Otto Klemperer Collection of Musical Scores Title: Otto Klemperer Collection of Musical Scores Collection Number: 2016.005 Creator: Unknown Dates: 1774 - 1959 Extent: 12.34 ft Repository: California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives Location: Special Collections, Palmer, 4th floor Room 4048 - A Provenance: Unknown Processing Information: Processed by Jennifer McCrackan 2016 Arrangement: The collection is organized into three series: I. Musical Scores; II. Oversized Musical Scores; III. Other Materials. Copyright: The Otto Klemperer Collection of Musical Scores is the physical property of California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives. Preferred Citation: Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by Special Collections and Archives, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles Historical/Biographical Note Otto Klemperer was a German conductor and composer born in Breslau, Germany on May 14th, 1885. After studying at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and the Stern Conservatory in Berlin until 1918, he became one of the leading German conductors of his generation. Klemperer had already been a conductor at the German Opera in Prague in 1907 through the recommendation of his friend, Gustav Mahler. He went on to hold a number of prominent positions in Hamburg, the Strasbourg Opera, the Cologne Opera, and the Wiesbaden Opera House. He championed in not only conducting classic pieces from Mozart and Bach, but also new works by composers of his own time.

Being of Jewish descent, he was forced into exile when the Nazi regime came into power in 1933, becoming a conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1933 to 1939. He received his American citizenship in 1937, and went on to be an acclaimed conductor for the standard works of Germanic repertoire, such as Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler. Despite his difficulties in adapting to South California’s cultural environment and suffering from episodes of depression, the orchestra thrived under his leadership. Looking to expand his career, he applied for many positions across the country; however, he was passed over by all. He continued to conduct for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra until he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The surgery left him paralyzed, depressed, and with fits of insanity – on one occasion having to be admitted to an institution from which he later escaped, but was found and arrested. Although he did conduct on occasion for the LAPH, negative publicity lost him his position as Music Director and he was rejected by most US orchestras. After WWII, he returned to Europe, earning himself positions in Hungary, Denmark, England, the Netherlands, Germany, and Canada. In his later life, Klemperer developed many health issues resulting from a fall and burn accident, but continued to conduct in the form of arrangements for EMI recording in London. He also expanded out to conduct in Middle Eastern countries including Israel and Palestine, earning himself an honorary passport from Israel. Klemperer died and was buried in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1973, aged 88. He was survived by his son, Werner, and daughter, Lotte. The Klemperer Collection was presented to the University in the mid-1970s. Scope and Content The materials in this collection range from 1774 to 1954. The bulk of the collection includes musical score books, as well as, loose scores, microfilms and LP vinyl records. The musical score books contain conductor renditions of scores originally written by famous musicians such as Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky, and more contemporary 19th – 20th century composers. Smaller series include LP vinyl recordings of music from when Klemperer conducted for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and EMI in London, and microfilm and photocopies of scores whose originals have since been returned to family.

Series Description Series I:

Musical Scores Inclusive Dates: 1774-1955 Arrangement: Alphabetical 2

This large series consists of the majority of the collection. Much of the collection is conductor versions of musical pieces as well as scores for individual instruments. Many of the pieces are autographed by Klemperer or by the composers who wrote or arranged the piece and gifting it Klemperer. Series II:

Oversized Musical Scores Inclusive Dates: 1774-1944 Arrangement: Alphabetical

This smaller series consists of oversized musical scores that is contained in Series I. This series also includes oversized publications and sheet music. Series III:

Other Materials Inclusive Dates: 1958-1959 Arrangement: Alphabetical

This small series consists of two microfilms: Hindemith’s Aber die Wissenschaft, Leo Weiner’s Ung. Volkstanze, and Klemperer’s own Geistliches Kampflied master negative. Also included is a two LP record set of Klemperer’s rendition of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, and two singles of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Symphony numbers 1 and 8. Container List Box 1 Series I: Musical Scores 1.1

I. Suite pour orchetre (I. Szvitje) Op. 3, Bela Bartok, u.d.

1.2

II Klavierkonzert, Bela Bartok, 1932

1.3

II. Suite, fur kleines Orchester. Op. 4, Bela Bartok, 1921

1.4

15 Gedichte aus Das Buch der hangenden Garten von Stefan George. Op.15, Arnold Schonberg, 1929

1.5

Achte Symphonie, Anton Brucker, u.d.

1.6

Ala et Lolly op.20, Serge Prolofieff, 1938

1.7

Also sprach Zarathustra! Op.30, Richard Strauss, 1904

1.8

Anakreon, L. Cherubini, u.d. 3

1.9

Appalachia, Delius, 1906

Box 2 2.1

Apollon musagete, Igor Stravinsky, 1928

2.2

Armide, Christoph Gluck, u.d.

