Found 66 collections related to Programs

The Dr. Ingrid Brainard Papers contain documents from the 1890s to 2000, and cover the academic and professional career of the distinguished dance historian and author. It contains letters, writings, research and conference materials, and teaching materials, as well as personal papers relating to Brainard, her career, and education. less

Martha Hill (1900-1995) was one of the most influential dance instructors of the 20th century and the first director of the Juilliard Dance Division. Janet Mansfield Soares worked with Martha Hill as a student, colleague, and teacher of dance composition at the Juilliard School. The Martha Hill research materials (1870-1995) contain personal and professional papers created by Martha Hill and compiled by Janet Soares, as well as materials created by Soares in the course of her research for her book on Martha Hill, Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance. less

The Mendelssohn Glee club is the oldest singing organization still current and the second oldest musical organization in the United States. The collection includes many scrapbooks, along with administrative files, correspondence, ledgers, photographs, publicity material, and vocal scores less

The Mildred Wellerson Papers document the early career of the American cellist, who, as a child prodigy, had begun making public appearances by the age of four, and, under the name, Mila Wellerson, continued to perform as a young woman in the United States and Europe. less

A violinist and conductor, Max Pollikoff was born in Newark, N.J., in 1904, and died in New York City in 1984. He organized Music in Our Time, a concert series which ran from 1954 to 1974 at the 92nd St. YMHA, New York. Published and unpublished music by various composers with markings by Pollikoff, scrapbook, programs, clippings, photographs, poster, receipts, checks, contracts, brochures, pamphlets, periodicals, address books, appointment books, memorabilia, and correspondence including letters relating to Music In Our Time. less

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. less

Rosina Lhevinne (1880-1976) was a Russian-born pianist and pedagogue who taught at the Juilliard School and privately in New York City. She was married to pianist Josef Lhévinne. Business and personal correspondence, pedagogical notes, clippings, programs, photographs, and other papers relating to the careers of Rosina and Josef Lhevinne. less

Richard Lewine was a musical theater composer, an author of works of scholarship on musical theater and a theater and television producer, working mainly from the 1930s through the 1980s. This collection includes personal files, scores, scripts, production files, programs and oversized items pertaining to Lewine's career, life and films, stage musicals and television programs written or produced by Lewine. less

The papers document the careers of Robert C. Schnitzer and Marcella Cisney, actors, producers, administrators, and educators. The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), The University of Michigan, The Theatre Guild American Repertory Company, and the University Resident Theatre Association are among their major affiliations represented in this collection. less

Alexander Lang Steinert (1900-1982) was a composer, conductor, and pianist who worked in television, film, and radio, as well as concert settings. The Alexander Steinert Papers consists primarily of the composer’s collection of published scores, the majority of these arranged for piano and four hands. The collection also contains scrapbooks as well as contracts and correspondence that detail some of the highlights of Steinert’s professional career. less

27 letters (22 ALS and 5 TLS) and 14 postcards from Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1920-1928 and undated, including note at end of article ; 1 letter each from Arthur Nikisch, Hans Pfitzner, and Richard Strauss ; Wiener Philharmonischer "Partitur" containing drawings of faces of members of the orchestra ; article about Berlin by Furtwängler ; "Amnerkungen zur Musik von Wagners 'Ring des Nibelungen'" von Wilhelm Furtwängler ; unsigned ms. article about Furtwängler ; photograph of Furtwängler ; 10 clippings including 1 from 1911 and 9 obituaries of Alfred Wolf, 1930 ; "Gustav Mahler III. Symphonie D-moll : Thematische Analyse," von Richard Specht ; and 4 programs indluding 1 for an 1892 performance of Tannhäuser. less

Auguste Kolar was a Bohemian pianist active in Prague and Vienna from about 1859 to 1874. Born in Prague, she studied there with Josef Proksch. In 1865 she performed a 2-piano work in a concert with Clara Schumann. After her marriage to Dr. Heinrich Auspitz in 1868, she took the name Auguste Auspitz-Kolar. During the summers of 1869 and 1870, she performed in London. Scrapbook of concert programs and clippings of reviews, 1858-1874; letters, chiefly between Auguste Kolar and Heinrich Auspitz, 1865-1866, bound in 2 volumes; about 225 photographs (mostly unlabeled, the last dated 1902) in 2 scrapbooks; small scrapbook of pressed leaves from the graves of composers and poets; small scrapbook of "Erinnerung" 1863-1872; literary works by Auguste Kolar including 2 volumes of poetry, a long prose poem, a play, and "Vom Klavierspielen"; book of poems by Gustav Schlicht; Auguste Kolar's copy (probably in her hand) of "Die Lehre von der Melodie," by Josef Proksch. less

