MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aML31$b.F4
100 1 $aFarrar, Geraldine,$d1882-1967.
245 10 $aGeraldine Farrar collection,$f1895-1943$g(bulk 1898-1939).
300 $aaround 25,000 items (58 boxes, 17 linear feet).
351 $aOrganized into the following series: I. Biographical Materials, II. Writings by Geraldine Farrar, III. Music, IV. Correspondence, V. Contracts, 1908-1919, VI. Scripts, VII. Programs, 1895-1934, VIII. Awards and Citations, IX. Clippings, X. Scrapbooks, 1898-1941, XI. Civic Materials, XII. Photographs and Iconography, XIII. Miscellany.
545 0 $aGeraldine Farrar (b. Feb. 28, 1882 in Melrose, Mass.; d. Mar. 11, 1967 in Ridgefield, Conn.) was an opera singer and film actress. She studied voice in Boston, New York, Paris and Berlin and performed at the Metropolitan Opera for many years. She recorded extensively on Victor labels, and appeared in silent movies and on radio. Farrar retired from opera in 1922 and appeared in recitals until 1931.
520 8 $aThe collection consists of Farrar's personal papers relating to her life and career, and includes scrapbooks and clippings, correspondence, and photographs. The music materials contain sketches, autograph manuscripts, and printed music composed or edited by Farrar. In addition, the collection contains biographical materials, including several drafts of her autobiography Such sweet compulsion; Farrar's writings, including various lectures she gave; contracts, chiefly from the Metropolitan Opera and Goldwyn Pictures Corporation; radio scripts; concert programs that span her career; awards; and other miscellaneous items. The correspondence includes letters from Crown Prince Wilhem and Crown Princess Cecilie of Germany, the American producer David Belasco, Farrar's voice coach Lilli Lehmann and close friends Daisy Humphries and Ruth A. Businger. Among the notable correspondents are Teresa Carreño, Enrico Caruso, Gustave Charpentier, Cecil B. DeMille, Paul Dukas, Henry T. Finck, Henry Hadley, Reynaldo Hahn, Engelbert Humperdinck, Rockwell Kent, Fritz Kreisler, Jules Massenet, Lily Pons, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Arturo Toscanini.
541 $cGift;$aGeraldine Farrar;$d1954-1964.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
540 $aCertain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
506 $aAccess Advisory: Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact
544 $3Sound recordings$elocated in the$aMotion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu007004
524 8 $aGeraldine Farrar Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
600 10 $aFarrar, Geraldine,$d1882-1967.
600 10 $aFarrar, Geraldine,$d1882-1967$vArchives.
600 10 $aFarrar, Geraldine,$d1882-1967$vPhotographs.
600 10 $aFarrar, Geraldine,$d1882-1967$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFarrar, Geraldine,$d1882-1967$vManuscripts.
650 0 $aOpera.
650 0 $aSopranos (Singers)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWomen singers$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMusic$xManuscripts.
600 10 $aBelasco, David,$d1853-1931$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBusinger, Ruth A.,$d1893-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCarreño, Teresa,$d1853-1917$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCaruso, Enrico,$d1873-1921$vCorrespondence.
600 00 $aCecilie,$cCrown Princess of the German Empire and of Prussia,$d1886-1954$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCharpentier, Gustave,$d1860-1956$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDeMille, Cecil B.$q(Cecil Blount),$d1881-1959$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDukas, Paul,$d1865-1935$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFinck, Henry Theophilus,$d1854-1926$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHadley, Henry Kimball,$d1871-1937$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHahn, Reynaldo,$d1875-1947$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHumperdinck, Engelbert,$d1854-1921$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHumphries, Daisy$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKent, Rockwell,$d1882-1971$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKreisler, Fritz,$d1875-1962$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLehmann, Lilli,$d1848-1929$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMassenet, Jules,$d1842-1912$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPons, Lily,$d1898-1976$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPuccini, Giacomo,$d1858-1924$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRachmaninoff, Sergei,$d1873-1943$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aToscanini, Arturo,$d1867-1957$vCorrespondence.
600 00 $aWilliam,$cCrown Prince of Germany,$d1882-1951$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
610 20 $aGoldwyn Pictures Corporation.
655 7 $aArtifacts (Object genre)$2aat
655 7 $aClippings (Information artifacts)$2aat
655 7 $aContracts.$2aat
655 7 $aCorrespondence.$2aat
655 7 $aPhotographic prints.$2aat
655 7 $aPrograms (Documents)$2aat
655 7 $aScrapbooks.$2aat
655 7 $aScripts (Documents).$2aat
700 12 $aFarrar, Geraldine,$d1882-1967.$tSuch sweet compulsion.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bMusic Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu007004
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu007004.3