Records of Ojai Festivals, Ltd., 1946-1953.

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Records of Ojai Festivals, Ltd., 1946-1953.

Approximately 9,110 pieces.16 boxes.10 scrapbooks.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6757937

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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

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Composer; d. 1978. From the description of William Grant Still papers, 1937-1969. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972606 Epithet: composer and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000212 William Grant Still was a prominent African-American composer. Verna Arvey, Still's wife, was a journalist and musician who collaborated with her husband on many compositions. ...

Ojai Festivals, Ltd.

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The Ojai Festivals, Ltd., was an organization founded in 1946 by John Bauer for the production of annual music, theater, and dance festivals at Ojai, California. The collection consists of letters, documents, manuscripts, 10 scrapbooks, and photographs related to the Ojai Festivals, Ltd., under the directorship of John Bauer from 1946-1953. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Aaron Copland, Lotte Lehmann, William Grant Still, William Steinberg, and...

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962

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Elsa Walter (née Wirthschaft, previous married name Korneck) was an opera singer and Bruno's wife; they were married from around 1900 until Elsa's death, which was apparently in 1945. Delia Reinhardt, an opera singer whom Walter had mentored, was a close friend of Walter. McLane was a friend of Alma Mahler who communicated with Alma upon Walter's death; she lived in Calif. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler, and Franz Werfel, 1911-1960. (Universit...

Bauer, John, 1881-

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In addition to being a managing director and one of the founder members of the Los Angeles Community Concert Assn., Bauer also founded the Ojai festivals. From the description of Papers, 1958-1962. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41359178 ...

Steinberg, William, 1899-1978

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Steinberg had been in the U.S. since 1938. He apparently developed a friendly relationship with Alma Mahler over the course of this period, with her attending some performances and inviting him to her home. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1948-1954. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864539 ...

Lehmann, Lotte

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Lehmann was among the German-speaking émigrés with whom Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel had social contact in California. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863785 ...

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer. During the years 1964 and 1965 Copland wrote, conducted, narrated, and hosted a series of twelve television programs entitled Music in the 20s = Music in the Twenties. The transcripts described in this collection were transcribed from filmed interviews recorded live at the WGBH studios in Boston, Mass. between 1964 Nov. 11 and 1965 Jan. 26. These unedited, preliminary tape recordings later formed the basis of the series...