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Edith Evans Braun collection

Title: Edith Evans Braun collection, 1916-1976.
Author: Braun, Edith Evans, 1887-1976.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 91-96 Box 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 91-96 Box 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 91-96 Box 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 91-96 Box 4	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 91-96 Box 5	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 91-96 Box 6	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description

ca. 3 linear ft.

Summary

The papers and scores in the collection represent the observations and activities of Edith Evans Braun in the American musical scene from 1916 to 1962. The collection consists of Braun's diary of her 1916 tour with contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink; her memoirs of frequent interactions with composers Gian Carlo Menotti, Samuel Barber, and Deems Taylor; correspondence from Barber, Menotti, Taylor, Josef Hofmann, Efrem Zimbalist, and Lee Hoiby: also three letters from Braun to her mother. There are four manuscript music sketches of works by Taylor and Barber, and a number of signed and dedicated published scores by the same composers.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Diaries.
Memoirs.
Musical scores.
Letters.
Photoprints.

Source (note)

Middleton, Polly

Biography (note)

Edith Evans Braun, 1887-1976, a pianist, was a close friend of Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist and with her became friend and patroness to composers such as Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Deems Taylor.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in repository.

Processing Action (note)

Processed

Call Number

JPB 91-96

OCLC

NYPW91-A110

Author

Braun, Edith Evans, 1887-1976.

Title

Edith Evans Braun collection, 1916-1976.

Biography

Edith Evans Braun, 1887-1976, a pianist, was a close friend of Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist and with her became friend and patroness to composers such as Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Deems Taylor.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository.

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Added Author

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.

Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957.

Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966.

Zimbalist, Efrem.

Research Call Number

JPB 91-96

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