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Operas 9
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Adelina Carola Appleton Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 128
Abstract:

Music and other materials by Adelina Carola Appleton (1886-1958).

Dates: 1890-1921

Crawford Theater collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1387
Abstract:

The collection consists of playbills and programs, photographs in a variety of formats, engravings, posters, clippings, and other printed material which document the performing arts in the United States and throughout the world from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Material relating to dramatic performance forms the nucleus of the collection, but dance, opera, motion picture, circus, radio, and television performances are also represented.

Dates: 1663-1992

The Zo Elliott Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 18
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs; and miscellaneous items by and about the American composer Zo Elliott (1891-1964)

Dates: 1861-1977 (inclusive)

The Galeazzi Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 16
Abstract:

Copyists' manuscripts of 19th-century Italian opera excerpts (in full score, reductions, or arrangements), as well as copyists' scores of 19th-century chamber music

Dates: 1806-1898 (inclusive)

General Collection manuscript music miscellany

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS MUSIC MISC
Abstract:

Single manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts relating to music. Materials are grouped under name headings. Within each name heading, materials are organized in three subgroups: Music, Correspondence, and Other Papers.

Dates: [ca. 1600-ongoing]

The Henry Gilbert Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 35
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer Henry Gilbert (1868-1928)

Dates: 1821-1980 (inclusive)

Collection on Adelina Patti

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 102
Abstract: This collection documents the career of Adelina Patti, and many of the items in the collection are housed in a large scrapbook. Also included in the collection is a biography of Patti: Adelina Patti: Her Loves and Letters, by her goddaughter, Gladys Adelina Lewis. The collection also includes an autograph book presented to Selma Gruenberg, which includes an Adelina Patti autograph and inscription (1882), and correspondences from Patti to Giulia Valde and various other people. Objects in the...
Dates: 1854-1964

Hanover royal music archive

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 146
Abstract: The Hanover Royal Music Archive consists of printed and manuscript music, printed books about music, and related materials assembled by Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and his successors. A significant component originated in England and concerns musical activity of several children of George III, circa 1770-1837, particularly Ernest Augustus, then Duke of Cumberland, and Princess Augusta, as well as Prince George of Cumberland, son of Ernest Augustus and later Georg V, King of Hanover....
Dates: 1651-1951, bulk 1770-1870

Thomas de Hartmann Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 46
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the Russian composer Thomas de Hartmann (1886-1956)

Dates: 1902-1982 (inclusive), 1902-1982 (inclusive), 1902-1982 (inclusive)

Michael Kahn papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 789
Abstract:

The Michael Kahn papers contains correspondence, business and production files, scripts, notes, photographs, printed material, and audiovisual media documenting Michael Kahn's career as a theater and opera director, theater administrator, and teacher of theatrical arts. Kahn's administrative and directorial work at the American Shakespeare Theatre, the McCarter Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre, and the Juilliard School are particularly well documented.

Dates: 1927-2019, bulk 1960-2019

Frederick R. Koch collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 601
Abstract: The Frederick R. Koch Collection consists of musical, literary, and historical materials collected by Frederick R. Koch, principally through purchases at public auctions, 1979-1986. Including individual items, concentrations of related materials, and several extensive archives, the collection is a broad and deep resource for study of the lives and works of a range of composers, authors, and other historical figures.Most materials are music manuscripts, literary manuscripts, drawings,...
Dates: 1640-1983

Wayne Koestenbaum papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1568
Content Description: This collection consists of writings, notebooks, calendars, scrapbooks, research materials, correspondence, professional papers, teaching papers, personal memorabilia, juvenilia, family papers, photographs, printed materials, audiovisual materials, computer media, and other papers documenting the creative work and life of writer, artist, and performer Wayne Koestenbaum. Writings include drafts, proofs, and other papers documenting Koestenbaum's twenty books of fiction, poetry, criticism, and...
Dates: 1889-2018, bulk 1960-2018

Georges Lauweryns manuscript and printed music

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 899
Abstract: The Georges Lauweryns Manuscript and Printed Music consists of manuscript and printed music composed by Lauweryns, and printed music of other composers owned by Lauweryns. Most music by Lauweryns consists of songs for voice and piano or voice and orchestra. Also present are piano, chamber, orchestral, and ballet music. Manuscript music by Lauweryns is in several hands, including those of copyists and possibly the composer's autograph. Some manuscripts include performance annotations or...
Dates: 1899-1946

The Libretto Collection

 Collection
Call Number: Misc. Ms. 302
Abstract:

Published opera librettos

Dates: 1850-1940

The Charles Martin Loeffler Collection

 Collection
Call Number: Misc. Ms. 270
Abstract:

The Charles Martin Loeffler Collection contains sketches, manuscript scores, and printed editions of 23 musical compositions by the Alsatian-American composer Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935)

Dates: 1895-1936

Walter McClintock Papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1175
Scope and Contents: The papers and photographs in this collection document the history and customs of the Piegan Indians (also known as the Blackfeet Indians) in Montana, and their contact with Europeans and Anglo Americans. The collection provides detailed information about McClintock's photographic practice, as well as his public presentations about the Piegan Indians. A significant part of the collection records the development and production of Poia, an opera based on...
Dates: 1874-1949, bulk 1888-1949

Manuscripts in the Albi Rosenthal collection of Monteverdi and the birth of opera

 Collection
Call Number: Monteverdi 2
Abstract: Manuscripts in the Albi Rosenthal Collection of Monteverdi and the Birth of Opera consist of letters, writings, and music relating to Monteverdi and others involved in the creation of opera in seventeenth-century Italy. Letters of Monteverdi collaborators Claudio Achillini, Jacopo Peri, Ottavio Rinuccini, and other musicians and writers, addressed to third parties or unidentified recipients, concern Monteverdi's music and other music subjects. Other materials include a volume of holograph...
Dates: 1579-1966 1612-1670, bulk 1612-1670

Nicolas Nabokov papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1154
Scope and Contents:

Contains correspondence, musical scores, writings, datebooks, research, personal papers, ephemera, and other papers by or relating to the life and work of Nicolas Nabokov.

Dates: 1927-1999

Donald Oenslager collection of Adolphe Appia

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 81
Abstract:

The papers contian correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and miscellaneous papers, documenting the life and career of Adolphe Appia. The papers were collected by Donald Oenslager, professor at the Yale School of Drama.

Dates: 1892-1971, bulk 1920-1926

The Horatio Parker Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 32
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs and additional materials by and about the American composer and educator Horatio Parker (1863-1919)

Dates: 1863-1972 (inclusive)