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Dated May 4, 1839, Frankfort. Does not appear to be included in the published volume of Mendelssohn letters of 1833-1847; could possibly be an unpublished letter.

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Architectural photographs and details of the original home of Mannes, located at East 70th St. in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Photographs in box m_2 are by Wendell MacRae.

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A production put on by Homer Livel and Co; the connection with Mannes is unclear.

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David Mannes with several other unidentified musicians. The photograph is inscribed to Mannes by Jacques; however, we are unable to determine the last name.

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Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Pretzfeld from the Kneisel Quartet (1914), the Flonzaley Quartet (1929), and the Budapest String Quartet (1937).

Scope and Contents A four page, typewritten copy of the poem "Death in Harlem" by Langston Hughes. The poem signed by Hughes (based upon a comparison with examples of Hughes's autograph identified online). Margin notes in pencil are in two distinct handwritings--most are presumably by Enders, with one line change possibly by Hughes--the alterations to the poem were used in Enders's song version. The poem was published in 1942 in Hughes's, Shakespeare in...

Scope and Contents Various copies of Harvey Enders's composition, Death in Harlem: A Dramatic Song Narrative for Baritone and Orchestra, with lyrics by Langston Hughes. The earliest version is a cover page dated 1939, but the score itself is not present. A manuscript copy contains numerous annotations in pencil and is autographed by Enders. One sheet of a partial orchestra score for the work is also included. Another 1943 copy of the score also contains annotations in pencil. The latest score edition is dated...

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Contains one five-page printed piano and vocal score of "Vienna Will Sing Again," music by Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Harvey Enders, a duet version of the same song for soprano and baritone, and a manuscript piano vocal score of the song "Poets of the Privy," music by Harvey Enders, lyrics by Ogden Nash.