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3 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Musical criticism--United States.

  1. Alice Eversman and Elena de Sayn papers, 1862-1970s

    approximately 2,175 items. 31 containers. 14.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Alice Eversman (1885-1974) and Elena de Sayn (1884?-1966) were a performing duo active in the early 1900s. Eversman was an operatic soprano and de Sayn was a violinist. During the 1930s, they both settled in Washington, D.C., and became music critics for the Washington Star. They were important members of the local musical community as well as newspaper writers' groups. De Sayn also continued her performing and teaching career through the early 1960s. The collection includes personal and business correspondence, scrapbooks about Eversman, de Sayn, and others, writings, printed music, photographs, programs, subject files, and biographical information.

  2. Music Critics Association of North America records, 1972-1977

    approximately 1,100 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Music Critics Association of North America has served as the only North American association for professional classical music critics since 1956. Prominent early members included leading critics such as Paul Hume of the Washington Post, Miles Kastendieck of the New York Herald Tribune, and Harold C. Schoenberg of the New York Times. This small collection of records primarily documents the association’s institutes from 1972 to 1977.

  3. Sylvia Fine Musical Comedy Library scripts, 1904-1997

    approximately 170 items. 22 containers. 10.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Sylvia Fine (1913-1991) was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer, and producer. The collection documents her interest in twentieth-century American musical comedy through more than 150 scripts by prominent stage and screen writers, including Alan Jay Lerner, Dorothy Fields, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Guy Bolton, among others.