Paul Sacher Stiftung

(*1943) 
english composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• typescripts
• correspondence

(1912–2008) 
american music journalist and agent

• correspondence
• programs/reviews
• music manuscripts: fair copies

(1897–1993) 
swiss composer

• sound recordings
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

sammlung walther geiser: musikmanuskripte [walther geiser collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 7 (winterthur: amadeus, 1990) – out of print

the general collection contains isolated documents and small groups of documents of various provenance. as a rule, the dossiers are organized by authorship or subdivided into fonds in order to identify interrelated holdings.

fonds george antheil
fonds aldo bennici
fonds isabelle berthou
fonds eduard brunner
fonds barrie gavin
fonds pierre gobat
fonds peter gradenwitz
fonds josef häusler
fonds erich holliger
fonds iscm (basel chapter)
fonds walter lessing
fonds roberto leydi

fonds diego masson
fonds gertrud meyer-denkmann
fonds annie müller-widmann
fonds marcello panni
fonds hansjörg pauli
fonds roger reynolds
fonds mario stern
fonds karlheinz stockhausen
fonds swiss music library
fonds andrás szollosy
fonds francis travis
fonds roger vuataz

(1916–1983) 
argentinian composer

• library
• sound recordings
• films/videos
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

sammlung alberto ginastera: musikmanuskripte [alberto ginastera collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 8 (winterthur: amadeus, 1990); marketed by schott musik international, mainz – out of print

born july 7, 1934, in anderny, france

• music manuscripts: sketches, drafts, and fair copies
• printed scores: proof copies / personal copies
• textual manuscripts
• correspondence
• programmes / reviews
• photographs
• sound recordings

• internal inventories

born november 20, 1925, in ober salzbrunn, silesia, germany (later bad salzbrunn, today szczawno-zdrój, poland)
died january 18, 2023, in ditzingen-hirschlanden, germany

• music manuscripts: drafts and fair copies
• textual manuscripts
• correspondence
• programmes / reviews
• photographs
• personal documents

• internal inventories

1928–2006
swiss composer

• music manuscripts for all known works available (partly in the paul sacher collection). in particular fair copies and photocopies with handwritten corrections; sketches and drafts for individual works only.
• textual manuscripts, correspondence, personal documents: 1 archival box
• photographs: 1 archival box
• sound recordings: various recordings (unprocessed)
• programs, articles, reviews: 1 archival box
• library: printed scores: individual items

• internal inventories

• up to 2000 individual documents integrated in the paul sacher collection
• 2000–17 part of the general collection
• since 2017 managed as jim grimm collection

matthias kassel / carlos chanfón

13 june 2024

(1946–1998) 
french composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• typescripts
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• sound recordings
• correspondence
• library: books
• programs/reviews

(1923–2004)

the collection includes a broad assortment of valuable autograph manuscripts from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. it has been made available in this generous and unusual form by the collector himself for study purposes.

born 24 october 1931 in chistopol, republic of tatarstan, russia

the sofia gubaidulina collection contains, in particular, the fair copies of over 140 compositions, along with numerous sketches and drafts of her oeuvre. in 1992, after deciding to take up residence in germany in the long term, the composer handed over the documents related to 45 compositions to the paul sacher foundation. since then, additional manuscripts have regularly supplemented the collection. the available sketches and drafts provide essential insights into the technical and intellectual principles of her composing. in addition, the fair copies indicate further work processes, as they reveal both minor and extensive revisions made between the first performance and the printing of her works.

sofia gubaidulina is one of the leading composers from the former soviet union. she received her musical training first in kazan, the capital of tatarstan, before continuing her studies at the moscow conservatory. before long, she increasingly detached herself from the influences of her moscow teachers and explored concepts and techniques of the western avant-garde as far as the ussr’s restrictive cultural policy allowed. at the same time, she also explored new sound worlds with viktor suslin and vyacheslav artyomov in a most practical fashion when the three met to improvise on unusual instruments in the ensemble astreja.

as a freelance composer, gubaidulina wrote music for almost thirty films from 1964 to 1990. in addition, she also managed to delight an ever-growing audience in the concert hall, especially from the 1980s onwards. through the performances of musicians such as gidon kremer and mstislav rostropovich, she became a composer celebrated worldwide. in her numerous works for the most diverse instrumentations, she convinces with both tonal sensitivity and a high constructive standard that reflect her manifold interests in mystical-religious ideas, but also cosmogonic and cosmological themes.

• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts, ca. 970 pages, and fair copies, ca. 7900 pages (largely accessible on microfilm)
• programs / reviews: 5 archival boxes
• photos: 1 archival box

ca. 1946–2019

• 1992 collection enters the pss holdings
• since 1994 regular additions

• sofia gubaidulina collection: music manuscripts (5 april 2023)  –  pdf online
• internal lists can be consulted at the pss
• sammlung sofia gubaidulina: musikmanuskripte [sofia gubaidulina collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 21 (mainz: schott 2001) – out of print

• no. 34, 2021: noah kahrs, dissonant proportions in sofia gubaidulina’s meditation über den choral “vor deinen thron tret ich hiermit” von j. s. bach
• no. 30, 2017: katharina hötzenecker, auf den spuren der "außerzeit": die skizzen zu hommage à t. s. eliot und zum streichtrio als schlüssel zu sofia gubaidulinas zeitverständnis in der zweiten hälfte der 1980er jahre
• no. 14, 2001: valeria tsenova, number and proportion in the music of sofia gubaidulina

editor: boosey & hawkes

14 august 2023

(1933–2018)

the jacques guyonnet collection was transferred to the archives de la ville de genève in 2021.

more information here

born march 24, 1930, in madrid, spain
died may 23, 2021, in ponferrada, spain

• music manuscripts: sketches, drafts, and fair copies
• printed scores: proof copies / personal copies
• correspondence
• programmes / reviews
• photographs
• sound recordings

• internal inventories

(1939–2012) 
english composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• typescripts
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• correspondence
• sound recordings

born february 27, 1919, in krakow, poland
died march 3, 1994, in vienna, austria

• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• printed scores: proof copies / personal copies
• textual manuscripts
• correspondence
• programmes / reviews
• photographs
• sound recordings

• roman haubenstock-ramati collection: correspondence (1 september 2020) - pdf online
• sammlung roman haubenstock-ramati: musikmanuskripte [roman haubenstock-ramati collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 12 (winterthur: amadeus, 1991) - out of print
• internal inventories

(1926–2012) 
german composer

• library
• sound recordings
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

sammlung hans werner henze: musikmanuskripte [hans werner henze collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 23 (mainz: schott musik international, 2003) – out of print

(*1939) 
swiss oboist, composer, and conductor

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• sound recordings
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts

born july 7, 1937, in basel, switzerland
died january 21, 2014, in basel, switzerland

ursula holliger was counted among those internationally active instrumentalists who constantly expanded their repertoire, on the one hand by researching unknown works (older as well as more recent), and on the other hand by soliciting new compositions in order to be the first to perform them.

after studies in basel and brussels, ursula holliger taught at the zurich conservatory, the basel music academy, and the musikhochschule in freiburg im breisgau. she made a name for herself as a chamber musician as well as in the orchestral field, bridging the gap between the classical harp repertoire and the present. like heinz holliger, she had an important role as a catalyst, testing new playing techniques and thus contributing to the expansion of musical material. since the 1960s ursula and heinz holliger premiered numerous commissioned works together, including the double concertos by hans werner henze (1968) and witold lutosławski (1979-80), frank martin's trois danses (1970), or toru takemitsu's eucalypts (1970) – all commissioned by paul sacher and premiered with the basel chamber orchestra or the collegium musicum zurich. with harrison birtwistle, elliott carter, edison denisov, roman haubenstock-ramati, ernst krenek, alfred schnittke, isang yun, as well as a number of swiss composers such as klaus huber, hans ulrich lehmann, jacques wildberger, and jürg wyttenbach, she formed friendships that are reflected in numerous dedicatory compositions, including some for solo harp.

the ursula holliger collection contains primarily those parts of the estate that concern the music of the 20th century: original manuscripts by heinz holliger, klaus huber, hans ulrich lehmann, and jürg wyttenbach, as well as haubenstock-ramati's harp piece cathédrale (1988). in addition, the autograph of the score including parts and orchestral material of the unpublished concertante no. 2 for harp, violin, and orchestra in e minor by louis spohr (1807), which ursula holliger discovered and recorded, is included. the larger part of the collection is made up of ursula holliger's performance materials for almost all of the works she played (copies or printed editions of scores and harp parts with annotations), but also rare editions of solo and chamber music harp literature of the 20th century. in addition, the still-incomplete collection contains correspondence, photos, sound recordings, and programs.

