Alfredo Barili family letters, 1836-1959 (bulk 1890-1919).

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Alfredo Barili family letters, 1836-1959 (bulk 1890-1919).

The series consists of 18 folders of opera singer Adelina Patti's letters to the family of her nephew, musician Alfredo Barili, especially to her great niece, Louise. They reveal Patti's interest in her family's welfare and her opinions of society and her career as she traveled through Italy, France, Germany, and England or entertained at home in Wales. A list of all her letters appears at the end of the inventory, including a copy of one by Gladstone. Other letters document the Barilis' life in Atlanta and the Vezins' in Germany and the United States. Included are letters by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, Edward MacDowell, and Alfred Terhune.

1 cubic ft. (33 folders)

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Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919

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Adelina Patti was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century. From the description of Adelina Patti letters, 1889-1891. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 269476576 Spanish-born soprano trained in New York City; by 1861 Adelina Patti was the leading operatic prima donna. In 1886 she married tenor Ernest Nicolini, who had sung opposite her in La traviata at her castle in Wales. He died in 1898. From the description of ALS, Yst...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Beach, H.H.A. Mrs

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Dedicated to Madame Teresa CarrenĖƒo. First performance Music Hall, Boston, 6 April 1900, Boston Symphony, William Gericke conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto : for pianoforte and orchestra, op. 45 / by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43256910 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., London?, n.d.], to Stanley K. Faye at t...

Barili, Alfredo.

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Of the Barili children, Louise was the one to whom Adelina Patti wrote the most and even considered adopting. Louise Barili preserved her aunt's letters as well as those of other family members, such as her mother's, the Vezins. She also saved her own correspondence. The Barilis made several trips to Wales to visit Adelina at her castle Craig-Y-Nos, the last in 1914, which account for the letters written back by Louise to her family and friends. From the description of Alfredo Barili...

MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908

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American composer, pianist, and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland, 3 July 1903, to Horatio Parker, 1903 July 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581435 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], 25 November 1904, to Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1904 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581431 From the description of Letter signed : Boston, [n.d.], to Mr. Story, [n.d.]....

Terhune, Albert Payson, 1872-1942

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American author, dog breeder, and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Merrall, 1916 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603593817 Author, dog breeder and journalist. From the description of Letters, 1936 Dec. 22-1939 May 24, Pompton Lakes, N.J., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904630 Author. From the description of Albert Payson Terhune papers, 1890-1957 (bulk ...