- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 06-57", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20347", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1808-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1808/1978"}
{"value"=>"1941-1976", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1941/1976"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1808
- date_inclusive_end
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1978
- keydate
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1808
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Frederick C. Schang papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Frederick C. Schang Papers document the collecting interests and professional relationships of a prominent agent in the music industry during the 1930s-1970s."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Frederick C. Schang Papers, JPB 06-57. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Schang, F. C", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Frederick Christian Schang, Jr. was born December 15, 1893 in New York City. In 1915 he graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. One of his early positions was as a reporter for the New York Tribune. He then worked for the Metropolitan Music Bureau, which later merged with other agencies in 1930 to form the Columbia Concerts Corporation (name later changed to Columbia Artists Management, Inc., or CAMI). Schang was elected president of CAMI in 1948, and while he officially retired in 1963, he remained active in the company into the 1970s. During his career he managed a range of performing artists, including Enrico Caruso, Grace Moore, and Lily Pons. He was also responsible for the American debuts of two Russian musicians in the 1950s – pianist Emil Gilels, and violinist David Oistrakh. In his spare time, Schang collected visiting cards of musicians and other celebrities, amassing enough to publish four volumes of the images. He retired to Delray Beach, FL, and died there in August 1990.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Frederick C. Schang Papers consist of one box (0.42 linear feet) with two types of correspondence. The first is letters or similar items collected for their autographs; these cover an extensive number of years – from 1808 to 1976. A letter from Louis Spohr regarding a piano is the oldest item, and includes a typescript translation; a second letter from him is the next oldest item, dated 1817. The other type of correspondence is personal letters that document his professional relationships with clients, as well as other contemporaries. Many of these letters are addressed to Schang, and only occasionally is there a letter from him to the writer. Folders with a significant number of items include Victor Babin, Dorothy Kirsten, Grace Moore, and the Trapp Family Singers. There is no documentation of official CAMI business, or correspondence between Schang and its board members.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Frederick Schang donated the Frederick C. Schang Papers to the Music Division in June 1979.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Alphabetical"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Includes many items that were published in his books. Not included in his books are documents in the hand of or concerning Adolphe Adam, Wilhelm Backhaus, Michael Balfe, Julius Benedict, Richard Bonynge, Nadia Boulanger, Nicholas Murray Butler, Gaby Casadesus, Feodor Chaliapin, Cécile Chaminade, Ernest Chausson, John Coast, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Cesar Cui, Félicien David, Roswell Field, Carl Flesch, Alfred Frankenstein, Robert Franz, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Benjamin Godard, Cuthbert Kelly, Clara Louise Kellogg, Franz Kneisel, Ferdinand Laub, Paul Lincke, MacDowell Colony, Oskar Nedbal, Elly Ney, Emile Paladilhe, Gregor Piatigorsky, David Popper, Paul Robeson, Francis Robinson, Roger Sessions, Alessandra Siloti, Richard Tucker, and Franz Wasner</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Anastasia Karel; Machine-readable finding aid created by Anastasia Karel.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- date_start
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1808
- date_end
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1978
- date_bulk_start
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1941
- date_bulk_end
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1976