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Eric Werner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2179 / MF 523

Scope and Content Note

Book reviews; clippings; curriculum vitae, slides, manuscripts, musical scores, correspondence, etc.

Dates

  • Creation: 1917-1989

Creator

Language of Materials

This collection is in German and English.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

Author and musician, musicologist. Born August 1, 1901, in Vienna, Austria; came to United States in 1938; son of Julius (a professor) and Helen (Donath) Werner; married Elizabeth Mendelssohn, July, 1932. Education: Studied at Universities of Graz, Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Goettingen, and Strasbourg, receiving Ph.D., 1928; also studied at conservatories and academies of music in Vienna and Berlin. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, N.Y., 1938-1967, professor of musicology and comparative liturgy and head of graduate department; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, chairman of department of musicology, 1966-71. Visiting professor at other universities.

Extent

17.5 Linear Feet

Abstract

Book reviews; clippings; curriculum vitae, slides, manuscripts, musical scores, correspondence, etc.

Microfilm

Collection is available on 59 reels of microfilm (MF 523). All boxes are microfilmed except Boxes 16-17 and 27.

  1. Reel 1: 1/0-1/11
  2. Reel 2: 1/12-15
  3. Reel 3: 1/16-19
  4. Reel 4: 1/20-23
  5. Reel 5: 2/1-4
  6. Reel 6: 2/5-8
  7. Reel 7: 2/9-12
  8. Reel 8: 2/13-15
  9. Reel 9: 2/16-3/7
  10. Reel 10: 3/8-20
  11. Reel 11: 3/21-25
  12. Reel 12: 3/26-4/6
  13. Reel 13: 4/7-20
  14. Reel 14: 4/21-32
  15. Reel 15: 5/1-12
  16. Reel 16: 5/14-36
  17. Reel 17: 5/37-6/1
  18. Reel 18: 6/2-9
  19. Reel 19: 6/10-17
  20. Reel 20: 6/18-22
  21. Reel 21: 6/23-7/5
  22. Reel 22: 7/6-15
  23. Reel 23: 7/16-26
  24. Reel 24: 7/27-44
  25. Reel 25: 7/45-8/14
  26. Reel 26: 8/15-9/13
  27. Reel 27: 9/14-9/21
  28. Reel 28: 9/22-34
  29. Reel 29: 9/35-40
  30. Reel 30: 9/41-10/7
  31. Reel 31: 10/8-12
  32. Reel 32: 10/13-18
  33. Reel 33: 10/19-24
  34. Reel 34: 10/25-11/4
  35. Reel 35: 11/5-9
  36. Reel 36: 11/10-14
  37. Reel 37: 11/15-20
  38. Reel 38: 11/21-12/8
  39. Reel 39: 12/9-14
  40. Reel 40: 12/15-23
  41. Reel 41: 13/1-12
  42. Reel 42: 13/13-14/5
  43. Reel 43: 14/6-15
  44. Reel 44: 14/16-19
  45. Reel 45: 14/20-25
  46. Reel 46: 15/1-9
  47. Reel 47: 15/10-17
  48. Reel 48: 15/18-20
  49. Reel 49: 15/21-18/3
  50. Reel 50: 18/4-20
  51. Reel 51: 18/21-19/5
  52. Reel 52: 19/6-20/1
  53. Reel 53: 20/2-5
  54. Reel 54: 21/1-7
  55. Reel 55: 21/8-22/1
  56. Reel 56: 23/1-6
  57. Reel 57: 24/1
  58. Reel 58: 24/2-25/7
  59. Reel 59: 26/1

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm

Related Material

Family history in ME 954

See also manuscripts by Eric Werner (MS 422)

Separated Material

Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.

Title
Guide to the Eric Werner Collection, 1917-1989 AR 2179 / MF 523
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by LBI Staff
Date
© 2010
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English.

Revision Statements

  • February 26, 2013: Added folder titles for Boxes 21-26 in Container List.
  • May 22, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States