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Katrina Castles papers

Title
  1. Katrina Castles papers, ca. 1932-1956.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding Aid
Author
  1. Castles, Katrina.

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Additional authors
  1. Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962.
  2. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy.
  3. Lehmann, Lotte.
  4. Schumann, Elisabeth.
Description
  1. .3 cu. ft.
Summary
  1. Contains Miss Castles' correspondence, programs, clippings, photographs, and business papers. Includes letters and portraits from Lotte Lehmann as well as notes from Elisabeth Schumann, Kirsten Flagstad, and Colin McPhee. Also includes scores, photographs, and programs of Peggy Glanville-Hicks; an insurance policy showing Castles as the beneficiary of Glanville-Hicks; a photograph of Fritz Hart; and scores by Bax and Vaughan Williams.
Subject
  1. Clippings
  2. Scores
  3. Contracts
  4. Portrait photographs
  5. Lehmann, Lotte
  6. Mezzo-sopranos
  7. Composers
  8. Castles, Katrina
  9. Programs
  10. Correspondence
  11. Photographic prints
  12. Drawings
  13. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy
Genre/Form
  1. Clippings.
  2. Contracts.
  3. Correspondence.
  4. Photographic prints.
  5. Drawings.
  6. Portrait photographs.
  7. Programs.
  8. Scores.
Call number
  1. JPB 97-1
Source (note)
  1. Lyons, Mary E. (Mrs. Edward F.)
Biography (note)
  1. Katrina Castles (Mrs. Michael Schwab), formerly Kathleen Castles, and also known as Katherine Castles, was an Australian mezzo-soprano Lieder singer, a protege of Mme. Lotte Lehmann, and the childhood friend of Australian-American composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Her career was cut short by two bouts of cancer.
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  1. Accessioned
Author
  1. Castles, Katrina.
Title
  1. Katrina Castles papers, ca. 1932-1956.
Biography
  1. Katrina Castles (Mrs. Michael Schwab), formerly Kathleen Castles, and also known as Katherine Castles, was an Australian mezzo-soprano Lieder singer, a protege of Mme. Lotte Lehmann, and the childhood friend of Australian-American composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Her career was cut short by two bouts of cancer.
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Occupation
  1. Composers.
  2. Mezzo-sopranos.
Added author
  1. Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962.
  2. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy.
  3. Lehmann, Lotte.
  4. Schumann, Elisabeth.
Research call number
  1. JPB 97-1
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