Collection Summary
Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts 1870-1920
1894-1909
1870-1920
1894-1909
Gloetzner, Anton
approximately 170 items
English
German
Latin
Collection material in English, German, and Latin
Music Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Anton Gloetzner (1850-1928) was a
German-American composer, organist, and educator who taught at Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C., from 1873 to 1928. The Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts consist of
holograph scores, parts, and sketches for his original compositions and arrangements of
works by other composers. A significant quantity of unprocessed sketch material remains;
descriptions of these items will be added to the finding aid at a later time.
Acquisition Information
Gift, Josefine Gloetzner, 1929
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Music Division classed the Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts in ML96.G54 (Case).
Rachel McNellis coded the finding aid in 2021.
Copyright Status
Materials from the Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts are governed by the Copyright Law
of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright
laws.
Access and Restrictions
The Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts are open to research. Researchers are advised to
contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired
materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions on using or copying materials may apply.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
[item, date, container or reel or digital ID number], Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts,
Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Anton Gloetzner was born in Weiden, Germany, on January 31, 1850. A composer and
virtuoso pianist, he studied with Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901) and Carl Baermann
(1839–1913) in Munich. Between 1872 and 1873, Gloetzner taught music in Freiburg. In
1873, he moved to New York and, by October of that year, was employed as chair of the
music program and organist at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He taught
composition and music theory, conducted the orchestra and choir, established a wind
ensemble, and developed new courses for vocal instruction. In 1875, Gloetzner briefly
studied with pianist Hans von Bülow (1830–1894) who was touring several major cities in
United States. Georgetown awarded Gloetzner an honorary doctorate in 1889. In turn he
dedicated his tenor solo "Ave Maria" to the University. He also donated a copyist
manuscript of several movements from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which includes
annotations not included in the first edition.
In addition to his activities at Georgetown, Gloetzner received awards from The American
Guild of Organists and the National Music Teachers Association, and founded the Wagner
Society of America. He also was an early champion of Max Reger’s works, premiering many
of them in Washington, D.C.
Gloetzner was married to Johanna Nast (August 10, 1851 – December 18, 1915), who changed
her name to Jane Francis upon moving to the United States. They had 14 children and
Gloetzner frequently traveled to Germany with them. Gloetzner died in Washington, D.C.
on July 18, 1928.
Bibliography
"Anton A. Gloetzner Sr.,"
Recording Pioneers, accessed March 31, 2022.
http://www.recordingpioneers.com/RP_GLOETZNER1.html
Barringer, George M.
"They Came to Georgetown: Immigrant Musicians,"
Georgetown Magazine, May 1977,
https://library.georgetown.edu/blog/they-came-georgetown-immigrant-musicians
Celenza, Anna Harwell. "A Jesuit University in the New World: Music’s Cultural
Mission at Georgetown University (1789-1930)." In
Crossings and Dwellings: Restored Jesuits, Women Religious, American
Experience, 1814-2014,
edited by Kyle B. Roberts and Scheven Schloesser, J.S., 380-405. Brill: Leiden,
2017.
Georgetown College Journal, vol. 1, no. 9
(October 1873): 92, https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1044262
Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 1929.
United States Government Publishing Office: Washington, D.C., 1929.
Scope and Content Note
The Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts consist primarily of holograph scores, parts, and
sketches for Gloetzner’s sacred and secular compositions, dating from approximately 1870
to 1920. Additional items include holograph scores for his arrangements of works by
Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Josef Rheinberger, and Richard Wagner. All processed
materials are cataloged seperately, and each item is identified by its LCCN number and
linked to its catalog record. A significant quantity of unprocessed sketch material
remains; descriptions of these items will be added to the finding aid at a later
time.
Organization of the Anton Gloetzner Music Manuscripts
The collection is arranged in one series:
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[Music, 1870-1920](AG01)
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Brahms, Johann, 1833-1897.
Gloetzner, Anton--Manuscripts.
Gloetzner, Anton.
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
Rheinberger, Josef, 1839-1901.
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Subjects
Chamber music--Scores.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with piano.
Masses--Scores.
Musical sketches.
Orchestral music--Scores.
Organ music.
Piano music.
Songs with piano.
Form/Genre
Arrangements (Music)
Autographs (Manuscripts)
Chamber music.
Musical sketches.
