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Finding aid created by: Erin Carter
Date: 2014
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Creator: | Schlieder, Frederick William, 1873-1953. |
Title: | Frederick W. Schlieder Papers |
Dates: | 1891-1954 |
Size: | 5 boxes (4.5 linear feet) |
Abstract: | The Frederick W. Schlieder Papers contain materials related to his time as a student at Syracuse University. They also include materials from his career as a professional organist and music educator. |
Language: | English |
Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Frederick W. Schlieder was born in Foreston, Illinois on January 22, 1873. He received his bachelor's degree in music from Syracuse University in 1895 as a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Schlieder continued on to get both his master's degree (1911) and doctorate (1936) from the University. He specialized in the psychology of music and taught classes on musical theory and improvisation. An accomplished organist, he was a fellow of the American Guild of Organists and president of the National Association of Organists. In 1927, Schlieder published his book Lyric Composition through Improvisation which, along with his other instructional publications, "[aimed] to balance the emotional and intellectual appeal of music." Schlieder spent thirteen years as organist and director of music for the Collegiate Church of Saint Nicholas in New York City. He was also head of the Department of Musical Science and Composition at the Philadelphia Conservatory and the Composition Department of the School of Sacred Music at the Union Theological Seminary. As an educator, he traveled often, particularly to Paris, to teach his progressive method. In the little time he spent away from music, he and his wife Mabel were active members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a group dedicated to the study of the occult and paranormal.
Schlieder died in New York City on January 13, 1953.
The Frederick W. Schlieder Papers contain materials related to his life as a student at Syracuse University, his career as an organist and composer, and his time as a music educator. The Schlieder Papers are divided into three series:
The Personal Life series contains correspondence, particularly between Schlieder and his wife Mabel, photographs, personal items, and materials relating to his time as a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
The Professional Life series includes business correspondence, lessons and lectures he gave, handwritten musical compositions, and a number of his published works, along with some of their original manuscripts.
The Student Life series contains Schlieder's coursework from his time at the University as well as his notes from various classes.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
More information on Frederick W. Schlieder can be found in the portrait and clippings files in the Syracuse University Archives.
Names
Schlieder, Frederick William, 1873-1953.
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Syracuse University -- Alumni and alumnae.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Composers -- 20th century.
Composition (music)
Music.
Organ music -- 20th century.
Organ music.
Composers.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Scores.
Sheet music.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Frederick W. Schlieder Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The Frederick W. Schlieder Papers were donated to the Syracuse University Archives by the Lorene McClintock Foundation in 2009.
Processing Information
The Frederick W. Schlieder Papers were rehoused in archival materials.
The items are arranged by series and in alphabetical order.
Personal Life
Professional Life
Student Life
Personal Life | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Biographical Information (by Schlieder) undated | ||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||
Box 1 | School English 1894 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | To Frederick W. Schlieder undated | ||||||||||
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Condolences and Matters After Death 1953-1954 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1936-1952 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Schlieder, Mabel 1924-1936 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Schlieder, Mabel 1936-1953 | ||||||||||
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn | |||||||||||
Box 1 | The Azoth Lecture undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Drawings and Charts 1893-1941 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Examinations 1925 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | The Holy Qabalah - Lectures undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | "The Nature of the Moon's Nodes" by John Jocelyn undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Notes undated (3 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 1 | "The Official Side-Lecture on Geomancy" undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Printed Materials undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Spherical Basis of Astrology: Table of Houses for Latitudes 22° to 56° by Joseph G. Dalton 1927 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Le Symbolisme et Les Sociétés Secrètes by Carlo Loontiens 1920 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Talk on the Three Trinities of Man undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Tassin Talks 1930 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Photographs undated |
Professional Life | |||||||||||
Box 5 | Clippings undated | ||||||||||
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1936-1952 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Swarm, Paul 1947-1952 | ||||||||||
Lessons/Lectures | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Chord Building undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Creative Harmony Series, Lessons I - XI undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Development of the Art-Sense 1930 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Discords undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | The Elements of Creative Musicianship 1947 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Entry and Release of Voices undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Harmonic Science undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | The Hidden Meaning of Music undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Improvisation undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Inharmonic Values and Tones undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Intervals undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lecture at the Soroptomist Club, Berkeley, CA 1935 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lecture Outlines undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lyric undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Minor Key undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous Teaching Materials undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Music and Architecture undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Rondo Form undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Scale undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Science of Tonal Movement and Construction undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Sheet Music undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Ternary and Rondo Forms undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Unidentified Lessons undated | ||||||||||
Musical Compositions | |||||||||||
Box 5 | Absence undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Alone in the Desert of Silence 1929 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Andante Religioso undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Ariel: A Set of Variations on an Original Theme 1920 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Autumn Leaves 1904 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Ay, or No? undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Bow Down Thine Ear undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | La Chanson Du Vent undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Child Divine undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Church is Keeping Easter Day 1917 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Cleanse Me, Lord undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Fugue Form undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | I Waited Till the Twilight undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Ici Bas undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | In Heavenly Love Abiding undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Love Secure undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Lullaby undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Modulation undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Night No. II undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | O That I May Grow 1903 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Off to France 1917 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Outlaw's Song undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Pourquoi Dire Non 1911 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Une Priere undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Quietus 1906 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Reason Why undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Reconciliation undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Response No. I undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Sacred Songs - O Lord, Have Mercy undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Songs to Be Completed undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Spring Ensemble 1933 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | The Stars in Chorus Holy 1917 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Tear Drops 1898 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | To a Grecian Princess 1943 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | To Paul Swarm undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | To Thee, Dear Saviour 1906 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Various Compositions and Notes undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Various Compositions and Notes undated (oversize) | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Violin and Piano or Organ 1898 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Way of Penitence 1910 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Weep Eyes, Break Heart 1899 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | What Say Bright Leaves of Day undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | When My Love Was Warm undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | The Winds of Fate undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Wistfully I Wander undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | The World Itself Keeps Easter Day Carol undated | ||||||||||
Publications | |||||||||||
Box 2 | "Book 2" Manuscript undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Creative Music Education 1931 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Divine Nature of Musice: Its Message to Mankind Manuscript undated (2 copies) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Fundamentals of Music 1933 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | "The Hidden Meaning of Music," Pacific Coast Musician 1942 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Improvisation - Book 3 Manuscript undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Improvisation at the Organ - Book 1 1949 (2 copies) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Improvisation for Organists - Book 2 Manuscript undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Lyric Composition Through Improvisation - Second Year 1946 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Lyric Composition Through Improvisation - Second Year Manuscript 1946 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Modulation: Graded Studies and Practice in Modulation Manuscript undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Notes/Drafts undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | "Rhythm," The Music Box 1924 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Various Printed Materials undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Resume Materials undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Reviews and Other Press 1917-1953 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Student Work 1933-1939 |
Student Life | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Course Work between 1891 and 1936 | ||||||||||
Notes | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Harmonic Subjects between 1891 and 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Lecture Notes I - V between 1891 and 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Modulation between 1891 and 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Philosophy of Religion - Mabel Schlieder 1944-1945 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Science, Art, and Religion between 1891 and 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Unidentified Notes between 1891 and 1936 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Unidentified Notes between 1891 and 1936 (4 folders) |