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{"value"=>"JPB 06-23", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20414", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1931-1976", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1931/1976"}
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1931
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1976
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1931
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Joseph Boromé research and writings on opera"}
- 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 Joseph Boromé Research and Writings on Opera consist primarily of the longtime City College professor's correspondence, research materials, and manuscript drafts of writings on opera and related topics in music history. The largest portion of the collection documents Boromé's efforts to do research for a proposed biography of the composer, Vincenzo Bellini; it also includes information that may be of interest to researchers studying the <span class=\"emph\">bel canto</span> revival of the mid-twentieth century, as well as the economic aspects of nineteenth century opera performance history."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Joseph Boromé Research and Writings on Opera, JPB 06-23. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Joseph Alfred Boromé (1919-2002) was a longtime professor of history at City College in New York, who specialized in African American and Caribbean studies, but who also had other research interests, including library history and music history. Born in New York City, Boromé's parents were from the island of Dominica. He worked as a page at the Schomburg Library and received an associate's degree from City College in 1942. Boromé earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Columbia University, where he also worked as a librarian from 1943 to 1950 (serving as head of the Burgess Library from 1949 to 1950). His master's thesis, <span class=\"title\">Popular Priced Opera in New York City: A History and Analysis</span>, was completed in 1945. Boromé was awarded fellowships from the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the American Council of Learned Societies in the late 1940s to undertake research on the nineteenth century librarian and historian Justin Winsor, the research topic of his doctoral dissertation. He also published a biography, <span class=\"title\">Charles Coffin Jewett</span> (1951), and was a reviewer for <span class=\"title\">Library Journal</span> and <span class=\"title\">New York History</span> magazine. Boromé served on the faculty of City College from 1950 to 1984 and compiled and edited the correspondence of such diverse figures as John Candler, Hiram Revels, and Toussaint Louverture. He also wrote extensively on Dominica and other Caribbean countries.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Joseph Boromé Research and Writings on Opera consist primarily of Boromé's correspondence, research materials, and manuscript drafts of published and unpublished writings on opera and related topics in music history. Among the files in the Opera and Related Subjects series is material on the nineteenth century impresarios Max Maretzek and Fernandino Palmo, as well as Boromé's graduate school thesis on the history of opera presentation in New York City. Also contained in this series are files with background material and manuscripts for program notes written by Boromé during the 1960s for various operas staged by the American Opera Society (the folder on <span class=\"title\">The Mother of Us All</span> includes some letters from its composer, Virgil Thomson).</p> <p>The largest portion of the collection, however, documents Boromé's efforts to do research for a proposed biography of the composer, Vincenzo Bellini, as well as to find a potential publisher. Included are several manuscript drafts of what appear to be sections of the biography, as well as research and writings on individual Bellini operas. While English predominates throughout the collection, there is a significant amount of correspondence and research materials in Italian, as well as some items in French, German, Russian, and Spanish. Although the collection contains no personal material on Boromé, it does include information that may be of interest to researchers studying the <span class=\"emph\">bel canto</span> revival of the mid-twentieth century, as well as the economic aspects of nineteenth century opera performance history.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Joseph Boromé research and writings on opera is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20414#c612945'>Series I: Opera and Related Subjects, and</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1942 - 1975</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Opera and Related Subjects series primarily contains materials pertaining to nineteenth century opera, including Boromé's master's thesis, as well as files on Max Maretzek and Fernandino Palmo. Also of note is an early term paper of Boromé's and class notes which may have formed the basis of the thesis. This series also includes files with correspondence, research materials, and manuscripts compiled in writing program notes on various operas, a proposed article on the Bolshoi Opera, and a review essay on performances attended by Boromé during a trip to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Among the items of interest is an exchange of correspondence between Boromé and Virgil Thomson, which concerns Boromé's program notes for a production of the Virgil Thomson - Gertrude Stein opera, <span class=\"title\">The Mother of Us All</span>, and includes four letters from the composer, as well as his corrections to Boromé's manuscript.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20414#c612970'>Series II: Vincenzo Bellini Biography, and</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1931 - 1976</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Vincenzo Bellini Biography series is mainly comprised of correspondence, research materials, and manuscript drafts for a proposed book about the composer. Notable correspondents include Sacheverell Sitwell and Walter Toscanini. Also included are separate files with similar materials on individual Bellini operas. Boromé published an article on <span class=\"title\">Beatrice di Tenda</span> and wrote program notes for a production of <span class=\"title\">I Capuleti e I Montecchi</span>.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Opera and Related Subjects, 1942-1975 and undated</li> <li>Series II: Vincenzo Bellini Biography, 1931-1976 and undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Joseph Boromé Research and Writings on Opera were donated to the Music Division in installments from 1990-1995 by Joseph Boromé.</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> The Joseph Boromé Collection and Joseph Boromé Papers (SC MG 714) are held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. The Joseph Alfred Boromé Papers (Native American Collection, #9164) are held by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.</p>"}
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eng
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fre
ger
rus
spa
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{"value"=>"While English predominates throughout the collection, there is a significant amount of correspondence and research materials in Italian, as well as some items in French, German, Russian, and Spanish"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Helice Koffler; Machine-readable finding aid created by Helice Koffler.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1.67 linear feet (5 boxes)
- date_start
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1931
- date_end
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1976