Silvio Coscia collection, 1920-1970.

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Silvio Coscia collection, 1920-1970.

There is one folder of correspondence, primarily consisting of letters to Coscia from various singers and conductors. Much of the correspondence is from G. Lauri-Volpi. Other correspondents include Tamaki Miura, Cesare Siepi, Gunther Schuller, Carlo Gatti[?], and Franco Dante. While two letters date from the 1920s, most date from the 1950s and 1960s. The programs folder primarily contains programs featuring works by Coscia(sometimes listed as Sylvius). There are two programs from Giuseppe Creatore Memorial concerts. Featured in these programs are Coscia's Begli occhi lucenti, Concert Piece in C major, Musical sketches in three moods, Neapolitan Day (in Three Moments) as well as program notes for Coscia's Swedish Rhapsody. The third series, Clippings/Publicity, contains a brochure from the Stadtisches Theater Wurzburg, as well as articles about a performance of The Barber of Seville that took place there in 1965. There is an issue of Opera News from 1949 that contains a "Meet the [Met] Orchestra" feature; a concert review of a performance by Cesare Siepi that featured Coscia's Begli occhi lucenti; 2 copies of a press brochure about Coscia; two copies of a works list of pieces byCoscia published by M. Baron; and a short biographical sketch. The fourth series consists of one folder containing brief biographical sketches and as well as comments regarding specific aspects of singing for several of the singers with whom Coscia worked. These include: Licia Albanese, Lucine Amara, Ettore Bastianini, Kurt Baum, George Cehanovsky, Jerome Hines, Frederick Jagel, Eva Likova, Lauri- Volpi, Giovanni Martinelli, Margaret Matzenauer, Nicholas Moscona, Patrice Munsel, Herva Nelli, Elena Nicolai, Lily Pons, Aldo Protti, Norman Scott, Cesare Siepi, Antonietta Stella, Rise Stevens, Brian Sullivan, Richard Tucker, Frank Valentino, Leonard Warren, and Robert Weede. The miscellaneous series consists primarily of Silvio Coscia's "A Study on Singers and Musicians Musical Hearing". The largest series in this collection consists of photographs which have been organized by subject.

2 drop front boxes.

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New England Conservatory of Music

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Coscia, Silvio, 1899-1977

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Silvio Coscia (1899-1977) came from a family of professional singers, including his father and his brother. At the age of eight, Coscia was accepted as a cantor at the St Ambrigio Cathedral in Milan under Mr. Cervi. In 1910, Coscia entered the Municipal School of Singing, where he completed the regular three-year course under Mr. Corio. In 1913, he entered the Royal Conservatory of Music in Milan where he earned his degree and became proficient in piano, organ, French horn, and composition. In 1...