Friedrich Chrysander's estate is being researched
The library of the Handel House Foundation in Halle is currently working on cataloging the estate of Handel scholar Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901).
Musicologist Jana Kühnrich, who studied at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, has been entrusted with this task since December 2012.
After Chrysander's correspondence had already been catalogued and published in book form by the Handel House in 2001, Kühnrich is now examining Chrysander's musical and scholarly manuscripts. The estate comprises around 1000 documents, from small notes to comprehensive handwritten scores.
As part of the project, a database is being created that will provide access to the contents of the estate. It will be available for interested parties to use in the library of the Handel House from October 2013. It may also be possible to access it via the Internet at a later date.
Website of the Handel House: www.haendelhaus.de
