Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4454
JAN PHILIP SCHINHAN PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Jan Philip Schinhan, composer, conductor,
musician, and musicologist, was born in Vienna,
Austria, in 1887. He was head of the organ department
at the San Francisco Conservatory in the 1920s and
early 1930s, and a member of the faculty of the Music
Dept., University of North Carolina, 1935-1958.
Musical compositions, biographical materials,
correspondence, lyric materials, music workbooks, and
other items documenting Schinhan's life. Materials
include more than 100 songs written or arranged by
Schinhan; words and melodies of folk songs collected
by Schinhan and used by him in editing volumes of "The
Frank C. Brown Collection of N.C. Folklore" (1957,
1962); and material relating to composer John Carl
Uibellein (Carl Stein), Schinhan's maternal grandfather.
Of the songs written by Schinhan, some have English lyrics
and some have German lyrics. Included in the collection
is "Songs of Jan Philip Schinhan," performed in 1999 by Grace
Johnson, soprano, and Andrew Mock, piano, recorded by
Stan Gilliam.
Online Catalog Terms:
Composers--United States--History--20th century.
Folk-songs--North Carolina.
Duke University. Library. Frank C. Brown collection of North
Carolina folklore.
Musicians--North Carolina--History--20th century.
North Carolina--Songs and music.
Schinhan, Jan Philip, 1887-1975.
Stein, Carl.
Johnson, Grace.
Mock, Andrew.
Size: About 1,350 items (2.5 linear feet).
Dates: 1897-1970, 1999.
Provenance: Received from Philip C. Schinhan of Chapel Hill,
N.C., in July 1986. Volumes 17-28 were received
from the Music Library in April 1967. CD received from
Stan Gilliam of Oak Ridge, N.C., in February 2000
(Acc. 98572).
Access: No restrictions.
Items Separated: CD-4454/1; FT 1226 (Southern Folklife Collection).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Biographical Note
Series Descriptions
Series 1. Music
Series 2. Other Papers
Series 3. Volumes
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Jan Philip Schinhan
1887 Born in Vienna, Austria
1913 Came to the United States as an opera conductor
and remained to become head of the organ
department at the San Francisco Conservatory where
he taught for nine years. He was also organ
soloist with the San Francisco Symphony.
1933-1934 Returned to Vienna, studied for a year, and
received his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna.
1935 Joined the University of North Carolina music
faculty and taught organ, piano, composition, and
graduate courses in folk music until his
retirement in 1958.
1958 Retired as a full professor from UNC.
1975 Died March 26th in North Carolina Memorial
Hospital following a long period of declining
health.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Music
1897, 1908-1962, 1999, and undated. About 1270 items.
Subseries 1.1. JPS's Music
1908-1962, 1999, and undated. About 1200 items.
Arrangement: by language, then alphabetically by title.
Drafts, working copies, and printed copies of music arranged
or written by Jan Philip Schinhan. Works with English lyrics,
arranged alphabetically, appear first; they are followed by
musical pieces with lyrics written in German.
