 71, 1-3 Three Songs | |
| Box 6, Folder 7 | Opus 72, 1-2 Two Songs | |
| Box 6, Folder 8 | Opus 73, 1-2 Two Songs | |
| Box 6, Folder 9 | Opus 74, All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name | |
| Box 6, Folder 10 | Opus 74, Panama Hymn (Alternate Text for “All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name”) | |
| Box 6, Folder 11 | Opus 75, 1-4 “The Candy Lion,” “A Thanksgiving Fable,” “Dolladine,” and “Prayer of A Tired Child” | |
| Box 6, Folder 12 | Opus 76, The Lotos Isles | |
| Box 6, Folder 13 | Opus 77, Two Songs: “I” and “Wind O’ the Westland” | |
| Box 6, Folder 14 | Opus 78, Canticles | |
| Box 6, Folder 15 | Opus 79, Three Songs: “Meadowlarks,” “Night Song at Amalfi,” and “In Blossom Time” | |
| Box 6, Folder 16 | Opus 80, Theme and Variations for flute and string quartet | |
| Box 6, Folder 17 | Opus 80, Theme and Variations for flue and string quartet (Block’s Notes) | |
| Box 7 | ||
| Box 7, Folder 1 | Opus 81, Prelude and Fugue; Opus 82, Dusk in June; Opus 83, from Blackbird Hills; Opus 84, Te Deum | |
| Box 7, Folder 2 | Opus 85, In the Twilight; Opus 86, May Eve; Opus 87, Fantasia Fugata; Opus 88, Spirit Divine | |
| Box 7, Folder 3 | Opus 89, Quartet for Strings in One Movement | |
| Box 7, Folder 4 | Opus 89, Quartet for Strings (Block’s notes) | |
| Box 7, Folder 5 | Opus 90, “Pastorale” and “Caprice, the Water Sprites” | |
| Box 7, Folder 6 | Opus 91, The Fair Hills of Eire, O! | |
| Box 7, Folder 7 | Opus 92, The Hermit Thrush at Eve; The Hermit Thrush at Morn | |
| Box 7, Folder 8 | Opus 93, Message (S. Teasdale); Opus 94, A Song For Little May/The Arrow and The Song | |
| Box 7, Folder 9 | Opus 95, Constant Christmas; Opus 96, The Lord is My Shepherd | |
| Box 7, Folder 10 | Opus 97, From Grandmother’s Garden | |
| Box 7, Folder 11 | Opus 98, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes | |
| Box 7, Folder 12 | Opus 99, Four Songs | |
| Box 7, Folder 13 | Opus 100, Two Songs | |
| Box 7, Folder 14 | Opus 101, Peter Pan | |
| Box 7, Folder 15 | Opus 102, Two Songs: Farewell Summer, Dancing Leaves | |
| Box 7, Folder 16 | Opus 103, “Benedictus Es, Domine” and “Benedictus” | |
| Box 8 | ||
| Box 8, Folder 1 | Opus 104, Suit for Two Pianos | |
| Box 8, Folder 2 | Opus 104, Suit for Two Pianos (Block’s notes) | |
| Box 8, Folder 3 | Opus 105, Let This Mind Be in You; Opus 106, The Old Chapel By Moonlight; Opus 107, Nocturne; Opus 108, A Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother; Opus 109, Lord of the Worlds Above; Opus 110, Greenwood | |
| Box 8, Folder 4 | Opus 112, Jesus, My Savior; Opus 113, Mine Be the Lips; Opus 114, By the Still Waters; Opus 115, Around the Manger; Opus 116, Tyrolean Valse-Fantaisie | |
| Box 8, Folder 5 | Opus 117, Three Songs; Opus 118, Two Children’s Choruses; Opus 119, From Six to Twelve; Opus 120, Rendez-Vous (and Block’s notes) | |
| Box 8, Folder 6 | Opus 121, Benedicite, Omina Opera; Opus 122, Communion Responses | |
| Box 8, Folder 7 | Opus 123, Canticle of the Sun | |
| Box 8, Folder 8 | Opus 124, Springtime; Opus 125/1, Lento Espressivo (Spirit of Mercy); Opus 125/2, Evening Hymn: The Shadows of the Evening Hours | |
| Box 8, Folder 9 | Opus 126, Sea Fever; Opus 127, When the Last Sea is Sailed | |
| Box 8, Folder 10 | Opus 128, Three Pianoforte Pieces; Opus 129, Drowsy Dream-Town; Opus 130, Out of The Depths; Opus 131, Dark Garden; Opus 132, Christ in the Universe | |
| Box 9 | ||
| Box 9, Folder 1 | Opus 133, God is Our Stronghold; Opus 136, Fire and Flame; Opus 137, May Flowers | |
| Box 9, Folder 2 | Opus 139, Hearken Unto Me; Opus 140, We Who Have Sung Walk In Glory; Opus 141, O Lord god of Israel; Opus 142, I Sought The Lord | |
| Box 9, Folder 3 | Opus 143, I Shall Be Brave; Opus 144, This Morning Very Early; Opus 145, April Dreams; Opus 146, Lord of All Being; Opus 147, I Will Give Thanks; Opus 148, Five Improvisations for Piano | |
