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1926ref. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976ref. 163670New York: Joffrey Ballet 1976. Vintage window card for the Joffrey Ballet Company at City Center New York circa 1976. Founded in 1956 by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino the company initially consisted of six dancers performing original pieces created by Joffrey touring the US in a station wagon. The company found its first permanent residency in New York City in 1966 expanding to Los Angeles in 1982. The group gained recognition for its groundbreaking use of multimedia elements in performances and was one of the first dance companies to create a ballet set to rock music. It also served as the basis for Robert Altman's 2003 film "The Company" starring Malcolm McDowell and James Franco. The Joffrey Ballet moved from New York to Chicago in 1995 and continues to operate there today. 14 x 22 inches. Small splash and faint soil on the bottom left corner else about Near Fine with pinholes at each corner. Joffrey Ballet unknown books
1973ref. 146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish. Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 167709Chicago: Club Stodola 1992. Vintage poster for a performance by bands 3 Penny Opera Righteous Podiatrist and Boney Pile circa 1980s at Chicago's Club Stodola. Stapled to the top left corner of the poster are four tickets for the event noting a date of June 19. Poster folded twice and addressed for mailing on the verso with a postmarked date of June 10 1992. Located on Chicago's north side Club Stodola was a neighborhood Polish bar-turned-music-club in the 1980s and 1990s that frequently hosted punk bands. 17 x 11 inches folded twice vertically. Tickets 5.25 x 2.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Club Stodola unknown books
1977ref. 163168N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the 1977 production of the beloved 1892 ballet showing dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland. Camera 5 stamp on the verso crediting photographer and Camera 5 founder Ken Regan. The 1977 production was staged by the American Ballet Theatre at the Kennedy Center and marked Baryshnikov's debut as choreographer. The ballet was adapted for television the same year directed by Tony Charmoli. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 9.25 x 14 inches archivally matted in a 14 x 18 inch 8-ply white mat. About Near Fine slightly wavy at the top and bottom edges. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 161071New York: United Press International 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 film including one glossy and single weight and one matte finish borderless and double weight. One photograph shows actor Sidney Poitier talking with producer Sam Goldwyn and the other shows Poitier with actors Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters. One with a provenance stamp on the verso and both with annotations in manuscript ink identifying subjects on the versos. Based on DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel "Porgy" and its subsequent 1927 opera adaptation by DuBose Heyward and his wife Dorothy with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. One of the great enduring American musicals following a disabled man in a small fishing village in South Carolina who harbors a woman attempting to flee her disreputable past. Set in South Carolina shot on location in Stockton California with some scenes shot near the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in California. Matte photograph 11 x 8 inches glossy photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with matte photograph slightly curled. National Film Registry. United Press International unknown books
ref. 39101Quarto. Full mid-tan mottled calf with coat of arms gilt to both boards raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt marbled endpapers. With occasional decorative woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces throughout. 1. DESTOUCHES Andre Cardinal 1672-1749 Le Carnaval et La Folie Comedie-Ballet representée par l'Academie Royale de Musique pour le premiere fois. Le troisième Janvier 1704. Remise au théâtre Le seizième May 1719. Le treizième Juillet 1730. Le septième Août 1738. Et le Mardi onziéme Juin. 1748. Nouvelle Édition Prix XXX. Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1748. 1f. recto title verso "Les Paroles de Monsieur de la Motte. La Musique de Monsieur Destouches." 