English Lyrics
Folder 1. A Brittany Love Song, 1930
2. The Callers, 1929
3. Christ Our Savior Was Born Today
4. Fantasy for Orchestra
5. First Gravediggers Song (Hamlet), 1962
6. The Garden, 1929
7. Garden Hymn
8. Grace Sufficient, 1962
9. Harvest Song
10. He That Dwelleth in the Secret Place, 1930s
11. Home Means You, 1919
12. How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings
13. I Never Saw A Night So Black
14. In Harbor, 1917
15. In the Early Morning When the Birds Are Calling
16. Let Us Break Bread
17. Little David Play on Your Harp
18. The Look, 1936
19. The Lord's Prayer
20. Love's Fare, 1938
21. Mother, 1914
22. Once the House Was Lovely
23. One Shining Summer, 1939
24. Organ Interludes, 1957
25. Passacaglia, 1956
26. Peace I Leave With You
27. Rain
28. Remember Thy Creator
29. Repayment, 1918
30. The Road Below Me
31. The Road to Heaven, 1916
32. Saw A Crow A'Flyin Low
33. Shepherd Show Me How to Go, 1937
34. The Snow Lay on the Ground
35. A Song
36. Song of the Soul, 1936
37. Tim-Buc-Too
38. To Critics, 1938
39. To the Unknown, 1920
40. Tuulan Tei
41. The Vagabond, 1931
42. We Thank Thee and Bless Thee
43. When the Young Are Grown
44. Whither Shall I Go From Thy Spirit, 1930
45. Wings of Thought, 1931
46. You Needs Oil in Your Lamp, 1955
47. Folksongs
48. Instrumentals
49. Miscellaneous Parts
50. Socrates Production, Songs for
51. Songs published by Camille Pub. Co.
52. UNC Productions
German Lyrics
53. Abend, 1911
54. Adagio, 1909
55. Am Isolde From Isolde Weisshand, 1908
56. An, 1913
57. An Luise, 1909
58. Das Alte Lied, 1908
59. Bist Du Bei Meir
60. Dann will ich heimlich Beten, 1909
61. Du weisst es, 1914
62. Einsame Insel
63. Elizabeth, 1909
64. Entbietung, 1909
65. Es Wer Einmal Eine Gabel
66. Feldeinsankeit, 1908
67. Frauenhaar, 1908
68. Fruher Winter, 1934
69. Frulingstag, 1910
70. Gluckes genug, 1909
71. Goldne Mimosen, 1939
72. Der Goldregen, 1909
73. Der Goldschmied
74. Halte Still, ca. 1914
75. Hinter den Scheifen, 1908
76. Lenz, 1908
77. Lockeliedchen, 1928
78. Meine Gabe, 1911
79. Meine Sehende Seele
80. Miner Mutter, 1909
81. Nachtliches Spiel, 1910
82. Nelken, 1908
83. Pendel, 1915
84. Scherzliedchen
85. Schichsal, 1908
86. Schliesse Mir De Angen Beide, 1910
87. Schmerzlicher Ruf, 1914
88. Schon Kriecht die Dammerung Leise, 1914
89. So Einsam War's, 1908
90. Sonnwendnacht, 1937
91. Suse Lieder
92. Ein Traum, 1909
93. Und sich es offnet sich das Tor..., 1916
94. Wahn is Alles, 1909
95. Wanderlied, 1908
96. Wilde Fahrt, 1909
97. Werbung
98. Zigeunermadel, 1909
99. Miscellaneous Parts, German
100. Miscellaneous Schinhan songs
101. Miscellaneous songs, English and German
102-104. Untitled Compositions
105-109. Unidentified Fragments
110. CD-4454/1. Songs of Jan Philip Schinhan. Grace
Johnson, soprano, and Andrew Mock, piano.
Compact disc, recorded by Stan Gilliam at St.
Mary's Episcopal Church, High Point, N.C., on 24
January, 23 April, and 30 April 1999. Includes
insert with biographical information, notes about
songs, and texts of songs.
Subseries 1.2. Music Collected by JPS
Ca. 1897; 1956; 1961; undated. About 70 items.
Chiefly musical works collected by Schinhan. These materials
reflect his interest in folk music, sacred music, and his great
interest in Joseph Carl Uibellein, his maternal grandfather.
Folder 111-114. Joseph Carl Uibellein's music and other
material, ca. 1874
115-118. Folk music
119. Sacred music (from North Carolina Symphony),
1961
120. Miscellaneous
FT 1226 Open-reel tape featuring French folk songs
with English introductions, collected from
Yves Laulen, Bordeaux, France. Recorded in
Schinlan's studio, 13 July 1956.
Series 2. Other Papers
Ca. 1923-1970 and undated. About 40 items.
Arrangement: by type.
Letters, a speech, biographical material, lyric material,
music, a photograph, and other material relating to Schinhan.
Correspondence relates chiefly to Schinhan's music; however,
there is one personal letter to Schinhan from his brother
(written in German), 1897. Musical items consist chiefly of
autograph presentation copies of music to Schinhan from various
composers. Music compositions are also included in the folder
entitled Bohemian Club. Schinhan was a member of this San
Francisco club and apparently wrote a few musical compositions
for its 1923 meeting.
The miscellaneous material includes a photographed copy of a
charcoal sketch of Schinhan, ca. 1960s, an evaluation of JPS's
dissertation, and an award certificate for the North Carolina
Folklore Society's Brown-Hudson Folklore Award, 1970.
Folder 121. Addresses: folk music
122. Biographical information
123. Bohemian Club, 1923
124. Correspondence, 1897, 1963, 1966-1968,
1970-1971
125. Lyric materials
126. Songs: presentation copies to JPS
127. Miscellaneous, 1937, ca. 1960s, 1970
Series 3. Volumes
1937 and undated. 28 items.
Volumes 1-15. Notebooks and work books in which JPS sketched
his music, undated.
16. Schinhan's dissertation, Die Musik der Papago
und Yurok, 373pp., 1937.
17-28. Notebooks that were apparently working
materials JPS used with his editing of Volume
IV, Music of the Ballads (1957) and V, Music
of the Folk Songs (1962) of The Frank C. Brown
Collection of North Carolina Folklore, in 7
volumes (Durham: Duke University Press). The
notebooks contain miscellaneous melodies of
ballads and folk songs.