Series 1: Music Manuscripts
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Series 2: Published Music
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Series 3: Writings
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Series 4: Correspondence
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Series 5: Research Materials
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Series 6: Biographical Materials
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Series 7: Recordings
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Series 8: Miscellaneous
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Series 1: Music Manuscripts
Additional Note
Subseries A: Composed By Altman
Fatherly Guidance. "Dedicated to Cantor Joseph L. Portnoy" [ph]
Lift Up Your Heads. [also pencil drafts]
Meditation (Neue Meditationer) [ph]
Psalm 13. [oz]
Psalm 67. [ph]
Three Quiet Preludes.
Why Art Thou Cast Down.
Why Art Thou Cast Down. Parts: Soprano, Tenor, Bass; with concert notes. [oz]
Subseries B: Arranged Or Edited By Altman
Ariosti, Attilio. [no title] [oz]
Bach, Wilhelm Friedmann. 18 Pieces for a Musical Clock. [manuscript fragments with note: "A New Edition for Keyboard Instruments (Organ, Harpsichord, Piano) or Harp, by Ludwig Altman"] [ms-i, ms-p, oz, ph, computer printout]
Beethoven, Ludwig van. March (from Fidelio)
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Wellington's Victory at Vittoria. Parts: Grosse Trommel, Kleine Trommel, Triangle, Turkish Teller, Tympani. [ph]
Brahms, Johannes. In Summer Fields.
Brahms, Johannes. Sapphic Ode.
Brahms, Johannes. Two Songs by Brahms: The Sandman, Sapphic Ode.
Busoni, Ferruccio. Preludio [ph]
Cornelius, Peter. One Tone [ph]
Greig, Edvard. Lullaby (from Peer Gynt)
Haydn, Joseph. Adagio
Haydn, Joseph. Adagio [ph with ink notes; negative prints]
Haydn, Joseph. The Lark
Haydn, Joseph, and Beethoven, Ludwig van. Grenadiermarsch [with two sheets of text notes]
Hensel, Fanny (nee Mendelssohn). Prelude
Ljadow, Anatol. Two Russian Folksongs [originally Three Russian Folksongs]
Mendelssohn, Felix. Prelude (from Athalia)
Mendelssohn, Felix. Andante
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Adagio
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Adagio
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Andante
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Gavotte (from Les Petits Riens)
Renaissance Organ Mass [compiled and edited by Altman]
Subseries C: Manuscripts In Altman's Hand
Greig, Edvard. Triumphal March. Arrangement by Kraft.
Lichtenstein, Herbert. Adon Olam, for Tenor, Choir, and Organ.
Pidoux, Pierre. Partita, "Ach wie fluchtig, ach wie uichtig"
Sabin, Wallace A. Simmer's [sic] a Pleasant Time, on a poem by Robert Burns
Saminsky, Lazare. Elohenu (Day of Atonement), arranged by R. R. Rinder
Schlick, Arnold. Antiphon Ascendo as Patrem Meum
Sparger. O Lord What is Man
Strauss. Festliches Preludium
Sulzer. En Komocho, arranged by R. R. Rinder
L'cho Adonoy
May the Words
Shirah
Subseries D: Manuscripts By Others
Sheinfeld, David.
Elegiac Sonorities for Organ ["commissioned by and dedicated to Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco"] [oz]
[see also Series 7, recordings 39-41]
SERIES 2: PUBLISHED MUSIC
Subseries A: Composed By Altman
Avinu, Malkenu. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1980
The Beloved of the Lord. New York: Lawson-Gould, c1972
The Blessing of Moses. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1977 [with concert notes in pencil]
Festive Postlude for a Pilgrimage Festival. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1973
The God of Abraham Praise. Dayton, OH: The Sacred Music Press, c1986 [with concert notes in pencil]
Meditation Song: Awake, Awake. Consoliere, July-September, 1972. Cincinnati, OH: World Library Publications, c1972
Meditation Song: Night Has Come. Consoliere, January-March, 1972. Cincinnati, OH: World Library Publications, c1972 [with concert notes in pencil]
Meditation Song: Praise and Honor. Consoliere, April-June, 1972. Cincinnati, OH: World Library Publications, c1972 [with concert notes in pencil]
Prelude on Leoni. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1977 [with concert notes in pencil]
Psalm 13. New York: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc., c1967 [with concert notes in pencil]
Psalm 47. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1971 [with concert notes in pencil]
Psalm 46. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1966
Processional on "Amsterdam." Consoliere, April-June, 1973. Cincinnati, OH: World Library Publications, c1973
Sabbath Music. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1963
Three Liturgic Choral Pieces. New York: Transcontinental Music Publications, c1963
Subseries B: Arranged Or Edited By Altman
Bach, C. P. E. Six Organ Pieces for a Musical Clock Mechanism. Cincinnati, OH: World Library of Sacred Music, c1971
