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Frances Rich Papers MS 129., 1914-1980

Title: Frances Rich Papers 1914-1980

Sculptor; Director, Smith College Public Relations; and Officer, United States Naval Reserve, World War II. Focuses primarily on her career as a sculptor, with a small amount of material on her work (as student and staff) at Smith College and in U.S. Navy. Material includes correspondence, biographical articles, research files, clippings, exhibit catalogs (sculptures of notable people), posters, scrapbooks, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes; 3 volumes, oversized materials; (1.5 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss109.html View

The Bruno Walter papers, ca. 1887-ca. 1966

Title: The Bruno Walter papers ca. 1887-ca. 1966

The Bruno Walter Papers represent the career of the conductor Bruno Walter. The collection contains correspondence (primarily from after his emigration to the United States in 1941) as well as photographs, some books and music, and memorabilia.

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http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20155 View

Gary Hickling Collection on Lotte Lehmann, 1926- 1995

Title: Gary Hickling Collection on Lotte Lehmann 1926- 1995

Includes correspondence and research notes related to Hickling's discography of Lehmann performances; documemts and articles; and various sound recordings.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft. (15 boxes)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0g5022vw View

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Autograph letters signed (6) and autograph postcard signed, dated : Carlsbad, Berlin, Milan, Torre del Lago, Viareggio, and Vienna, 1912-1923 [and n.d.], to Margit Vészi, 1912-1923 [and n.d.], including 1913 Mar. 23 and 1913 Apr. 5 and 1923 May 21.

Title: Autograph letters signed (6) and autograph postcard signed, dated : Carlsbad, Berlin, Milan, Torre del Lago, Viareggio, and Vienna, 1912-1923 [and n.d.], to Margit Vészi, 1912-1923 [and n.d.], including 1913 Mar. 23 and 1913 Apr. 5 and 1923 May 21.

Inviting her to [Strauss's] Rosenkavalier, saying how well she understands him and the strange nuances of his temperament, that she makes him feel like an infant cradled by his mother, describing his troubles with "la donna dell'ova" in Stuttgart, mentioning "La Rosa" as Mimì [in La bohème] and in Suor Angelica, [Gianni] Schicchi at the Opéra Comique, Manon [Lescaut], Turandot--"she is dragging herself toward the end ... but when will that be?"--, Salvatini, Hartmann, [Lotte] Lehmann, Jeritza, Toscanini, the Baroness Rosa Trigona, etc.

ArchivalResource: 7 items (16 p., with 2 envelopes and one integral address leaf) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270675224 View

Vernon Duke Collection, 1918-1968

Title: Vernon Duke Collection 1918-1968

The collection is in two series, Music and Non-music. The former includes his stage, vocal, and instrumental music, sketchbooks, lyric sheets, and music not by Duke, including the holograph of Signature for the High-low concerts by Aaron Copland. The latter consists of: correspondence with, among others, George Balanchine, Martin Charnin, Peter De Vries, Howard Dietz, Dean Dixon, Neshui Ertegun, Ira Gershwin, Bernard Hermann, George Ivask, Serge, Olga, and Natalie Koussevitzky, John Latouche, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee, Lotte Lehmann, Anthony Lindsay-Hogg, Jimmy McHugh, Johnny Mercer, Ogden Nash, Gabriel Paitchadze, Roland Petit, Serge Prokofiev, Ginger Rogers, Harold Rome, Ann Ronell, Nicolas Slonimsky, Leopold Stokowski, David Turet, William Walton, and Arthur Whitelaw, as well as ASCAP, American Guild of Authors & Composers, and the puplishers Broude Bros., Carl Fischer, Frank Music Corp., Little, Brown & Co., G. Ricordi, and attorneys Weissberger & Frosch; subject files of correspondence, clippings, and other material; photographs; programs; scrapbooks; and miscellaneous material.

ArchivalResource: circa 17,500 items; 145 boxes; 52 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu005004 View

Walter Slezak papers, 1905-1983

Title: Walter Slezak papers 1905-1983

The Walter Slezak Collection contains correspondence and ephemera (ih the form of photographs, clippings, a photo scrapbook and sheet music.).

