UNT Finding Aids

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The collection consists of 17 boxes of framed photographs, lithographs, performance programs, autographs, letters, and other memorabilia from major international opera performers, with a particular emphasis on performers of the late nineteenth century.

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The collection consists of nearly sixty boxes of materials related to various major opera singers, including Rosa Ponselle, Jeanette MacDonald, and Lily Pons, among others.

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The collection consists of six boxes, which primarily contain Wakeling's translations of libretti in multiple languages, most often written in music scores or copies of them. Also present are materials from collaboration with other scholars and artists, stage sketches, and ephemera.

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The collection consists of one box of opera piano-vocal scores and literature from the Euterpean Club of Fort Worth.

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Opera libretti and related materials.

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The collection consists of twelve boxes of materials related to the Center for Contemporary Opera, including scores, libretti, correspondence, programs, magazines, and photographs. Many of the works were new commissions and appear in incomplete draft or excerpted form. Most of the accompanying correspondence is addressed to Jim Shaeffer and features a creator’s pitch of their work or performance instructions.

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The collection consists of 2 boxes of opera libretti from the collection of Luigi Ricci (1893-1981). Ricci acquired these items from the collections of Francesco Maria Albini (1829-1917) and Alberto Cametti (1871-1935). Most descriptions are taken from a catalog compiled by Robert C. Simon and Leslee V. Wood, and provided by J & J Lubrano.

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The collection consists of 17 boxes of media from UNT Opera performances directed by Prof. Homer, and other materials related to her career with the UNT College of Music.

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The collection consists of nine boxes of photos, programs, documents, and memorabilia from the Dallas Opera.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of fifty boxes, mainly of the compositions and papers of Simon Bucharoff (1881-1955), along with materials related to Bucharoff's brother, Isadore Buchhalter, papers related to activities of Bucharoff's estate, one piece of realia, and the documentation that accompanied the collection from the University of Houston. Bucharoff's papers consist mainly of correspondence, but also include clippings, photographs, concert programs, promotional materials, and writings on...

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The collection consists of four boxes of ephemera and other materials found during the cataloging of Golding's substantial donation of books to the Music Library's circulating collection.

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The collection consists of three boxes of 78 rpm test record pressings, primarily from Columbia Records. The Columbia items often have the name of employee John Ball on the label, as well as that of Paul Affelder; such labeling appears to correspond to tentative assignments for writing liner notes. Many discs are housed in the commercially produced containers made for the finished product, though many of the discs themselves are apparently unreleased alternate takes.