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Katrina Castles papers
- Title
- Katrina Castles papers, ca. 1932-1956.
- Author
- Castles, Katrina.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 97-1 | Offsite |
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- Description
- .3 cu. ft.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Contracts.
- Correspondence.
- Photographic prints.
- Drawings.
- Portrait photographs.
- Programs.
- Scores.
- Source (note)
- Lyons, Mary E. (Mrs. Edward F.)
- Biography (note)
- 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.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Call Number
- JPB 97-1
- OCLC
- NYPW96-A174
- Author
- Castles, Katrina.
- Title
- Katrina Castles papers, ca. 1932-1956.
- Biography
- 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
- Composers.Mezzo-sopranos.
- Added Author
- Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962.Glanville-Hicks, Peggy.Lehmann, Lotte.Schumann, Elisabeth.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 97-1