Philip Hart papers

Collection

Identifier: Midwest-MS-135

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Collection

Small group of letters regarding Theodore Thomas, founding conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which were collected by Philip Hart, music historian and former CSO assistant manager. Hart, while penning a biography of conductor Fritz Reiner, was also thinking about writing about Thomas. Much of the correspondence is between Hart and Theodora Schultze, Chairman of The National Committee to Preserve Felsengarten, Thomas’s summer home. Other correspondents are Ezra Schabas, who wrote a biography of Thomas, Irving Lowens, and CSO Board Chairman Louis Sudler. Also, a copy of an inventory of Thomas’s library at Felsengarten, and a photograph of a statue of Thomas.

Dates

Creation: 1973-1974

Creator

Hart, Philip, 1914-2000 (Person)

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The Philip Hart papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Philip Hart papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org

Biography of Philip Hart

Former manager of various symphony orchestras; writer.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (4 folders)

Additional Description

Abstract

Small collection of letters and other materials about Theodore Thomas, founding music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra collected by Philip Hart, a music historian and former assistant manager of the CSO.