Pauline Viardot-Garcia papers, 1836-1905.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850

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Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1830-1848. From the description of [Invitation] 1840 oct. 8 [to] comte Abrial / Louis Philippe. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259486814 Louis-Philippe est le fils aîné de Louis Philippe Joseph, duc de Bourgogne (dit Philippe Egalité) et d’Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, elle-même descendante du comte de Toulouse (fils légitimé de Louis XIV et de la marquise de Montespan). Ainsi, il est également le cousin des rois Lo...

Toudouze, Gustave, 1847-1904

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Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

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French writer. From the description of Mon salon, corrected proof, 1866. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80803997 From the description of Letters, 1858-1860, to Paul Cezanne. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84387915 Zola was a French novelist, critic, and political activist. The Dreyfus Affair was the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt Alfred Dreyfus (1859c1935), a French general staff officer. Zola w...

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

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Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist and playwright. From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159680 From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84010646 French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to M. Cassin, 1831 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 759121359 French poet, novelist, dramatist. ...

Vallés, Jules, 1832-1885

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Sully Prudhomme)

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Malibrán, María 1808-1836

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Maria Malibran was a contralto. Monsieur Robert was director of Théâtre des italiens, Paris. From the description of Letter : to M. [Edouard] Robert, [between 1830 Oct. and 1831 May]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485587 Spanish mezzo-soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 22 March 1831, to M. [Edouard] Robert, [co-]director of the Théâtre-Italien, 1831 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Charles Gounod

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Garcia, Pauline

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Armand Silvestre

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George Bizet.

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Pauline Viardot-Garcia

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Ludwig Uhland)

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Garcia Committee.

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Marceline Desbordes Valmore

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Most material is from the oratorio; see Callno. 7087. This arrangement 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphonic suite no. V : the triumph of Truth : based on / Handel ; free arrangement by Zoltan Fekete. c1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50064356 From the opera in three acts, librettist unknown. Composed 1707 or 1708.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance of the sailors : from Rodrigo / G.F. H...

M Denza),

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Luigi Gordigiani, in the hand of PVG)

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SCHAFFY, MIRZA

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Paul Heyse.

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Cécile Chamerot

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Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883

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Ivan Turgenev, playwright. From the description of A month in the country : a comedy : typescript, 1988, 14 July. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364035 Russian author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bade, to an unidentified recipient, 1868 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573545 Russian writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Madame Bohomoletz, [n.d.]. (Unknown). Worl...

Hartmann, Maurice, 1821-1872.

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Marianne Viardot

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Louis Pomey.

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Vanquelin de la Fresnaye

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Kautsch, H.

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Alma Tadema at foot of t. -p.

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Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874

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Kavélina, Sofia, 1851-1877

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Adam, Juliette, 1836-1936

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Juliette (Lambert) Adam, 1836-1936, founded La Nouvelle Revue in 1879 and served as its editor until 1899. The majority of the collection dates from the 1880's and the years of her editorship of the revue. From the guide to the Adam mss., 1863-1930, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)) ...

Viardot, Paul, 1857-1941

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French violinst, conductor, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 30 August 1879, to an unidentified recipient, 1879 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873845 ...

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., n.d., 1874?], to [Choudens], [1874?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270977098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to [Ernest Reyer], n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672788 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to M. Ruelle, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672792 From the description of Autograp...

Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

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W. H. Milman.

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Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883

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Epithet: writer and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00011e ...

Simon, Jules, 1814-1896

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Élève et successeur de Victor Cousin à la Sorbonne, élu représentant des Côtes-du-Nord à la Constituante en 1848, François Simon Jules Suisse, dit Jules Simon (1814-1896), refusa comme professeur à la Sorbonne de prêter serment à l’empereur, après 1852. Il dut renoncer à l’enseignement public et publia plusieurs ouvrages : Le devoir, La religion naturelle, La liberté de conscience. Élu en 1863 député par la VIIIe circonscription de la Seine, puis en 1869 dans la Gironde, Jules Simon...

Faure, J. (Jean), 1830-1914

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Epithet: French singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x0000a9 French baritone. From the description of "Crucifix / poesie V. Hugo / musique / de / J. Faure / 1894." : autograph manuscript, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563233 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to M. Buisson, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873316 ...

Words by Alfred de Musset.

