Ernestine Schumann-Heink collection, [182-]-1952 (bulk 1894-1936).

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Ernestine Schumann-Heink collection, [182-]-1952 (bulk 1894-1936).

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The collection contains Madame Schumann-Heink's personal music library which includes manuscript songs, published songs and song collections, operas and oratorios, and vocal ensemble music. Of note are the lieder manuscripts and the manuscripts of music by Amy Beach, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, G.W. Chadwick, Charles Wakefield Cadman and Horatio Parker. Non-music materials include programs and concert materials, posters, certificates and awards, correspondence, clippings, photographs, five silver loving cups presented to her in the 1920s, and an unpublished biography by her grandson Hans August Heink (typescript). Of note are a concert program on silk with velvet borders in honor of the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on Feb. 22, 1902, an autographed portrait of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, and a portrait of the French soprano Emma Calvé.

75 linear ft.

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The Claremont Colleges, Claremont University Consortium

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Calvé, Emma, 1858-1942

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French opera singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125533 French dramatic soprano. From the description of Letter, [18]96 janv. 15, New York, to "Cher Ami," [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364122 French soprano. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [New York], 25 January 1897, 1897 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705640...

Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936

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Born in Austria in 1861, the well-known opera singer Madame Schumann-Heink performed in the great opera houses of Germany, England and America. She became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1905, toured widely in this country, and was very active during World War I performing for U.S. servicemen. In later years she made numerous radio broadcasts and appeared in the 1935 movie Here's to romance. She died in Hollywood in 1936. From the description of Ernestine Schumann-Heink collecti...

Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921

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Italian operatic tenor who performed more than twenty roles in Europe, the U.S., and Latin America and excelled in works by Verdi and Puccini. From the description of Enrico Caruso invitation to an unknown acquaintance, [19--]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64757235 Enrico Caruso was an Italian tenor connected with the Metropolitan Opera (N.Y.) after 1902. From the description of Correspondence received and financial records, 1919-1920. (New Y...

Heink, Hans August.

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Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881-1946

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American composer. From the description of Charles Wakefield Cadman autograph letter to Adolph M. Foerster, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650839439 From the description of Charles Wakefield Cadman autograph letter to Adolph M. Foerster, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650839474 From the description of Charles Wakefield Cadman autograph letter to Adolph M. Foerster, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650839445 From the description of C...

Beach, H.H.A. Mrs

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Dedicated to Madame Teresa Carreño. 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...

Parker, Horatio W.

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Text is the German poem by Count Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg, translated into English by the composer's mother, Isabella Parker. Composed 1884. First performance Munich, 1884. Dedicated to Jules Jordan.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ballade von Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg / komponirt von H.W. Parker. [18--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53114434 Text is the poem by J. de Beaufort, in French with English translatio...

Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946

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Carrie Jacobs-Bond, a native of Wisconsin, lived in Chicago, Illinois about 1895-1920. She was a musician, composer and lyricist of sentimental songs, and music publisher. She moved to California in 1920. From the description of Papers, 1939. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 85582219 Composer, of Iron River, Mich. (1889-1896), Janesville, Wis., Chicago, Ill., and California. From the description of Carrie Jacobs-Bond estate and museum c...

Chadwick, George Whitefield

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George Whitefield Chadwick (b. Lowell, MA, 13 November 1854; d. Boston, MA, 4 April 1931) was an American composer, teacher, organist and conductor. Beginning in 1872, Chadwick studied organ with George E. Whiting, piano with Carlyle Petersilea , and theory with Stephen A. Emery at the New England Conservatory in Boston. In 1876 Chadwick accepted a faculty position within the music program at Olivet College in Michigan. A year later Chadwick went to Germany where he studied with Karl Reinecke, S...