LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORD

https://lccn.loc.gov/2017563831

Alban Berg material collected by Frida Semler Seabury, 1907–1937

By:		Berg, Alban (1885–1935)
Contributors:	Semler, Frida (1887–1974)
		Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)

Document type:
Archive/Manuscript

Physical description:
18 items (1 box, 12 folders)

Contents/Summary:

	Summary: Folders numbered 1-5 contain 5 autograph letters signed in German from Alban Berg to Seabury, written between summer 1907 and summer 1908; folder 6 is a typed and signed rememberance by Seabury in English of the summers of 1903 and 1904 spent with the Berg family; folders 7 and 8 contain letters in German from Alban's brother Charley to Seabury dated January 20 and July 20, 1936; folder 9 is a letter in German from Berg biographer Willi Reich to Seabury dated June 22, 1936; folder 10 contains a signed photograph of Berg; folder 11 contains the no. 9 issue of Musik der Gegenwart with the title Alban Bergs Wozzeck und die Musikkritik; and folder 12 has two newspaper clippings, one an obituary of Berg in English from either late December 1935 or early January 1936 and the other from June 9, 1937 in French by Darius Milhaud about the Zürich premiere of Berg's opera Lulu

	Notes: Original gift included holograph manuscripts of the songs Viel Träume, Grabschrift, and Traum, now separately cataloged and shelved at ML96 .B475 Case

Preferred citation of described materials:
Alban Berg Material Collected by Frida Semler Seabury, Music Division, Library of Congress

Immediate source of acquisition:
Gift; Frida Semler Seabury; 1948

LCCN:
2017563831

Classification - LC:
ML94 .B48 no. 1-12

CONTENTS

- photo of box, exterior
- photo of box, interior with folders

[ALS: autograph letter, signed; TLS: typed letter, signed]

01	Berg #1 ALS to Seabury 1907 July

- .pdf scan of ALS
- .jpeg photo of ALS, pages 1 and 4

02	Berg #2 ALS [1907 late summer]

- .pdf scan of ALS

03	Berg #3 ALS with Envelope and Program 1907 November 18

- .pdf scan of ALS
- .pdf scan of program
[- .pdf scan of envelope]
- .jpeg photo of envelope, front
- .jpeg photo of envelope, back

04	Berg #4 ALS w/ Envelope 1908 January 14

- .pdf scan of ALS
- .jpeg photo of ALS, page 1
[- .pdf scan of envelope]
- .jpeg photo of envelope, front
- .jpeg photo of envelope, back

05	Berg #5 ALS w/ Envelope 1908 August 27

- .pdf scan of ALS
[- .pdf scan of envelope]
- .jpeg photo of envelope, front
- .jpeg photo of envelope, back
 
06	Berg #6 Seabury Typed Remembrance Signed of Berg, Titled _1903 and 1904_

- .pdf scan of typed remembrance, signed
- .jpeg photo of typed remembrance, signed, all seven pages

07	Berg #7 TLS from Charley Berg to Seabury 1936 January 20

- .pdf scan of TLS

08	Berg #8 TLS w/ Envelope from Charley Berg to Seabury 1936 July 20

- .pdf scan of TLS
[- .pdf scan of envelope]
- .jpeg photo of envelope, front
- .jpeg photo of envelope, back

09	Berg #9 TLS from Willi Reich to Seabury 1936 June 22

- .pdf scan of TLS

10	Berg #10 Photograph of Berg, Signed

- .jpeg photo of photograph, signed, in cardboard frame

11	Berg #11 Musik der Gegenwort Nr. 9: Alban Bergs Wozzeck und der Musikkritik

- .jpg photo of booklet cover, outside
- .jpg photo of booklet cover, inside

[other booklet pages not scanned or photographed]

12	Berg #12 Newspaper Clippings

- .jpg photo of both newspaper clippings

OTHER LINKS

- https://guides.loc.gov/alban-berg/special-collections
- https://guides.loc.gov/alban-berg/correspondence