1f. cast list 5-51 i approbation and imprint. With manuscript paraph to title. Named cast includes: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côté du Roi performance Mlles. Dun Toulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Le Tourneur Duperey and Grimiaux and Messrs. Lefebre Le Page C Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côté de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Gondré Rôllet Delâtre Lablotiere Daliere Victoire Hery and Folliot and Messrs. S. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Belot Chapotin Favier and Le Roy - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlle. Romainvile; Messrs. Person Le Page and de la Tour - Dancers Mlle. Puvigné in Hebé; Mlles. Lyonnois Courcelle and Thieri in Les Graces; Messrs. Devisse Caillez Laval Feuillade and Mion; Mlles. Dazenoncourt Briseval Minot and Puvigné in "Jeux & Plaisirs." A pupil of Campra Destouches achieved considerable success as a composer of stage music. His Isse was greatly admired by King Louis XIV. "Le carnaval et la folie is one of the first examples of a lyric comedy in France." James R. Anthony in Grove Music Online 2. CAMPRA André 1660-1744 Monteclair Bourgeois and Rameau Fragmens de Differens Ballets Représentés par l'Academie Royale de Musique Le Mardi 10 Séptembre 1748. Prix XXX. Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1748. In a prologue and 3 acts. - 1f. recto title verso "Les Paroles de M. Danchet. La Musique de M. Campra." 3-4 cast list 5-8 "Prologue des Amours de Venus" Named cast includes: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côté du Roi performance Mlles. du Toulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Folliot Le Tourneur and Grimiau and Messieurs Lefebvre Le Page C. Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côté de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Gondré Rôllet Delâtre Lablotiere Daliere Chesdville Hery and Duperey and Messieurs S. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Belog Chapotin Favier and Le Roy - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlle. Romainville Jacquet and Met - Dancers Mlles. Imblot Sauvage Parquet Amedée Carville Devaux Bellot L. and Bellot C; Mrs. Le Febvre Laurent Laval Caillé Feuillade and Bourgeois; Messieurs Le Lievre and Devisse. Campra was a leading figure in French theatrical and sacred music in the early 18th century. With: MONTECLAIR Michel Pignolet 1667-1737 1 Les Soirées de l'Eté tirées du ballet Des Festes de l'Eté: Le Paroles d de M. Pellegrin. La Musique de M. Monteclair. 2 cast list 3-22 pp. Named cast includes: - Actors Mlles. Coupée and Chevalier and Messieurs Person de la Tour and Le Page - Dancers Mlles. Camargo Lyonois Thierry Dazenoncourt Sauvage Beaufort and Briseval; Mrs. Dupré Dumay Matignon Hamoche and Caillé; Monsieurs Tessier and Levoir "Although not prolific Montéclair wrote in most of the genres cultivated during the early 18th century in France excepting only the keyboard. He was one of the most versatile of the generation between Lully's death 1687 and Rameau's advent as a stage composer 1733; composers of this 'préramiste' period are often described as 'imitators of Lully' but Montéclair and Campra are among those who influenced Rameau's dramatic music. In his stage works Montéclair was particularly sensitive to the dramatic function of orchestral colour. His operatic scores are much clearer than those of his contemporaries in giving directions for specific instruments like the off-stage horns 'played very softly to simulate the hunt in the distance' in the second entrée of Les festes de l'été Montéclair added that 'if no cors de chasse are available oboes and violins may play the following and remain in the orchestra'. In the same work a 'Prélude à trois basses' introduces the first scene of the third entrée where the main roles are sung by basses; the prelude to the second scene whose main roles are sung by sopranos is scored for violins and violas without continuo. The parts enter in reverse order and the melodic material is derived from the earlier prelude ex.1. Les festes de l'été and Jephté both contain an a cappella chorus and the former has a large-scale double chorus - an operatic counterpart to the choruses in Lalande's grands motets." James R. Anthony in Grove Music Online With: BOURGEOIS Thomas Louis 1676-1750 or 1751 1 L'Estime tiré Des Amours Déguisés. Les Paroles de Monsieur Fuzelier. La Musique de Monsieur Bourgeois. 