Heineman Foundation Collection in Honor of Edward N. Waters Span: 1495-[19--] English, French, German, Italian collection 37 ft. The Heineman Foundation Collection in honor of former Music Division Chief Edward N. Waters includes manuscript and imprint scores, rare books, and correspondence dating from the late fifteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Containing over 200 items acquired between 1960 and 1992 through donations by the Heineman Foundation, the collection's treasures include Tinctoris' Terminorum musicae diffinitorium (1495), a copy of the first printed libretto of Handel's Messiah, and music by Hasse, Cimarosa, Liszt, Brahms, and Webern. All items are catalogued under the general call number ML31.H43 Case. Over 200 manuscript and print scores, numerous letters, and rare volumes Heineman Foundation Collection in Honor of Edward N. Waters, Music Division, Library of Congress Heineman Foundation Manuscripts, rare books and correspondence of composers spanning the period from 1495 to the mid-20th century. 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. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Wind Band Music Chamber Music Choral Music Dance Piano Music Violin Music Songs Opera Orchestral Music Sacred Music Heineman, Dannie N. Waters, Edward N. Albert, Eugen d’ Bliss, Sir Arthur Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario Chopin, Frédéric Cimarosa, Domenico Czerny, Carl Debussy, Claude Gounod, Charles Herbert, Victor Liszt, Franz Malipiero, Gian Francesco Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Offenbach, Jacques Prokofiev, Sergey Rameau, Jean Philippe Schumann, Robert Smetana, Bedrich Stravinsky, Igor Thomas, Ambroise Tchaikovsky, Peter Weber, Carl Maria von Ysaÿe, Eugène Heineman Foundation for Research, Educational, Charitable, and Scientific Purposes Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress IHAS 120821 loc.natlib.scdb.200033797