Sacred music.
Scores.
Container List
Music, 1870-1920
1870-1920
This series consists chiefly of holograph scores, parts, and sketches that Anton
Gloetzner composed from about 1870 to circa 1920. These materials include secular
songs, orchestral works, chamber music, vocal and instrumental solos, liturgical
works, polyphonic settings of Marian antiphons, and other sacred choral
arrangements. Additional items include holograph parts and scores for his
arrangements of excerpts from Franz Liszt’s oratorio Christus and Richard Wagner’s Tristan and
Isolde, as well as two fugues by Johannes Brahms and Josef
Rheinberger.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
[2012570113]
1. Prelude. 2. Intermezzo. 3.
Impromptu, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012571045]
4. Pastorale in G major,
undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012571040]
137th Psalm, undated
undated
Vocal scores; vocal parts
[2012571006]
Die Abendglocken,
undated
undated
Lyrics by F. W. Weber
Score for solo and men's chorus
[2012571007]
Across the Way,
undated
undated
Lyrics by Vance Cheney
Score for voice and piano
[2012571008]
Adagio, undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012571009]
Agnus Dei in A-flat major,
undated
undated
Sketch for chorus and organ
[2012571016]
Agnus Dei in F major,
undated
undated
Sketch for chorus and organ
Note: In 3/4 time
[2012571011]
Agnus Dei in F major,
undated
undated
Sketch for chorus and organ
Note: In 4/4 time
[2012571021]
Albumblatt, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571026]
Alte Heimat, undated
undated
Lyrics by Justinus Kerner
Score for voice and piano
[2012571031]
An Bächleins Rande,
undated
undated
Sketch for piano
[2012571036]
Andantamento, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571041]
Andante con moto,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571046]
Andante con moto,
undated
undated
Score for cello and piano
[2012571012]
Andante in A, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571014]
Andante più mosso,
undated
undated
Score for cello and piano
[2012571017]
Andante quasi allegretto,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571022]
Andante quasi tempo di marcia,
undated
undated
Orchestral parts (incomplete set); piano
part
[2012571013]
Andante sostenuto con molto
espressione, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571027]
Anonymous orchestral work in D
major, undated
undated
Arranged by Anton Gloetzner
Score
[2012571032]
Auf ein Zerbrochenes Herz,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012571037]
Auf wogender See,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano; violin part
[2012571042]
Auf wogender See,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571018]
Ave Maria, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571019]
Ave Maria, undated
undated
Score for voice and organ or piano
[2012571023]
Ave Maria, undated
undated
Score for soprano, violin, and organ
[2012571028]
Ave Maria, for first and second
soprano, alto, tenor solo, strings, harp, piano, and harmonium (flute and horn
ad libitum), undated
undated
Full score; vocal parts
[2012571024]
Ave Maria, for small women's
chorus with piano or organ accompaniment, undated
undated
Score
[2012571047]
Ave Maria in D,
undated
undated
Score for solo voice and organ
Note: In 4/4 time
[2012571029]
Ave Regina, for soprano or tenor
solo with organ or piano accompaniment, undated
undated
Score
[2012571033]
Ballade in G minor, "My Thoughts
Are My Sole Companion" (Longfellow), undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012571034]
Bedouin Love Song,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano; violin part
[2012571038]
Die Braut, undated
undated
Score for high voice and piano
[2012571039]
Cappriccio in D,
undated
undated
Score for piano
Note: In 2/4 time
[2012571043]
Cappriccio in D,
undated
undated
Score for piano
Note: In 4/4 time
[2012571044]
Children's March,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012571048]
Christmas Anthem,
undated
undated
Score
[2012570950]
Come with Roses,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570951]
Cradle-Song, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano; violin part
[2012570952]
Credo in A, undated
undated
Score for mixed voices and organ or piano, with
added corrections
[2012570953]
Dolcissimo, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012570954]