2 cast list 3-14 pp. Named cast includes: - Actors Mlles. Fel Jacquet and Gondré; Messieurs de Chassé Poirier and Person - Dancers Mlles. Dallemand Thieri St. Germain Minot Sauvage Briseval and Himblot; Mrs. Dupré Lany Devisse Lyonnois Dumat Matignon Hamoche Laval and Feuillade; Mr. Doumoulin. A French composer and singer best known for his contributions to the 18th century French cantata Bourgeois also wrote ballets and divertissements. With: RAMEAU Jean-Philippe 1683-1754 1 Pigmalion Acte de Ballet. La Musique de Monsieur Rameau 2 cast list 3-10 1f. approbation and privilege "Rameau was one of the greatest figures in French musical history a theorist of European stature and France's leading 18th-century composer. He made important contributions to the cantata the motet and more especially keyboard music and many of his dramatic compositions stand alongside those of Lully and Gluck as the pinnacles of pre-Revolutionary French opera." Graham Sadler and Thomas Christensen in Grove Music Online 3. RAMEAU Les Festes de l'Himen et de L'Amour; ou Les Dieux d'Egypte Ballet Héroïque Donné à Versailles le quinze Mars 1747. Et Représenté pour la premiere fois par L'Academie Royale de Musique le Mardi 5 November 1748. Prix XXX. Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1748. 1f. recto title verso blank 3 half-title with "La Poëme est de M. de Cahusac. La Musique de M. Rameau. La Danse de M. Laval Compositeur des Ballets du Roi." 4 cast list 5 synopsis 6 cast list 7-58 1f. privilege. With manuscript paraph to title. Named cast for the Prologue includes: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côté du Roi performance Melles. Dun Tulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Le Tourneur Dupereyand Grimiaux and Messieurs Lefebvre Le Page C. Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côte de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Gondré Rôllet Delâtre Lablotiere Daliere Victoire Hery Folliot and Messieurs S. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Belot Chapotin Favier and Le Roy. - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlles. Coupée and Romainveille; Mr. Poirier - Dancers Mlles. Carville Courcelle and St. Germain in Les Graces; Mlles. Puvignée Dazenoncourt Himblot and Briseval and Mrs. Laval Laurent le Lievre and Bourgeois in Jeux et Plaisirs; Mlles. Minot Beaufort Thierry and Sauvage in Vertus. Named cast for the Premiere Entrée includes: - "Acteurs Chantans" Mlles. Chevalier and Gondré; Monsieur Jeliote - Dancers Mlles. Puvignée Derseuille Chevrier Masson Hutte St- Germain Courcelle Thiery Minot Dallemand Belnot C. Parquet Devaus Amedée Camargo Dazenoncourt Beaufort Belnot L. and Belnot C.; Mrs. Dupré F. Barrois Hamoche Mion Matignon Dumay Laval Dupré Feuillade Caillé le Liévre and Laurent; Messieurs Lany and Dumoulin Named cast for the Seconde Entrée includes: - "Acteurs Chantans" Mlle. Romainville; Messieurs le Page De la Tour and Albert - Dancers Mlles. Lyonnois Amedée Devaux Sauvage L. Belnot and C. Belnot; Mrs. Laval Matignon Dumay le Lievre Hamoche Feuillade Lyonnois Mion Laurent and Bourgeois; Messieurs Lyonnois and Dupré Named cast for the Troisieme Entrée includes: - "Acteurs Chantans" Mlles. Fel Coupée and d'Aliére; Messieurs Jeliote Person Poirier and Lamarre - Dancers Mlles. Camargo Dallemand Puvignée Lyonois St. Germain Courcelles Thiery Puvignée Desnoncourt and Minot; Mrs. Lany Dumoulin Tessier Laval Hamoche Caillez Feuillade Dumay and Dupré; Monsieur Device First Edition. Sonneck p. 500 editions of 1765 and 1778 only. 4. RAMEAU Platée Ballet Bouffon representé par L'Academie Royale de Musique pour le Carnaval De mil sept cent quarente!neuf. Le Mardi quatre Fevrier de la même année. Prix XXX Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1749. 1 title 2 "Les Paroles de Monsieur Autreau. La Musique de Monsieur Rameau." 3-4 cast list 5-55. 1f. approbation and privilege. With manuscript paraph to title. Named cast include: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côte du Roi performance Mlles. dun Tulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Le Tourneur Deperey and Grimiaux and Messieurs Lefebvre le Page C. Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côté de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Rôllet Lablotiere Daliere Victoire Hery Folliot s. