- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.07 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 09-4", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18418", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1867-2001", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1867/2001"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1867
- date_inclusive_end
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2001
- keydate
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1867
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Patricia Brooks papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Patricia Brooks papers (1867, 1897-2009) document the professional vocal career of the artist, focusing on her operatic performances. The papers contain professional and personal correspondence; reproductions of photographs documenting her operatic career, including photographs of Brooks with Placido Domingo and Frank Corsaro; financial records and advanced ticket sales regarding Brooks' recital in 1977; as well as correspondence, notes, ticket lists, and potential performers relating to the New York City Opera's tribute to Brooks in 2008. Annotated, published scores make up the majority of the collection."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Patricia Brooks papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Brooks, Patricia, 1933-1993", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>An accomplished pianist, dancer, and actress, Patricia Brooks is best known as a lyric soprano. Born November 7, 1933 in Manhattan to a musical family, Brooks trained as a performer from an early age. Her grandmother was a concert pianist and her mother, Eda Moultren Brooks, was a voice coach and performed in musical comedies along with her aunt. At the age of ten, Brooks won a WQXR award for her performance of Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in G minor. Brooks studied viola, harmony, and theory at the High School of Music and Art (LaGuardia Arts) and studied dance at the Fokine School. As a teenager, she was a dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company until a knee injury ended her career. Interested in acting, Brooks enrolled in the Hunter College Theater Workshop, debuted at Circle in the Square under the direction of Jose Quintero, studied acting under Uta Hagen, and later worked under the direction of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Arthur Penn, and William Ball. Brooks received vocal training at the Manhattan School of Music and was a pupil of Daniel Ferro.</p> <p>Brooks performed with the New York City Opera for seventeen years, from her debut as Marianne in Richard Strauss' <span class=\"title\">Der Rosenkavalier</span> in 1960 to her farewell performance in Mozart's <span class=\"title\">Der Schauspieldirektor</span> in 1977. In total, Brooks performed thirty-two roles in six languages with the New York City Opera. Over the course of her operatic career, Brooks was known for her roles as Violetta in <span class=\"title\">La Traviata</span>, Manon in <span class=\"title\">Manon</span>, Melisande in <span class=\"title\">Pelléas et Mélisande</span>, Fiordiligi in <span class=\"title\">Cosí fan tutte</span>, and Lucia in <span class=\"title\">Lucia di Lammermoor</span>.</p> <p>Brooks did not limit herself to operatic roles; she also sang with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and performed solos at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, among other locations. Notably, Brooks gave a command performance for President John F. Kennedy at the White House in 1963 and performed in <span class=\"title\">A Lincoln Evening</span> at the re-opening of Ford's Theatre in 1968.</p> <p>After multiple sclerosis limited her breathing, Brooks retired from the stage in 1977 and began teaching voice as well as directing at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase.</p> <p>In her personal life, Brooks was married to Circle in the Square co-founder Theodore Mann; the couple had two sons, Jonathan and Andrew. Brooks died of complications arising from multiple sclerosis on January 22, 1993.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection documents the professional vocal career of Patricia Brooks, most strongly representing her operatic performances. Personal material is limited; items can be found interfiled in correspondence and photographs, as well as in personal miscellany, which includes Brooks' wedding announcement, passport, and journal entries. The Patricia Brooks papers also contain professional correspondence; press clippings; programs and publicity materials, including a program for <span class=\"title\">A Lincoln Evening</span> signed by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Stuart Udall, Secretary of the Interior; obituaries; photographs, playbills, and postcards used as research materials for character and costume period study; financial records and advanced ticket sales regarding Brooks' recital in 1977; as well as correspondence, notes, ticket lists, and potential performers relating to the New York City Opera's tribute to Brooks in 2008.</p> <p>Reproductions of photographs documenting her operatic career are also in the collection, including photographs of Brooks with Placido Domingo and Frank Corsaro, and a poster sized reproduction of a photograph and inscription by Jacqueline Kennedy regarding Brooks' command performance of <span class=\"title\">The Magic Flute</span> at the White House in 1963. A few original, personal photographs are also included. Annotated, published scores make up the majority of the collection.</p> <p>Audio and visual recordings document Brooks' operatic career and consist of in-house and commercial recordings. Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Music Division (musicdiv@nypl.org) in advance. Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation and migration prior to access.</p> <p>Commercial recordings of Patricia Brooks are held by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and can be found by conducting an author search in the catalog (www.nypl.org/catalog); Brooks will be listed as a performer.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by subject.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Paul Libin and Theodore Mann, 2005.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Laura Slezak Karas.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>This collection was donated as part of the Circle in the Square records. In addition to the unprocessed material held by the Music Division, ten folders from the processed Circle in the Square records held by the Billy Rose Theatre Collection were integrated to create the Patricia Brooks papers.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>To request materials, contact the Music Division (musicdiv@nypl.org) in advance. Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Music Division. Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Copyright retained by any document's creator.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Circle in the Square records. Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts..</span> <span class=\"archref\">La Vie Parisenne [video recording]. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts..</span>"}
- extent_statement
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3.07 linear feet (8 boxes)
- date_start
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1867
- date_end
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2001