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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 2006/04
From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: [DR-L] Re: [kl] A note to university faculty
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:19:35 -0400
dnleeson wrote:
> If you are affiliated with a university that has a strong music
> history department and/or a musicology department (and possibly
> even an art history department), please contact me off line for a
> lengthier discussion of something that either department would
> find incredibly fascinating and historically valuable.
>
> I am acting for a client who, while in Italy, purchased what he
> thought was a collection of interesting antiques. It has turned
> out to be, possibly, one of the most remarkable collections of
> Mozartean memorabilia ever found. I reported on the collection
> at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in September 2005, and 14 of the
> items were put on display from December 2005 until March 2006.
> I've spoken about the collection at the Beethoven center in San
> Jose, CA, at the California State University in San Diego, and I
> have invitations for several more such colloquia. The collection
> was also written up in the Knight Ridder newspaper, the San Jose
> Chronicle. It took four or five full pages.
>
> In the fall, for the last part of the Mozart 250th year, I will
> be giving identical colloquia at any university that wants to see
> a powerpoint presentation containing portraits, art objects
> (snuff boxes possibly given to Mozart at the court of Louis XV in
> Paris), books, etc. There is no music in the collection. The
> material is purely historical and of artistic value. It is hoped
> that a book on the collection, written by me, will occupy the
> entire issue of one of the Oxford University Press musical
> journals, of which there are several.
>
> Among the pieces that will be shown at such colloquia are
> possible portraits of Mozart at 10, at 11, and at about 25,
> portraits of his sister Nannerl at about 12, a portrait of his
> mother ca. 1766, and a portrait of his grandmother painted
> sometime before 1755. None of these portraits are known to have
> existed.
>
> Expenses and fees would be borne by the University extending the
> invitation. It is the intention of the owner to sell the material
> at some time in the future, at which point a colloqium on a
> dispersed collection is not likely to be of interest. Also after
> the 250th year is over, there will be some burnout, so now is the
> time to act.
>
> And would the kind owner of this list please do me the courtesy
> of posting this note on his other lists, namely the ones for
> flute, oboe, bassoon, etc.
>
> If I am going to have a swan song, this is a hell of a one to
> have.
>
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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