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Schott Archive: Documentation and Presentation of its Music Collection

Schott Archive: Documentation and Presentation of its Music Collection

The historical archive of the Schott music publishing house in Mainz, Germany is one of the largest and most significant music archives both locally and on a larger, worldwide scale. Since 2017 the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) along with the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz) and other German institutions has been working on its documentation and online presentation. The diversity and volume of the material in both rare editions and music manuscripts dating from ca. 1770 till the middle of the 20th century, as well as in business records, correspondence and local indexes signify the value and challenges involved in the project.

The presentation attempts to delineate the role of scientific documentation in the research of music resources by taking Schott’s publishing history into account. Moreover, the specific steps being followed in rare material cataloging – from the moment of acquisition till its digitization – are being discussed and analyzed. Special emphasis is given on the use of reference materials for the purpose of determining dates of publication as well as on those factors that should be taken into account when designing and implementing the final online portal.

Ilias Kyriazis

April 27, 2018
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  1. Schott Archive D O C U M E N TAT

    I O N A N D P R E S E N TAT I O N O F I T S M U S I C C O L L E C T I O N
  2. Munich Bavarian State Library Focus on scores and administrative records.

    Additionally it has received manuscripts as part of the Production Archive (Herstellungsarchiv). Some represented composers: Joseph Haas (1879-1960) Werner Egk (1901-1983) Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963) D R . S A B I N E K U R T H B AY E R I S C H E S TA AT S B I B L I O T H E K | B S B
  3. Berlin Berlin 
 State Library Focus on valuable manuscripts. Some

    represented composers: Hans von Bülow (1830-1894) Luigi Nono (1924-1990) Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) Jean Françaix (1912-1997) First draft of Richard Wagner’s libretto “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” D R . R O L A N D S C H M I D T- H E N S E L S TA AT S B I B L I O T H E K Z U B E R L I N | S B B
  4. .Akademie der Künste | Berlin .Beethoven-Haus | Bonn .Fondation Hindemith

    | Blonay .Carl-Orff-Stiftung | Dießen .Max-Reger-Institut | Karlsruhe .UniBibliothek J. C. Senckenberg | Frankfurt
  5. ca. 1787-1950 62000 Scores 22000 Manuscripts P R O D

    U C T I O N A R C H I V E H E R S T E L L U N G S - A R C H I V Structure of the Archive Hauptbuch 1787-1808/09 Journal 1788-1808 4 Plate Registers 34 Print Registers Administrative records Correspondence (ca. 850000 pages) other catalogs Valuable correspondence, music manuscripts and autographs 600 Manuscripts 35000 Letters ca. 1925-1950 4850 Scores F I R S T E D I T I O N S A R C H I V E 1 9 2 5 - 5 0 E R S TA U S G A B E N - A R C H I V 1 9 2 5 - 5 0 4000 sources unrelated to Schott: Manuscripts Scores Books other documentation O L D S C H O T T A R C H I V E A LT E S S C H O T T- A R C H I V B U S I N E S S & C O R R E S P O N D E N C E G E S C H Ä F T S A R C H I V S A F E A R C H I V E S A F E A R C H I V B S B B S B S B B B S B B S B
  6. G U I D O A D L E R

    „ U m f a n g , M e t h o d e u n d Z i e l d e r M u s i k w i s s e n s c h a f t “ , i n : V i e r t e l j a h r s s c h r i f t f ü r M u s i k w i s s e n s c h a f t 1 ( 1 8 8 5 ) , S . 1 6 F.
  7. Plate number is the number (with or without initials) at

    the foot of the pages of engraved music, which indicates the numerical position of the score in its publisher’s output and provides one of the few reliable clues to its original publication date. 
 Additional sources for estimating the date of publication are: P L AT E N U M B E R S & P U B L I C AT I O N D AT E H O F M E I S T E R X I X ( 1 8 2 9 - 1 9 0 0 ) P U B L I S H E R ’ S A D D R E S S C H A N G E S D E D I C AT I O N S C U R R E N C Y O T H E R R E F E R E N C E S O U R C E S
  8. Within the Production Archive are also scores of other publishers

    to be found - Carl and Georg Zulehner (Mainz / Eltville), Makarius Falter (Munich) - whose plates were re-used by Schott for his own production. These re-issues would have an altered or brand new title page. Titelauflagen as documentation tool: Information gain from the title page of the other source (e.g. in cases of missed or destroyed title page). Estimation of publication date (by means of comparison between original and re-issue). Contribution to research regarding publishers’ relationships. T I T E L A U F L A G E N ( R E - I S S U E S W I T H N E W T I T L E PA G E )
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  11. A Francfort sur le Mein, chez J. C. Gayl. |

    rue Weissadlergasse Let: F. No. 14 BIBLIOTHEK des Grossherzogl. Schullehrerseminars zu Friedberg C. F. RICHTER | MAGASIN DE MUSIQUE A St PETERSBOURG OTTO MAASS | Musikalien & Instrumenten-Handlung | WIEN | VI. MARIAHILFERSTR. 91 DEPT. D. MONT-TONNERRE 3 c P R O V E N A N C E S E A L S
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    enables image annotation and comparison of images from repositories dispersed around the world. Mirador has been optimized to display resources from repositories that support the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) API’s. It provides tools for bringing in metadata, images, structures, and can create, edit, delete, and view annotations in Open Annotation Format. Mirador
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