• music manuscripts: dedication copies and commissioned works
• printed scores: personal copies with performance annotations
• correspondence
• programs / reviews
• photos
• sound recordings

• 2021 collection enters the pss holdings

• internal inventories

• anne c. shreffler, netzwerke der zusammenarbeit – heinz und ursula holliger (in german; also available in french and italian editions)
  in: «entre denges et denezy ...». dokumente zur schweizer musikgeschichte 1900–2000, ed. ulrich mosch (mainz etc.: schott 2000), pp. 106–16

8 may 2023

(1892–1955) 
swiss composer

• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

(1943–1981) 
english composer

• library
• sound recordings
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• proof sheets/personal copies
• music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
• programs/reviews
• photographs
• typescripts
• correspondence

born 30 november, 1924, in basel, switzerland
died 2 october, 2017, in perugia, italy

the cornerstone of the klaus huber collection consists of music manuscripts and other documents from the composer’s personal library. they entered the holdings of the paul sacher foundation as early as 1988. since then the manuscripts of his newly written works have been added to the collection in several stages, along with his unpublished juvenilia and early pieces from his years of study with willy burkhard and boris blacher. in 2008 the collection was enlarged with a sizable deposit from the publishing house of bärenreiter, consisting primarily of fair copies of his works from the 1950s and 1960s.

the collection contains working documents for practically all of huber’s compositions, with folders of sketches amounting to several hundred pages. not only do they document the genesis and theoretical foundations of each individual work, they also make it possible to retrace the many and varied ties between his works as a whole.

besides music manuscripts, the collection also includes huber’s textual manuscripts and some of his drawings and graphic art. rounding off the collection are programme booklets and reviews, tape recordings and parts of his personal library.

some of huber’s music manuscripts are housed in the ernest bour, edith picht-axenfeld and paul sacher collections.

• music manuscripts: ca. 34.000 pages
• textual manuscripts: 13 archival boxes
• correspondence: 11 archival boxes
• sound recordings: ca. 100 tapes
• programmes / reviews: 8 archival boxes
• photos: ca. 100
• drawings, graphic art: 7 pieces
• personal documents: 2 archival boxes

ca. 1938–2017

• 1989 collection enters the pss holdings
• 2003–15 many supplementary deliveries
• 2018 completion from huber’s posthumous estate

• sammlung klaus huber: musikmanuskripte, inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 30 (mainz etc.: schott musik international, 2009) – out of print
• internal lists can be consulted at the pss

• werkgespräch: klaus hubers oper schwarzerde. der komponist im gespräch mit anton haefeli [interview in german]
  musiktheater heute: internationales symposium der paul sacher stiftung, ed. hermann danuser in collaboration with matthias kassel, publications of the paul sacher foundation 9 (mainz: schott, 2003), pp. 377–94
• anton haefeli, der schrei. zur genese «struktureller semantik» in klaus hubers erniedrigt–geknechtet–verlassen–verachtet ... [german]
  quellenstudien ii: zwölf komponisten des 20. jahrhunderts, ed. felix meyer, publications of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 3 (mainz: schott, 1993), pp. 299–322

homepage: klaushuber.ch
editors: g. ricordi & co.  universal edition  schott music

6 february 2024

(1931–2013/*1932) 
american pianist / american singer

• proof sheets/personal copies
• correspondence
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• programs/reviews
• sound recordings

(1882–1946) 
austrian conductor

• typescripts
• correspondence
• music manuscripts: fair copies
• programs/reviews
• photographs

(1891–1963)

like the anton webern and ernst diez collections, the hildegard jone collection stems from the moldenhauer archives. jone was a lyric poetess who also worked in painting and sculpture and who maintained a close friendship with anton webern. this collection reflects her literary work and contains volumes of poetry, letters, diaries, notebooks, and various documentary items.