Carrie Mayer papers 1920-1948

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Carrie Mayer papers 1920-1948

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20342

The Carrie Mayer Papers document the early career of Carrie Mina Mayer, a singer and pianist in the late 1920s and 1930s. The collection includes mostly programs, publicity material, and a small number of clippings and letters.

1.5 linear foot; 2 boxes

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316474

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Dramamount Singers

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Gaul, Harvey B. (Harvey Bartlett), 1881-1945

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Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936

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Born in Austria in 1861, the well-known opera singer Madame Schumann-Heink performed in the great opera houses of Germany, England and America. She became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1905, toured widely in this country, and was very active during World War I performing for U.S. servicemen. In later years she made numerous radio broadcasts and appeared in the 1935 movie Here's to romance. She died in Hollywood in 1936. From the description of Ernestine Schumann-Heink collecti...

Whitmer, T. Carl (Thomas Carl), 1873-1959

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Composed 1950 at the request of Mihail Stolarewski. First performance Pittsburgh, May 1950, Chatham College Orchestra, Mihail Stolarewski conductor. Dedicated to Mihail Stolarewski and the P.C.W. [Pennsylvania College for Women, later Chatham College] Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Miniature suite for small orchestra / by T. Carl Whitmer. [1950] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 57235484 First performance Philadelphia, 20 Ma...

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Mayer, Carrie Mina

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Carrie Mina Mayer was born in 1899. She was a pianist and singer in Pittsburgh, during the late 1920s and 1930s. She performed with Carl Whitmer’s Dramamount Singers as a contralto. She was also the pianist and singer at The Pittsburgh Trio, with Emil O. Wolff and Joseph Derdeyn. Carrie Mayer studied piano under Harvey B. Gaul and J Alvin Dise, and singing Emil O. Wolff and Ernestine Schumann-Heink. She died in 1999. From the guide to the Carrie Mayer papers, 1920-1948, ...