Search

Start Over Subjects Librettos (documents for music)

Douglas Moore papers, 1883-2018, bulk 1907-1969 45 linear feet

Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969
Douglas Stuart Moore (1893-1969) was an American composer, educator, and author. His best known works include the operas The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937-1939), The Ballad of Baby Doe (1953-1956), and Giants in the Earth (1949-1950), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951. The papers include clippings, correspondence, course and lecture materials, librettos, photographs, programs, publicity materials, recordings, and scores.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999 225 linear feet

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012
The correspondence, research, and teaching files of French-American cultural historian and Columbia University professor emeritus Jacques Barzun (1907-2012).
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Jerome Moross papers, 1924-2018 70.25 linear feet

Moross, Jerome, 1913-1983

Correspondence, manuscript music scores, copies of scores, playscripts, scenarios, watercolor drawings and other stage designs, contracts, legal papers, programs, clippings and other printed materials, microfilms, records, tape recordings, and photographs. Among Moross's work are the musical play, "The Golden Apple"(1954), dance music for "Ballet Ballads"(1945) and for "Frankie and Johnny"(1938), the film score for "The Big Country"(1958) and for "The Cardinal"(1963), and his Symphony No. 1 (1943). There are some financial papers and production records for the staging of his works. Among the cataloged correspondents are Aaron Copland, Agnes George De Mille, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, and Thornton Wilder.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

John Latouche papers, 1930-1960 2.5 linear feet

Latouche, John, 1914-1956

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, copies of scores, drawings, programs, clippings and other printed materials, and photographs. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Leonard Bernstein, Carol Channing, and Douglas Moore.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

New York City Opera records, 1924-2019, bulk 1965-1991 214 linear feet

New York City Opera
New York City Opera (NYCO) was famously dubbed "The People's Opera" by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at its founding in 1943. The Opera company's mission is to inspire audiences with innovative and theatrically compelling opera at an affordable price. This collection documents the artistic productions and the daily administrative functions and operations attest to the mission of the company. The materials in this collection consist of administrative and financial records, production files, stage guides, scores, correspondence, programs, photographs, posters, scenery plans, memorabilia, printed materials, and audio and video recordings, dating from 1924 to 2019, with its bulk dating from 1965 to 1991.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Ulysses Kay papers, 1894-2017, bulk 1938-1995 55.25 linear feet

Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995
Ulysses Kay (1917-1995) was a noted twentieth-century American composer. The collection includes audio reels, biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, phonograph records, photographs, programs, and scores.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Wilhelm Obkircher papers, 1950-1955 3 boxes

Obkircher, Wilhelm

The collection includes typescript libretti of Obkircher's operas and plays including KURT UND MARIANNE; OPFER; UNSCHULDIG; WAHL; and WILHELM KÜHNER, and of his collected poems. These are bound in eight volumes and are all in German. Most of these are signed by Obkircher. There are also two letters from Obkircher.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library