Scope and Contents Two sizes of cards with photographs. The smaller cards match the style and size of a carte de visite, while the larger ones more closely match the later fashion of a cabinet card, as would have been more common in the late 19th century.Contains pictures of prominent artistic figures of the time, including Johannes Brahms, Pablo de Sarasate, and Alfred Corning Clark himself. Some of the cards are autographed and inscribed with a note on the back. The photograph of Johannes Brahms...

Scope and Contents Arranged by country or city of origin: France, Germany, England, Italy, Berlin, London, Brunswick, the scrapbook contains photographs of opera singers and stage actors, including Emilio Naudin, Désirée Artôt, and Mary Anne Stirling; artists such as Gustave Doré and Rosa Bonheur; novelist Henri Murger; composers such as Joseph Joachim, Adolf von Henselt, and a missing space for a picture of Richard Wagner; and members of royalty such as King Victor Emanuel II of Italy, his sons Prince Umberto...

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Consists of fliers and programs for master classes taught by Norbert Brainin, Anner Bylsma, William Christie, Michael Debost, Paulina Dokovska, Montserrat Figueras, Patrick Gallois, Håkan Hagegård, Carlo Levi Minzi, Jordi Savall, Renata Scotto, and the Trio d'Amsterdam.

Summary

Menachem Zur (born 1942) is an Israeli composer who studied at Mannes College of Music (now, Mannes School of Music), and Columbia University. His compositions are influenced by modernism, post-tonal music, and set theory, as well as traditional Jewish music. The collection includes various chamber music scores by Zur, mostly in photocopy form, as well as a recording of several of his compositions.