2.3

Belfagor, Ottorino Respighi, 1925

2.4

Berceuse elegiaque (Des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter), Busoni, 1910

2.5

Big Ben, Ernst Toch, 1935

2.6

Bilder aus Ungarn Hungarian Sketches Magyar Kepek, Bela Bartok, 1932

2.7

Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4, J.S. Bach, u.d.

2.8

Bunte Suite, Ernst Toch, 1929

2.9

Cantata No. 84. Ich bin vergnugh mit meinem Glucke, J.S. Bach, 1892

2.10

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo Uber due Abreise des vielgeliebten Brunders, Johann Sebastian Bach, 1915

2.11

Chant de folie, Jacques Ibert, 1925

2.12

Chant du rossignol, Igor Stravinsky

2.13

Chout! Op. 21, Serge Prokofieff, 1938

2.14

Circus polka, Igor Stravinsky, 1945

2.15

Concerti per Orchestra, G. Francesco Malipiero, 1932 (2 copies)

2.16

Concerto K. 491, Mozart, u.d.

2.17

Concerto K. 595, Mozart, 1911

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Box 3 3.1

Concerto grosso in d minor, Antonio Vivaldi, 1917

3.2

Concerto for Orchestra, Bela Bartok, 1946

3.3

Concerto for piano left hand, Maurice Ravel, 1931

3.4

Concerto. violin, Alban Berg, 1936

3.5

Concerto for violin d minor Op. 47, Jean Sibelius, 1933

3.6

Concerto for violin and orchestra Op. 36, Arnold Schonberg, 1939

3.7

Csongor es Tunde, Leo Weiner, 1937

3.8

Dalle tr commedie Goldoniane, G. Francesco Malipiero, 1925

3.9

Dank Op. 1 No. 1, Arnold Schonberg, u.d.

3.10

Danse macabre Op. 40, Camille Saint-Saens, 1933

3.11

Danze e canzoni, G. Francesco Malipiero, 1931

3.12

Das klagende Lied, Mahler, u.d

3.13

Der Schwanendreher, Paul Hindemith, 1935

Box 4 4.1

Der arme Heinrich, Hans Pfitzner, u.d.

4.2

Deuce images pour orchestra, Bela Bartok, 1912

4.3

Deux danses roumaines. Op. 8. Orchestrees par Leo Weiner, Bela Bartok, 1939

4.4

Die Boheme, G. Puccini, 1897 Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Clarinette I, Mozart, u.d.

4.5

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Klarinette II, Mozart, u.d.

4.6

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Fagott I, Mozart, u.d.

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4.7

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Fagott II, Mozart, u.d.3.1 Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Flote I, Mozart, u.d.

4.8

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Flote II, Mozart, u.d.

4.9

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Horn I, Mozart, u.d.

4.10

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Horn II, Mozart, u.d.

4.11

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Oboe I, Mozart, u.d.

4.12

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Oboe II, Mozart, u.d.

4.13

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Pauken, Mozart, u.d.

4.14

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Trompete I, Mozart, u.d.

4.15

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Trompete II, Mozart, u.d.

4.16

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Viola I, Mozart, u.d

4.17

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Viola II, Mozart, u.d

Box 5 5.1

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Viola III, Mozart, u.d

5.2

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violine I, Mozart, u.d

5.3

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violine I Part 2, Mozart, u.d

5.4

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violine I Part 3, Mozart, u.d

5.5

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violine I Part 4, Mozart, u.d

5.6

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violine II, Mozart, u.d

5.7

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violine II Part 2, Mozart, u.d

5.8

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violine II Part 3, Mozart, u.d

5.9

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violoncell, Mozart, u.d

5.10

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violoncell und Baβ Part 1, Mozart, u.d

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5.11

Die Hochzeit des Figaro Werk 492 Violoncell und Baβ Part 2, Mozart, u.d

5.12

Divertimento, Bela Bartok, 1940

5.13

Don Quixote Op. 85, Richard Strauss, 1904

5.14

Du sollst Gott deinen Herren, lieben Cantata, J.S. Bach, u.d.

5.15

Egmont. Ouverture, Beethoven, u.d.

5.16

Egmont. Ouverture (miniature score), Beethoven, u.d.

Box 6 6.1

Erwartung Op. 17, Arnold Schonberg, 1922

6.2

Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64, Richard Strauss, 1914

6.3

Fanal, Ernst Toch, 1928

6.4

Feuerwerk; eine Fantasie fur grosses Orchester Op. 4, Igor Stravinsky, u.d.

