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Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings

Title: Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings, 1932-1983.
Author: Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
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Description

698 sound recordings.; 4 3/4 in.
7 video recordings (DVD) : sd., col. ;

Summary

The collection contains non-commercial recordings of live and recorded performances and interviews of Jan Peerce spanning the years 1938-1983.

Subjects

Note

Collection also includes video footage of Peerce's 1980 trip to Israel, which was shot by his son, Larry Peerce, for a documentary that was never produced. (See individual catalog records for full descriptions of these video recordings)

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system. Original items which have not been transferred may require advance notification for use.
Access to original items restricted.

Source (note)

Music Division

Biography (note)

Jan Peerce was a noted American tenor.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in *L(Special) 95-03 and on Internet.

Provenance (note)

Gift of the Jan Peerce Estate.

Processing Action (note)

Cataloged

Call Number

*L (Special) 95-03

OCLC

NYPG02-A0

Author

Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.

Title

Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings, 1932-1983.

Access

Collection is open to the public. Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system. Original items which have not been transferred may require advance notification for use.

Access to original items restricted.

Biography

Jan Peerce was a noted American tenor. He was born in New York on Jun. 3, 1904, and died on Dec. 15, 1984. He was engaged as a singer at Radio City Music Hall in 1932, and made his operatic debut in Philadelphia as the Duke in "Rigoletto" on May 14, 1938. His Metropolitan Opera debut was on Nov. 29, 1941, as Alfredo in "La traviata." In addition to opera, he also sang musical theater, most notably in "Fiddler on the Roof," and Jewish religious and secular music. His final appearance at the Met was in 1968, and he retired in 1982.

Provenance

Gift of the Jan Peerce Estate.

Indexes

Finding aid available in *L(Special) 95-03 and on Internet.

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Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017. Performer

Milanov, Zinka. Performer

Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Performer

Siepi, Cesare. Performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957. Conductor

Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Performer

Horlick, Harry. Conductor

Cleva, Fausto. Conductor

Raye, Virginia. Performer

Rubinoff, David, 1897- Conductor

Philo, Viola. Performer

Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974. Performer

Douglas, Mike. Commentator

Carson, Johnny, 1925-2005. Commentator

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Bohème. Selections.

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni. Selections.

Bock, Jerry. Fiddler on the roof. Selections.

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945. Cavalleria rusticana. Selections.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. Selections.

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Lucia di Lammermoor. Selections.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto. Selections.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Vocal music. Selections.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Songs. Selections.

Research Call Number

*L (Special) 95-03

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