Research Catalog

Title

Ten years of American opera design [graphic].

Author

Juilliard School of Music.

Publication

1931-1941.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Brenner, Daniel.
• Funaro, Bruno.
• Gottscho, Samuel H.
• Kiesler, Frederick.
• Swan, Nathalie.
• New York Public Library.

Description

8 boxes + 5 oversize folders.

Summary

The collection includes photographs, original drawings for set and costume designs, and blueprints; as well as miscellaneous exhibition materials such as catalogs, labels, display case notes, programs, and periodicals containing material about the operas. Set and costume designers include Frederick John Kiesler, Nathalie Swan, Bruno Funaro, Daniel Brenner, and others. Most of the photographs were taken by Samuel H. Gottscho.

Subjects

• Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery
• Costume
• Programs
• Labels
• Periodicals
• Blueprints
• Clippings
• Drawings
• Exhibition catalogs
• Opera > New York (State) > New York
• Photoprints
• Juilliard School of Music

Genre/Form

• Blueprints.
• Clippings.
• Drawings.
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Labels.
• Periodicals.
• Photoprints.
• Programs.

Note

• Title from finding aid.
• From Nov. 13 to Dec. 10, 1941, the New York Public Library exhibited materials relating to 25 operas presented at the Juilliard School of Music, New York City, between 1931 and 1941. The school gave the library not only the items used in the exhibition but also much other related material.

Indexed In (note)

• Andrea Cawelti, "The Stage as a Well-Designed House: Frederick Kiesler's Ideal Theatre" in Biblion 3 no. 1 (Fall 1994)
• Described in: Ten years of American opera design at the Juilliard School of Music : a list of the materials presented to the New York Public Library by the Juilliard School of Music and displayed, in part, in an exhibition held in the library from November 13 to December 10, 1941 / New York Public Library. New York : The New York Public Library, 1941.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• The detailed finding aid available in the repository includes a list of the operas with production information and indicates materials in the original collection which are now missing.

Call Number

JPB 89-66

OCLC

NYPG91-F352

Author

Juilliard School of Music.

Title

Ten years of American opera design [graphic].

Imprint

1931-1941.

Indexed In:

Andrea Cawelti, "The Stage as a Well-Designed House: Frederick Kiesler's Ideal Theatre" in Biblion 3 no. 1 (Fall 1994), p. 111-139.

Described in: Ten years of American opera design at the Juilliard School of Music : a list of the materials presented to the New York Public Library by the Juilliard School of Music and displayed, in part, in an exhibition held in the library from November 13 to December 10, 1941 / New York Public Library. New York : The New York Public Library, 1941.

Indexes

The detailed finding aid available in the repository includes a list of the operas with production information and indicates materials in the original collection which are now missing.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Brenner, Daniel.

Funaro, Bruno.

Gottscho, Samuel H.

Kiesler, Frederick.

Swan, Nathalie.

New York Public Library.

Research Call Number

JPB 89-66