BYU Library - Special Collections

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Collection contains personal and professional correspondence from Gina Bachauer, publicity and personal photographs, programs, clippings, articles, and other publicity materials for Gina Bachauer performances, itineraries, contracts, financial records and other administrative records concerning Gina Bachauer's career as a concert pianist, personal belongings and audio recordings of her work, and diaries and appointment books recording her daily activities, 1898, 1928-1989.

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Collection contains the administrative records for the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation which includes audio recordings of performances and applicants, ephemera and publicity records regarding the International Piano competition, correspondence from various people and organizations regarding the foundation, and other materials relating to the Foundation and competition, 1958-2007.

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Collection contains materials collected by Skaila Kanga dating from approximately 1971 to 2005. Materials include concert programs both solo and ensemble, news clippings, promotional materials, festival brochures, photographs and publications of ensembles and orchestras Kanga participated in, including the Nash Ensemble. The collection also contains audiocassettes and compact discs of musical performances.

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Collection contains thirteen CD recordings and one DVD of oral histories of the members of the ward. Also included are handwritten histories and other materials by ward members, documenting their personal and familial histories.

Scope and Contents Contains personal and professional papers of Samuelsen. Includes newspaper clippings of his numerous vocal performances in operas and oratorios across the country, with pictures of him performing in them. There are also transcripts of his musings about his childhood in Norway and his life since immigrating to the United States. There are letters from his mission with his wife to Alta, Norway, and recollections on his children. Finally, the collection includes CDs of his singing. Includes...

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This collection contains correspondence including between Helen and her husband, photographs, newspaper clippings for Grant Johannesen, a scrapbook of Helen's funeral services, hand written notebooks and sketches of musical scores, and digital printouts of scores , program notes, University of Utah and Julliard diploma certificates, a CD of recordings of Helen Taylor compositions, and other papers relating to Helen Taylor, 1937-2003.

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Collection primarily contains the papers related to two book collections donated to BYU by John A. Taylor: the "Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) collection" and "Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) collection." Also includes correspondence, invoices, and business papers related to Mrs. Trollope's Bazaar; articles/essays relating to Trollope; two videos about Benjamin Disraeli; newspaper/magazine articles; and a CD containing a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Taylor about book collecting.

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Collection of film reels, audio materials, videotapes, DVDs and CDs, personal papers, scripts, books and manuscripts. Also included is a plaster face mask. Tapes are both originals and transfers, and include Low and Slow, Spirit Doctors, 38th Street Gangs, Art and Color, and Mundo Milagroso. Also included are tapes of research material, concerning the Navajo Weavers and Guatemala. Materials range from approximately 1980-2002.

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Collection contains photographs, original drawings and paintings, concert programs, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, awards, posters of concerts, CDs of Vardi's performances, and other material relating to the life and career of Emanuel Vardi, 1941-2005.

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Contains Judith Wright's collection of LPs and CDs as well as VHS tapes, DVDs and Reel-to-Reel tapes of Marilyn Horne's opera and recital performances. The collection also contains opera programs, magazines, clippings, and photographs featuring Marilyn Horne as a performer and spans the dates 1960-2003.