Anthony van Hoboken (1887–1983). Dutch collector and bibliographer. His private collection, amassed from 1919 onward, includes first and early editions of music from the Baroque to the late Romantic—notably over 1,000 items of Haydn—and early theory and literature (Otto Erich Deutsch was the librarian of the collection 1926–35; catalogue, ed. G. Brosche, Tutzing, 1982–98). This collection was transferred to the Austrian National Library in 1974. Hoboken’s principal publication was Joseph Haydn: thematisch-bibliographisches Wekverzeichnis (Mainz, 1957–78). Originally trained as an engineer, Hoboken studied music in Holland, then in Frankfurt, before moving to Vienna, where he became a pupil of Schenker’s, beginning lessons on October 15, 1925 twice a week (initially Thursdays and Saturdays) and continuing through at least to June 29, 1932 (when the Lesson Books OC 3 cease). The exhaustive preparatory work that Schenker did for all of his publications in many cases entailed acquiring photographic copies of the autographs of works to be studied. It was thus at Schenker’s instigation that, in November 1927, Hoboken announced the founding of an archive of photographic negatives and photostatic prints (at original size) of autographs of works by the masters, at the same time putting out an appeal (Aufruf) to librarians, private collectors, and dealers to make manuscripts in their possession available for photography. The collection was named the Photogrammarchiv musikalischer Meister-Handschriften, and was held in the Music Department of the Austrian National Library. Additionally, in the latter part of Schenker’s life, Hoboken—a wealthy man—became Schenker’s principal patron, on a par with Baron Alphons Rothschild in the earlier part of his life. He subvented [paid all?] the printing costs of Das Meisterwerk in der Musik, volume II (1926), and paid those of Der freie Satz (1935). [Do we have the amounts?] Hoboken was involved in other plans, such as a monthly periodical devoted to Schenker’s theory, in late 1927, and books in honor of Schenker, none of which came to fruition. Hoboken gave the eulogy at Schenker’s funeral and published tributes to him (OC 2/pp.90/91). Schenker himself paid tribute to Hoboken at the end of the Foreword to the first edition of Der freie Satz: "For the fact that so exalted a work should find its way into the world at all in this godless time, the author, and the whole musically-interested world, thanks the generous act of patronage of an inspired musician, a true and faithful adherent and friend of the new teaching. His name, Anthony van Hoboken, is for all time inseparably associated with this work, and the amateur for whom C. P. E. Bach wrote his Versuch in times past celebrates his resurrection." The correspondence between Hoboken and Schenker is preserved as OJ 11/54 and OC 14/1 (H to S only); that between Hoboken and Oswald Jonas OJ 36/31 (J to H) and OJ 36/152 (H to J) and OJ 53/21. Hoboken is referred to frequently in other correspondences, including the following: vC 2, September 13, 1925 (Schenker to Cube) vC 10, June 1, 1927 (Schenker to Cube: visit to Galtür) vC 11, September 7, 1927 (Schenker to Cube: Archiv appeal; prospectus) vC 12, November 9, 1927 (Schenker to Cube: Archiv, appeal) OJ 4/1, p.3153, December 16, 1927 (diary entry: periodical) OJ 9/34, [10], January 30, 1928 (Cube to Schenker: Archiv appeal) OJ 12/6, [1], February 1, 1928 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, [G], February 14, 1928 (Schenker to Jonas: Archiv) OJ 9/34, [11], April 24, 1928 (Cube to Schenker) vC17, July 13, 1928 (Schenker to Cube) vC 21, November 20, 1928 (Schenker to Cube) OJ 9/34, [16], March 26, 1929 (Cube to Schenker) vC 34, December 5, 1930 (Schenker to Cube) OJ 9/34, [23], February 10, 1931 (Cube to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 4, March 16, 1931 (Schenker to Jonas) vC 35, March 28, 1931 (Schenker to Cube; Hoboken's character) OJ 12/6, [10], March 3, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 12/6, [11], March 24, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 70/11, [2], undated (April 1931) (Cube to Violin) OJ 12/6, [13], July 14, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker: Urlinie-Tafeln) OJ 5/18, 11, July 18, 1932 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 13, September 7, 1932 (Schenker to Jonas: Freier Satz) OJ 5/18, 14, September 23, 1932 (Schenker to Jonas: Einführung) OJ 5/18, 15, September 24, 1932 (Schenker to Jonas: Einführung) OJ 12/6, [38], September 25, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker: Einführung) OJ 12/6, [16], October 1, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker) OC 44/22, November 10, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker: Einführung) OJ 12/6, [17], November 27, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker: Einführung) OJ 5/18, 17, Nov/Dec 1932 (Schenker to Jonas: Einführung) OJ 12/6, [18], December 15, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 22, January 26, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [19], January 28, 1933 (Jonas to Schenker: Einführung) OJ 5/18, 23, February 7, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 24, March 22, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [23], September 12, 1933 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 28, October 5, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 29, October 7, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [46], October 31, [1933] (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 30, November 6, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [25], December 3, 1933 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 12/6, [26], December 10, 1933 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 32, December 13, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [27], December 18, 1933 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 33, December 21, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 35, January 9, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [28], January 19, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 12/6, [30], March 16, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 40, April 11, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [31], April 15, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 41, April 23, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [32], June 11, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 43, June 24, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [33], June 29, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 12/6, [34], July 19, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 48, July 29, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 49, August 2, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 12/6, [36], August 6, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 50, August 7, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 51, August 18, [1934] (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 10/18, [9], August 23, 1934 (Elias to Schenker) OJ 12/6, [37], August 23, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 52, August 28, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 55, September 13, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 59, October 16, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OJ 5/18, 60, October 25, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas) OC 44/9, October 27, 1934 (Jonas to Schenker) (Sources: Federhofer, Nach Tagebüchern; NGDM2, and documents on this website) |
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| Anthony van Hoboken (1887–1983). Dutch collector and bibliographer. His private collection, amassed from 1919 onward, includes first and early editions of music from the Baroque to the late Romantic—notably over 1,000 items of Haydn—and early theory and literature (Otto Erich... | |