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Bellot Chapotin Favier and Le Roy - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlles. Cartou Chesdeville Coupée and Rozalie; Messrs. Poirier Person De Lamare - Dancers Mlles L. Belnot C. Belnot Desiré Lyonnois Briseval Dazenoncourt Imblot Parquet and Amedée; Mrs. Laval Caillé Monservin Le Lievre Laurent Hamoche Bourgeois and Milon; Monsieur Lany - "Acteurs du Ballet" Mlles. Jacquet Fel and Coupée; Messrs. De la Tour Le Page Person Poirier and DeLamare - Dancers Mlles. Lany Courcelle St-Germain Thiery Minot Beaufort Sauvage Dallemand Carville Devaux L. Belnot C. Belnot Lyonnois Dallemand Desiré Dazenoncourt and Briseval; Mrs. Dumay Dupré Matignon Feuillade le Lievre Laval Hamoche Bourgeois Laurent and Mion; Me. Dourdet; Messrs. Lyonois Dupré Monservain Tessier Dumoulin Devise and Lany First Edition of the second version. 5. SALOMON Joseph-François 1649-1732 Medée et Jason Tragedie Representée par L'Academie Royale de Musique pour la premiere fpois. Le vingt-quatrième jour d'avril 1713. Reprise le premier de May 1727. Et le vingt-deux Novembre 1736. Remise au Théâtre le Jeudi 20 Février 1749. Prix XXX Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1749. 1 title 2 "Les Paroles de Monsieur Pellegrein. La Musique de Monsieur Salomon." 3-4 cast list 5-64 i approbation and privilege. With manuscript paraph to title. Not in Sonneck. A French composer and organist "Salomon's operas Medée et Jason and Théonoé are in the tradition of Lully and Campra." Guy Bourligueux in Grove Music Online Binding somewhat worn rubbed and bumped; minor loss to head and tail of spine; slightly shaken; hinges partially split. Minor internal wear; edges slightly browned; occasional foxing; two leaves loose. Very good crisp wide-margined copies overall. unknown books
2000ref. 159893N.p.: N.p. 2000. Three vintage photographs of director Werner Herzog taken by noted jazz photographer Jeffrey Kliman during choir rehearsals for his staging of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser" held at The Lyric Opera House in Baltimore in March 2000. These prints are unique struck from the original negative by the photographer. Full provenance available. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 159709San Francisco: The Folcrom 1988. Vintage flyer announcing four performances of an opera entitled "Watt" adapted from the Samuel Beckett novel performed by The Tiny Dead Bodies Opera Company at The Folcrom San Francisco October 21 and 22 28 and 29 1988. Based on the 1953 novel by Samuel Beckett. The Folcrom was a non-profit installation and performance space located at 2150 Folsom Street San Francisco from 1987-1991. 8.5 x 14 inches on pale yellow paper. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and a small crease to the lower left corner. The Folcrom unknown books
1989ref. 159645San Francisco: San Francisco Opera 1989. Vintage flyer advertising a costume sale by the San Francisco Opera SFO on April 22-23 1989 at the War Memorial Opera House. The SFO has held costume sales nearly every year for the last few decades frequently leading to lines stretched around the block. The SFO's costume sales serve not only to clear items from productions no longer performed to make room for new costumes but to generate much needed additional income for the arts organization. In recent years the SFO has begun holding their annual costume sale online. 8.5 x 11 inches on goldenrod paper. Very Good plus with light creasing overall and two small bruises on the bottom edge. San Francisco Opera unknown books
1943ref. 156117N.p.: Herzog Film 1943. Vintage program for the 1943 German film. Titles and text in German. A skilled amateur dancer gets her big break when she is discovered by a musical composer despite the objections of her father. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus lightly age-toned. Herzog Film unknown books
1986ref. 154238Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers and director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1983 film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
1873ref. 360111873. GOUNOD Faust. Opera 5 felvonásban. Göthe Után irták Barbier Gyula és Carré Mih. Forditotta Ormai. Zenéje Gounod Károlytól. Pest: Nyomatott Emich Gusztáv 1864. Octavo. Plain dark pink wrappers. 35 pp. Faust was Performed in Hungary for the first time on 2 September 1863. MEYERBEER Proféta. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Egressy Bèni ès Szerdahelyi. Zenéjét szerzé Meyerbeer. Pest: Nyomatott Herz Jánosnál 1856. Octavo. Plain light green wrappers. 3 pp. Le Prophete was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 June 1850. MEYERBEER Hugonotok. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Nádaskai Lajos. Zenéjét Mayerbeer!. Pesten: Nyomatott Lukács Lászlónál 1852. Octavo. Plain ivory wrappers. 48 pp. Les Huguenots was performed in Hungary for the first time on 6 November 1852. THOMAS Mignon. Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Göthe "Meister Vilmos Tanuló Évei" czimü regénye után irták Carré es Barbier. Forditotta Ormai Ferencz. Zenejét szerzé Thomas Ambrus. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinand 1873. Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 36 pp. Mignon was performed in Hungary for the first time on 20 September 1873. WAGNER Tannhäuser; és a Wartburgi Dalnok Verseny Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Szövegét s zenéjét irta Wagner Richard. Magyarra forditotta Ãbrányi Kornél. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinánd 1871. Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 20 pp. Tannhäuser was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 March 1871. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Some browning and foxing. From the first or early performances of these operas in Hungary. unknown books
1986ref. 150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
1984ref. 151105N.p.: International Spectrafilm Distribution 1984. Vintage reference photograph of Jean-Luc Godard and Valerie Dreville from the 1984 US release of the 1983 French film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. International Spectrafilm Distribution unknown books
1980ref. 34416Jamaica New York: Chung-Cheng Art Gallery 1980. Folio. Original publisher's ivory illustrated wrappers printed in dark red and black. 63 vii pp. Together with 2 programs both illustrated some in color: - The National Chinese Opera Theater 1st North American Tour September 1973 - January 1974. Folio. 32 pp. - Peking Opera. North America 1980. Folio. 34 pp. Chung-Cheng Art Gallery unknown books
ref. 29868Image size ca. 212 x 142 mm. sheet size 321 x 190 mm. The design depicts a man dressed in an exotic Egyptian costume deocrated with numerous armlets anklets necklace earrings headdress etc. Executed in watercolour and gold paint on heavy wove paper. Slightly worn; browning to outer edges from old mat; remnants of mounting paper to verso. unknown books
1957ref. 208291957. Press photograph archive of African American women opera singers 1957-1977 documents the emergence and international recognition of Black performers within mid twentieth century classical music and operatic institutions. The images center on four prominent singers whose careers developed during and after the era of segregation when access to major stages and audiences expanded unevenly for Black artists. Figures such as Marian Anderson who broke barriers at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955 established a precedent for subsequent generations; the performers represented here advanced that presence through sustained international careers providing visual evidence of African American participation in elite cultural institutions during a period of social and cultural change. Six black and white silver gelatin press photographs each approximately 8 x 10 inches with captions and markings on recto and verso. Subjects include Adele Addison in two studio portraits from the 1950s later known as the singing voice for Bess in Porgy and Bess 1959; Shirley Verrett in two images including an early news photograph prior to a performance at Ambassador College Auditorium and a later 1976 stage portrait in formal concert dress; Martina Arroyo in a 1977 portrait during the height of her international career; and Grace Bumbry depicted in costume as Princess Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera in 1965. The photographs capture both staged publicity portraits and performance contexts documenting professional presentation and artistic identity. Produced during decades of expanding civil rights advocacy and gradual institutional integration the archive situates African American women within a field historically shaped by exclusion and limited access. Their visibility in major opera houses and concert venues reflects broader shifts in cultural recognition and professional opportunity while also underscoring the continued significance of performance as a site of racial and gendered representation. Minor edge wear; captions remain legible; overall very good condition. unknown books
