George Hamlin collection ca. 1886-1983

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George Hamlin collection ca. 1886-1983

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20381

First installment (location: JPB 87-34) includes diary of George Hamlin's European trip, scrapbook, 2 photograph albums, 2 autograph books, caricature, lithograph, photographs, programs, clippings, and 10 published scores with markings and signatures of composers and others; typescript of Father Was a Tenor / by Anna Hamlin; correspondence, programs, and clippings relating to Anna Hamlin's career. Later installments are not processed or described.

ca. 3 cu. ft. Rose bldg. installments: 28.7 cubic ft, .47 cu. ft.

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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Hamlin, George, 1869-1923

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American tenor, 1868-1923. George Hamlin was a student of George Henschel. He made a European tour 1904-5, and sang with the Chicago Opera Co., 1911-15, but achieved his principal reputation as an oratorio and lieder singer. He was known particularly for his advocacy of the songs of Richard Strauss. His daughter Anna Hamlin, a soprano, sang minor roles with the Chicago Grand Opera and later taught voice at Smith College. She subsequently established a very successful vocal studio where her stude...