Double Fugue, undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012570955]
Drei Clavierstücke,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570956]
Du siehste mich nun schön drei
Lagen heut, undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012571049]
Ein Klavierstück,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570957]
Einleitung from Tristan and Isolde,
undated
undated
By Richard Wagner; arranged by Anton
Gloetzner
Parts for strings and percussion
[2012572420]
Ein Vöglein singt im Wald,
undated
undated
Vocal part
Note: In F major
[2012572425]
Ein Vöglein singt im Wald,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
Note: Transposed version in C major
[2012570958]
Elegie zum Gedächtnisse an "Mary"
und "Ida", undated
undated
Score for string orchestra
[2012571002]
Elegy, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012570959]
Es rauschen die Wellen,
undated
undated
Scores for voice and piano
Note: Two versions
[2012571020]
Es war ein König von Thule,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570960]
Feierlich, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012572410]
Four Preludes: D minor, D major, E
minor, and G minor, undated
undated
Scores for piano
[2012570961]
From the Desert I Come to Thee on
a Stallion Shod with Fire, undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570966]
Fünfstimmige Messe (a capella),
for two sopranos, alto, tenor, and bass, undated
undated
Score
[unk84054222]
Fugue, undated
undated
Score
[2012570964]
Fugue, undated
undated
By G. Ad. Thomas; arranged by Anton
Gloetzner
Score
[2012570965]
Fugue, undated
undated
By Josef Rheinberger; arranged by Anton
Gloetzner
Score
[2012571025]
Fugue for Organ,
undated
undated
By Johannes Brahms; arranged by Anton
Gloetzner
Score
[2012570962]
Fugue in B minor,
undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012570963]
Fugue in E major,
undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012570967]
Fürbitte - Intercession,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012570968]
Gentle Balmy Vagrant Breeze,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570969]
Grundung der Kirche from the
Oratorio Christus for alto solo, string
orchestra, and organ accompaniment, undated
undated
By Franz Liszt; arranged by Anton
Gloetzner
Parts
[2012572440]
Gruss in überirdische Höhen,
undated
undated
Score for cello and piano; cello parts
[2012570970]
Heimatulied: Song of the Homeland,
undated
undated
Score for cello and piano
[2012570971]
Humoreske, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570973]
I Ride from Land to Land,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570975]
Im Weihnachtskreise Gang die
Hirten zur Krippe, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570977]
Impromptu in A-flat minor,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570976]
Impromptu in B-flat major,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570978]
In einem dunkler Tal,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570979]
In honorem Sacratissimi Cordis
Jesu, undated
undated
Score for voice and organ
[2012570974]
In Memoriam. Drei Stücke,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570980]
Jeanette-Waltz,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570112]
Kurze Praeludium, 1894
1894
October 27
Score for organ
Note: "Oct. 27. 94." at end
[2012570115]
Küss mich der Schöne Schäferin
mit dem Rosenmund, undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570983]
Kyrie, undated
undated
Sketches for orchestra; parts for oboe 1 and
bassoon 2
[2012571030]
Kyrie in A major,
undated
undated
Score for voice and organ
[2012571035]
Kyrie in D minor,
undated
undated
Score for orchestra
[2012570984]
Lass dein Aug das Seelen reiche,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570985]
The Little Road,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012570986]
Lützow's Wilde Jagd,
undated
undated
Score
[2012570987]
March in C major,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012571000]
March in E-flat major,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012570989]
Menuett for Violin and Piano,
undated
undated
Score (incomplete)
[2012570990]
Messe in D minor,
undated
undated
Score for voice and organ
[2012572040]
Miscellaneous music materials,
undated
undated
Sketches, fragments, studies, notes, and copies of
various composer's works
[2012570988]
Missa in festis duplicibus, op.