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21248 View

Arrand Parsons (1918-2001) Papers, 1942-1988

Title: Arrand Parsons (1918-2001) Papers 1942-1988

The Arrand Parsons papers fill six and one-half boxes and span the period 1942-1988. They are arranged in two major categories: correspondence and teaching and professional files. Included as well are a few folders of biographical materials and one of publications.

ArchivalResource: 7.00

http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-686 View

Theatre Arts Monthly, collection of portraits, ca., ca., 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive).

Title: Theatre Arts Monthly collection of portraits, ca. ca. 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive).

Portrait and group portrait photographs of theatre-related people.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02021/catalog View

Bacon, Ernst. Papers, 1926-1990

Title: Bacon, Ernst. Papers, 1926-1990

Primarily incoming correspondence, with only 4 retained carbons of Bacon's outgoing letters including one to Charles Ives. There is a high concentration of letters from the 1930s-1940s.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft4d5nb18n View

[Correspondence relating to Toscanini's refusal on Feb. 16, 1938 to return to the Salzburg Festival, 1937-38

Title: [Correspondence relating to Toscanini's refusal on Feb. 16, 1938 to return to the Salzburg Festival 1937-38

ArchivalResource: 39 pieces in 3 folders

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/19903 View

Constance Hope collection on Lotte Lehmann, 1936-2009, (bulk 1936-1953)

Title: Constance Hope collection on Lotte Lehmann 1936-2009 (bulk 1936-1953)

Material related to Lotte Lehmann from the collection of Constance Hope (1908-1977) public relations specialist and artists' agent.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet; (1 document box, 1 flat box).

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt129034cr View

Gary Hickling collection on Lotte Lehmann, 1930-2008

Title: Gary Hickling collection on Lotte Lehmann 1930-2008

Materials by and related to Lotte Lehmann, collected by Gary Hickling (1941-), Lotte Lehmann discographer, radio host, bassist and founder and past president of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation and Lotte Lehmann League.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet; (10 document boxes, 5 flat boxes).

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2d5nf19v View

Howard D. Rothschild collection on, Ballets Russes, of Serge Diaghilev: Photographs and scrapbooks, 1909-1975.

Title: Howard D. Rothschild collection on of Serge Diaghilev: Photographs and scrapbooks, Ballets Russes 1909-1975.

Photographs and scrapbooks related to Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, collected by Howard D. Rothschild.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes and 3 portfolio drawers (12 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02116/catalog View

The Harold Barnes collection, ca. 1940-ca. 1970

Title: The Harold Barnes collection ca. 1940-ca. 1970

Harold Barnes was a record collector. Walter Schmucker was a collector.

ArchivalResource: 0.94 cubic feet (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20246 View

Leo Reisman collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1932-1948

Title: Leo Reisman collection of sound recordings [sound recording] 1932-1948

The Leo Reisman collection contains primarily private acetate disc recordings of Reisman's radio performances of the 1930's, as well as Reisman's personal collection of commercial 78 rpm discs. Included among the noncommercial recordings are extensive holdings of his Philip Morris Show and Schaefer's nine o'clock revue appearances. Less complete holdings for Lucky Strike's your hit parade are also included. The commercial disc collection is comprised mostly of Reisman's commercially released recordings, as well as a small number of other artists' recordings. All commercial discs have been assimilated into the general holdings of the archive, and can be located in the NYPL catalog.

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http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20451 View

Lehmann, Lotte, 1888-1976. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1943-1960.

Two photographs, a letter from January 16, 1960 and programme, 1943-1944 relating to Lotte Lehmann, leading soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Association (New York). The material also refers to her friendship wtih Tom and Marty Hartigan in Australia. The letter was sent by Lotte Lehmann to Molly Hartigan regarding Tom's death. Both photographs are inscribed by Lotte Lehmann, one 1939, one undated.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. (0.1 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223130142 View

The Toscanini Legacy papers, 1686-1993, 1800-1970

Title: The Toscanini Legacy papers 1686-1993 1800-1970

The Toscanini Legacy Scores contain scores and parts owned and used by Arturo Toscanini.

