Seidl Society Records 1889-1898

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Seidl Society Records 1889-1898

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Anton Seidl (1850-1898), an influential Hungarian conductor, came to New York City in 1885 and became affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic Society. The Seidl Society of Brooklyn, created by Laura Langford Holloway and other affluent female patrons of music in Brooklyn, sponsored programs featuring Seidl at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and at Brighton Beach. This collection contains the papers of the Seidl Society including roughly 300 correspondences from Seidl to society President Laura Carter Holloway Langford, roughly 300 society programs and program notes, five scrapbooks from 1889-1898, four speeches and news clippings, and undated materials.

1.75 Linear feet; in 4 document boxes

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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Seidl, Anton, 1850-1898

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Anton Seidl was a noted Wagnerian conductor and chorus master. He was born in Pest, Hungary, was a member of Wagner's household from 1872 to 1878, during which time he served as Wagner's musical secretary and later as conductor of the Richard Wagner Theater in Beyreuth. He was a close friend of Wagner's and had much to do with the spread of his music and influence through Europe and America. From the guide to the Collection of Musical Autographs, 1870-1943, (Columbi...

Seidl Society.

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Seidl-Kraus, Auguste 1853-1939

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Lehmann, Lilli, 1848-1929

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German soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin Mar. 10 1926, to Walter Damrosch, 1926 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667223 From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : Grunewald, 1923, to Miss S. Gibbons, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873496 ...

Brooklyn Symphony Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter), 1848-1930

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Author of THE LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE, AN HOUR WITH CHARLOTTE BRONTE, THE HEARTHSTONE, and MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN AND WOMEN. From the description of Papers,[ca. 1880-1919] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456284 Mrs. Laura Carter Holloway Langford was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1848 and died in 1930. She grew up in a world of affluence that included the last vestiges of southern plantation life. When Laura was 14 she married Junius B. Holloway. Widowed not to...