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Summary
- Abstract:
- The Bodky Papers include biographical materials, letters, musical programs, reviews, extensive manuscripts, arrangements, and printed material. Bodky studied piano with Ferrucio Busoni and composition with Richard Strauss and performed widely on harpsichord and piano. He left Germany and lived in the Netherlands, 1933–1938, and the United States from 1938 until his death. He was a professor of music at Brandeis University.
- Extent:
- 6 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English , German .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Erwin Bodky Papers, 1897-1958. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Bodky Papers).
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes biographical materials; letters of recommendation from Bruno Walter, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and others, 1922-1938; letters to his wife, 1915-1938, primarily as a German soldier in World War I; musical programs and reviews relating to his career as a keyboard performer and musicologist, 1908-1955; manuscripts relating to posthumously published book The Interpretation of Bach's Keyboard Works (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960); extensive manuscripts of his own compositions and arrangements (instrumental, vocal, orchestral, and chamber music), 1906-1926; and printed material.
- Biographical / Historical:
Erwin Bodky was a keyboard performer and musicologist. He studied piano with Ferrucio Busoni and composition with Richard Strauss and performed widely on harpsichord and piano. He left Germany and lived in the Netherlands, 1933-1938, and the United States from 1938 until his death in 1958. He was a professor of music at Brandeis University. Erwin Bodky also served in the German Army in World War I. Additional biographical information is available from the Cambridge Society for Early Music website. Bodky was an organizing member of the society.
- Acquisition information:
- All items in this manuscript group were donated to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, in 1978 by Angelica B. Lee (Erwin Bodky's daughter).
- Processing information:
Processed ca. 1981 by Marion Munzer.
- Arrangement:
Arranged into 9 file series.
- Physical location:
- The materials are located onsite in the department.
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- ACCESS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Erwin Bodky Papers, 1897-1958. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Bodky Papers).