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Opera

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Scope Note: Here are entered general works about opera. Musical compositions in this form are entered under the heading|aOperas.

Found in 5447 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs From Rehearsal of 'La Traviata', 1946 June 3

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0187.0008.00001
Abstract

Black and white photographs that appears to have been used for publicity for the CCOH of from l to r, John McCormack (tenor), Dr. Herbert Graf (stage director), Karl Kritz (assistant director), and seated Kurt Herbert Adler (assistant music director). From the 1946 CCOH festival season, in a rehearsal for the opera "La Traviata," photograph by Louise Pote.

Dates: 1946 June 3

Photostats of Incorporations

 File
Identifier: M123.05.0177.0005
Abstract File folder contains large envelope (11 x 15 inches) with address sticker reading 'First Class Mail; from Secretary of State, 132 State Capitol Denver 2, Colorado; Miss Joan Sherman, 514 - 16th Street, Denver 2 Colorado.' Inside envelope are twelve (12) copies of pages from the Certificate of Incorporation (a legal document relating to the formation of a company or corporation) for the Tabor Fire Insurance Company of Leadville, Colorado, Tabor Investments Company, Tabor Mine and Mill Company...
Dates: 1850-2008

Piano in Unknown Room in Teller House

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0007.00007
Abstract

Black and white photograph of piano and seating area in unknown room in the Teller House located in Cenral City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Piano Score, 1953-1954

 File
Identifier: D037.01.0002.0002
Abstract File contains original 100 of 184 velum copy pages prepared for the opera, "Silverheels." These pages comprise Act 1 only. It appears that this is the only original copy of the manuscript in Waldo Williamson's hand. These pages appear to be made-up of both original pages and pages inserted (notice different page sizes and color). Act II is missing, probably because of numerous deletions and additions that occur between versions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Upper RH corners on numerous pages have been...
Dates: 1953-1954

Piano Score - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Version, 1953-1954

 File
Identifier: D037.01.0002.0004
Abstract File contains copy 1 of 1st and 2nd version of the opera "Silverheels." Marked in red pencil as "I" but there are also sections of pages marked in red pencil as "II." This version appears to have some edits "scratched" out on the original velum copy pages before repriting. Total page length: 155 pages. Inconsistent pagination sizes corresponds to existing original velum pages. File also contains copy 2 of 3rd version of the opera "Silverheels." This version appears to have some...
Dates: 1953-1954

Piano Score - 4th Version, 1953-1954

 File
Identifier: D037.01.0002.0005
Abstract File contains copy 2 (conductor's copy) of the 4th and probably final version of the opera "Silverheels." Marked "II" in red, with "Waldo and "Conductor" noted in pencil on the title page. Inside, there are notations in red and pencil concerning stage direction, the relationship of the script to the music, etc. Pages are accordion pleated. Two tabs have been attached probably to notate final cuts. Total pagination is 101 pages. File also contains copy 5 of the 4th version of the...
Dates: 1953-1954

Piano Score - Bound Copy

 File
Identifier: D037.01.0002.0003
Abstract

File contains what appears to be the 2nd version of the piano score printed from the edited original 184 velum copy pages prepared by Waldo Williamson. There are edits in pencil to the score.

Dates: 1954-1957

Piano Score - Loose Sections, 1953-1954

 File
Identifier: D037.01.0002.0006
Abstract

File contains possible earlier pages cut from the score, perhaps between 3rd and 4th version of the opera "Silverheels." The number "I" is written in red pencil on the front of each page or section excised. These may have been deleted from the original copy "I" of the 3rd version. A partial list of music cuts is located in the file folder marked, "Silverheels, papers" (D037.01.0001.0005).

Dates: 1953-1954

Piano Score - Loose Sections, 1953-1954

 File
Identifier: D037.01.0002.0009
Abstract

File contains what appears to be a single section of pages deleted between the 2nd and 3rd versions.

Dates: 1953-1954

Piano Score - Loose Sections (Group 1), 1953-1954

 File
Identifier: D037.01.0002.0007
Abstract

File contains what appears to be multiple sections of pages cut from the score between the 3rd and 4th version of the opera "Silverheels". The sections are noted in red pencil with "C" and the edit number, hence "C14" would mean cut 14.

Dates: 1953-1954