Mannes Camerata collection
Descriptive Status
No publicly accessible container list or inventory is available at this time. Please contact The New School Archives if you are interested in consulting this collection.
Abstract
The Mannes Camerata, founded in 1981 by Paul Echols, was Mannes College of Music's early-music ensemble. It was comprised of students and faculty of the combined undergraduate and graduate early music programs at the Mannes, which joined The New School in 1989. The collection contains scores, schedules and program notes, photographic materials, librettos, press releases, correspondence, and audiovisual recordings.
Dates
- 1982-1998
Creator
- Echols, Paul (Teacher, Person)
Extent
2.6 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection contains programs, flyers, schedules and production notes, libretti and scores, press releases and correspondence, photographic prints, and slides pertaining to the stage productions produced by Mannes Camerata, and Mannes Opera Ensemble from 1982 to 1998, the period from Mannes Camerata's founding by Paul Echols to the four years after his death in 1994. The collection also contains photographic material of Mannes Orchestra events during the same period of time.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
- Conservatories of music (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Early-music groups (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Music -- Instruction and study -- United States (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Mannes Camerata collection
- Status
- In Process
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin