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- Title:
- History of the Philadelphia Stage, Between the Years 1749 and 1855. By Charles Durang. Volume 3. Arranged and illustrated by Thompson Westcott, 1868
- Description:
- Volume III includes the last 23 chapters (XXXIV to LVI) of the second series, and the first 22 installments (I to XXII) of the third and last series, for a total of 118 pages of text. The chapters belonging to the second series were published in the Dispatch between February 15, 1857 (Vol. IX, No. 42) and August 2, 1857 (Vol. X, No. 14), while those included in the third series came out between July 8, 1860 (Vol. XIII, No. 2) and December 2, 1860 (Vol. XIII, No. 32). In this portion of his history, Durang chronicles the seasons of Philadelphia theaters from 1826-27 to 1831-32. The author presents a cast list for the most important performances, and in some cases even quotes contemporary playbills and reviews. Special events include the Philadelphia debut of actor Charles Kean and the performances of Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags, a tremendously successful play produced at the Arch Street Theatre at the beginning of 1830, and featuring Edwin Forrest in the main part. Opera singer Maria Malibran, who toured the United States from 1825 to 1827 and performed in Philadelphia during these same years, is the focus of a whole chapter discussing her life and career (series III, chapter XIII). A new theater, the Arch Street Theatre, was inaugurated in 1828 and soon became one of the most important institutions in the city along with the Chestnut Street Theatre and the Walnut Street Theatre. A great deal of information is given on the managerial aspects regulating the life of these artistic centers, and on the actors, singers, writers, and other figures who were involved during those years. Many such figures appear in the rich iconographic portion of the volume, which includes portraits of Emma Albertazzi, Geneviève-Aimé-Zoë Prévost, Marie Taglioni, Antonio Guerra, Sarah Egerton, Charles William Macready, Marie Caroline Félix-Miolan, John Liston, Laure Cinti-Damoreau, William Dowton, James Henry Hackett, William Henry West Betty, Margaret Somerville, Madame Céleste, Charles Edward Horn, William Rufus Blake, Henriette Sontag, Giovanna Baccelli, Joseph Grimaldi, Armand Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Vestris, John Philip Kemble, Giuditta Pasta, Rachel Félix, Margaret Martyr, John Vanbrugh, Edwin Forrest, Luigia Caldarini, Sam Cowell, Dorothea Jordan, Rebecca Davison, Caius Gabriel Cibber, John Pritt Harley, Carlotta Grisi, Stephen Kemble, Sarah Siddons, Thomas Sheridan, James Edward Murdoch, Elizabeth Rainforth, Charles William Macready, Calvin Edson, Thomas Apthorpe Cooper, Jane Stephens, Elizabeth Sharp, Edwin Booth, Charles Kean, Charlotte Cushman, Herr Driesbach, David Garrick, Harriet Waylett, Frances Abington, General Tom Thumb, Samuel Phelps, John Quick, Thomas Hilson, Samuel Reddish, Maria Malibran, Elena D’Angri, John Reeve, George Washington Dixon, Oliver Goldsmith, Julia Fortescue, and many others. The volume also contains engravings of the three main Philadelphia theaters (Chestnut Street Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, and Arch Street Theatre) and of other international venues such as the Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) of Paris, and the Teatro Principal of Havana, Cuba. An autograph letter by Herr Driesbach, the famous lion tamer, is attached to the volume, along with an autographed portrait of actor George Handel Hill.
- Personal Name:
- Durang, Charles; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888
- Date:
- 1868
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/?language=en
- Collection:
- Thompson Westcott scrapbooks of Charles Durang's history of Philadelphia theater between the years 1749 and 1855
- Call Number:
- Ms. Coll. 1316
- Title:
- [Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam].
