Peter Lund, Jr. Collection Span: c1850-1950 Bulk: 1900-1950 German collection 3 ft. 7 boxes Peter J. Lund, Jr., became interested in the history of the zither through his grandfather who had taught the instrument in Germany in the late 1800s. As a youth in Ohio he studied the instrument and began acquiring music. While working for the U.S. government in the 1950s he went to Germany where he searched for zither players and music, often buying whole collections. He notes in his letter to the Library "While the zither has always been played in Europe as a house-instrument for folk-music, there was a time known as the Golden Age of Zither when there thrived a number of great virtuosos who composed serious works for zither and improved the state of the art .... a cross section of this type of music can be found with this collection." 17 zither instruction books (Darr, Enslein, Lerche Umlauf and others), zither albums (Maurer, Spindler, Gratzl, Lerche, and others), 20 printed music books, including albums of zither duets, music for zither (Umlauf, 24 works, Kollmaneck, 8 works, Stattler, Schiffel, Huber, 20 works, Enslein, 26, and Haustein, 23 works) and zither opera arias. Monograph of Die Zither by Viktor Nikl. Peter Lund, Jr. Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Lund, Peter, Jr. Music composed and arranged for the zither. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Zither Music Lund, Peter, Jr. Nikl, Viktor Enslein, Umlauf, Darr, Kollmaneck, Stattler, Huber, Haustein, Spindler, Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress IHAS 110201 loc.natlib.scdb.200033689