Scope and Contents Arranged by country or city of origin: France, Germany, England, Italy, Berlin, London, Brunswick, the scrapbook contains photographs of opera singers and stage actors, including Emilio Naudin, Désirée Artôt, and Mary Anne Stirling; artists such as Gustave Doré and Rosa Bonheur; novelist Henri Murger; composers such as Joseph Joachim, Adolf von Henselt, and a missing space for a picture of Richard Wagner; and members of royalty such as King Victor Emanuel II of Italy, his sons Prince Umberto...

Scope and Contents

Consists of fliers and programs for master classes taught by Norbert Brainin, Anner Bylsma, William Christie, Michael Debost, Paulina Dokovska, Montserrat Figueras, Patrick Gallois, Håkan Hagegård, Carlo Levi Minzi, Jordi Savall, Renata Scotto, and the Trio d'Amsterdam.

Summary

Menachem Zur (born 1942) is an Israeli composer who studied at Mannes College of Music (now, Mannes School of Music), and Columbia University. His compositions are influenced by modernism, post-tonal music, and set theory, as well as traditional Jewish music. The collection includes various chamber music scores by Zur, mostly in photocopy form, as well as a recording of several of his compositions.