THE PAUL SACHER FOUNDATION

Source: Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 44, No. 1 (January-March 1997), pp. 20-22
Published by: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres
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THE PAUL SACHER
FOUNDATION

The Paul Sacher Foundation was established in 1973, originally to preserve Paul
Sacher's musical estate, a large number of autograph manuscripts collected in
the course of his conducting career. In the last few years, the holdings of the
Foundation in Basel have been expanded and enriched significantly and now
comprise over fiftycollections. The Foundation was also able to acquire the house
"Auf Burg" on the Mnsterplatz, which opened in 1986 after renovation by the
architects Katharina and Wilfrid Steib. Within a short period of time the Paul
Sacher Foundation has achieved the status of an international archive and research
center for twentieth-century music, reflecting the essential currents and devel
opments in that music, as well as the personality and work of its founder.
The original collection came into existence primarily through Paul Sacher's
activity as conductor and patron of contemporary music. Most of the other
collections comprise fairly comprehensive documentation of the creative produc
tion of individual composers. In addition to numerous deposits from institutions,
publishing houses, and private individuals, the Foundation possesses a series of
collections pertaining to important interpreters of new music as well as of other
personalities.
The composition and size of the collections vary widely. Some consist mainly
of manuscript scores; others contain sketches and rough drafts, text manuscripts,
correspondence, parts of personal libraries, and further documentation. The first
half of the twentieth century is represented in particular by Igor Stravinsky's
musical estate and by the Anton Webern Archive, compiled by Hans Molden
hauer. Since their acquisitions, these collections have been supplemented by
further important documents and form two pillars of the archival holdings. Besides
the acquisition of further legacies, the Paul Sacher Foundation has striven in
creasingly to collaborate with contemporary composers.
Over the years, geographic and historical focal points have developed in the
Foundation's holdings. Swiss composers, some of whom have close ties to Paul
Sacher, are represented in abundance. Also prominent are composers associated
with avant-garde movements after 1950.
In addition to the holdings of specific collections, other important elements
of the archives are a library, an audio library, and a video library. While literature
on music of the twentieth century is acquired as comprehensively as possible,
the Foundation's guidelines also provide for acquisition of materials in related
fields: theatre, dance, film, literature, and fine arts. The collections of newspaper
articles and out-of-printor rare titles are another valuable resource of the library.
The growing audio library also contains numerous historic and deleted recordings.

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THE PAUL SACHER FOUNDATION 21

Access to the Foundation's holdings is via electronic data processing, and

various external library systems and data banks are also accessible. Literature
that is not available at the Foundation can be ordered through interlibrary loan.
The library, audio library, and video library can only be used on the premises.
While access to a large part of the library and to the audio library is open, the other
parts of the library's holdings are in closed stacks. The manuscripts and composer
collections can be consulted only on microfilm. Recordings from the composer
collections are accessible on compact disc.
The principal objective of the Paul Sacher Foundation, besides optimization of
its archives of source materials, is musicological research on its holdings. The
Foundation strives to promote such research as flexibly and diversely as its means
allow. With its publications, the Foundation addresses both the musicological
community and the musicologically and culturally interested public at large. The
spectrum of publications appearing under the Foundation's aegis ranges from
inventories of individual collections and critically annotated source editions to
musicological studies and exhibition catalogues. In addition, the publication Mit
teilungen der Paul Sacher Stiftung appears annually.

Collections held by the Paul Sacher Foundation:

Paul Sacher (*1906) Gyrgy Kurtg (*1926)

Conrad Beck (1901-1989) Helmut Lachenmann (*1935)
Erik Bergman (*1911) Ren Leibowitz (1913-1972)
Luciano Berio (*1925) Rolf Liebermann (*1910)
Jean Binet (1893-1960) Gyrgy Ligeti (*1923)
Harrison Birtwistle (*1934) Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
Pierre Boulez (*1925) Bruno Maderna (1920-1973)
Fritz Brun (1878-1959) Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) Marcel Mihalovici (1898-1985)
Elliott Carter (*1908) Norbert Moret (*1921)
Nicolaij Cerepnin (1873-1945) Conlon Nantarrow (*1912)
Antal Dorti (1906-1988) Goffredo Petrassi (*1904)
Henri Dutilleux (*1916) Henri Pousseur (*1929)
Brian Ferneyhough (*1943) Aribert Reimann (*1936)
Walther Geiser (1897-1993) Wolfgang Rihm (*1952)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) George Rochberg (*1918)
Sofia Gubaidulina (*1931) Dieter Schnebel (*1930)
Cristobal Halffter (*1930) Kaikhosru Shapuiji Sorabji (1892-1988)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
(1919-1994) Robert Suter (*1919)
Hans Werner Henze (*1926) Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977)
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) Galina Ustvol'skaja (*1919)
Klaus Huber (*1924) Sndor Veress (1907-1992)
Mauricio Kagel (*1931) Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Rudolf Kelterborn (*1931) Stefan Wlpe (1902-1972)

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Ernest Bour (*1913)

Heinrich Jalowetz (1882-1946)
Siegfried Oehlgiesser (1908-1993)
Antoinette Vischer (1909-1973)
Margrit Weber (*1924)
Ernst Diez (1878-1961)
Hildegard Jone (1891-1963)
Werner Kaegi (1901-1979)
Ina Lohr (1903-1984)

Normalschrift:

Private Collection I
Peter Gradenwitz (*1910)
Karlheinz Stockhausen (*1928)

Paul Sacher Foundation

Auf Burg
Mnsterplatz 4
CH-4051 Basel
Switzerland

Telephone: +41-61-269 66 44
Fax: +41-61-261 9183
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00-12:00, 13:00-16:45

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