6.5

Feux follets (Irrlichter), Franz Liszt, 1934

6.6

Four Norwegian moods, Igor Stravinsky, 1942

6.7

Fugue, Mozart, u.d.

6.8

Gli uccelli, Ottorino Respighi, 1928

6.9

Grand concerto in B flat major, Handel, 1942

6.10

Grosse Messe in c moll. Werk 427, Mozart, 1901

6.11

Gurrelieder. So tanzen die Engel (2 copies), Arnold Schonberg, 1914

6.12

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, J.S. Bach, u.d.

6.13

Harlekins Reigen Op. 36, Busoni, 1917

6.14

Ich hatte viel Bekummerniss. Cantata, J.S. Bach, 1855

6.15

Impressario overture K. 486, Mozart, u.d. 7

6.16

Impressioni dal Vero, G. Francesco Malipiero, 1914-1915

6.17

Iphigenie in Aulis No. 57, Christoph Willibald Gluck, u.d.

6.18

Iphigenie in Aulis No. 775, Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1847

Box 7 7.1

Judith (w/ companion booklet), Arthur Honegger, 1925

7.2

Kaiser-Marsch. Marche imperiale, Richard Wagner, u.d.

7.3

Kammersymphonie fur 15 Soloinstrmente Op. 9, Arnold Schonberg, 1912

7.4

Kammersymphonie Op. 9B, Arnold Schonberg, 1936

7.5

Kammersymphonie Op. 9, Arnold Schonberg, 1912

7.6

Kammersymphonie fur 15 soloinstrumente, Arnold Schonberg, 1922

7.7

Kampf und Sieg, Richard Strauss, 1930

7.8

Kantate Nr. 140; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, J. S. Bach, u.d.

7.9

King Lear Op. 4, Hector Berlioz, 1899

7.10

Kleine Theater Suite Op. 54, Ernst Toch, 1931

7.11

Komm, Gott, Schopfer, Heiliger Geist; J.S. Bach, 1925

7.12

Konzert fur Klavier, Flote und Violine in a moll, J.S. Bach, u.d.

7.13

Konzert fur Klavier, Flote und Violine in d dur, J.S. Bach, u.d.

7.14

Konzert in B dur. Sechstes Brandenburgisches Konzert, J.S. Bach, u.d.

7.15

Konzert in G dur. Drittes Brandenburgisches Konzert, J.S. Bach, u.d.

7.16

Konzertstuck, Victor Babin, 1937

7.17

Konzertmusik fur Klavier. Bkechblaser und Harfen, Hindemith, 1930 8

7.18

Konzertmusik fur Streichorchester und Blechblaser, Hindemith, 1930

7.19

Konzert fur Klavier und Orchester, Ernest Krenek, 1924

7.20

La creation du monde, Milhaud, 1929

7.21

L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1, Georges Bizet, u.d.

7.22

Le lac des cygnes. Op. 20, Peter Tschaikowsky, u.d.

Box 8 8.1

Le poeme de l’extase, A. Skriabin, 1908

8.2

Le sacre du printemps. Danse sacrale, Igor Stravinsky, 1943

8.3

Libussa. Ouverture zur Oper, Friedrich Smetana, u.d.

8.4

Lied der Waldtaube (2 copies), Arnold Schonberg, 1914

8.5

Lieder. Op. 3. No. 1, Arnold Schonberg, u.d.

8.6

Les preludes, Liszt, 1941

8.7

L’oiseau de feu, Igor Stravinsky, 1910

8.8

L’oiseau de feu suite, Igor Stravinsky, 1920

8.9

Mass, b minor, Die hohe Messe in h moll. Klavierauszug von Gustav Rosler, J.S. Bach, u.d.

8.10

Menuet antique, Maurice Ravel, 1898

8.11

Metamorphoseon XII modi, Ottorino Respighi, 1931

8.12

Natur. Op. 8. No. 1, Arnold Schonberg, 1913

8.13

Night on the Bare Mountain, Musorgskii, 1920

8.14

Nocturne symphonique. Op. 43, Busoni, 1914

8.15

Nutcracker Suite. Op. 71A, Peter Tschaikowsky, 1932

8.16

Octuor pour instruments a vents, Igor Stravinsky, 1924 9

8.17

Organ toccata and fugure in d minor, for orchestra, J.S. Bach, 1934

Box 9 9.1

Orphee, Christoph Willibald Gluck, u.d.

9.2

Orpheus, Liszt, u.d.

9.3

Ouverture ou Suite en Re majeur, J.S. Bach, 1881

9.4

Overture in D major, J.S. Bach, u.d.

