- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 06-50", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20370", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1905-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1905/1965"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1905
- date_inclusive_end
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1965
- keydate
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1905
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"John Mundy 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"=>"John Mundy (1886-1971) was a cellist and orchestra manager at The Metropolitan Opera, as well as a composer. The John Mundy Papers contain professional documentation of his career, with an emphasis on his compositions, especially <span class=\"title\">The Liar</span>, a musical comedy for which he composed the score."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p> John Mundy Papers, JPB 06-50. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Mundy, John, 1886-1971", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>John Mundy (1886-1971) was a concert cellist, trained at London’s Royal Academy of Music. After serving in World War I and teaching music in Ireland, Mundy came to the United States to pursue his musical career further. He was a freelance cellist and began composing his own music. He eventually joined the orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera, and became an orchestra manager there for thirteen years. In 1945, he collaborated with Edward Eager and Alfred Drake on <span class=\"title\">The Burglar’s Opera</span>, a musical comedy based on Italian commedia dell’arte. <span class=\"title\">The Burglar’s Opera</span> was staged at Catholic University, and then revised five years later for a brief Broadway run under the title, <span class=\"title\">The Liar</span>. Other incarnations of the musical were staged under the titles <span class=\"title\">The Rascal</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Gay Rascal</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Burglar</span>.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p> The John Mundy Papers include some contracts and other documentation of Mundy’s early life and career as a cellist, but they are primarily concerned with his career as a composer in the United States. There are annotated copies of the script for <span class=\"title\">The Burglar’s Opera</span>, along with correspondence charting its progress. The scores include songs from the show, as well as other compositions by Mundy. There is almost no material from his career at <span class=\"corpname\">The Metropolitan Opera</span>, nor any personal papers.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Alphabetical</li></ul></p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p> The John Mundy Papers were donated to the Music Division in 1973 by Clytie Hine Mundy.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Lee Spilberg; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lee Spilberg.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
- date_start
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1905
- date_end
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1965