Alfred Mohr Collection
Presented to the library in June 1970 by Dr. Alfred Richard Mohr of
Frankfurt, Germany, the "Archives for New Music" is reputed to be the
greatest collection in Europe of original music notes, manuscripts,
autographs, and photographs of contemporary European composers.
Composers from nineteen countries are represented, including Paul Hindemith,
Karl Orff, and Richard Strauss of Germany; Jean Sibelius, Finland;
Flor Peeters, Belgium; Marcel Dupre, Darius Milhaud, Marcel Rousseau
and Maurice Ravel of France; Luigi Dallapiccola and G. Francesco Malipiero,
Italy; Arthur Honegger, Switzerland; Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly,
Hungary; and Joaquin Turnia, Spain.
The collection also includes 216 original sketches of stage settings
and costumes of opera presentations of the works of contemporary
composers from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Austria, Rumania, Sweden,
Spain and Czechoslovakia. This will be a continuing collection, as Dr.
Mohr expects to send additional material from time to time.
E-mail comments and inquiries about the Mohr Collection to Therese Dickman at
tdickma@siue.edu or call 618-650-2695.
http://www.siue.edu/~tdickma
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Updated by Kristin Walker
April 2005