American Academy of Music papers 1852–circa 1940 1896–1919

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American Academy of Music papers 1852–circa 1940 1896–1919

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The American Academy of Music papers materials relating to the institutional structure and entertainment programing of the American Academy of Music, a Philadelphia-based music hall, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

1.6 linear feet; (3 boxes)

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The American Academy of Music, incorporated on March 24, 1852, built in Philadelphia one of America’s grandest nineteenth-century opera houses. The structure, designed by the architects Napoleon Le Brun and Gustav Rung‚ and erected between 1855 and 1857, is located on the southwest corner of Broad and Locust streets in center city Philadelphia. Not long after its incorporation, the Academy came under the influence of the Baker family of Phila...