From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 9
Container / Volume:
Box 2, folder 27
Image Count:
28
Description:
Autograph ms. [55] p. 35 cm. For double chorus with piano accompaniment, which was originally for orchestra. The Requiem für Mignon from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre; begins: Wen bringt ihr uns zur stillen Gesellschaft?
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 9
Container / Volume:
Box 2, folder 28
Image Count:
2
Description:
Autograph ms. [3] p. 14 x 18 cm. Song for one voice with piano accompaniment Signed, N. Huber. Within blind embossed border. "Fanny Miller" and "von Göthe" written above title, but the text apparently is not by Göthe
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 224
Image Count:
3
Description:
AMs, 2 p. ; 20 x 34 cm. Fragment of the 5th act of Faust, comprising almost half of the episode entitled Offene Gegend. Differs slightly from the version printed in the Weimar Ausgabe. Gift from Ottilie von Goethe to Mrs. Anna Jameson, with the latter's endorsement dated Nov. 25, 1833. With: Reproduction "no. 5 of Facsimiles and reproductions of unique or rare items from the William A. Speck Collection of Goetheana in the Yale University Library," 1926.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1900-1919, undated
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 27
Container / Volume:
Box 3, folder 40
Image Count:
92
Description:
Including Gretchen Lockennadeln, Steiners Paradiesbett, fire extinguishers, drug stores, gas lighting (“Mehr Licht”), the Fränkische Butter-Centrale (Lotte cutting bread and butter), Schreibmachine “Ideal” (“Schreib deinen Pakt mit Seidel & Naumann’s ‘Ideal’”); Göthe-Feder, pen nibs made by Heintzel & Blanckertz (Berlin); and commemorative Meissen porcelain items.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1809 Oct 14
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 10, folder 314
Image Count:
3
Description:
3 p. ; 20 x 33 cm. Personal red seal attached. With notarization by von Wolfskeel, dated Oct. 16, 1809; with impressed seal attached. Conferring full rights upon Goethe's wife to act for him in settling the estate of his deceased mother Katharina Elisabeth Goethe. As assistant in this matter he appoints Friedrich Johann Heinrich Schlosser.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 9
Container / Volume:
Box 2, folder 29
Image Count:
46
Description:
Autograph ms. 78 p. of music. 17 x 20 cm. Transcriber unknown. Text by Goethe, Schiller, and others; music by Zelter, Zumsteeg, Harder, and others. Partial contents: Goethe: 1. An die Erwahlte! (Hand in Hand und Lipp auf Lippe). 5. Stirbt der Fuchs (Nach Mittage sassen wir junges Volk) 6. Frühlings Orachel! (Du prophetscher Vogel). 15. An die Entfernte (So hab ich wirklich dich verloren?). 27. Gedicht [Mignon] (Kennst du das Land?) [music by Hausler]. Schiller: 30. Monolog der Maria Stuart (O Dank! Dank diesen freundlich grünen Bäumen) [music by Zumsteeg] 31. Abschieds Lied Johannes aus Schillers Jungfrau von Orleans (Lebt wohl irh Berge, ihr geliebten Triften) [music by Zumsteeg] One sheet of music for piano [?] laid in.