Cetra-Soria collection, 1946-1954.

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Cetra-Soria collection, 1946-1954.

This collection encompasses a wide range of material in regard to the beginnings of the opera recording project, 1947-1953. A major portion of it is the correspondence between the Raxor Corporation (Dario Soria) in America and Cetra in Italy. This material includes information regarding artists, repertoire, and production, as well as legal and financial matters, such as production costs, royalties, and contracts, between Cetra and Soria and other businesses and people involved. The collection also contains articles and clippings about the new ideas in recordings, Cetra-Soria advertising including full record catalogs for prospective years, annual reports, newsletters, record releases, financial reports, and reviews. Scrapbooks will be available on microfilm later.

5 boxes.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6782084

New York Public Library System, NYPL

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Soria, Dorle

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Epithet: wife of Dario Soria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0000aa Dorle Jarmel Soria (1900-2002) was a publicist, record company impresario, and journalist in the classical music world of the mid-twentieth century. She graduated from Columbia University and worked as a journalist before being hired as a publicist by the concert manager Arthur Judson, who managed the New York ...

Cetra (Firm).

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Soria, Dario 1912-1980.

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Raxor Corporation.

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Cetra-Soria Records.

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