ANN ARBOR—Visitors to the University of Michigan’s Special Collections Library can mark notable anniversaries in the lives of four great classical composers with “Glimpses into the Worlds of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.”

This exhibition of autographs, first and early printed editions and elegant title pages from the works of these extraordinary musicians commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Schubert, the 150th anniversary of the deaths of Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and the 100th anniversary of the death of Johannes Brahms. Included in the exhibition is Mendelssohn’s “Songs Without Words” dedicated to Clara Schumann, wife of composer Robert Schumann, an original photograph of Brahms in his mid-20s, various music cores, an autographed manuscript by Mendelssohn and Brahms’ Piano Sonata Op. 2 first published in 1854.

The exhibit, curated by Prof. Ellwood Derr and Mark Katz, both of the U-M School of Music, is located on the seventh floor of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, and is open to the public. There is no admission charge. The exhibit is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon. The exhibit is closed Sundays and will continue through September 20.

More information: 

• Prof. Ellwood Derr