12, circa 1909
circa
1909
Score for SATB and organ
[2012570992]
Missa in festis duplicibus. 4th
movement, undated
undated
Score for SATB and organ
Note: Based on the Gregorian choral according to
the notations in Rustet's Graduale Romanum
[2012570991]
Missa in festis solemnibus,
undated
undated
Score
[2012570993]
Moderato con moto,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano; viola part
[2012570994]
Moderato ma non tanto in E-flat,
undated
undated
Violin part
[2012570995]
Moderato ma non troppo. Legende,
undated
undated
Scores for cello and piano; cello parts
[2012570996]
Mögliche Abschlusse der Voerder
und Nachsatze der bei den Teile der zweiteiligen Liedform, undated
undated
Score
[2012570997]
Mystery, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012570998]
Nach Hall, undated
undated
Two scores and one photostat of score for voice,
violin, and piano
[2012570999]
Nachtstück, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572000]
Nachtstück for Violin and Piano,
undated
undated
Score; violin part
[2012572001]
No Death, undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012572002]
Nocturne, undated
undated
Parts for violin and piano
[2012572004]
Nocturne for Piano,
undated
undated
Score
[2012572006]
Nocturne for Piano,
undated
undated
Score
[2012571005]
Nocturne in D minor,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572005]
Nocturne in E,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572003]
Nocturne in E minor,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572007]
O salutaris for Sopranos and Altos
in G, undated
undated
Score
[2012570116]
O salutaris in D,
undated
undated
Score for soprano and organ
[2012572008]
O salutaris in F,
undated
undated
Score for soprano, alto, and organ
[2012572009]
Oh, I Would Love a Pretty Maid,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012572010]
Our Jackies, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012571001]
Pastorale in G major,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572011]
Pianoforte Trio in B-flat minor,
undated
undated
Score
[2012572012]
Polonaise in B-Flat minor,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572018]
Prelude and Fugue in D major,
undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012572017]
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major,
undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012572016]
Prelude and Fugue in E minor,
undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012572013]
Prelude and Fugue in F minor,
undated
undated
Score for organ
[2012572014]
Prelude in E minor, 1900
1900
August 31
Score for organ
Note: "Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 1900"
[2012572019]
Prelude in E minor,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572015]
Prelude. Stabat Mater, Largo,
undated
undated
By Baron Emanuele d'Astorga; arranged by Anton
Gloetzner
Score for piano
[2012572020]
Puck, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano; violin part
[2012572021]
Refuge, undated
undated
Note: Lyrics by Lew Sarett from "Many, Many
Moons"
Score for voice and piano
[2012572022]
Regina coeli, undated
undated
Parts for SATB
[2012572023]
Reverie, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572024]
Romance for Cello,
undated
undated
Score
[2012572025]
Rondo, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012572026]
Rondo, erster Form. Andante,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572027]
Rondo, Form 1. Adagio,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572028]
Rondo in A, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572029]
Rondo in E, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572030]
Rondo in F, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572031]
Roses Red and Roses White,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012572033]
Scherzo, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572034]
Scherzo in B-flat minor for Violin
and Piano, undated
undated
Score
[2012572035]
Scherzo in F minor,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571003]
Schicksal, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572037]
Sehnsüchtig, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano; violin part
[2012572036]
Sehnsüchtig, undated
undated
Score for string quartet
[2012572038]
Serenade, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572039]
Six Duets for Two Violins,
undated
undated
Score
[2012572041]
Solo for Violin with Piano
Accompaniment, undated
undated
Score
[2012572042]
Sommernacht, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2020570314]
Spring-Time, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572044]
Stimmungsbild,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012572045]
Stücke für Harmonium,
undated
undated
Score for reed organ
[2012572046]
Sweet and Low,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
Note: Preceded by a Prelude dated "Sept. 24,
94"
[2012572047]
Taming of the Shrew,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572048]
Tantam ergo in E-flat,
undated
undated
Score for mixed voices and organ
[2012572049]
Tantum ergo in E-flat,
undated
undated
Score for mixed voices and organ
(incomplete)
[2012572400]
Tema con variazioni,
undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012572401]
Thou Who in Thy Tenderness,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012572402]
Thou Who in Thy Tenderness,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano (two copies)
[2012572403]
Thy Valentine,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012655099]
To a Water Lily,
undated
undated
Score for voice and piano
[2012572405]
Todes Vorahnung,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572404]
To Sylvia, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012572406]
Trauer Marsch,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572407]
Two Step March,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572408]
Two Waltzes in A minor and A flat
minor Respectfully Dedicated to Dr. William Mason, op. 1, no. 1-2,
undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012572409]
Waltz, undated
undated
Score for piano
[2012571010]
Waltz caprice,
undated
undated
Score for piano
Note: Unidentified sketches at end
[2012572430]
Waltzes in C, 1898
1898
Score for piano
Note: "Fine, July, 1898" at end
[2012572415]
Visions, undated
undated
Score for violin and piano
[2012571015]
The Wandering Knight Song,
undated
undated
Score for tenor and piano
[2012572435]
Whims, undated
undated
Score for cello and piano
[2012571004]
Zwei Salonstücks,
undated
undated
Score for piano