Research Catalog
George Copeland papers
- Title
- George Copeland papers, ca. 1910-1967.
- Author
- Copeland, George, 1882-1971.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2, folder 19 | Text | Use in library | *ZB-4371 Box 2, folder 19 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 91-135 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 91-135 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 91-135 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 91-135 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 91-135 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Margarethe of Hesse, Princess of Prussia.
- Description
- .6 cubic ft.
- Summary
- Biographical and autobiographical writings, letters, photoprints and drawings, 3 musical scores, and other items relating to the career of George Copeland.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Articles.
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Drafts (preliminary versions).
- Letters.
- Musical scores.
- Photoprints.
- Portraits.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Available also in microfilm as part of the George Copeland papers collection (JPB 91-135 : Box 2, f. 19);
- Source (note)
- McCall, Monica
- Biography (note)
- An American pianist, George Copeland introduced the works of Debussy to the United States and also specialized in the works of Spanish composers. His many friends and associates included John Singer Sargent, Mary Garden, Isadora Duncan, Mrs. Fiske, Sarah Bernhardt, Melba, Calvé, Lina Cavaliere, Maggie Teyte, Mrs. Jack Gardner, Debussy, De Falla, Laurette Taylor, and Marie Dressler. Shortly after World War I, Copeland stayed in Kronberg with the family of Margarethe of Hesse, Princess of Prussia, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm.
- Language (note)
- Chiefly in English ; the letter from De Falla is in French.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid in the repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Will microfilm;
- Cataloged
- Contents
- Scrapbooks [not included in finding aid]: Scrapbook 1 [box 3], September 1887-April 1917 -- Scrapbook 2 [box 4], October 1912-February 1950 -- Scrapbook 3 [box 5], January-March 1915.
- Call Number
- JPB 91-135
- OCLC
- NYPW91-A132
- Author
- Copeland, George, 1882-1971.
- Title
- George Copeland papers, ca. 1910-1967.
- Biography
- An American pianist, George Copeland introduced the works of Debussy to the United States and also specialized in the works of Spanish composers. His many friends and associates included John Singer Sargent, Mary Garden, Isadora Duncan, Mrs. Fiske, Sarah Bernhardt, Melba, Calvé, Lina Cavaliere, Maggie Teyte, Mrs. Jack Gardner, Debussy, De Falla, Laurette Taylor, and Marie Dressler. Shortly after World War I, Copeland stayed in Kronberg with the family of Margarethe of Hesse, Princess of Prussia, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm.
- Language
- Chiefly in English ; the letter from De Falla is in French.
- Additional Formats
- Music my life, drafts of George Copeland's autobiography. Available also in microfilm as part of the George Copeland papers collection (JPB 91-135 : Box 2, f. 19); service copy classmark: *ZB-4371.3 scrapbooks available on microfilm: classmark *ZB-2751 no. 2.
- Indexes
- Finding aid in the repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Pianists.
- Added Author
- Margarethe of Hesse, Princess of Prussia.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 91-135*ZB-4371 [Microfilm]