Acknowledgements
I wish to express our sincerest gratitude to Niki Russell from the Special Collections Department of the library at the University of Glasgow for providing us with copies of Lachmannâs correspondence, along with her permission to publish them. Other staff members from the same department were most helpful in seeking out additional background information. Dr. Robert Giel (from the Preussischer Kulturbesitz Handschriftenabteilung, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) was most accommodating in preparing what he considered to be important documents from the libraryâs Lachmann file, to which he added his consent on behalf of the library to include whatever we deemed pertinent.
Substantial portions of my manuscript were read by my long-time colleagues Mary Frances Dunham and Prof. Josef Pacholczyk (Emeritus, Univ. of Maryland at College Park), each of whom contributed their expert judgement and critical comments. Iâm most grateful to Prof. George Sawa, a prominent Arabist and independent scholar from Toronto, for clarifying matters concerning the Arabic texts. He also provided the corresponding fonts for the Arabic characters in Lachmannâs letters.
Among the many specialists who answered my queries or provided pertinent documents from their respective institutions, I wish to express our thanks to: Simon Bailey (Keeper of the Archives, Bodleian Library, Oxford); Dr. Colin F. Baker (Head, Middle Eastern and Central Asian Collections, The British Library, London); Dr. Chaja Beck de Jong (Conservator Muziekarchieven, Netherlands Muziek Instituut, Den Haag); Dr. Laura Beck (Distinguished Prof. of Psychology, Illinois State Univ. at Normal); Sarah Canino (Reference Librarian, Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, NY); Wilma Buchinger (Abteilung Informationservices, Ãsterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna); Prof. Austin Clarkson (York Univ., Toronto); Dr. Karijn Dillmann (Medewerker muziekbibliotheek, Netherlands Muziek Instituut, Den Haag); Rabbi Dr. Herbert Dobrinsky (Vice President for University Affairs, Yeshiva Univ., NY); Zvi Erenyi (Reference librarian, Mendel Gottesman Library, Yeshiva Univ., NY); Margarete Eschbach (Informationsdienste, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek, Köln, Germany); Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta (Vicedirector Tesorero, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid); Dr. Gila Flam (Director, National Sound Archives, NLI); Angie Goodgame (Bodleian Documents Delivery Services, Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford); Dr. Colin Harris (Bodleian Library, Oxford); Rob Hudson (Manager of Archives, Carnegie Hall, NY); Antje Kalcher (Archvist, Univ. der Künste, Berlin); Margit Kenzian (Hauptbibliothek, Univ. of Zürich); Dr. Ricarda Kopal (Curator of the Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin); Daniel Lipson (Reference Dept., NLI); Prof. Barak Medina (Rector, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem); Nancy H. Nitzberg (Director of Library Services, Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA); Karen Olsen (Arts Administrative Group, Univ. of California at Davis); Renee J. Ortez (Academic Personnel Analyst, Univ. of California at Davis); Kitty van Oosterhout (Dept. for User Services, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands); Dr. Aleksandra Pawliczek (Leiterin des Archivs der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin); Rosemary Peters (The Association of Jewish Refugees, Winston House, Finchley, London); Zmira Reuveni (Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Service, NLI); Prof. Monique Scheer (Vice President of International Affairs, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany); Aleanna Sonnylal (Senior Office Assistant, The New School for Social Research, NY); Danielle Spittle (Library Asst., Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh Univ. Library); Prof. Andrea L. Stanton (Chair, Dept. of Religious Studies, Univ. of Denver); Dr. Salim Tamari (Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, Lebanon); Richard Temple (Archivist, Senate House Library, Univ. of London); Ofer Tzemac (Archivist, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem); Joop Verkamman (Reading Room Asst., Rotterdam City Archives, Netherlands); Tina Weiss (Senior Associate Librarian, Hebrew Union College, NY); Veronique Wese (Kranten & Hedendaagse Media, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels); and Dr. Heidy Zimmermann (Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland).
Prof. Ruth F. Davis (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Univ.) imparted her usual invaluable advice and assistance. Prof. Sir Peter Lachmann (Cambridge Univ., UK), Robert Lachmannâs surviving nephew, pledged his unyielding support for our project.
Our thanks are due to the following copyright holders: Yael Klein (Rights Manager, The Hebrew Univ. Magnes Press), for permission to quote and paraphrase material from Ruth Katzâs The Lachmann problemâ¦; Stephen Wordsworth (Executive Director, The Council for At-Risk Academics, London), for granting permission to reproduce material received from the Council; James Zychowicz (Permissions Manager, A-R. Editions, Inc., Middleton, WI) for allowing me to quote material from Ruth F. Davisâ 2013 edition of Robert Lachmannâs âOriental musicâ broadcasts, 1936-37.
For the help and encouragement we received from E.J. Brillâs Kathy van Vliet, Teddi Dols, and Pieter te Velde, we are most grateful.
Finally, to my loving and patient wife Marcia, after having just completed our sixtieth wedding anniversary, I continue to express my everlasting gratitude for her continued encouragement and support for patiently enduring the completion of this and former projects.