Siegmund Hess Collection circa 1860-1938

This collection contains a variety of items from the career of composor and director Siegmund Hess (1838-1912) of Mühlingen, Germany. The earliest item in the collection appears to be a schedule with classes from his musical education; followed by a composition entitled "Deutschland 1870," a calling card, personal letters pertaining to concerts, programs from concerts, and newspaper clippings including Hess's obituary.Included in the collection but with uncertain correlation is a hand copied birth certificate from 1938 for Bertha Wiesenthal, born 1850 in Dessau.Siegmund Hess was born in 1838 in Mühlingen, the son of a musical family. In 1885 he moved to Gardelegen, Saxony, where he remained until his death in 1912. He held the honorary title of Königlich Musikmeister (Royal Music Master). Siegmund’s son, Richard Hess (b. 1873) became director of the Hess music school in 1910, until he was forced to resign in 1935.Processed for digitizatio