Research Catalog
City Symphony Orchestra of New York records
- Title
- City Symphony Orchestra of New York records, 1927-1971.
- Author
- City Symphony Orchestra of New York.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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8 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 1 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 2 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 5 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 6 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 7 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 03-16 Box 8 | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 4 linear ft. (8 boxes)
- Summary
- The papers in this collection represent the activities of the City Symphony Orchestra of New York from 1927 to 1971.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Financial records.
- Biography (note)
- In 1927, Leopold Prince, a municipal court judge of New York, established the City Amateur Symphony of New York.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- JPB 03-16
- OCLC
- NYPT04-A8
- Author
- City Symphony Orchestra of New York.
- Title
- City Symphony Orchestra of New York records, 1927-1971.
- Biography
- In 1927, Leopold Prince, a municipal court judge of New York, established the City Amateur Symphony of New York. (After 1953, it was referred to as simply the City Symphony Orchestra of New York.) The orchestra quickly grew to include between 80 and 100 musicians, the vast majority of whom were amateurs. Leopold Prince, a violinist himself, conducted the orchestra in its first twenty-five years of existence, until his death in 1951. The former assistant conductor, Franz Bibo, succeeded Prince as the new conductor. The City Symphony Orchestra of New York catered to audiences who could not afford entrance fees at typical venues, and frequently gave free concerts at New York hospitals, parks, and museums. The orchestra existed without any monetary support from the city or state of New York, surviving solely on the philanthropy of individuals. It remains unclear of what became of the City Symphony Orchestra of New York after the late 1960s. Beginning in the 1940s, several groups began operating under the title of the New York City Symphony, and to complicate matters, the City Symphony Orchestra of New York was often casually referred to as the New York City Symphony.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Prince, Leopold.Bibo, Franz.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 03-16