1947ref. 209021947. Anderson Marian group of eight items dating from 1946 to 1959 documents the concert career and international recognition of Marian Anderson a central figure in twentieth century African American music and a pivotal presence in the desegregation of American performance spaces. By the mid twentieth century Anderson's career intersected with both domestic civil rights developments and U.S. cultural diplomacy abroad following earlier milestones including her 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert and her 1955 debut at the Metropolitan Opera. The materials trace her concert programming repertoire and public reception including performances featuring European composers such as Franz Schubert alongside African American spirituals as well as her role in international cultural exchange. Photographs document formal recognitions including a ceremony in Tokyo where Princess Takamatsu of the Japanese Red Cross awarded Anderson a medal of merit following her performances benefiting Japanese orphans and a 1958 presentation at the American National Theatre and Academy marking her participation in presidential cultural initiatives. Anderson Marian. Archive of concert programs and press photographs. Various locations: University of Minnesota and S. Hurok management 1946 to 1959. Eight items total comprising four concert programs and four black and white silver gelatin press photographs. Programs range from approximately 5 x 8 inches to 9 x 12 inches and include: a University Artists Course program for the 1946 to 1947 season at the University of Minnesota featuring Anderson's recital with repertoire including Schubert and spirituals; multiple S. Hurok managed programs presenting Anderson as a leading concert artist with biographical essays photographs and repertory notes; and a 1955 program continuing similar documentation of her touring career. Photographs measure approximately 8 x 10 inches with three retaining original press captions on verso or margins including images of Anderson receiving honors in Japan posing with a sculpted bust by Napoleon Veloso Abueva and accepting the Gimbel National Award in 1959. These materials situate Anderson within mid twentieth century performance networks that linked concert stages international diplomacy and public recognition of African American achievement. The programs document how her repertoire bridged European classical traditions and African American musical forms while the press photographs emphasize her role as a cultural ambassador during the Cold War period when artists were enlisted in international outreach initiatives. Honors such as the Japanese Red Cross recognition and the Gimbel National Award underscore the transnational and humanitarian dimensions of her career while the sustained documentation of her concerts reflects her continued prominence in American cultural life following breakthroughs in segregated institutions. Minor edge wear to programs and light creasing to one photograph; materials remain clean and well preserved. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1923ref. 370639New York 1923. Mounted photograph of the Opera House. Calligraphic presentation leaf extracts from programs inlaid in large folio leaves 120 2 index ff. 1 vols. Folio. Full deep red morocco gilt spine with five raised bands boards with triple fillet borders navy blue doublures silk flyleaves t.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing. Fine. Mounted photograph of the Opera House. Calligraphic presentation leaf extracts from programs inlaid in large folio leaves 120 2 index ff. 1 vols. Folio. Elaborate and attractive album of extracts from the printed programs of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York a record of opera productions from 1915 to 1922 listing the principal performances and also retaining the lists of box holders which functions as a who's-who of New York society. There are several newspaper clippings including an account of the farewell performance of Mrs. Geraldine Farrar in Tosca. Presented to Henry Fletcher by his wife Ethel née Thompson on the tenth anniversary of their wedding. Henry Fletcher 1877-1953 of Greenwich Connecticut was a member of the Grolier Club until his death and a major benefactor of the Yale libraries. unknown books
