Cyrus Trobbe Music Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Trobbe, Cyrus (musician)
label: Names
content: Curran Theater
label: Names
content: Geary Theater
label: Names
content: KFRC (radio station)
label: Names
content: San Francisco Light Opera
label: Names
content: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
place: label: Place
content: San Francisco (Calif.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Radio broadcasts
label: Topic
content: Sound Recordings and Reproductions
label: Topic
content: Musicians -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Musical performances
label: Topic
content: Bands (Music) -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Theater
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Mrs. Cyrus Trobbe, September 30, 1986.
creator: label: Collector
content: Trobbe, Cyrus (musician)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Trobbe was a musician and a leader of musical groups in the San Francisco Bay area for some sixty years. He was born in London and came to the U.S. shortly before 1920. Trobbe found regular work as a violinist and a group leader, assembling musical groups varying in size from small dance orchestras to large theater orchestras. He became a faculty member of what is now San Francisco State University soon after WW II.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 300 Cubic feet (322 record boxes, 1 map folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1900-1982.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0242
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Disc recordings
label: Type
content: Card catalog
label: Type
content: Sheet music
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 5 series: (1) Collected music, (2) Scrapbooks, (3) Printed Programs, (4) Disc Recordings, (5) Card Catalog.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Jane Odom, undated
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Disc recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Card catalog
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes: published music scores (1920-1980) collected by Cy Trobbe, scrapbooks documenting his music career (1919-1980), programs from musical presentations in San Francisco (1913-1980), disc recordings of Trobbe's radio broadcasts on KFRC in 1938; and a card catalog assembled by Trobbe of his collection, arranged by type of music.