Ernesto Barbini fonds
Published: 1894
Language: eng
Notes: Conductor of Italian birth established in Toronto, Ont., in 1953; Barbini joined the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto and later the University of Toronto Faculty of Music where he worked until his retirement, in 1975; Barbini conducted many operas in Canada and in the United States where he has been the assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera from 1946 to 1952.

Correspondence; diplomas; diaries; writings; programmes; posters; clippings; annotated music books; published annotated scores (featuring a Verdi autograph) of operas, chamber music, chorales and string ensembles; manuscripts of Barbini arrangements. Also includes: 880 photographs, 882 slides, 761 negatives (Barbini, members of his family, travels and concerts); 92 audio tape reels, 30 audio discs, 5 audio tape cassettes, 6 16-mm films, 5 8-mm films and 1 videocassette (Barbini as conductor).

Written permission from legal heirs for access to the correspondence.

Finding aid: provisional summary description.

File code: MUS 200.