Research Catalog
Renzo Viola papers
- Title
- Renzo Viola papers, 1915-1991.
- Author
- Viola, Renzo, 1889-1976.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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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 1, folder 1 - 50 | Moving image | Supervised use | JPB 92-60 Box 1, folder 1 - 50 | 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, folder 51 - 85 | Moving image | Supervised use | JPB 92-60 Box 2, folder 51 - 85 | 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, Folder 86 - 96 (+) | Moving image | Supervised use | JPB 92-60 Box 3, Folder 86 - 96 (+) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Description
- 1 linear ft.
- Summary
- Manuscript scores of Renzo Viola's compositions (including more than 25 songs for which he wrote both words and music, and more than 35 piano pieces), arrangements, sketches, and exercises ; 2 published scores ; brochures, clippings, biographical sketch by Viola V. Joy.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Musical scores.
- Biographies.
- Brochures.
- Clippings.
- Programs.
- Source (note)
- Joy, Violet
- Biography (note)
- Renzo Viola, born Lorenzo Viola in Sicily in 1889, was a piano teacher and composer in New York City and in Lindenhurst, Long Island. He composed music for the silent movie, The Trifling Woman ; invented an educational toy piano named Alice in Musicland ; founded the Long Island Harmony Band and the L.I. Drum Corps ; and wrote songs for the Rotary Club.
- Language (note)
- Chiefly in English ; several items in Italian.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- JPB 92-60
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A254
- Author
- Viola, Renzo, 1889-1976.
- Title
- Renzo Viola papers, 1915-1991.
- Biography
- Renzo Viola, born Lorenzo Viola in Sicily in 1889, was a piano teacher and composer in New York City and in Lindenhurst, Long Island. He composed music for the silent movie, The Trifling Woman ; invented an educational toy piano named Alice in Musicland ; founded the Long Island Harmony Band and the L.I. Drum Corps ; and wrote songs for the Rotary Club.
- Language
- Chiefly in English ; several items in Italian.
- Indexes
- Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Composers.Pianists.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 92-60