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Younghi Pagh-Paanyounghi pagh-paan collection younghi pagh-paan korean-german composer description scope of holdings period covered chronology inventories internal links external links update
born october 26, 1945 (lunar calendar) / november 30, 1945 (solar calendar), in cheongju, south korea

younghi pagh-paan comes from the first generation of asian composers who were born after world war ii and received their training primarily in europe. her music unites a contemporary post-serial idiom with spiritual and musical traditions from her native korea.

pagh-paan’s oeuvre contains more than 80 works, with pride of place going to chamber music for various combinations of instruments, frequently with percussion. much of her music also highlights her relation to works of literature; she has set lyric poetry by anna akhmatova, rose ausländer and louise labé as well as heinrich heine, johann wolfgang von goethe and angelus silesius, not to mention korean poets. her magnum opus, alongside her orchestral pieces sori (1979-80) and nim (1986-87), is her sole work of music theatre, mondschatten (‘moonshadows’, 2002-05), on a libretto based on sophocles’ tragedy oedipus at colonus. it received its première at the stuttgart state opera in 2006.

from 1965 to 1971 pagh-paan studied music theory and composition at seoul national university. in 1974 she travelled to germany on a scholarship from the german academic exchange service (daad) in order to pursue her studies at the freiburg musikhochschule, where her teachers included klaus huber (composition), brian ferneyhough (analysis) and edith picht-axenfeld (piano). her breakthrough as a composer came in 1980 with the performance of her orchestral work sori at the donaueschingen festival. after teaching as a visiting professor at the musikhochschulen in graz and karlsruhe, she became professor of composition at the university of the arts in bremen (1994-2001), where she also founded the atelier neue musik.

established in 2013, the younghi pagh-paan collection contains sketches, drafts and fair copies of all her compositions as well as jottings and pieces from her student years. at the moment, it has only isolated items of correspondence and documentary material, but the collection is being enlarged on an ongoing basis.
- music manuscripts: ca. 100 folders
- textual manuscripts: 1 archival box
- correspondence: 1 archival box
- programmes / reviews: 1 archival box
- photos: ca. 200
- sound recordings: 10 dat tapes
since ca. 1972
- 2013 collection enters the pss holdings
- 2015 first supplementary delivery of current manuscripts
- younghi pagh-paan: music manuscripts (7 february 2019) - pdf online
- internal inventories
[none]

homepage: www.pagh-paan.com
editor: ricordi

18 september 2019
Goffredo Petrassigoffredo petrassi inventories
(1904–2003)
italian composer
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- goffredo petrassi collection: music manuscripts (23 september 2020) – pdf online
Edith Picht-Axenfeldedith picht-axenfeld
(1914–2001)
german harpsichord player, pianist and organist
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- typescripts
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- photographs
- sound recordings
- correspondence
- programs/reviews
Henri Pousseurhenri pousseur
(1929–2009)
belgian composer
- library
- sound recordings
- films/videos
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- typescripts
- correspondence
Steve Reichsteve reich collection steve reich american composer sections of the collection: catalogues
born october 3, 1936, in new york, usa
- music manuscripts: sketches, drafts, and fair copies
- file carriers / computerfiles
- textual manuscripts
- correspondence (selection)
- programmes / reviews
- photographs
- sound recordings
- personal documents
- instruments
- steve reich collection: music manuscripts (31 august 2017) - pdf online
- internal microfilm index
- internal inventories
Aribert Reimannaribert reimann collection aribert reimann german composer and pianist description scope of holdings period chronology inventories publications of the paul sacher foundation mitteilungen der paul sacher stiftung external links curator in charge update
born march 4, 1936, in berlin, germany
died march 13, 2024, in berlin, germany

since the success of the highly acclaimed opera lear (1976–78) at the latest, aribert reimann ranks among the best-known contemporary german composers. the son of singer irmgard rühle and church musician wolfgang reimann grew up in berlin, where he began composing lieder at an early age. after leaving school, he worked as a répétiteur at the städtische oper berlin. he studied composition with boris blacher and ernst pepping, as well as the piano with otto rausch at the berlin university of the arts (udk, formerly hochschule der künste berlin). for many years, he pursued a dual career as a pianist and composer, focussing in particular as a performer on lied accompaniment. in 1974, he was appointed professor of contemporary lied at the hochschule für musik und theater in hamburg, before teaching this same discipline at the udk from 1983 to 1998.

vocal music occupies a central position in aribert reimann’s oeuvre: in addition to lieder with piano accompaniment and compositions for voice and orchestra, he was particularly interested in the musico-dramatic genre, to which he made significant contributions at major european opera houses, including ein traumspiel (1963) and die gespenstersonate (1982–83) after august strindberg, troades (1984–85) after euripides’ play, das schloss (1989–91) after franz kafka, bernarda albas haus (1998–2000) after federico garcía lorca, medea (2007–09) after franz grillparzer or the “trilogie lyrique” l’invisible (2011-17) after maurice maeterlinck. numerous chamber music and orchestral works round off reimann’s highly diverse œuvre. drawing on his intensive exploration of the music of the second viennese school, the composer has opened up ever broader areas of expression without abandoning the ideal of strict constructive concentration.
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts, ca. 1.300 pages (see inventory music manuscripts)
- music manuscripts: fari copies, ca. 10.000 pages (see inventory music manuscripts)
- librettos: drafts and fair copies, ca. 1.250 pages
- proofs with corrections, ca. 2.000 pages
- text manuscripts: 1 archival box
- correspondence: 4 archival boxes (see inventory correspondence)
- programmes / reviews: 2 archival boxes; especially material related to the opera melusine (1969)
- photos: 8 portraits and over 100 photos of costumes and stage sets from performances of the opera melusine at various theaters between 1971 and 1994
- a very limited number of non-commercial sound recordings
1944–2019
- 1993 collection enters the pss holdings
documents relating to forty compositions from the years 1957 to 1989 were initially handed over to the paul sacher foundation in november 1993. the aribert reimann collection has since been regularly supplemented and currently contains material on more than 120 of the composer’s works as well as eight arrangements of works by other composers.
- aribert reimann collection: music manuscripts (18. dezember 2017) – pdf online
- aribert reimann collection: correspondence (18. dezember 2017) – pdf online
- internal lists can be consulted at the pss
- wolfgang rathert, "aribert reimann nahe ferne (2002–03)," ignition: beethoven: reception documents from the paul sacher foundation, ed. felix meyer and simon obert (mainz etc: schott music 2020), pp. 123–26.
- matthias kassel, "aribert reimann: lear (1976–78)," settling new scores: music manuscripts from the paul sacher foundation, ed. felix meyer (mainz: schott 1998), pp. 147–49.
- no. 27, 2014: ellen freyberg, neue musik jenseits der avantgarde. aribert reimanns lyrik-vertonungen
editor: schott music

