[J. Joachim.] Collection of Joachim family correspondence, mostly to Ernst Rudorff, c.1871-1912

[Joseph Joachim]

Collection of Joachim family correspondence, mostly to Ernst Rudorff

including:

1) c.47 autograph letters signed by Amalie Joachim ("Amalie Joachim"; "A.J."; "Amalie J."; "Ursi Joachim"), to Ernst Rudorff, requesting scores, discussing concerts, referring to losing her voice, mentioning Brahms, Simrock, Paul Mendelssohn, Spitta and her husband, as well as many other matters

...Mir geht's besser! - Seit Jahren behandle ich täglich meinen Hals mit kaltem Wasser; dies Jahr ist alles vergebens. Da ich 25 Jahre singe, ohne nur einmal von meiner Stimme verlassen zu sein, kann ich wohl nicht klagen...

over 100 pages, various sizes, two letters on 8vo-sized manuscript paper, some later pencil annotations, with two telegrams, an inscribed invitation card and one inscribed visiting card, Berlin and elsewhere, [1870]-1880

2) c.62 autograph letters signed by Joachim's son Johannes (1864-c.1949), to Ernst Rudorff, concerning editions of the letters of Joachim and Brahms, mentioning Altmann ("...ein eingebildeter Narr..."), Marie Schumann, Gisela von Arnim, Moser, and Spitta, referring to a Beethoven autograph in Rudorff's collection, Joachim's relations with Wagner, family matters, and many other topics

over 150 pages, various sizes, some letters on postcards, Göttingen and elsewhere, c.1889-1914

together with: a photographic portrait of Joseph Joachim, inscribed on the reverse of the mount by Ernst Rudorff ("Von Auguste Grimm erhalten in Lauenstein nach J.s Tot 1907 E.R."), overall size c.16.5 x 10.5cm; two typed notices and three telegrams to Rudorff concerning Joachim's condition on the day before his death and informing him of his death ("Morgens wegen schlechter Schleimabsonderung Atemnotsanfall...Professor Joachim soeben entschlafen..."); a postcard depicting the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik, inscribed and signed by Joachim, for Auguste Grimm; an autograph letter signed by Joachim's daughter Josefa, to Rudorff's widow, 2 July 1933, 2 pages; a carbon copy of A LETTER BY JOACHIM TO RUDORFF FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF BRAHMS, describing the effect on him in his last days of Joachim's performance of the G-major string quintet ("...ich habe ihn seine Dankbarkeit nie so herzlich aussprechen hören, als nach dem Anhören seines G-dur Quintetts: eine Befriedigung über sein Schaffen fast..."); two extensive drafts of letters by Rudorff to Joachim, one draft dated 24 July 1906, 15 pages; and a printed notification of the death of Joachim and invitation to his obsequies  

The contralto Amalie Joachim, née Schneeweiss (1839-1899), was one of the most notable lied and oratorio singers of her time. Her 21-year marriage with Joachim ended acrimoniously in 1884, after the great violinist accused her of infidelity with the publisher Fritz Simrock. A number of her letters here are signed "Ursi", which she preferred to the name "Amalie". Johannes Joachim, Joachim's eldest child, is represented here by over 60 autograph letters, a number of which concern his and Andreas Moser's three-volume edition of letters to and from Joachim, published in three volumes between 1911 and 1913.