1938ref. 209421938. Anderson Marian archive of six concert programs dating from 1938 to 1953 documents the touring career of Marian Anderson during a period when her performances intersected with national debates over race access to public space and cultural representation. By the early 1940s Anderson had achieved international recognition following appearances at the White House and before British royalty as well as her widely attended 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial where she performed before an audience of 75000 after being barred from Constitution Hall. The programs trace her sustained concert activity across North America including major tours and individual performances in Canada and the United States and document the presentation of her repertoire which combined European art song traditions with African American spirituals. Anderson Marian. Archive of six concert programs. Various venues including University Artists tour circuits and concert halls in Toronto Brooklyn and Denver 1938 to 1953. Six programs in staple bound wrappers ranging from approximately 5 x 8 inches to 9 x 12 inches. Includes a program from her 1941 to 1942 coast to coast tour with extended biographical content and photographic illustrations depicting Anderson in performance receiving honors and in personal settings with family and manager Sol Hurok. A later illustrated program from the 1951 to 1952 tour presents similar material reflecting her continued prominence. Additional smaller programs document specific engagements at Eaton Auditorium in Toronto 1946 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 1950 and Denver Auditorium 1953. These programs provide a record of Anderson's sustained public presence during a period when African American performers navigated segregated venues and expanding national audiences contributing to shifts in cultural access and representation. The inclusion of biographical narratives photographic imagery and repertory selections illustrates how her career was framed for concert audiences and how her public identity was constructed through touring circuits. Her performances in major cities across North America demonstrate the geographic reach of her influence and the institutional contexts in which her work was received offering material for the study of music history race and performance culture in the mid twentieth century. Minor edge wear with some foxing to several programs and manuscript notation to the Eaton Auditorium program; overall clean and stable. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1883ref. 56458Providence 1883. Folio broadside approx. 13" x 5¾" text in a single column beneath the running head; light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish drama in three acts made for the benefit of the Brownson Lyceum as well as a synopsis of each of the three acts and seat prices. The Irish poet Oscar Wilde had lectured at Low's the preceding September. unknown books
1887ref. 56496N.p. Providence 1887. Folio broadside approx. 12" x 4¾" text in a single column beneath the running head light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish comedy in four acts a summary of which is appended as well as a list of the Providence Opera House Orchestra and an announcement of two matinees Atkinson's Aphrodite and Peck's Bad Boy. unknown books
1885ref. 140511885. Neurdein Frères Paris Opera circa 1887 to 1890 documents the Palais Garnier and the concentrated carriage and pedestrian traffic surrounding one of the principal public buildings of late nineteenth century Paris. Completed in 1875 the opera house stood within the rebuilt urban landscape of the Second Empire and early Third Republic while the traffic visible before its façade records the everyday movement of people and horse drawn vehicles through the surrounding streets. Albumen print approximately 8 x 11 inches mounted on paper. The view centers on the elaborately ornamented façade of the Palais Garnier with numerous horse drawn carriages and pedestrians filling the foreground and the square before the building. The "X Phot." mark identifies the image with Neurdein Frères who used the mark from 1887. The firm produced extensive photographic views of Paris for circulation as tourist and architectural images including monuments civic buildings streets and other recognizable features of the capital. The combination of monumental architecture and active street traffic preserves both the appearance of the Palais Garnier and the transportation patterns of Paris before the widespread replacement of horse drawn vehicles by motor traffic. Excellent condition. A sharp late nineteenth century view combining architectural documentation of the Paris Opera with closely observed evidence of everyday movement through the surrounding urban space. unknown books
2009ref. 130310New York: Aperture 2009. First edition. Hardcovers. Three volumes. Curtis Mann with an essay by Rod Slemmons John Opera with an essay by Karen Irvine and Stacia Yeapnis with an essay by Natasha Egan. Each book with numerous illustrations. All books in fine condition and in a fine cardstock slipcase. No dust jackets as issued. Aperture unknown books
