Letters received

id
3795
origination
Auerbach, Alfred, d. 1873
date statement
1912 Sept. 8 - 1912 Dec. 13
key date
(missing)
identifier (local_mss)
20130
org unit
Music Division
call number
JOB 91-1
b-number
b11652236
total components
19
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:51 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:21:07 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".1 linear ft."}
unitid
{"value"=>"JOB 91-1", "type"=>"local_call"}
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1912 Sept. 8 - 1912 Dec. 13", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1912-09-08/1912-12-13"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Letters received"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span>, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This collection contains responses to Auerbach's questionnaire concerning whether Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal should be performed outside of Bayreuth."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Letters received by Alfred Auerbach, JOB 91-1, Music Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Alfred Auerbach (born in 1873) was a German author and critic of the stage. His published works include <span class=\"title\">Mimik: Übungsmaterial für Schauspiel- und Opern-Schüler</span>(1900), <span class=\"title\">Der jüdische Goy</span> (1923), and <span class=\"title\">Bühnenspiele für jüdische Feierstunden</span> (1935).</p> <p>He emigrated to the United States before the outbreak of World War II and lived in New York City in the early 1940s. The extent of his activities after emigration and the date of his death are unknown.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Richard Wagner intended his last opera, Parsifal (completed and first performed in 1882), to be performed only at his theatre in Bayreuth, Germany. This dictum was first ignored in 1903 by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Since that time, Parsifal has been staged throughout the world.</p> <p>In 1912, Alfred Auerbach sent a questionnaire to several notable persons of the day, seeking their opinions on whether Parsifal should still be performed only at Bayreuth. This collection contains Auerbach's questionnaire as well as the responses he received.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The letters are arranged alphabetically by author. Two letters from unidentified authors are filed last.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This collection was donated by <span class=\"name\">Rose Bampton</span> in 1990.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to copy or publish please contact the Music Division.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Auerbach, Alfred, d. 1873", "type"=>"persname"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Rose Bampton, 1990.</p>"}
langmaterial_code
ger
fre
eng
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Chiefly in German ; 2 letters in French ; 1 letter in English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Martha Grutchfield.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1912
date_inclusive_end
1912
keydate
1912-09-08
date_start
1912-09-08
date_end
1912-12-13

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