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Lassen, Eduard

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Belgian composer of Danish origin, active in Germany. From the description of [T'amo, si t'amo.] : autograph manuscript. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566605 Belgian composer of Danish origin active in Germany. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : [Weimar] July 2 1894, to Baron von Banfmann, 1894 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667154 Lassen, born in Copenhagen, moved in his early years to Brussels. He was a compose...

Richard Pohl

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Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1625

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García, Manuel, 1775-1832

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Spanish composer. From the description of "Rondo de Garcia." [manuscript]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919808 Spanish tenor and composer. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [London], 21 December 1824, to M. [William?] Watts, 1824 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577671 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Paris, 7 April 1817, and [n.p., n.d.], to Sigra. [Rosa] Morandi, 1817 Apr. ...

Julie von Asten.

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Viardot, Louise

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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

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During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...

Sand, George, 1804-1876

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George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant) was a French author. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1829-1872. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122590144 George Sand was the pseudonym of Mme. Dudevant. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1857, 1875, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886629 George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant ) was a Frenc...

Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897

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Alphonse Daudet was a nineteenth century French novelist and dramatist. From the description of Alphonse Daudet letter to mon cher monsieur Colhynon, ca. 1872 and 1950. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40804528 Daudet was a French novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and a leading figure in the nineteenth-century school of French Naturalism. Adolphe Belot was a prolific French author and dramatist. Fromont jeune et Risler ainé is a comic dra...

Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883

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Epithet: writer and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00011e ...

Gustave de La Renaudière)

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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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From the partita no. 2 for solo violin by J.S. Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bach's chaconne / transcribed for large orchestra by Louis Gesensway. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 144609295 Arranged 1856. First performance same year at the Philharmonic concerts, Vienna, von H. Esser conductor. Elgar's coda added subsequently.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata : für die Orgel / compon...

Julius Rietz?

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Charles d'Orléans

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Martin, Henri, 1813-1884.

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Émile Augier

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Viardot-García, Pauline, 1821-1910.

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French singer, composer, and teacher. From the description of Letter, 1872 Jan. 26, 48 Rue de Donai [Paris?] to "Cher maître" [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370451 Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) was one of the most celebrated French mezzo sopranos of the 19th century, and a truly cosmopolitan woman artist. The collection reflects all aspects of her life: firstly as a singer, composer, and teacher; secondly as the mistress and muse of Ivan Turgen...

Lefebvre, Ch. (Charles), 1843-1917

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Viardot, Claudie 1852-1914

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M. B. de Monvel.

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Chamerot, Marcelle.

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Wilhelm Müller

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Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

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Jules Massenet was a French composer. From the description of Letters, [ca. 1874-1909]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122616188 From the description of Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, [18--?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571050 From the guide to the Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, 18--?, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the comédie lyrique in three act...

Paul Viardot

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Meyerbeer, Minna

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France, Anatole, 1844-1924

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607535293 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607557572 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, [1917 Dec. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Héritte-Viardot, Louise, 1841-1918

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Charles de Bériot

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Prudhomme, Sully

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About, Edmond, 1828-1885

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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, 1714-1787

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From the opera in 2 acts with libretto by Marco Coltellini after a play by Carlo Sigismondo Capece. First performance Burg Theater, Vienna, 30 January 1765. This work was later used as the Overture to Armide (callno.: 4406).--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture : Il Telemaco osia [sic] L'isola di Circe / Gluck. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49863952 18th century German opera composer. From the description of ...

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870

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French man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to [Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873526 French author and administrator of antiquities. From the description of Letters, 1826-1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148610 ...

Chamerot, Georges

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Gounod, Victoire (Lemachois).

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Unidentified author

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Heyse, Paul, 1830-1914

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Malibran, Maria

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Hetzel, Pierre-Jules, 1814-1886

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W. A. Mozart's

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), 1870

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George Sand.

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La nouvelle revue.

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Martin, Henri, 1810-1883

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The author of this item is probably the historian Henri Martin (1810-1883). From the description of Autographed commentary, ca. 1855-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155887354 ...

Hiller, Ferdinand, 1811-1885

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German conductor, composer, and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Cologne, 10 January 1876, to an unidentified baron, 1876 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899993 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Cologne, 2 April 1874, to Miss Goddard, 1874 Apr. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899972 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Hamburg], 12 July 1882, to [Ferdinand?] Breunung, ...

Brahms

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German Romantic composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Fritz Simrock, Rome, 1881 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448491 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Elise. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541007 19th century German Romantic composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to unidentified correspondent, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12...

Biemoilly, A.?

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W. A. Mozart.

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