Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944

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French diseuse and folksinger.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 26 January 1919, to Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler, 1919 Jan. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578438

Yvette Guilbert was a French performer and novelist. She trained as an actress, and worked as a model, but won great fame as a diseuse, singing humorous or risque songs with a singular and ingenuous delivery. She successfully toured England, Germany, and America, enjoying immense popularity. She also published several novels.

From the description of Yvette Guilbert letter to Arthur Symons, 1894 5 Dec. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53458487

French actress and singer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Savoy Hotel, Victoria Embankment, London, to Arthur Sullivan, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126522

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referencedIn Clayton Meeker Hamilton papers, 1899-1946 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Edwin W. Winter papers., 1870-1923. Minnesota Historical Society
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Le fiacre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
referencedIn American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
referencedIn Neighborhood Playhouse records, 1904-1937 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Neighborhood Playhouse (New York, N.Y.). Neighborhood Playhouse records, 1904-1937. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 26 January 1919, to Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler, 1919 Jan. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Eleanor Robson Belmont Papers, 1851-1979. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968. Theatrical caricatures : linocuts. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946. Clayton Meeker Hamilton papers, 1899-1946. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Autograph letter signed : Savoy Hotel, Victoria Embankment, London, to Arthur Sullivan, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn John Alden Carpenter Collection, 1891-1961, (bulk 1900-1949) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990 Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Madame Arthur. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979. Papers, 1851-1979. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
referencedIn Frederick R. Koch collection, 1640-1983 Yale University Library
creatorOf Blitzstein, Marc. Music by other composers in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1911-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn E. B. Osborn letters MS 136., 1892-1909 Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
referencedIn Fonds Edward Gordon Craig Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle
referencedIn Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928. Letters and cards, 1926-1928, London, to Thomas R. Waring, London. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944,. Autograph letter signed from Yvette Guilbert, Paris, to William Heinemann, not before 1902. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Winter, Edwin W. (Edwin Wheeling), 1845-1930. Edwin W. Winter papers, 1870-1923. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Le Fiacre [Multimédia multisupport]. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Le fiacre [Multimédia multisupport]. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn The Ernest Trow Carter Papers, 1879-1974 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Letter, [n.d.], London, to "Lina." Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Mary Fanton Roberts papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Locke, Florence. Scrapbooks of Florence Locke [manuscript], 1914-ca. 1957. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous theatrical papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Mary Fanton Roberts papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Madame Arthur [Multimédia multisupport]. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Theatre Arts Monthly, collection of portraits, ca., ca., 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Frederick R. Koch collection, 1640-1983 Yale University Library
referencedIn Register to the Papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984, inclusive Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Sérusier, Paul, 1864-1927. Paul Sérusier papers, 1881-1964. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Madame Arthur [Multimédia multisupport]. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944. Yvette Guilbert letter to Arthur Symons, 1894 5 Dec. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
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associatedWith American Museum of Vaudeville corporateBody
associatedWith Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979. person
associatedWith Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 person
associatedWith Carter, Ernest Trow, 1866-1953 person
associatedWith Craig, Edward Gordon (1872-1966) person
associatedWith Cullen, Frank, 1936- person
associatedWith Flagler, Harry Harkness, Mrs., person
associatedWith Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968. person
associatedWith Gresser, Emily. person
associatedWith Hamilton, Clayton Meeker, 1881-1946. person
correspondedWith Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 person
associatedWith Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), person
associatedWith Lenya, Lotte person
associatedWith Locke, Florence. person
associatedWith Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928. person
associatedWith Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library) corporateBody
associatedWith McNeilly, Donald, 1945- person
associatedWith Moldenhauer, Hans. person
associatedWith Neighborhood Playhouse (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Neighborhood Playhouse (New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Osborn, E. B. (Edward Bolland), 1867-1967 person
associatedWith Roberts, Mary Fanton person
associatedWith Roberts, Mary Fanton, 1871-1956. person
correspondedWith Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 person
associatedWith Sérusier, Paul, 1864-1927. person
associatedWith Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900, person
associatedWith Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945, person
associatedWith Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980 person
associatedWith Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 person
associatedWith Winter, Edwin W. (Edwin Wheeler), 1845-1930 person
associatedWith Winter, Edwin W. (Edwin Wheeling), 1845-1930. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
France
Subject
Women singers
Occupation
Singers
Arrangers
Performer
Activity

Person

Birth 1865-01-20

Death 1944-02-03

French

French

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