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Arthur Friedheim papers
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0041
Abstract
Musical compositions, correspondence, photographs, writings, clippings, and ephemera of pianist Arthur Friedheim and members of the Friedheim family.
Dates:
approximately 1884 - 1979
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Ernst Lert papers
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0076
Abstract
Ernst J. Lert was a conductor and writer who served as operatic director for the Peabody Conservatory of Music in the 1940s. The collection contains two book-length manuscripts by Lert on the subject of opera and operatic history: "Opera on Trial" and "The Opera Complex."
Dates:
1940-1942
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Peabody Institute Anne Brown collection
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0099
Abstract
Anne Wiggins Brown was a soprano who is best known for creating the role of Bess in George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess and starring in its initial stage run in 1935. The Peabody Institute Anne Brown collection contains press clippings about Brown, photographs, an autographed 78-rpm album jacket of Porgy and Bess highlights, and a videotape of highlights from her visit to the Peabody Institute in 1998 to receive the...
Dates:
1940 - 2002
Found in:
Peabody Archives