Ernst Christopher Krohn Papers, 1917-1975

<P>Ernst C. Krohn was a musician, lecturer, composer, and musicologist. From 1909 he was a piano teacher in St. Louis; published <I>A Century of Missouri Music</I>, 1924; was one of the early members of the American Musicological Society; the director of the Music Department at St. Louis University, 1953-1963; and a collector of books and sheet music. Krohn's library of some 8,500 books was given to the Gaylord Library at Washington University. His large collection of sheet music was donated to the Missouri Historical Society Library.</P>

<P>Correspondence of Krohn, correspondence secretary, and George Enzinger, president, of the Associated Musicians of St. Louis (organized 1915), 1917-1934; meeting announcement cards, directory, bills, etc. of the Associated Musicians of St. Louis, Musicians Guild of St. Louis, and Piano Teachers' Education Association; typescript of diary and accounts of Frank Gecks, St. Louis pianist, 1880-1928; typescript of Gecks' valedictory speech at Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, 1862, and his masters' oration, 1884; letters from Gecks, as a music student at Leipzig, to family and friends in St. Louis; journal of his trip, 1886-1887; two manuscript notebooks of book <I>Die Zehn Gabote der Neuzeit</I>, dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, by Felix Heink; typescript and carbon of letters of Richard Spamer, St. Louis drama critic, 1930s; and collection of manuscript music.</P>

<P>Indexed in the archives card catalog.</P>

<P>2 boxes</P>

<P>Cite as: Ernst Christopher Krohn Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.</P>

恩斯特·C·克罗恩是一位音乐家、讲师、作曲家以及音乐学家。自1909年起，他在圣路易斯担任钢琴教师；1924年出版了《密苏里音乐百年》；是美国音乐学会的早期成员之一；1953年至1963年间担任圣路易斯大学音乐系主任；同时也是书籍和乐谱的收藏家。克罗恩约8500册的图书馆藏书捐赠给了华盛顿大学的盖洛德图书馆。他庞大的乐谱收藏捐赠给了密苏里历史学会图书馆。

克罗恩担任圣路易斯联合音乐家协会（成立于1915年）的通讯秘书和乔治·恩辛格（时任会长）之间的通信，时间跨度为1917年至1934年；圣路易斯联合音乐家协会、圣路易斯音乐师公会和钢琴教师教育协会的会议通知卡、目录、账单等文件；弗兰克·盖克斯（圣路易斯钢琴家）的日记手稿和账目，时间跨度为1880年至1928年；盖克斯在圣路易斯基督教兄弟学院的毕业演说手稿（1862年）和硕士学位答辩演说手稿（1884年）；盖克斯作为莱比锡音乐学生在信中写给圣路易斯家人和朋友的信件；1886年至1887年的旅行日记；费利克斯·海因克所著《现代十贤》（《Die Zehn Gabote der Neuzeit》）的手稿笔记本两本，该书献给了西奥多·罗斯福；理查德·斯帕默（圣路易斯戏剧评论家）1930年代的信件手稿副本；以及手稿音乐集。

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馆藏：2盒。

引用格式：恩斯特·克里斯托弗·克罗恩档案，密苏里历史学会档案，圣路易斯。