The Sigmund A. Lavine Gilbert and Sullivan collection 1867-1988

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The Sigmund A. Lavine Gilbert and Sullivan collection 1867-1988

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The Sigmund A. Lavine Gilbert and Sullivan collection consists of scripts, musical scores, programs, photographs, artwork, advertising, newspaper clippings, and other material related to the partnership between W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, and their fourteen comic operas. Much of the material relates to performances of Gilbert and Sullivan operas by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1881-1982. The collection also contains some material produced by Gilbert and Sullivan outside of their partnership.

6.75 linear feet.

Emerson College, Iwasaki LIbrary

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Emerson College, Iwasaki LIbrary

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Emerson College Archives.

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Martin Shwartz was born in Boston, MA on September 30, 1923. In his pre-theater career, Shwartz held positions in mathematics at different institutions such as Tufts College and the Board of Supervisors of Harvard University in Mathematics. He also served as instructor in Mathematics, Electricity, Electronics and Gunnery for the Advanced Technical Service Schools in the U.S. Navy and as Civilian Mathematician at MIT. However, his true passion seems to have been theater. While teaching mathematic...

Carte, Richard D'Oyly, 1844-1901

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Epithet: opera promoter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x0002fe English impresario and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 8 January 1874, to J. Reeves Smith, 1874 Jan. 8. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 84112895 English theatre proprietor and manager; promoter of English opera. From the description of Autograph l...

Lavine, Sigmund A.

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Sigmund A Lavine was a theatre arts advocate and enthusiast throughout his life. His father was not only the personal representative for John Craig at the Castle Square Opera Repertory Theatre, but Managing Director of the Boston Opera House for the Schubert Organization and general manager for a chain of theatres operated by the forerunner of the General Cinema Corporation. Thus, Lavine grew up and spent his life around literary and theatrical figures such as Edwin Edgett, literary editor of th...

Burnside, R. H. 1873-1952.

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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

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Sullivan, Arthur

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Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer well-known for his collaborations with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan sheet music, 1868-1993., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.) Sullivan was an English composer. Gilbert was a English dramatist. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan correspondence with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, 1854-1900., (Houghton Libra...

Gilbert, W. S. 1836-1911.

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