Paul Sacher Stiftung

english string quartet, active since 1974

archive taken over from the first violinist, irvine arditti.

• proof sheets/personal copies
• correspondence
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• sound recordings
• programs/reviews
• photographs

(1881–1945) 
hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• typescripts
• correspondence

this archive contains performance material and detailed documentary material from the basel chamber orchestra (basler kammerorchester, bko). founded by paul sacher as long ago as 1926, the ensemble gave a great many concerts of early and contemporary music before disbanding in 1987. many of sacher's commissioned works were written specifically for and premièred by the bko, including béla bartók's "music for strings, percussion, and celesta," igor stravinsky's "concerto en ré," and works by berio, britten, casella, fortner, halffter, henze, holliger, honegger, krenek, martinů, and others.

(1901–1989) 
swiss composer

• library
• sound recordings
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

• sammlung conrad beck. musikmanuskripte [conrad beck collection. music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 13 (winterthur: amadeus, 1992) – pdf online

american-italian singer of armenian descent

born 4 july 1925 in attleboro, massachusetts, usa
died 6 march 1983 in rome, italy

• internal inventories

(1911–2006) 
finnish composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• library
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts

• sammlung erik bergman. musikmanuskripte [erik bergman collection. music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 16 (winterthur: amadeus, 1995) – pdf online

(1918–2002) 
german pianist

• typescripts
• correspondence
• proof sheets/personal copies
• programs/reviews

(1925–2003) 
italian composer and conductor

• library
• sound recordings
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

sammlung luciano berio: musikmanuskripte [luciano berio collection: music manuscripts], revised second edition, inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 2 (mainz etc.: schott music, 2011) – pdf online

(1893–1960) 

swiss composer 

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• sound recordings
• typescripts
• correspondence

sammlung jean binet: musikmanuskripte [jean binet collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 9 (winterthur: amadeus, 1990) – pdf online

(1934–2022) 
english composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• sound recordings
• typescripts
• correspondence

sammlung harrison birtwistle: musikmanuskripte [harrison birtwistle collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 20 (mainz: schott musik international, 2000) – outdated / withdrawn

(1925–2016) 
french composer and conductor

• films/videos
• library
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• typescripts
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• sound recordings
• correspondence
• programs/reviews

sammlung pierre boulez: musikmanuskripte [pierre boulez collection: music manuscripts], revised second edition, inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 3 (mainz: schott musik international, 2008) – pdf online

(1913–2001) 
french conductor

• photographs
• sound recordings
• proof sheets/personal copies

(1913–2008) 
american composer of canadian origin

• films/videos
• sound recordings
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

born december 26, 1926, in lunenberg, massachusetts, usa
died july 2, 2002, in rye, new york, usa

the earle brown collection was transferred from the earle brown music foundation, rye, ny, in 2017. the associated database of the ebmf was also transmitted and adapted. until further notice, the holdings of the collection can be searched through the catalog below.

• note on the opening of the earle brown collection 2017  here

• website of the earle brown music foundation  here

(1878–1959) 
swiss composer and conductor

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts

born on 17 april 1900 in leubringen (evilard), switzerland
died on 18 june 1955 in zurich, switzerland

willy burkhard studied in berne, leipzig, munich and paris before joining the staff of berne conservatory as a theory teacher. from 1933 a respiratory ailment forced him to live in montana and davos until 1942, when he moved to zurich. there he taught theory and composition at the conservatory to the end of his days. among his pupils were giuseppe g. englert, klaus huber, rudolf kelterborn and armin schibler.

burkhard has the reputation of contributing in no small measure to the renewal of sacred music in the first half of the 20th century, especially with his oratorio das gesicht jesajas (1934). but his music is also noteworthy for its great variety, ranging from chamber music, orchestral compositions and vocal works all the way to opera, and extending from gebrauchsmusik to densely expressive late works that grapple with more recent compositional techniques.

the willy burkhard collection entered the holdings of the pss through his widow marie-luise burkhard in 1990. in addition to a few sketches and drafts, it contains autograph fair copies of most of his works, including the 99 items in his official catalogue as well as juvenilia and occasional pieces. it also has a large volume of correspondence and textual manuscripts.

as paul sacher commissioned and premièred a number of burkhard's works, several more of the composer's manuscripts are preserved in the paul sacher collection.

• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts: 5 folders
• music manuscripts: fair copies: ca. 120 folders
• textual manuscripts: 1 archival box
• correspondence: 7 archival boxes
• programmes / reviews: 2 archival boxes
• sound recordings: ca. 60 lps
• library: ca. 40 volumes

ca. 1921 to 1955

1990 collection enters the pss holdings

• an internal microfilm index can be consulted at the pss
• internal lists can be consulted at the pss

willy burkhard society: www.willyburkhard.ch

6 february 2019

(1891–1952) 
swiss-american violinist and composer of german origin

• adolf busch collection: correspondence (23 june 2021) - pdf online
• sammlung adolf busch: musikmanuskripte [adolf busch collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 25 (mainz: schott musik international, 2004) – pdf online
• adolf busch collection: personal dokuments (23 june 2021) - pdf online
• internal inventories

• library
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• sound recordings
• correspondence
• programs/reviews

(1946–1993) 
swiss composer and pianist

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs

(1908–2012) 
american composer

• library
• sound recordings
• films/videos
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

(1873-1945) 
russian composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• correspondence
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts

(1923-2019) 
american composer of chinese origin

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• typescripts
• correspondence

sammlung chou wen-chung: musikmanuskripte [chou wen-chung collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 29 (mainz: schott musik international, 2008) – pdf online

(1925–2011) 
italian composer

information on holdings to be supplied.

(1950–1993) 
swiss composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• typescripts
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• correspondence
• sound recordings

sammlung christoph delz: musikmanuskripte [christoph delz collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 22 (mainz: schott musik international, 2002) – pdf online

born july 27, 1878, in lölling, austria
died july 8, 1961, in vienna, austria

acquired from the moldenhauer archives along with the anton webern and hildegard jone collections, the ernst diez collection contains printed editions of this scholar's most important publications - some of them with autograph annotations - as well as several diaries, notebooks, lecture notes, and letters. diez was a cousin of anton webern, to whom many references can be found in the materials of this collection.

• textual manuscripts: 2 archival boxes
• correspondence: 2 archival boxes
• photographs: ca. 180
• library: ca. 60 units
• personal documents: 1 archival box

ca. 1878–1961

• 1984 collection enters the pss holdings

• internal inventories
• internal microfilm index

4 december 2020

(1927-2000) 
italian composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• sound recordings

• franco donatoni collection: music manuscripts (12 february 2019) - pdf online
• internal inventories

(1906–1988) 
american conductor and composer of hungarian origin

• library
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• typescripts
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• sound recordings
• correspondence
• programs/reviews

(1916-2013) 
french composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• correspondence
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• library

• sammlung henri dutilleux: musikmanuskripte (inventare der paul sacher stiftung, bd. 27), mainz: schott 2008 – outdated / withdrawn
• henri dutilleux collection: music manuscripts (8 april 2019) – pdf online
• internal inventories

(1944–2024) 
hungarian composer and conductor

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• sound recordings
• typescripts
• programs/reviews