- Subject:
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine -- Early works to 1800; Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497 -- Journeys -- Palestine -- Early works to 1800; Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Personal Name:
- Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497; Reuwich, Erhard, active 1483-1486; Drach, Peter, d. 1504, printer; Celtis, Konrad, 1459-1508
- Date:
- 1490
- Publisher:
- [Speyer : Peter Drach, 29 July 1490]
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Folio Inc B-1190
- Title:
- [Concert program 1949-04-21]
- Description:
- Handel, George Frideric: Ah! spietato! e non ti muove, from Amadigi; Gluck, Christoph Willibald: Air de la Naïade de l'opéra "Armide"; Caldara, Antonio: Come raggio di sol; Scarlatti, Alessandro: Chi vuole innamorarsi; Schubert, Franz: Gretchen am Spinnrade; Schubert, Franz: Thekla; Schubert, Franz: Liebesbotschaft; Schubert, Franz: Der Erlkönig; Ponchielli, Amilcare: Suicidio!, from La Gioconda; Dvořák, Antonín: Als die alte Mutter: Songs my mother taught me; Griffes, Charles Tomlinson: Night on ways unknown has fallen; Quilter, Roger (arr.): Over the mountains; Quilter, Roger: Blow, blow, thou winter wind; Burleigh, Harry Thacker (arr.): Were you there?; Boatner, Edward (arr.): O what a beautiful city; Boatner, Edward (arr.): Trampin'; Johnson, Hall (arr.): Roll, Jerd'n, roll
- Personal Name:
- Anderson, Marian; Rupp, Franz; Hurok, Sol; Feldman, E.; Hurok, Sol
- Corporate Name:
- Academy of Music; Hurok Attractions, Inc.
- Date:
- 1949-04-21T20:30:00
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Marian Anderson Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Ms. Coll 200 box 184 folder 8635 item 3
- Title:
- [Fundraising Program with Return Envelope, University of Pennsylvania]
- Description:
- Program to honor Marian Anderson at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia with return envelope
- Personal Name:
- Anderson, Marian
- Corporate Name:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Marian Anderson Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Ms. Coll 708 box 17 folder 0829 item 1
- Title:
- [Concert program 1929-10-11]
- Description:
- Donaudy, Stefano: O del mio amato ben; Bassani, Giovanni Battista: Dormi, bella, dormi tu?; Cesti, Antonio: Tu mancavi a tormentarmi, crudelissima speranza; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Alleluja : Exsultate, jubilate; Schubert, Franz: Der Zwerg; Schubert, Franz: Wohin?; Brahms, Johannes: Der Schmied : op. 19, no. 4; Wolff, Erich J. (Erich Jaques): Fäden; Strauss, Richard: Zueignung : op. 10, no. 1; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich: Adieu, forêts, from Jeanne d'Arc; Rachmaninoff, Sergei: The soldier's bride : op. 8, no. 4; Griffes, Charles Tomlinson: Night on ways unknown has fallen; Saar, Louis Victor: At the spinning-wheel : op. 65, no. 1; Jacobson, Myron: Last love : op. 20, no. 1; Burleigh, Harry Thacker (arr.): Wade in de water; Burleigh, Harry Thacker (arr.): Oh Peter go ring-a dem bells; Dawson, William L. (William Levi) (arr.): Talk about a child that do love Jesus; Johnson, Hall (arr.): Little David play on your harp
- Personal Name:
- Anderson, Marian; King, William L.; Judson, A.