9.5

Paregon zur Sinfonia domestica Op. 73, Richard Strauss, 1926

9.6

Paris' ein Nachstuck (The song of a great city), Delius, 1909

9.7

Persephone, Igor Stravinsky, 1934

9.8

Petite suite d'orchestre, Georges Bizet, u.d.

9.9

Petrouchka, Igor Stravinsky, 1911

9.10

Phantasie f moll K. 608, Mozart, 1931

9.11

Piano Concerto No. 2, Bela Bartok, 1932

9.12

Pictures at an exhibition, Musorgskii, u.d.

9.13

Pierrot Lunaire (2 copies), Arnold Schonberg, 1914

9.14

Prinz Csongor und die Kobolde Op. 10, Leo Weiner, 1927

9.15

Quartet. E flat major K. 493, Mozart, u.d.

9.16

Quartet. G Minor K. 478, Mozart, u.d.

Box 10 10.1

Quartet. B flat major K. 458, Mozart, u.d.

10.2

Quartet. D major. No. 7. K. 575, Mozart, u.d.

10.3

Quartet. F major. No. 8. K. 590, Mozart, u.d.

10.4

Quartet. Op. 13, Hans Pfitzner, 1903 10

10.5

Quartet. E minor (Aus meinem Leben), Friedrich Smetana, u.d.

10.6

Quartet, Strings, No. 15, Op. 132 a minor, Beethoven, 1928

10.7

Quartet, Strings, op. 130, B flat major, no. 13, Beethoven, 1927

10.8

Requiem, Mozart, u.d.

10.9

Romeo et Juliette. 2d Suite, Serge Prokofieff, 1938

10.10

Rosenkavalier Suite, Richard Strauss, 1911

10.11

Scenes de ballet, Igor Stravinsky, 1945

10.12

Schmucke Dich o liebe seele (2 copies), J.S. Bach, 1925

10.13

Sechste Symphonie (Pastorale) Op. 68, Beethoven, u.d.

10.14

Seconda sinfonia (Elegiaca), G. Francesco Malipiero, 1937

10.15

Semiramis Ouverture zur Oper, Rossini, u.d.

10.16

Sinfonia (2 copies), G. Francesco Malipiero, 1934

10.17

Sinfonie a plusieurs instruments recitants, Oeuvre 16; Luigi Boccherini, 1922

Box 11 11.1

Sinfonietta in re maggiore, Ernesto Halffter, 1928

11.2

Six German Dances, Franz Schubert, 1931

11.3

Soldatenspiel Op. 16, Leo Weiner, 1931

11.4

Sonata, piano Op. 106 (Hammerklavier), Beethoven, 1926

11.5

String Quartet Op.32, Paul Hindemith, 1924

11.6

String Quartet No. 2 Op. 10, Arnold Schonberg, 1921

11.7

String Quintet C major K. 515, Mozart, u.d.

11.8

String Quintet D major K. 593, Mozart, u.d.

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11.9

String Quintet D major K. 593, Mozart, u.d.

11.10

String Quintet E flat K. 614, Mozart, u.d.

11.11

Suite (ouverture) in D dur, J.S. Bach, 1915

11.12

Suite in G, J.S. Bach, 1931

11.13

Suite pour petit orchestra (2 copies), Igor Stravinsky, 1926

11.14

Suite ungarische Volkstanze Op. 18 (photocopy), Leo Weiner, u.d.

11.15

Suite from the music for the Royal Fireworks, Handel, 1924

11.16

Suite No. 1, Igor Stravinsky, 1925

11.17

Suite for Strings in olden style: From Holberg’s time Op. 40, Edvard Grieg, u.d.

11.18

Suite symphonique fur Kammerorchester, Jacques Ibert, 1932

11.19

Symphonia domestica Op. 53, Richard Strauss, 1907

11.20

Symphonie es dur gennant mit dem Paukenwirbel, Joseph Haydn, u.d.

Box 12 12.1

Symphonie No. 5 B dur, Anton Bruckner, u.d.

12.2

Symphony G major “Surprise”, Haydn, 1932

12.3

Symphony No. 1, Artur Schnabel, 1945

12.4

Symphony No. 3 D major, Franz Schubert, 1884

12.5

Symphony No. 4, e minor, Op. 98, Brahms, u.d.

12.6

Symphony No. 1, Beethoven, u.d.

12.7

Symphony No. 7, Beethoven, u.d.

12.8

Symphony No. 29 A major K. 201, Mozart, u.d.

12.9

Symphony D major K. 385, Mozart, u.d.

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12.10

Symphony C major K. 425, Mozart, u.d.

