http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt638nf3ww No online items Finding Aid of the Richard Lert papers 0210 Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Hirsch The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. USC Libraries Special Collections Doheny Memorial Library 206 3550 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189 213-740-5900 [email protected] June 2010 Finding Aid of the Richard Lert 0210 1 papers 0210 Title: Richard Lert papers Collection number: 0210 Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 58.51 Linear feet70 boxes Date (inclusive): 1900-1981 Abstract: This collection consists of Richard Lert's video and audio recordings of performances, rehearsals and lectures, personal papers and his music score library. Lert was born in Vienna and trained as an orchestral conductor in Germany. He moved to the United States in 1932 with his family and was the conductor of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra from 1932 until his retirement in 1972. creator: Lert, Richard, 1885-1980 Biographical Note Richard Lert was born September 19, 1885, in Vienna, Austria. He trained as an orchestral conductor under Arthur Nikisch and began his career in Darmstadt, Germany, where he met and married his wife, Vicki Baum, in 1916. They had two sons. Lert held posts in Frankfurt, Kiel and Hannover before becoming the music director of the Berlin National Opera. Lert and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1932, where he became the music director of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his work with the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, Lert also conducted at the Hollywood Bowl. From 1957 on, he spent his summers at the American Symphony Orchestra League's training camps in Asilomar, California and Orkney Springs, Virginia. Lert passed away in Mountain View, California on April 25, 1980. Scope and Content This collection includes Richard Lert's personal papers, his annotated music score library and sound and video recordings of his lectures, performances and rehearsals. Please see the Scope and Content notes of individual series for more information. Arrangement Collection is arranged into four series: Personal Papers, Music Scores, Sound Recordings and Video Recordings. Music scores are arranged alphabetically in the finding aid; however, their physical arrangement is largely determined by size. Please consult the finding aid for box information for specific scores. Preferred Citation [Box/folder# or item name], Richard Lert papers, Collection no. 0210, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California Conditions Governing Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access. Conditions Governing Use The collection contains published materials; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Separated Materials The books donated as a part of the Richard Lert Papers were separated from the collection and transferred to USC's Rare Books Library, as were some of the oldest scores. There are cataloging sheets from Rice University that indicate the presence of more items than the collection currently consists of; it is unclear when (or where) those items were separated from the collection. The accession files for the Richard Lert Papers contain the cataloging records created by Rice University upon its receipt of the Lert Collection as well Rice University's University's correspondence with researchers and Wolfgang Lert about the collection. Acquisition The Richard Lert papers were donated to USC by Rice University's Fondren Library in 1998. The collection was donated to Rice University by Lert's son, Wolfgang Lert, in the early 1980s. Subjects and Indexing Terms Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Finding Aid of the Richard Lert 0210 2 papers 0210 Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896 Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 Fondren Library. Music Library. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 Lert, Richard, 1885-1980 -- Archives Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856 Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Audiotapes Conducting--Archival resources Conductors (Music)--Germany--Archival resources Conductors (Music)--United States--Archival resources Music--Performance--Archival resources Scores Sound recordings Videotapes Box 69, Box 67-68 Personal Papers Scope and Content Series consists of transcriptions of Lert's lectures, correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous papers and notes. Included in this series are plaques he received from the Young Musicians Foundation in 1963 and from the Association of California Symphony Orchestras in 1972 and the Arthur Noble Civic Medal he received from Pasadena in 1950. Also included is a book containing all the works performed by the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra while Lert was its Music Director from 1936 to 1972. Scores Scope and Content Series contains the published scores Richard Lert used over the course of his career as a conductor. Most of the scores are annotated to various degrees and some include other items Lert has inserted into them. Also included in this series are Lert's handwritten inserts for various works. Box 36 #7 Aria & Chorus Box 18 A New Anthology of American Song (G. Schirmer, Inc.: New York). 1942 Box 29 Handwritten No. 38 Aria - Soprano Box 29 Miscellaneous Handwritten Inserts Box 29 Handwritten Orchestra Exercises Box 39 Handwritten Score (6 volumes) Box 18 Anderson, Marion. Album of Songs and Spirituals (G. Schirmer, Inc.: New York). 1948 Box 37 Auber, D.F.E. Fra Diavolo (C.F. Peters: Leipzig). Box 30 Auber, D.F.E. Fra Diavolo (Novello & Co.: London). 1928 Box 17 Audran, Edmond. La Poupee (Hopwood & Crew: London). Finding Aid of the Richard Lert 0210 3 papers 0210 Scores Box 37 Bach, Johann Sebastian. 389 Choral-Gesange fur gemischten chor (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). 2 copies Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. 40 Songs & Airs for Soprano & Tenor (Augener Ltd.: London). 1908 Box 21 Bach, Johann Sebastian. A Mighty Fortress is Our God (Choral Prelude) (M. Witmark & Sons: New York). 1935 Box 20 Bach, Johann Sebastian. A Second Book of Bach Chorals (Hall & McCreary Co,: Chicago). 1941 Box 20 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Anniversary Collection of Bach Chorales (Hall & McCreary Co,: Chicago). 1935 Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #1 (Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.: New York). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major (Ernst Eulenberg: Leipzig). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #2 (Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.: New York). Box 18 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major (Associated Music Publishers, Inc.: New York). 1942 Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major (Ernst Eulenberg: Leipzig). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.: New York). Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #3 (E.F. Kalmus Orchestra Scores, Inc.: New York). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Ernst Eulenberg: Leipzig). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #4 (Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.: New York). Box 2 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #4 (Ernst Eulenberg: Leipzig). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #5 (Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.: New York). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D Major (Ernst Eulenberg: Leipzig). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #6 (Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.: New York). Box 4 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B Flat Major (Ernst Eulenberg: Leipzig). Box 26 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburgische Konzerte (C.F. Peters: Leipzig). Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #124 - Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). 1934 Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #140 - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). 1935 Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #15 - Denn du wirst meine Seele (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). Box 11 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #157 - Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn! (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #158 - Der Friede sei mit dir (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #159 - Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). 1931 Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #21 - Ich hatte viel Bekummernis (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). 1930 Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #44 - Sie werden euch in den Bann tun (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). 1932 Box 3 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #53 - Handwritten Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #56 - Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata #57 - Selig ist der Mann (Breitkopf & Hartel: Leipzig). Finding Aid of the Richard Lert 0210 4 papers 0210 Scores Box 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian. Cantata