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BOX 11-12, 14, 19, 20, 29 Programs and Publicity, 1828-1937
This series is comprised largely of printed programs and playbills for concerts at which Paganini performed between 1828 and 1834. It contains a considerable number of materials from his numerous performances in England, including those at the King’s Theatre in London, the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, and other venues in Brighton, Bath, Drury Lane, and Vauxhall. His appearances at the Royal Redouten-Saale and Stuttgarter Hof-Theatre in Germany, as well as the Kärnthnerthor-Theater in Vienna, are also documented. One hand-written program from an unidentified concert in 1828 is also notable. The series contains a small number of programs and promotional posters for performances that took place between 1865 and 1937, after Paganini’s death, in Edinburg, Piccadilly, and London. These concerts and stage performances featured works that other composers dedicated to Paganini, including an opera and operetta.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX/FOLDER 12/12 Royal Redouten-Saale, 1828 March 28
Program
Catalog no. 386
BOX/FOLDER 12/12 Royal Redouten-Saale, 1828 April 20
Program
Catalog no. 387
BOX/FOLDER 12/12 Royal Redouten-Saale, 1828 May 4
Program
Catalog no. 388
BOX/FOLDER 12/12 Royal Redouten-Saale, 1828 May 11
Program
Catalog no. 389
BOX/FOLDER 19/11 Unidentified, 1828 May 13
Manuscript program
Catalog no. 181
BOX/FOLDER 12/13 Anstalt im St. Marx, im k. k. Redouten-Saale, 1828 May 16
Program
Catalog no. 390
BOX/FOLDER 12/11 Royal Hof-Theatre, 1828 June 27
Playbill
Catalog no. 385
BOX/FOLDER 12/13 Das Kärnthnerthor-Theater, Vienna, 1828 June 27
Program
Catalog no. 391
BOX/FOLDER 12/13 Das Kärnthnerthor-Theater, Vienna, 1828 June 30
Program
Catalog no. 392
BOX/FOLDER 29/11 Königliches Hoftheater, Dresden, 1829 January 28
Concert broadside
BOX/FOLDER 12/10 Stuttgarter Hof-Theatre, 1829 December 7
Playbill
Catalog no. 384
BOX/FOLDER 11/8 The King's Theatre, London, 1831 July 15
Playbill
Catalog no. 363
BOX/FOLDER 11/9 The King's Theatre, London, 1831 July 22
Playbill
Catalog no. 364
BOX/FOLDER 11/10 The King's Theatre, London, 1831 July 25
Playbill
Catalog no. 365
BOX/FOLDER 12/9 Performance of Mr. Collins, 1831 July
Playbill
Catalog no. 381
Note: Collins was known as the "English Paganini"
BOX/FOLDER 29/2 Theatre Royal, London, 1831 August 9
Playbill
WF 1957M 12.D.68
BOX/FOLDER 11/11 The King's Theatre, London, 1831 August 20
Playbill
Catalog no. 366
Includes: Clipping dated 1831 August 27
BOX/FOLDER 12/9 Theatre Royal, Brighton, 1831 September 5
Playbill
Catalog no. 382
BOX/FOLDER 14/6 Philadelphus address to citizens of Bristol, 1831 December 10
Published letter
Catalog no. 727
BOX/FOLDER 11/12 Theatre Royal, Bath, 1831 December 15
Playbill
Catalog no. 367
BOX/FOLDER 11/13 Theatre Royal, Bath, 1831 December 17
Playbill
Catalog no. 368
BOX/FOLDER 11/14 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1832 July 13
Playbill
Catalog no. 369
BOX/FOLDER 11/15 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1832 July 17
Playbill
Catalog no. 370
BOX/FOLDER 11/16 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1832 July 27
Playbill
Catalog no. 371
BOX/FOLDER 11/17 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1832 July 31
Playbill
Catalog no. 372
BOX/FOLDER 12/1 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1832 August 14
Playbill
Catalog no. 373
BOX/FOLDER 12/2 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1832 August 17
Playbill
Catalog no. 374
BOX/FOLDER 12/3 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1833 July 15
Playbill
Catalog no. 375
BOX/FOLDER 12/7 Royal Garden, Vauxhall, 1833? July 15
Playbill
Catalog no. 379
BOX/FOLDER 12/4 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1833 July 27
Playbill
Catalog no. 376
BOX/FOLDER 12/5 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1833 August 8
Playbill
Catalog no. 377
BOX/FOLDER 12/15 Adelphi Theatre, France, 1833 October 1
Playbill
Catalog no. 393a
BOX/FOLDER 12/6 Royal Victoria Theatre, 1834 July 18
Playbill
Catalog no. 378
BOX/FOLDER 12/8 Prince of Wales Operetta House, Edinburgh, 1865 March 22
Poster
Catalog no. 380
Note: Advertising performances by "Paganini's Ghost"
BOX/FOLDER 12/9 Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1882 November
Playbill
Catalog no. 383
BOX/FOLDER 12/14 Paganini Opera Romantique en 3 actes, 1927 May 24
Poster, in color
Catalog no. 393
BOX/FOLDER 20/9 Lyceum Theatre, London, 1937
Program for Richard Jauber and Evelyn Laye in Paganini, an operetta in three acts
MBC misc. 61
BOX/FOLDER 19/12 London Theater ticket prices, undated
Leaflet
Catalog no. 194
BOX 3, 10-12, 17, 19-22 Personal Papers, 1827-1847
This series consists of awards, contracts, financial papers, invitations, notebooks, poetry, cards, and miscellaneous fragments pertaining to Paganini’s professional activities and personal life. The so-called Secret Red Notebook is well known and contains extensive biographical information, tour dates, financial notes, address lists, prescriptions, recipes, a laundry list, and poetry. Paganini never allowed others to view the notebook, which resulted in the false assumption that it contained the key to mastering his unparalleled technique. An account book and two pocket calendars are also valuable sources of information about his European tour.
Among the financial papers are bank statements, receipts, and records documenting the number of seats sold at his concerts. A number of awards, two of which Frederick William III, King of Prussia, signed, further confirm his widespread popularity across Italy and Austria. Invitations for performances in Hanover, Magdeburg, Breslau, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Paris, and America also attest to his international renown. Additional items document his tenure with the Parma Orchestra, as well as his final illness and death.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
BOX 10, 12, 20-21 Awards
Arranged chronologically.
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 Sardinia Secretary of State on the Order of the Golden Spur, 1827 December 10
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