Bach, C. P. E. Suite for an Organ Clock. Boston: McLaughlin & Reilly Company, c1964
Bach, C. P. E. Ten Pieces for an Organ Clock. Dayton, OH: The Sacred Music Press, c1978
Bach, C. P. E. Three Duets for Organ and Harp (or Keyboard). Dayton, OH: The Sacred Music Press, c1976
Bach, Johann Christian; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Handel, George Frideric. Three Service Voluntaries: Andante in C Minor, Passepied (I and II), Processional in C Minor. Glen Rock, NJ: J. Fischer & Bro., c1970 [with concert notes in pencil]
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Organ Works: Suite, Two Preludes Op.39, Fugue D major. London: Edition Peters, c1962
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Wellington's Victory at Vittoria (Opus 91). Melville, NY: H. W. Gray Publications, c1977
Hopkins, Edward J. Organ Fantasy on Benediction. Boston: R. D. Row Music Co., c1950 [with concert notes in pencil]
Jensen, Adolf. Midday Silence. USA: Theodore Presser Co., c1943 [ph]
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. Three Unfamiliar Organ Compositions by Mendelssohn: Prelude in C Minor, Prelude in D Minor, Allegro in B Flat Major. Nashville and New York: Abingdon Press, c1969
Wesley, Samuel, and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. Three Organ Fugues (with several Facsimiles) published for the first time. London: Hinrichsen Edition Ltd., c1962
Series 3: Writings
Six typescripts [one original and four ph with some notes] and two manuscripts [ms-i]
Ein Besuch bei Thomas Mann, from Thomas Mann Gesellschaft, Zurich, No. 23, 1989-1990 [enclosed with note from Caroline Crawford, 4/15/91]
Liner notes [eleven leaves, ten typescript ph, one manuscript ph]
Series 4: Correspondence
Fourteen (14) letters and postcards, 1962-85
Three (3) letters from Altman, 1981-1989
Series 5: Research Materials
Card catalog of Altman's library
Mohr, Von Wilhelm. "Zu Handels Orgelkonzerten," Neue Zurcher Zeitung, July 24, 1976
Organs--photographs, specifications, etc., from magazines, journals, etc., collected by Altman
Sadie, Stanley. BBC Music Guides: Handel Concertos. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1972 [underlined text, notes in margins]
Series 6: Biographical Materials
Altman bibliography
Altman biography [three versions]
Altman Oral History Project---announcement by the Bancroft Library
American Guild of Organists: Year Book and Directory, 1946
Programs, 1951-1988 [San Francisco, California, Germany, etc.]
Program, San Francisco Symphony, Sept. 1996 [mention of Altman as Leon Fleisher's teacher, p.39A]
Reviews, 1965-1988 [San Francisco and Germany]
Photographs of Altman, performances, other musicians, and the Temple Emanu-El: Ten (10) 8" x 10" B&W; One (1) 4" x 4" B&W [mounted with signature; dated 1928]; One (1) 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" B&W; Two (2) 3" x 4 1/2" color
Series 7: Recordings -- all performances by Altman
Subseries A: Cassettes
January 18, 1977: 40th Anniversary
The B- of the L-
CJP Yom Kippur Responses
Psalm 67
Subseries B: Reel To Reel
December, 1954: Jacobi Service, Temple Emanu-El [part I] [7"]
December, 1954: Jacobi Service, Temple Emanu-El [part II] [7"]
December 12, 1958: Chanukah Service with Children's Choir, Temple Emanu-El [7"]
May 4, 1962: 25th Anniversary [7"]
November, 1966: Thanksgiving, Temple Emanu-El [5"]
April, 1967 [7"]
May 2, 1967: Standard School Broadcast, First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo [7"]
December, 1970: Recital, Temple Emanu-El [7"]
December 29, 1970: World premiere of a newly discovered C. P. E. Bach manuscript, Temple Emanu-El [3"]
1970-1971: Rappeiswil, Urtenen-Schonbiel [5 3/4"]
July 18, 1974: Orgelknozert [7"]
December, 1975: Recital, Temple Emanu-El [7"]
June, 1977: broadcasts from KQED, 88.5 FM, San Francisco [7"]
A861 [7"]
Ami Ma-amin [7"]
EE Concert [3"]
Germany Concert [3"]
Hebrew Organ Music: Music of the Sabbath; Music of the Festivals; Family Cerimonials and Folklore [10 1/2"] [see also Series 7, recording 26]
Jewish Folklore and Dances, recording for an LP [7"]
Moo- (Rock of Ages) and Leoni [4"]
Munster [5 3/4"]
Music of the Synagogue: Organ music of the Sabbath; Music of the Festivals; Family Cerimonials and Folklore [7"] [see also Series 7, recording 22]
St. O-, San Anselmo [7"]
St. O-, San Anselmo [7"]
St. O-
St. O-
Pachibel, C. P. E. Bach [3"] [recording of a BBC broadcast]
Portnoy's Talk and Song, 35 Anniversary [7"]
Psalm 13 [3"]
Psalm 47 [3"]
Psalm 47 [3"]
Rothenberg, Beethoven [3"]
A Service Suite [5"]
A Service Suite [5"] [master tape]
Sheinfeld, David: Elegiac Sonorities for Organ [5"] [see also Series 1, Subseries D, Box Folder]
Sheinfeld, David
Sheinfeld, David
Sheinfeld, Bach [3"]
Variations on Lasstinch E-, Erschilmen Ist, First Noel, Leoni (Fantasy) [7"]
no title [3"] [was grouped with Series 7, Recordings 20, 21]
no title [7"]
Series 8: Miscellaneous
Posters