PITTSBURGH MUSIC - ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

 

CARL BERNTHALER (1879-1925)

 

Contents

• Personal papers, including his Berlin dairy (1912-1913)
• Signed photographs of some orchestral musicians
• Concert programs, including Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra 1910 and 1913

Time period  1896 - 1913

Subject

• Organist, pianist, flautist and conductor active in the city.
• He was a member of the flute section of the Pittsburgh orchestra 1896-1910 and also served as assistant conductor from 1908-1910.
• He organized various orchestras in the city following the demise of the Pittsburgh orchestra in 1910.

Location

Oliver Room, Pittsburgh Music Archive #2 (2 boxes)

See

• Baynham, Edward G. A History of Pittsburgh Music, 1758-1958 - rqML200.8 .P6 B39 1970x
• Wolfe, Richard J. A Short History of the Pittsburgh Orchestra, 1896-1910 - rqML1211.8 .P52 P59 1949x
• Pittsburgh Music Information File
• Oral History of Music in Pittsburgh #32

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FINDING LIST

BOX 1

Folder I

• Blue Book of Talent (copy). Published by J.C. Dickson (Pittsburgh, PA), 1909

Folder II

• Photo: Carl Bernthaler
• Postcard: Piano recital…pupils of Vincent B. Wheeler
• Postcard: Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra, CB conductor
• Brochure: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – 1934-35 Season
• Postcard: Of and from Charles Wakefield Cadman
• Photo: Unidentified orchestra; C. Bernthaler, conductor?
• Clipping: Undated; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Folder III

• Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra: Summer Night Concerts; Third Season, 1910. Complete book of programs (copy)

Folder IV

• Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra: Summer Night Concerts; Fifth Season, 1913. Complete book of programs (copy)

Folder V

• Carl Bernthaler diary: Berlin 1912-13
• Carl Bernthaler accounts book 1901-1908 (includes list of musicians he Accompanied (p.25-26) with commentary

BOX 2

• Photographs, many signed, of musicians with whom CB worked.