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Sheet music collection
Collection
Identifier: 0092
Abstract
Bound volumes of songs, ca. 1850; loose sheet music ca. 1848-1950.
Dates:
1821-1953, undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Richard Simonton collection of Welte system-recorded piano rolls
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0176
Abstract
Player piano rolls recorded with the Emil Welte system by prominent European and American musicians, 1905-1920; catalogs of the Welte Company in Freiburg, Germany. The collection was brought to the United States in 1948 by Simonton, and some of the performances have since been released on modern recordings.
Dates:
circa 1905-1920
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Theatrical, concert, and movie performances program collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6153
Abstract
This small collection consists of programs, brochures, and souvenir programs for theatrical, concert, and movie performances held primarily in Los Angeles and New York City, 1856-1972. It include, but is not limited to, programs and performances of and by MGM, the Graumann Chinese Theatre, Pablo Casals, the Ice-Capades of 1941, the Chicago English Opera, Paul Robeson, George Gershwin, Katherine Hepburn, Madane Schumann Heink, Jenny Lind, Jacques Thibaud, Ricardo Martin, Vladimir Horowitz,...
Dates:
1856 - 1972; Majority of material found in 1920s-1940s
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Thompson and Berri sheet music collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6206
Abstract
The collection consists of American sheet music, 1901-1930s.
Dates:
1901-1930
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
William Vennard papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1015
Abstract
Collection consists of the audio recordings, research, and faculty papers of American singer, instructor, and vocal pedagogist William Vennard (1909-1971).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1911 - 2018
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library