Abstract
The Toscanini Memorial Archives had its inception on May 13, 1936, when the New York Public Library announced plans to establish the Arturo Toscanini Collection of Musical Autographs. The purpose of establishing the collection of original musical manuscripts was to honor the great conductor at the time of his retirement as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and to make possible the housing in one location, open to public, scholar, and performer alike, photographic reproductions of musical works in the handwriting of the composers. Conductors, musicians, and musical scholars in this country have had considerable difficulty in gaining access to copies of originals and early musical manuscripts. New York, center for so much musical activity, was an appropriate locality at which all available musical archival material could be brought together. With the outbreak of World War II in Europe, many priceless musical manuscripts were destroyed, a number of private collections were scattered, and very little material could be obtained for the Toscanini Memorial Archives. The idea and purpose remained,
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