Charles Jones born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada was a composer. Jones spent the majority of his career as a teacher at the Juilliard School, at Mills College, then at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. The Collection contains various drafts, sketches and scores composed by Charles Jones from 1930s-1997. In addition there are scores by other composers, correspondence, programs, clippings and photographs less

Charles Strouse is a composer of stage and film musicals, known for such musicals as Bye Bye Birdie (1960), Applause (1970) and Annie (1977). He occasionally writes his own lyrics, but usually collaborates with a lyricist. His most frequent lyricist is Lee Adams, though he has also worked with Martin Charnin, Alan Jay Lerner, Richard Maltby Jr. and Stephen Schwartz. The majority of the materials in this collection are scripts and scores from Strouse’s shows from the 1960s through 2000. The collection also includes clippings, correspondence, production files and programs. less

Correspondence (chiefly 1905-1958) including ca. 1000 autograph letters collected by Mr. Abell; mss. of articles and book chapters; concert programs; newspaper and magazine clippings; calling cards; photographs and other pictures including more than 150 portraits of musicians, many of them autographed; and other material. Includes extensive correspondence from Leopold Auer, Max Bruch, Serge Koussevitzky, Isidore Philipp, Xaver Scharwenka; and 6 or more letters each from Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, Willy Burmester, Carl Flesch, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Rudolf Ganz, Etelka Gerster-Gardini, Arthur Hartmann, Hugo Heerman, Ernst Hutcheson, Hugo Kaun, Juan Manén, Robert Schauffler, Arnold T. Schwab, Christian Sinding, Theodore Spiering, Richard Strauss, Amadeo von der Hoya, and Anton Witek. less

Hugo Kaun, composer and choral conductor, was born in Berlin Germany on March 21, 1863. Following his father’s death in 1886, he went to the USA and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he worked as a teacher, composer and choral conductor. He returned to Berlin in 1902, and by the 1920s his fame as a composer had spread throughout German-speaking Europe. In 1912 he was elected a member of the Academy of Arts and from 1922 taught at the Berlin Conservatory. His operas are Wagnerian in style, and the Wagnerian harmonic language pervades all of his larger compositions. The many choral works enjoyed great popularity. Hugo Kaun died on April 2, 1932 in Berlin Germany. less

Helen Crane, composer and pianist, was born in New York in 1868. While in New York, she studied with German composers Philip and Xaver Scharwenka, and later moved to Berlin (1906-1917). Her composition Elegy for violoncello and pianoforte, op. 57 (1919) received an award from the National Federation of Music Clubs in 1944. The collection consists chiefly of manuscript music scores. A small group of other papers includes correspondence, ephemera, a catalogue of compositions, and programs for concerts of Helen Crane's works at the Mozartem Salzburg in 1928 and 1930. less

The Helen Hayes papers span the years 1817–1963 and consist of correspondence, the majority from friends and colleagues; speeches and writings, including drafts and handwritten index cards of speeches; clippings from her earliest days in theater and covering her work in film, television, and radio; programs for theatrical productions and awards ceremonies; awards and ephemera including her honorary degrees, appointments to committees, and citations for her charitable work; designs including costume designs for theatrical productions and artwork created by friends and colleagues; photographs, including family photographs, candid shots and professional portraits from childhood, production stills and publicity from theater, film, and radio, and portraits by famous photographers; and scrapbooks, some dedicated to particular theatrical productions and others that cover all aspects of her career and life. less

Henry Hadley was an American composer and conductor, founder of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. Correspondence, contracts and royalty statements, libretti and programs, clippings (reviews), scrapbooks, financial records (receipts, checks, loan papers), diaries, motion picture films, and photographs relating to Hadley's life and career; musical scores by various composers (chiefly reproductions of manuscripts); and records of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. less