Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
2. Frederiks, Vladimir Borisovich, Baron, 1845?-1929
3. Rubinstein, Ida, 1883-1960
4. Trouhanova, Natasha
5. Brussel, Robert
6. Cornuché, Eugène
7. Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
8. Greffulhe, Elisabeth, comtesse, 1860-1952
9. Günzburg, Dmitri, Baron
10. Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947
11. Martin, Jules
12. Mingardi, Vittorio
13. Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964
14. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
15. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
16. Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938
17. Shidlovskiĭ, A. B.
18. Société Musicale G. Astruc & Cie

Description

1. 123 folders (ca. 1,300 items)

Summary

1. Correspondence including telegrams, copies of outgoing letters, and some typed transcripts of telegrams and letters, inventories, financial papers, notes and plans, clippings, programs, announcements, and drafts of contracts and reports relating primarily to the early activities of Sergei Diaghilev in bringing Russian ballet and opera to Western Europe. Between 1907 and 1913 Diaghilev collaborated with Astruc regarding the organization of his various artistic enterprises, including the Paris seasons of ballet and opera, negotiations for tours to the United States and South America, summer performances at Deauville in 1912, and a ballet season in Lyons in 1913. Documentation of the first Saison Russe presented by Diaghilev at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris in 1909 is particularly thorough and includes inventories of costumes and scenery for the works presented and a confidential report on the season which Astruc sent to Baron Frederiks, Chief Minister of the Russian Imperial Court. Astruc's dealings with Ida Rubinstein and Natasha Trouhanova regarding enterprises undertaken independent of Diaghilev are also documented.

Subject

1. Ballet > France > Deauville
2. Theaters > France > Paris
3. Ballets russes
4. Ballet > France > Lyon
5. Opera > Soviet Union
6. Journalists
7. Opera > France > Paris
8. Ballet > France > Paris
9. Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
10. Theatrical producers and directors
11. Manuscripts > Collections
12. Ballet > South America
13. Publishers and publishing
14. Châtelet (Theater : Paris, France)
15. Ballet > Costume
16. Astruc, Gabriel, 1864-1938
17. Ballet > United States
18. Ballet > Stage-setting and scenery
19. Impresarios
20. Ballet > Soviet Union

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMC-Res. 1

Note

1. The years 1915 to 1924 are not represented.

Additional formats (note)

1. Microfilm : *ZBD-161 (master negative: *ZZ-19274)

Source (note)

1. NIC

Biography (note)

1. French impresario, publisher, journalist, and Director of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris) in 1913.

Language (note)

1. French.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged
2. Surveyed
3. Upgraded

Author

1. Astruc, Gabriel, 1864-1938.

Title

1. Gabriel Astruc papers, 1904-1925, 1907-1914 (bulk)

Additional formats

1. Microfilm : *ZBD-161 (master negative: *ZZ-19274)

Biography

1. French impresario, publisher, journalist, and Director of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris) in 1913.

Language

1. French.

Finding aids

1. Finding aid available: folder level control.

Local note

1. Originals cataloged in: (S) *MGZMC-Res 1. The collection has been microfilmed. Microfilm call number is *ZBD-161 and is 2 reels. Originals are stored onsite and may be consulted by advance request with Dance Division staff.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Journalists.
2. Publishers and publishing.
3. Impresarios.
4. Theatrical producers and directors.

Local subject

1. Manuscripts -- Collections.

Added author

1. Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929.
2. Frederiks, Vladimir Borisovich, Baron, 1845?-1929.
3. Rubinstein, Ida, 1883-1960.
4. Trouhanova, Natasha.
5. Brussel, Robert.
6. Cornuché, Eugène.
7. Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
8. Greffulhe, Elisabeth, comtesse, 1860-1952.
9. Günzburg, Dmitri, Baron.
10. Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947.
11. Martin, Jules.
12. Mingardi, Vittorio.
13. Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964.
14. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950.
15. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931.
16. Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938.
17. Shidlovskiĭ, A. B.
18. Société Musicale G. Astruc & Cie.

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZMC-Res. 1
2. *ZBD-161