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http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20229 View

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951)

Title: Serge Koussevitzky Archive 1920-1976 (bulk 1924-1951)

The archive is a collection of correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs, and other materials which document some of the most significant aspects of twentieth-century music. Through his work as a conductor and publisher, and his efforts to commission new musical works, Koussevitzky maintained deep ties with many of the finest composers and musicians of the day. These figures are represented in their personal and professional affiliations with the conductor. In addition to serving as a record of Koussevitzky's life and career, the collection extensively chronicles periods in the history of organizations such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, and the American International Music Fund. Material in the collection dates from Koussevitzky's years in his native Russia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1924 to 1951; it also contains material created after Koussevitzky's death, reflecting his widow's continuing work with various organizations and projects. Musical compositions commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky are part of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Collection, and are shelved in ML30.3c, ML30.3c2, ML30.3c3, and ML30.3e2.

ArchivalResource: circa 13,000 items; 138 boxes; 100 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002008 View

Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)

Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011 View

Lehmann, Lotte, 1888-1976. Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York Jan. 21 1947], to Mrs. [Dannie] Heineman, 1947 Jan. 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York Jan. 21 1947], to Mrs. [Dannie] Heineman, 1947 Jan. 21.

Declining an invitation; written on the verso of a signed photograph of herself.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with envelope) ; (16mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270667231 View

Joseph Wechsberg Papers, 1943-1983, (bulk 1964-1979)

Title: Joseph Wechsberg Papers 1943-1983 (bulk 1964-1979)

Author, lawyer, and musician. Correspondence, drafts of articles and books, notes, clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Wechsberg's work as a journalist and author.

ArchivalResource: 15,000 items; 61 containers; 24.4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009303 View

Lehmann, Lotte, 1888-1976. Typewritten letter signed, dated : Santa Barbara, Ca. Nov. 15 1968, to Tom [i.e. Thomas Carr Howe], 1968 Nov. 15.

Title: Typewritten letter signed, dated : Santa Barbara, Ca. Nov. 15 1968, to Tom [i.e. Thomas Carr Howe], 1968 Nov. 15.

Thanking him for a picture and a luncheon, saying it was her impression that his daughter Francesca had decided not to go to Europe, and adding that "I always had wanted to see Japan--but I am afraid that now I am too old, and flying to Austria again next May is all I can do."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (4to)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270667232 View

Katrina Castles papers, ca. 1932-1956

Title: Katrina Castles papers ca. 1932-1956

Katrina Castles (Mrs. Michael Schwab), formerly Kathleen Castles, and also known as Katherine Castles, was an Australian mezzo-soprano Lieder singer, a protege of Mme. Lotte Lehmann, and the childhood friend of Australian-American composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Her career was cut short by two bouts of cancer. Contains Miss Castles' correspondence, programs, clippings, photographs, and business papers. Includes letters and portraits from Lotte Lehmann as well as notes from Elisabeth Schumann, Kirsten Flagstad, and Colin McPhee. Also includes scores, photographs, and programs of Peggy Glanville-Hicks; an insurance policy showing Castles as the beneficiary of Glanville-Hicks; a photograph of Fritz Hart; and scores by Bax and Vaughan Williams.

ArchivalResource: .3 cu. ft.

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20199 View

Photographs of musicians [graphic] / George Platt Lynes, ca. 1939-1950

Title: Photographs of musicians [graphic] / George Platt Lynes ca. 1939-1950

Photographs of Webster Aitken (1940?), Aaron Copland (1939), Lotte Lehman (6 poses, 1947, date unknown), Thomas Schippers (1950?), Gian Carlo Menotti (date unknown), Arnold Schoenberg (2 poses, 1947), and Igor Stravinsky (2 poses, 1947).

ArchivalResource: 14 photographic prints

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20249 View

Howard D. Rothschild papers, 1921-1989.

Title: Howard D. Rothschild papers, 1921-1989.

Correspondence, auction catalogs and other personal material of collector Howard D. Rothschild.

ArchivalResource: 14 boxes (7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00263/catalog View