| Box 9, Folder 4 | Opus 149, Cabildo | |
| Box 9, Folder 5 | Opus 149, Cabildo | |
| Box 9, Folder 6 | Opus 149, Cabildo (Background material) | |
| Box 9, Folder 7 | Opus 149, Cabildo | |
| Box 9, Folder 8 | Opus 150, Trio for Piano, Violin and Violincello | |
| Box 9, Folder 9 | Opus 151, Pastorale | |
| Box 9, Folder 10 | Opus 152, Though I Take the Wings of Morning | |
| Box 9, Folder 11 | Other Works: R. Strauss, Ständchen, transcription (Opus 49 Bis); Indian Lullaby; On A Hill; A September Forest; Franz Schubert, Serenade; Birth; Franz Schubert, Ihr Bild; Schumann, Ich Stand in Dunklen Träumen | |
| Box 9, Folder 12 | Other Works: Du siehst das ist nicht so; A Bit of Cairo; Come Ye Faithful; Friends; Singing Joyfully; The Icicle Lesson; If Women Will Not Be Inclined; A Bumblebee Passed By My Window; Time Has Wings and Swiftly Flies; Evening Song; Pax Nobiscum | |
Series 2: Miscellaneous Material
(19 boxes)| Box 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 10, Folder 1 | Recordings, my liner notes | |
| Box 10, Folder 2 | Negatives, contact sheets | |
| Box 10, Folder 3 | Small glossies (photographs) | |
| Box 10, Folder 4 | Copies (before 1910) | |
| Box 10, Folder 5 | Music Theory papers | |
| Box 10, Folder 6 | 8×10 glossies (photographs) | |
| Box 11 | ||
| Box 11, Item 1 | Amy Cheney Beach Manuscript Collection finding aid from the University of Missouri Kansas City | |
| Box 11, Folder 1 | Correspondence with UNH | |
| Box 11, Folder 2 | Correspondence, misc. | |
| Box 11, Folder 3 | Attic Club file | |
| Box 11, Folder 4 | Marcella Craft | |
| Box 11, Folder 5 | Associates, A-G | |
| Box 12 | ||
| Loose materials: Primarily consists of photocopies from newspapers, periodicals, and books, and hand written notes. Subjects include: ethnomusicology and women composers. Also copies of music, bound and loose. | ||
| Box 13 | ||
| Box 13, Folder 1 | Dvořák, recent articles | |
| Box 13, Folder 2 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Music | |
| Box 13, Folder 3 | Dvořák, early articles | |
| Box 13, Folder 4 | H.E. Krehbiel articles | |
| Box 13, Folder 5 | Music – Anglo-American | |
| Box 13, Folder 6 | Music – Scottish-Irish folk | |
| Box 13, Folder 7 | Anthropology and Social Darwinism | |
| Box 13, Folder 8 | Music – black, ragtime, jazz | |
| Box 13, Folder 9 | Folk music | |
| Box 14 | ||
| Loose materials: Primarily consists of photocopies, printed materials, and hand written notes. Subject: Dvořák | ||
| Box 15 | ||
| Box 15, Folder 1 | Responses to Adrienne Block | |
| Box 15, Folder 2 | The orchestra history, 1862-1865 | |
| Box 15, Folder 3 | Chamber, solo, vocal, and instrumental | |
| Box 15, Folder 4 | The orchestra as icon | |
| Box 15, Folder 5 | Abstract | |
| Box 15, Folder 6 | Copyright data | |
| Box 15, Folder 7 | PPIE; PCIE | |
| Box 16 | ||
| Box 16, Folder 1 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Correspondence | |
| Box 16, Folder 2 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Blacks | |
| Box 16, Folder 3 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Lecture handouts | |
| Box 16, Folder 4 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Native Americans | |
| Box 16, Folder 5 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Buildings and grounds | |
| Box 16, Folder 6 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Bibliography articles | |
| Box 16, Folder 7 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Midway | |
| Box 16, Folder 8 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): General | |
| Box 16, Folder 9 | Indianist materials (ethnomusicology) | |
| Box 17 | ||
| Box 17, Folder 1 | Interviews | |
| Box 17, Folder 2 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition): Blacks | |
| Box 17, Folder 3 | B. & M.’s workbook | |
