The Oskar Hagen collection contains primarily original manuscript scores and arrangements
of other composers' works. Hagen's compositions include Die Kleine Meerfrau, Erkenntnis,
Gebet, Gewisskeit, Goethe's Sonnensesang, Concerto grosso, Choral rhapsody (Die Sonne),
Theme and Canon à 4, and Wisconsin summer. There is also a musical study of Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas. Arrangements by Hagen include works by Bach, Chemin-Petit, Haydn, Martinu,
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Vivaldi and Wagner. The collection includes manuscript scores of
Hagen's adaptations of Handel's operas Serse (1924), Rodelinde (1920, 1923) and Julius
Caesar (1922) used by performers in the Göttingen Händel Festspiele. The folder for Serse
includes two copies (of 31 printed) of Hagen's piano-vocal score, one of which is dedicated
to "Governor, and Mrs Phil. La Follette." Sound recordings consist of performances of some
of Hagen's works (Suite for quartette, Carducciana, Concerto grosso and Violin sonata (?)).
The recordings were dubbed from discs held at Mills Music Library and the Rare Books Dept.
Finally, the collection contains obituaries from various newspapers and other tributes to
Hagen upon his death, and a photograph of Oskar and his daughter Uta Hagen.
