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Guide to the Seidl Society Records
1977.175
Descriptive Summary
| Title: |
Seidl Society Records |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1889-1898 |
| Abstract:
|
Anton Seidl (1850-1898), an influential Hungarian conductor, came to New York City
in 1885 and became affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic
Society. The Seidl Society of Brooklyn, created by Laura Langford Holloway and other
affluent female patrons of music in Brooklyn, sponsored programs featuring Seidl at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music and at Brighton Beach. This collection contains the
papers of the Seidl Society including roughly 300 correspondences from Seidl to society
President Laura Carter Holloway Langford, roughly 300 society programs and program
notes, five scrapbooks from 1889-1898, four speeches and news clippings, and undated
materials.
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| Quantity: |
1.75 Linear feet in 4 document boxes |
| Language of Materials:
|
Materials in English. |
| Call Phrase: |
1977.175 |