| Box 17, Item 1 | 75th Anniversary scrapbook | |
| Box 18 | ||
| Box 18, Folder 1 | Beach, income 1926-1944, source diaries | |
| Box 18, Folder 2 | Wills and deeds | |
| Box 18, Folder 3 | 75th Anniversary concert | |
| Box 18, Folder 4 | Work lists made by Amy B. | |
| Box 18, Folder 5 | Inventories | |
| Box 18, Folder 6 | B.’s autograph album | |
| Box 19 | ||
| Box 19, Folder 1 | Mostly reviews of Block’s book | |
| Box 19, Folder 2 | Beach Conference I Papers | |
| Box 19, Folder 3 | AFB: 80/0 1st Fe Quartet (?) | |
| Box 20 | ||
| Box 20, Folder 1 | Photocopies from archives; second folder inside “labeled Beach 1940-1944” | |
| Box 20, Folder 2 | 23 Photos – Bostonians | |
| Box 20, Folder 3 | 23 Photos – Musicians | |
| Box 20, Folder 4 | Photos – AFB | |
| Box 20, Folder 5 | 23 Photos – HHAB | |
| Box 20, Item 1 | Loose materials: Concert programs, photocopies of sheet music, photocopies of a handwritten diary; Bound materials: The Federal Cylinder Project, Vol. 8; Amy Marcy Cheney Beach: Music for Piano, Hildegard Publishing Company | |
| Box 21 | ||
| Box 21, Folder 1 | L & W to 1885 | |
| Box 21, Folder 2 | L & W 1930-1944 | |
| Box 21, Folder 3 | Buxbaum correspondence | |
| Box 21, Folder 4 | Buxbaum correspondence, undated letters | |
| Box 22 | ||
| Box 22, Folder 1 | Correspondence, DLC-APS, 1883-1910 | |
| Box 22, Folder 2 | Correspondence, DLC-APS, 1941-1944 | |
| Box 22, Folder 3 | Correspondence, DLC-APS, 1917-1920 | |
| Box 22, Folder 4 | Correspondence, DLC-APS, 1911-1914 | |
| Box 22, Folder 5 | Correspondence, DLC-APS, transcriptions | |
| Box 22, Item 1 | Binder containing slides | |
| Box 23 | ||
| Box 23, Folder 1 | Dz – 1931-1936 (copies of handwritten diary) | |
| Box 23, Folder 2 | B’s diary, 1941-1944 | |
| Box 23, Folder 3 | Musical visitors, 1909-1910 | |
| Box 23, Item 1 | Loose material: Caller sheets for dances; binder-clipped typed copy of diary | |
| Box 24 | ||
| Box 24, Folder 1 | HHAB | |
| Box 24, Folder 2 | Beach’s Self Concept as Composer | |
| Box 24, Folder 3 | Genealogical material from Sanborn | |
| Box 24, Folder 4 | Beach: Chronology/Performances | |
| Box 24, Folder 5 | Ruth Shaffner/PEO | |
| Box 24, Folder 6 | R. Crawford | |
| Box 24, Folder 7 | Folk music Beach owned | |
| Box 25 | ||
| Box 25, Folder 1 | Boston: people, places, institutions | |
| Box 25, Folder 2 | MacDowell Colony | |
| Box 25, Folder 3 | Associates: H-Z | |
| Box 25, Folder 4 | Cheney | |
| Box 25, Folder 5 | MacDowell Colony | |
| Box 26 | ||
| Box 26, Folder 1 | 32/0 | |
| Box 26, Folder 2 | 45/0 | |
| Box 26, Folder 3 | Correspondence: DLC-APS, 1931-1940 | |
| Box 26, Folder 4 | Correspondence: DLC-APS, 1921-1930 | |
| Box 26, Folder 5 | Correspondence: DeSayn | |
| Box 26, Folder 6 | Correspondence: E.S. Coolidge | |
| Box 27 | ||
| Box 27, Folder 1 | Correspondence: DLC 2nd set | |
| Box 27, Folder 2 | Correspondence: Dengel | |
| Box 27, Folder 3 | Arnold Schwab | |
| Box 27, Folder 4 | Correspondence: NYPL | |
| Box 27, Folder 5 | Correspondence: Amy Beach to Ruth Schaffner, 1930-1933 | |
| Box 27, Folder 6 | Correspondence: Amy Beach to Ruth Schaffner, 1934-1936 | |
| Box 27, Folder 7 | Correspondence: Amy Beach to Ruth Schaffner, 1937-1960 and fragments | |
| Box 27, Folder 8 | Correspondence: Amy Beach to DLC Strickland (?) | |
| Box 27, Folder 9 | Correspondence | |
| Box 27, Folder 10 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition) photos | |
| Box 27, Folder 11 | Nationalism articles | |
| Box 27, Folder 12 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition), Board of Lady Managers | |
| Box 27, Folder 13 | WCE (World’s Columbian Exposition), Ethnology | |
| Box 27, Folder 14 | Recordings | |
| Box 27, Item 1 | Loose materials: concert programs, photocopies of sheet music, correspondence | |
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