Katrina Castles papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"JPB 97-1", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20199", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1932-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1932/1956"}

date_inclusive_start

1932

date_inclusive_end

1956

keydate

1932

date_start

1932

date_end

1956

unittitle

{"value"=>"Katrina Castles papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 cu. ft."}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Katrina Castles (Mrs. Michael Schwab), formerly Kathleen Castles, and also known as Katherine Castles, was an Australian mezzo-soprano Lieder singer, a protege of Mme. Lotte Lehmann, and the childhood friend of Australian-American composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Her career was cut short by two bouts of cancer. Contains Miss Castles' correspondence, programs, clippings, photographs, and business papers. Includes letters and portraits from Lotte Lehmann as well as notes from Elisabeth Schumann, Kirsten Flagstad, and Colin McPhee. Also includes scores, photographs, and programs of Peggy Glanville-Hicks; an insurance policy showing Castles as the beneficiary of Glanville-Hicks; a photograph of Fritz Hart; and scores by Bax and Vaughan Williams."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Katrina Castles papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Castles, Katrina", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Katrina Castles (Mrs. Michael Schwab), formerly Kathleen Castles, and also known as Katherine Castles, was an Australian mezzo-soprano Lieder-singer, a protégé of Mme. Lotte Lehmann, and the childhood friend of Australian-American composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Her career was cut short by two bouts of cancer.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The present collection contains Miss Castles' correspondence, programs, clippings, photographs, and business papers. It includes letters and portraits from Lotte Lehmann as well as notes from Elisabeth Schumann, Kirsten Flagstad, and Colin McPhee. It also includes scores, photographs, and programs of Peggy Glanville-Hicks, an insurance policy showing Castles as the beneficiary of Glanville-Hicks, a photograph of Fritz Hart, and scores by Bax and Vaughan Williams.</p>"}

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.3 cu. ft.

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1. Lyons, Mary E., Letter, Jamaica Plain, MA, to Jean Bowen, New York, NY
2. Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962, Card, [n. p.], to Katrina Castles, [n. p.]
3. Lehmann, Lotte, Letter, [n. p.], to Mr. and Mrs Middleton, [n. p.]
4. Note
5. Lehmann, Lotte, Card, [n. p.] to Katrina Castles, [n. p.]
6. Pott, Louise Helme, Letter, Melbourne, to Miss Watson, [n. p.]
7. Huntingfield, E., Letter, Melbourne, to Kathleen Castles, Moonee Pond
8. Scott, Emil, Letter, Victoria, to Mrs Shackell, [n. p.]
9. Clarke, Rise, Letter, Melbourne, to Katrina Castles, [n. p.]
10. Masson, Mary, Letter, Melbourne, to Mrs. J. T. Humphrey, Durban, Natal
11. Wallis, Helen, Letter, [London], to Katrina Castles, [n. p.]
12. Hope, Constance, Telegram, New York, to Katherine Castle[s], London
13. Lehmann, Lotte, Letter, on train to Lincoln [postmark: Omaha], to Katherine Castles, New York
14. Lehmann, Lotte, Card, [n. p.], to Katrina Castles, [New York]
15. Lehmann, Lotte, Postcard, Honolulu, to Katherine Castles, New York City
16. Helmann, Telegram, Santabarbara Calif, to Katharine Castles, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne
17. Levinger, Heinrich, Letter, New York City, to Katrina Castles, [n. p.]
18. Jacobson, Martha, Letter, Riverdale, N. Y., to Katrina Castles, New York City
19. Jacobson, Martha, Letter, New York City, to Katrina Castles, New York City
20. Lehmann, Lotte, Card, [postmark] Los Angeles, Calif., to Katrina Castles, New York City
21. Heiniken, Mrs. Wm. L., Letter, Newark, N. J., to Katrina Castles, N. Y. C
22. Schumann, Elisabeth, Letter, N. Y. C., to Katrina Castles, [n. p.]
23. Note, [undated]
24. Lehmann, Lotte, Envelope, Santa Barbara, Calif., to Katrina Castles, New York City, N. Y
25. Campbell, Edward, Certificate of introduction
26. Mertens, Andre, Letter, New York, to Katrina Castles, New York
27. Mathews, Elizabeth, Letter, New York, to Katrina Castles, New York
28. [Clippings containing reviews of recitals by Kathleen Castles]
29. [Programs of recitals by Kathleen Castles]
30. [Clippings about Lotte Lehmann]
31. [Programs and flier for concerts by Lotte Lehmann]
32. [Photographic portraits of Lotte Lehmann inscribed to Katherine Castles]
33. [Photographic portrait, probably of Katrina Castles]
34. [Photographic portraits and drawing of Peggy Glanville-Hicks and others]
35. [Clippings about Peggy Glanville Hicks and Stanley Bate]
36. [Brochure and lists of compositions by Peggy Glanville-Hicks and by Aaron Copland]
37. [Programs associated with Peggy Glanville-Hicks]
38. [Life insurance policy]
39. Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953, [Irish songs]
40. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy, [Concertino da camera, piano, flute, clarinet, bassoon]
41. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy, Profiles from China: 5 songs with piano
42. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy, Rest / music by P. Glanville-Hicks; poem by A. E. (George Russell)
43. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy, [Songs (Housman)]
44. Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, [Riders to the sea. Vocal score]