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Geraldine Farrar Collection [collection]
- Title
- Geraldine Farrar Collection [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1895-1943
- Bulk: 20th century
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 17 ft.
- 58 boxes
- Abstract
- The Geraldine Farrar Collection documents the stellar career of one of America's most celebrated sopranos. It contains music, including compositions by Farrar; correspondence; concert programs; Metropolitan Opera contracts; drafts of her autobiography Such Sweet Compulsion; scripts for radio programs; photographs; and papers related to her work with the Red Cross and various government organizations during World War II. Of particular interest is Farrar's life-long correspondence with Germany's Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecelie. There is also significant correspondence from American producer David Belasco and Farrar's vocal coach Lilli Lehmann.
- Contents Note
- Biographical materials, writings, music, correspondence, contracts, scripts, programs, scrapbooks, photographs, and sound recordings.
- Note
- Fifty-five phonograph records that were included have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
- Preferred Citation
- Geraldine Farrar Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Subjects
- Opera
- Women in the Performing Arts
- Farrar, Geraldine
- Belasco, David
- Businger, Ruth A.
- Carreño, Teresa
- Caruso, Enrico
- Charpentier, Gustave
- DeMille, Cecille B.
- Dukas, Paul
- Finck, Henry T.
- Kreisler, Fritz
- Lehmann, Lilli
- Massenet, Jules
- Pons, Lily
- Puccini, Giacomo
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei
- Toscanini, Arturo
- Wilhelm, Crown Prince
- Wilhelm II, Kaiser
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/music/eadxmlmusic/eadpdfmusic/mu2005.wp.0007.pdf
Last Updated: 02-01-2011