florian besthorn

8 march 2024
Wolfgang Rihmwolfgang rihm inventories
(1952–2024)
german composer
- library
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- photographs
- sound recordings
- typescripts
- programs/reviews
- wolfgang rihm collection: music manuscripts (11 september 2020) - pdf online
- internal inventories
Rolf Urs Ringgerrolf urs ringger
(1935-2019)
swiss composer
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- photographs
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
George Rochberggeorge rochberg collection george rochberg american composer sections of the collection catalogues
born july 5, 1918, in paterson, nj, usa
died may 29, 2005, in philadelphia, pa, usa
- music manuscripts: sketches, drafts, fair copies
- printed scores: proof copies / personal copies
- textual manuscripts
- correspondence
- programs / reviews
- photographs
- sound recordings
- films / videos
- george rochberg collection: music manuscripts (december 1, 2017) – pdf online
- sammlung george rochberg: musikmanuskripte [george rochberg collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 31 (mainz etc.: schott music, 2010) – out of print
- internal inventories
Dane Rudhyardane rudhyar
(1895–1985)
american composer of french origin
- library
- sound recordings
- films/videos
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- typescripts
- correspondence
Kaija Saariahokaija saariaho collection kaija saariaho finnish composer sections of the collection catalogues
born october 14, 1952, in helsinki, finland
died june 2, 2023, in paris, france
- music manuscripts: sketches, drafts, and fair copies
- printed scores: proof copies / personal copies
- textual manuscripts
- correspondence
- programs / reviews
- photographs
- sound recordings
- personal documents
- internal inventories
Paul Sacherpaul sacher
(1906-1999)

this collection covers paul sacher's conducting activities with the basel chamber orchestra, the collegium musicum zurich, the basel percussion ensemble, and his many guest appearances, as well as his membership in musical institutions and committees. it also contains his large collection of manuscripts, whether of works he commissioned or those obtained by donations and purchases, all of which formed the starting-point for the paul sacher foundation.

sammlung paul sacher: musikmanuskripte [paul sacher collection: music manuscripts], revised second edition, inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 1 (mainz: schott musik international, 2000) – out of print
André Schaeffnerandre schaeffner
(1895–1980)
french musicologist and ethnologist
- typescripts
- correspondence
- proof sheets/personal copies
- library
- photographs
- sound recordings
Armin Schiblerarmin schibler
(1920–1986)
swiss composer
- library
- sound recordings
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- typescripts
- correspondence
Dieter Schnebeldieter schnebel
(1930–2018)
german composer
- library
- sound recordings
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- typescripts
- correspondence
Salvatore Sciarrinosalvatore sciarrino
(*1947)
italian composer
- instruments
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- sound recordings
- typescripts
- correspondence
Valentin Silvestrovvalentin silvestrov
(*1937)
ukrainian composer
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- sound recordings
- correspondence
- photographs
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabjikaikhosru shapurji sorabji
(1892–1988)
english composer
- proof sheets/personal copies
- correspondence
- music manuscripts: fair copies
sammlung kaikhosru shapurji sorabji: musikmanuskripte [kaikhosru shapurji sorabji collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 15 (winterthur: amadeus, 1995) – out of print
Heinz Spoerliheinz spoerli
(*1940)
swiss dancer and choreographer
- photographs
- library
- programs/reviews
- films/videos
the collection includes detailed documentation on heinz spoerli's choreographies.
Leonard Steinleonard stein
(1916–2004)
american pianist and musicologist
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- correspondence
Igor Strawinskyigor strawinsky
(1882–1971)
american composer of russian origin
- library
- sound recordings
- films/videos
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- instruments
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- typescripts
- correspondence
sammlung igor strawinsky: musikmanuskripte [igor stravinsky collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 5 (winterthur: amadeus, 1989) – out of print
Robert Suterrobert suter
(1919–2008)
swiss composer
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- sound recordings
- typescripts
- correspondence
sammlung robert suter: musikmanuskripte [robert suter collection: music manuscripts], inventories of the paul sacher foundation, vol. 18 (mainz: schott musik international, 1999) – out of print
János Tamásjanos tamas
(1936–1995)
hungarian-swiss composer
- sound recordings
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- typescripts
- correspondence
Alexander Tcherepninalexander tcherepnin
(1899–1977)
american composer of russian origin
- library
- sound recordings
- music manuscripts: fair copies
- proof sheets/personal copies
- music manuscripts: sketches and drafts
- programs/reviews
- photographs
- typescripts
- correspondence