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Lester Dequaine collection on Rosa Ponselle

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0004
Abstract The most sought-after soprano of the 1920s and 1930s, Rosa Ponselle (née Rosa Ponzillo, 1897–1981) began her musical career in a vaudeville act with her sister Carmela Ponselle. Upon hearing Rosa Ponselle for the first time, Enrico Caruso took her under his wing and they appeared on the Metropolitan Opera stage together in La Forza del Destino and La Juive. She would go on to sing the title role in the Metropolitan's revival...
Dates: 1907 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1918-1938
Found in: Peabody Archives

Marion Rosette papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0033
Abstract

The Marion Rosette papers contain scores, working documents, personal papers, and recordings from Rosette’s career as a composer and arranger of children's music.

Dates: Approximately 1935-1990
Found in: Peabody Archives

Otto Ortmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0077
Abstract

Otto Ortmann was the director of Peabody Conservatory of Music from 1928 to 1941 and founder of the conservatory's department of research, where he conducted studies on the education, psychology, and physiology of music. His papers include scores of original compositions, writings on music research, research notes, administrative files, concert programs, photographs, and teaching materials.

Dates: 1900 - 1979
Found in: Peabody Archives

Paul Vazkén papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0043
Abstract

Paul Vacek was a violinist, pianist, and composer (using the pen name Paul Vazkén) who studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music from 1946 to 1949. His papers contain manuscript scores of his compositions and arrangements, drafts and fragments of manuscript scores, and personal papers.

Dates: 1940-1996
Found in: Peabody Archives

Phyllis Bryn-Julson papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0100
Abstract

Soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson taught at the Peabody Conservatory from 1984 to 2017 and is recognized as one of the most authoritative interpreters of vocal music of the 20th century. Her collection contains manuscript and facsimile scores by several notable composers with whom she worked, including Milton Babbitt, Pierre Boulez, Heinz Holliger, and David Del Tredici, as well as correspondence, programs, clippings, photographs, and other documents related to her career.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-2005; 1882 - 2019
Found in: Peabody Archives

Randolph S. Rothschild papers, including the Chamber Music Society of Baltimore records

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0098
Abstract This collection contains the personal papers of Randolph S. Rothschild from 1930 to 2005 and the administrative records of the Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Baltimore from its founding in 1949 to its dissolution in 1997, for which Rothschild served as an executive for most of its existence. The CMS records include administrative documents, concert programs, publicity materials, and clippings related to its programming, which regularly featured commissions and other new music. Rothschild's...
Dates: 1930 - 2005
Found in: Peabody Archives

Ross Gould papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0112
Abstract

James Ross Gould was a film actor and songwriter who served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army. The Ross Gould papers contain manuscript and facsimile scores of songs by Gould, poems by Gould inscribed to the painter Durett Stokes, publicity photos of Gould from his Hollywood film career, and clippings.

Dates: approximately 1923-1955
Found in: Peabody Archives

Sidney Lanier papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0007
Abstract

Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842-1881) was an American musician, poet and author. The collection spans the years 1838 to 1998, with the bulk dating from 1838 to 1972. The material consists of correspondence, prose, poetry, lecture and music manuscripts, photographs, memorial information, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1838-1972; 1838-1998

Theater Chamber Players records

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0070
Abstract

The Theater Chamber Players, founded by Peabody Institute faculty members Dina Koston and Leon Fleisher, were a chamber music ensemble that featured 20th-century music and was based primarily in Washington, D.C., from 1968 to 2003. The TCP records include administrative and business documents, correspondence, working files, concert programs, publicity material, photographs, recordings, scores, and reference material.

Dates: 1960-2007
Found in: Peabody Archives

Yvette Matthews papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0123
Abstract Yvette Matthews (1948-2020) was a mezzo-soprano from Baltimore. She studied at the Peabody Preparatory and sang with ensembles such as the Baltimore Opera Company, the Baltimore Symphony Opera, and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. In the 1980s and 1990s, Matthews sang with the Houston Grand Opera Company on tours throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. The Yvette Matthews papers, approximately 1965-2021, contain professional files consisting of programs, clippings, publicity...
Dates: approximately 1965-2021
Found in: Peabody Archives

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Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 2
Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute 2
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 1
Bornschein, Franz C. (Franz Carl), 1879-1948 1
Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912 1
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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 1
Bryn-Julson, Phyllis, 1945- 1
Buck, Dudley, 1839-1909 1
Caruso, Dorothy 1
Chamber Music Society of Baltimore 1
Charles Scribner's Sons 1
Couper, Alinda B. 1
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876 1
Dequaine, Lester 1
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 1
Dutcher, Salem 1
Fleagle, Brick 1
Fleisher, Leon 1
Friedheim, Arthur, 1859-1932 1
Friedheim, Eric 1
Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 1
Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 1
Gilman, Daniel C. (Daniel Coit), 1831-1908 1
Gould, Ross 1
Hamerik, Asger, 1843-1923 1
Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886 1
Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003 1
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 1
Hovey, Richard, 1864-1900 1
Ivey, Jean Eichelberger 1
Johns Hopkins University 1
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898 1
Kirk, John Foster, 1824-1904 1
Koston, Dina 1
Lanier, Clifford Anderson, 1844-1908 1
Lanier, Mary Day 1
Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-1912 1
Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 1
Lathrop, George Parsons, 1851-1898 1
LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901 1
Lester Dequaine/Frank Chiarenza Foundation 1
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 1
Lounsbury, Thomas R., 1838-1915 1
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 1
Matthews, Yvette, 1948-2020 1
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
Morgan, John Tyler, 1824-1907 1
Newsom, Hugh R. 1
Newsom, Marjorie Brunton 1
Northrup, Milton Harlow 1
Ortmann, Otto, 1889-1979 1
Ortmann-Seletzky, Dorothea 1
Ponselle, Carmela, 1887-1977 1
Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981 1
Rosette, Marion 1
Rothschild, Amalie, 1916-2000 1
Rothschild, Randolph S. 1
Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880 1
Schillinger, Frances 1
Schillinger, Joseph, 1895-1943 1
Skirven, Hazel 1
Spedding, James, 1808-1881 1
Spencer, Edward, 1834-1883 1
Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 1
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 1
Stein, Pamela 1
Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909 1
Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878 1
Theater Chamber Players 1
Thomas, Dorothy 1
Thomas, John Charles, 1891-1960 1
Vazkén, Paul 1
Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916 1
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 1
Willis, Frank D., 1950-1993 1
Wright, Geoffrey, 1952- 1
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