- Corporate Name:
- Academy of Music; Arthur Judson, Inc. (Division of Columbia Concerts Corporation of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.); Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
- Date:
- 1929-10-11T20:15:00
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Marian Anderson Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Ms. Coll 200 box 178 folder 8527 item 1
- Title:
- [Concert program 1929-10-11; 1929-10-23]
- Description:
- Donaudy, Stefano: O del mio amato ben; Bassani, Giovanni Battista: Dormi, bella, dormi tu?; Cesti, Antonio: Tu mancavi a tormentarmi, crudel, from Alcinaissima speranza; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Alleluja : Exsultate, jubilate; Schubert, Franz: Der Zwerg; Brahms, Johannes: Der Schmied; Strauss, Richard: Zueignung : op. 10, no. 1; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich: Adieu, forêts, from Jeanne d'Arc; Rachmaninoff, Sergei: The soldier's bride : op. 8, no. 4; Bridge, Frank: O that it were so; Saar, Louis Victor: At the spinning-wheel : op. 65, no. 1; Jacobson, Myron: Last love : op. 20, no. 1; Burleigh, Harry Thacker (arr.): Wade in de water; Burleigh, Harry Thacker (arr.): Oh Peter go ring-a dem bells; Dawson, William L. (William Levi) (arr.): Talk about a child that do love Jesus; Johnson, Hall (arr.): Little David play on your harp; Fragile item: in plastic cover
- Personal Name:
- Anderson, Marian; King, William L.; Judson, Arthur
- Date:
- 1929-10-11; 1929-10-23
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Marian Anderson Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Ms. Coll 200 box 192 folder 8780 item 4
- Title:
- [Concert program 1957-01-26]
- Description:
- Wagner, Richard: Prelude to die meistersinger von Nürnberg; Saint-Saëns, Camille: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson et Dalila; Bizet, Georges: Ouvre ton coeur; Academy of Music Contennial Concert; program on page 34-35; Marian Anderson introduction on page 38-40; handwriting on page 45
- Personal Name:
- Anderson, Marian; Ormandy, Eugene; Gueden, Hilde; Kaye, Danny; Rubinstein, Artur; Shore, Dinah; Stern Isaac
- Corporate Name:
- Academy of Music; Philadelphia Orchestra
- Date:
- 1957-01-26T20:30:00
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Source:
- Centennial Jubilee of the Philadelphia Academy of Music
- Collection:
- Marian Anderson Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Ms. Coll 200 box 188 folder 8702 item 2
- Title:
- [Concert program 1926-05-20]
- Description:
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald: O del mio dolce ardor; Rossi, Francesco: Ah! rendimi quel core; Saint-Saëns, Camille: La cloche; Debussy, Claude: Romance; Chaminade, Cécile: Summer; Brahms, Johannes: Von ewiger Liebe: op. 43, no. 1; Schubert, Franz: Aufenthalt; Schubert, Franz: Wohin?; Verdi, Giuseppe: O don fatale, from Don Carlos; Beach, Amy: Ah, love, but a day : op. 44, no. 2; Scott, Cyril: Lullaby, op. 57, no. 2; Griffes, Charles Tomlinson: Night on ways unknown has fallen; Rachmaninoff, Sergei: O thou billowy harvest-field : op. 4, no. 5; Robinson, Avery (arr.): Water boy; Johnson, J. Rosamond (arr.): Done found my lost sheep; Brown, Lawrence (arr.): I got a home in-a dat rock; Brown, Lawrence (arr.): Every time I feel the spirit; Duplicate of 8523 #2, without hanswriting
- Personal Name:
- Anderson, Marian; King, William L.
- Corporate Name:
- Academy of Music
- Date:
- 1926-05-20T20:30:00
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Marian Anderson Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Ms. Coll 200 box 178 folder 8523 item 3
- Title:
- A brief history of the rise and progress of the charitable scheme : carrying on by a society of noblemen and gentlemen in London, for the relief and instruction of poor Germans, and their descendents, settled in Pennsylvania, and the adjacent British colonies in North-America : Published by order of the gentlemen appointed trustees-general, for the management of the said scheme.
- Description:
- Half-title: A brief history of the charitable scheme, for instructing poor Germans in Pennsylvania, &c.; Attributed to William Smith by Evans.; Signatures: pi1 A-B4 C1.
- Personal Name:
- Smith, William, 1727-1803.
- Date:
- 1755
- Publisher:
- Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall`, MDCCLV. [1755]
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Curtis Collection 554
- Title:
- Constitutions of the publick academy, in the city of Philadelphia.
- Personal Name:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Francis, Tench, 1730-1800
- Corporate Name:
- Charity School (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Date:
- 1749
- Publisher:
- [Philadelphia : Printed by Benjamin Franklin, 1749]
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Curtis Collection Folio 413PF