Includes a program announcing a 1913 movie by Klaw and Erlanger titled "The Life and Works of the Immortal Composer Richard Wagner in Four Parts," an 1901 issue of the Wagner Society periodical, and an 1891 program for a Grand Wagner Memorial Programme at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and several others.
Other side of the card appears to replicate the title page of the edition of sheet music. The title is "Tristan und Isolde von Richard Wagner. Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Hans Von Bülow."
The Elizabeth Wright collection predominantly contains materials relating to Richard Wagner and family members. The materials cover a wide range, including memorabilia, such as a Wagner-themed card game and a ceramic plaque of Richard Wagner, an original note by Siegfried Wagner and facsimiles of letters by Wagner, original photographs of Wagner family members as well as facsimiles and prints of Richard Wagner and others, original advertisements and programs of Wagner's operas, a radio transcript and a typescript about Wagner's composition and staging, and a series of prints depicting scenes from Wagner's operas.
There are also several items not related to Wagner. These are a letter from W. Somerset Maugham, an autographed print of mezzo-soprano Mariana Paunova, and prints of other composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, and Richter.
The letter starts with a musical quote over the words "Rainulf und Adelasia" (a 1922 opera by Siegfried), and then reads: "In appreciation for the January 8, 1923 concert in Essen, and with heartfelt thanks for all of your demonstrated kindnesses, Siegfried Wagner" Translated by Prof. S. J. Reaven, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Includes 15 original photographs, most unmarked, one of Wolfgang Wagner and Mrs. Wolfgang Wagner, one of Wiehland Wagner, one of Mrs. Siegfried Wagner, Siegfried Wagner, Dr. K. Moch, and D. Thode. Facsimiles of photographs include ones of Richard Wagner, Siegfried Wagner, Wagner's father and mother, Franz Liszt, Carl Taussig, Emil Defrient, Ch. Reutlinger, Horace McKoon, Karl Jausig, Daniel Liszt, Cosmia Liszt, Wilhelm Beckmann, of the lid of the snuff box used by Richard Wagner, and some others.
