The Archives The Verne Vallier Archive Library is a unique collection of music and musical memorabilia stretching back to the purest of the Romantic Composers and Traditions. It has a pedigree of incomparable distinction and is one of the most important archives on music heritage from the Romantic to the present era in existance. The family are commemorated by a plaque erected on the house in Southampton, England, where their ancestors settled in the early 19th Century: 
The Collection contains, for example: Scores of Robert Schumann’s music containing the personal annotations of Clara Schumann; Robert Schumann’s conducting baton [see picture below]; letters from Clara Schumann; her writing case and gold book mark; many editions of music books dated from c. 1860; scores of music annotated by Ignace Jan Paderewski, the great Polish Pianist and Statesman; >> more |