Donald Oenslager collection of Adolphe Appia 1900-1971 1920-1926

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Donald Oenslager collection of Adolphe Appia 1900-1971 1920-1926

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.oenslag

The papers contian correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and miscellaneous papers, documenting the life and career of Adolphe Appia. The papers were collected by Donald Oenslager, professor at the Yale School of Drama.

Total Boxes: 2; Linear Feet: 1

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349587

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Appia, Adolphe, 1862-1928

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Adolphe Appia was born on September 1, 1862 in Geneva, Switzerland. Regarded as the father of modern stage lighting and design, his reforms of stage design emphasized the significance of time and space, the relation of stage and auditorium, and the contrast of light and shadow. Appia's major works include La Mise en scène du drame Wagnérien (1895), Die Musik und die Inszenierung (1899), and L'Oeuvre d'art vivant (1921). Appia died in Nyon, Switzerland on February 29, 1928. From the...

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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The German opera composer Richard Wagner was at the beginning of his career at the time of this letter. From the description of Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, [1896?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571065 From the guide to the Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1896?, (The New York Public Library. Music Divisio...

Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile, 1865-1950

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Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975

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Donald Mitchell Oenslager was born on March 7, 1902, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Harvard University in 1923, he was an instructor in scenic design at Middlebury College, Vermont. In 1925, his former Harvard instructor, George Pierce Baker, appointed him to the faculty of the Department of Drama of the Yale School of Fine Arts. Oenslager taught design at Yale until his retirement in 1970. While at Yale, he designed sets for over 250 plays, operas, ballets, and musicals ...

Hume, Samuel J. (Samuel James), 1885-1962

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Samuel J. Hume: Director of the UC Berkeley Greek Theatre and Professor of Dramatic Literature and Art, UC Berkeley, 1918-1924; scholar and in drama; antiquarian book dealer; died 1962. Portia Bell Hume: Psychiatrist and Deputy Director the California State Department of Mental Hygine. Taught at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley. From the description of Samuel J. and Portia Bell Hume papers, 1848-1990 (bulk 1920-1971). (University of California, Berkeley). Wor...

Appia, Edmond, 1894-1961

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olbach, Walther R(Walther Richard), 1897-

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