Geraldine Farrar collection
Published: 1895
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25000
Subjects: Photographs; Correspondence; Opera; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Women singers; Goldwyn Pictures Corporation; Music; Archives; Motion picture actors and actresses; Manuscripts; Sopranos (Singers)
Description: The collection consists of Farrar's personal papers relating to her life and career, and includes scrapbooks and clippings, correspondence, and photographs. The music materials contain sketches, autograph manuscripts, and printed music composed or edited by Farrar. In addition, the collection contains biographical materials, Farrar's writings, contracts, radio scripts, concert programs, awards and other miscellaneous items. The correspondence includes letters from Crown Prince Wilhem and Crown Princess Cecilie of Germany, the American producer David Belasco, Farrar's voice coach Lilli Lehmann and close friends Daisy Humphries and Ruth A. Businger. Among the notable correspondents are Teresa Carreño, Enrico Caruso, Gustave Charpentier, Cecil  B. DeMille, Paul Dukas, Henry T. Finck, Henry Hadley, Reynaldo Hahn, Engelbert Humperdinck, Rockwell Kent, Fritz Kreisler, Jules Massenet, Lily Pons, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Arturo Toscanini.
Notes: Open to research.

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Geraldine Farrar Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Gift; Geraldine Farrar; 1954-1964.

located in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Geraldine Farrar (b. Feb. 28, 1882 in Melrose, Mass.; d. Mar. 11, 1967 in Ridgefield, Conn.) was an opera singer and film actress. She studied voice in Boston, New York, Paris and Berlin and performed at the Metropolitan Opera for many years. She recorded extensively on Victor labels, and appeared in silent movies and on radio. Farrar retired from opera in 1922 and appeared in recitals until 1931.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu007004