12.11

Symphony No. 40 g minor K. 550, Mozart, u.d.

12.12

Tanze aus Siebenburgan "Dances of Transylvania", Bela Bartok, 1932

12.13

Tasso, Liszt, u.d.

12.14

Trio: violin, viola, violoncello Op. 34, Paul Hindemith, 1924

12.15

Trumpet concerto, Joseph Haydn, 1949

12.16

V. Symphonie B-dur (Originalfassung, vorgelegt von Robert Haas) (Samtliche Werke), Anton Bruckner, 1935

Box 13 13.1

Variatioen uber ein Thema von Joseph Haydn. Op. 56a, Brahms, u.d

13.2

Variations A flat Op. 35, Franz Schubert, 1937

13.3

Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge. Op. 10, Busoni, 1938

13.4

Verklarte Nacht, Arnold Schonberg, 1943

13.5

Verklarte Nacht Op.4, Arnold Schonberg, 1917

13.6

Vetrate di Chiesa Quattro impressioni per orchestra, Ottorino Respighi, 1927

13.7

Vier Leider Op. 22 fur Gesang und Orchester. Vereinfachte Studierund Dirigierpartitur, Arnold Schonberg, 1917

13.8 13.9

Von heute auf morgen, Arnold Schonberg, 1930 Von neuer Musik: Beitrage zur Frkenntnis der neuzeitlichen Tonkunst, F. J. Marcan, 1925

13.10

Warnung. From Sechs Leider Op. 3 No. 3, Arnold Schonberg, u.d.

13.11

Zweite Symphony No. 2 Op. 12, Ernest Krenek, 1922

13.12

Zweite Symphonie D dur Op. 36, Beethoven, u.d.

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Box 14 Series II: Oversized Musical Scores Collection of pieces for piano by Mendelssohn and Schumann, u.d. Cosi Fan Tutte K. 588 Vollstandiger klavierauszug mit text, Mozart, 1898 Cupid and Psyche (Das Unaufhorliche), Hindemith, u.d. Cupid and Psyche Ballet Overture, Hindemith, 1943 Der Freischutz, Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst Weber, u.d Der Wassertrager, L. Cherubini, 1856 Die Entfunrung aus dem Gerail, Mozart, 1911 Die Pilger von Mekka, Christoph Willibald Gluck, u.d. (Die) Pilger von Mekka, Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1928 Die Rose vom Liebesgarten, Hans Pfitzner, 1901 Divertimento, nach alten ungarischen, Leo Weiner, 1934 Erste Symphonie C-moll, Anton Bruckner, u.d. Erste Symphonie Op. 21, Ludwig van Beethoven, u.d. Feuersnot, Richard Strauss, 1901 Geistliches Kampflied, Otto Klemperer, 1917 Box 15 Iphigenie en Aulide, Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1774 Le Roi d'Yvetot, Jacques Ibert, 1930 Luisa Miller, Giuseppe Verdi, u.d. Orphee et Euridice, Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1803 Orpheus, Christoph Willibald Gluck, u.d.

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Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5, Arnold Schonberg, 1911 Pierrot Lunaire, Arnold Schonberg, 1914 Polnoe sobranie sochinenil. v. 27, Nikolai Andreevich RimskiiKorsakov, 1955 Box 16 Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, J.S. Bach, u.d. Sechste Symphonie A dur, Anton Bruckner, u.d. Siebente Symphone (E dur), Anton Bruckner, 1895 Sonatas, piano. Hrsg. Von F. Liszt, neu bearb von C. Kuhner Volume 1, J.S. Bach, u.d. Sonatas, piano. Hrsg. Von F. Liszt, neu bearb von C. Kuhner Volume 2, Kuhner Volume 1, J.S. Bach, u.d. Suite for viola and piano or orchestra, Ernest Bloch, 1920 Symphonia domestica op. 53, Richard Strauss, 1907 Symphonie fantastique, Hector Berlioz, u.d. Symphonie Fantastique, Hector Berlioz, 1900 Symphony No. 6, Beethoven, u.d. Theme and variations for orchestre Op. 43-B, Arnold Schonberg, 1944 Box 17 Series III: Varied Media – Microfilms and LPs Aber die Wissenschaft/Ung. Volkstanze (microfilm), Hindemith/Leo Weiner, u.d. Geistliches Kampflied (microfilm), Klemperer, u.d. Symphony no. 8 in F Major & Symphony no. 1 in C Major (LP record), Beethhoven (performed by Klemperer), u.d.

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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor B (LP record), Beethoven (performed by Klemperer), 1958

Violin Concerto in D Op. 61 (LP record), Beethoven (performed by Klemperer), 1959

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