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Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation collection on Nicolò Paganini, 1810-1967

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Programs and Publicity, 1828-1937 (continued)
Paganini Opera Romantique en 3 actes, 1927 May 24 (continued)
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
Letter
Catalog no. 238
BOX/FOLDER 10/7 Gold Medal of Salvator, Vienna, 1828 July 10
Diploma
Catalog no. 239a
BOX/FOLDER 10/8 Gold Medal of Salvator, Vienna, 1828 July 10
Diploma
Catalog no. 239b
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 Honorary concert master for the King of Prussia, 1829 May 13
Decree
Catalog no. 240
Note: Includes signature of Frederick William III, King of Prussia
BOX/FOLDER 10/9 Honorary concert master for the Cremona Philharmonic Society, 1829 May 13
Decree
Catalog no. 240a
Note: Includes signature of Frederick William III, King of Prussia
BOX/FOLDER 10/10 First Class Knight of the Equestrian Order of St. Stanislaus, 1831 December 24
Appointment
Catalog no. 241
BOX/FOLDER 21/3 Totili di Nobilità, 1832 December 20
One page; 35 x 22.4 cm
Catalog no. 997
Note: I.e. Chevalier de première class de l’ordre de Stanislaus
BOX/FOLDER 10/5 Knight of the Constantine Order of St. George, 1835 January 11
Letter accompanying the decree of appointment
Catalog no. 234
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 Administrative committee of the Ducal Theater of Parma, 1835 December 25
Decree of nomination
Catalog no. 232
BOX/FOLDER 12/12 Knight of the Constantine Order of St. George, 1836 January 4
Decree of appointment
Catalog no. 235
BOX/FOLDER 10/6 Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome, 1836 March 15
Diploma
Catalog no. 236
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 Honorary member of the Philharmonic Society of Casale Monferato, 1836 December 22
Appointment
Catalog no. 230
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome, 1839 February 12
Letter accompanying membership diploma
Catalog no. 237
BOX/FOLDER 10/4 Academic Merit from the Institute of Music of Genoa, 1839 April 29
Diploma
Catalog no. 228
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 Directing commission of the Ducal Orchestra of Parma, 1839 November 1
Decree of appointment
Catalog no. 233
City of Genoa
Certificates announcing bequeathal of violin
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 1845 December 11
Catalog no. 229a
BOX/FOLDER 20/12 1847 December 4
Catalog no. 229b
BOX 20-21 Cards
Arranged alphabetically.
BOX/FOLDER 20/14 Le Baron N. Paganini commandeur et Chevalier de plausieurs Ordres, undated
Calling card made of yellow paper
Catalog no. 359
BOX/FOLDER 20/14 Le Baron N. Paganini commandeur et Chevalier de plausieurs Ordres, undated
Calling card made of pink paper
Catalog no. 360
BOX/FOLDER 20/14 Le Baron N. Paganini commandeur et Chevalier de plausieurs Ordres, undated
Calling card made of yellow paper
Catalog no. 361
BOX/FOLDER 21/5 Le Baron N. Paganini commandeur et Chevalier de plausieurs Ordres, undated
Calling card made of pink paper
Bondy no. 1
BOX/FOLDER 20/14 N. Paganini, undated
Two calling cards; one made of pink paper and one made of yellow paper, both with ornamentation
Catalog no. 356
BOX/FOLDER 20/14 N. Paganini, undated
Calling card made of yellow paper, with ornamentation
Catalog no. 357
BOX/FOLDER 20/14 N. Paganini, undated
Calling card made of yellow paper, with ornamentation
Catalog no. 358
BOX/FOLDER 20/14 Playing cards, undated
The 8, 9 and 10 cards in all four suits
Catalog no. 362
BOX 3 Contracts
Arranged alphabetically.
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Caccia, Antonio, 1828
Termination
Catalog no. 204
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Casanova, Giuseppe, 1835 July 28
Catalog no. 205
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Legnani, Luigi, 1834 October 30
Catalog no. 213
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Moscheles, Ignaz and Nicholas Mori (publishers), 1832 July 25
Catalog no. 208
Note: Signed by John Deuker
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Paris Opera, 1831 April 26
Catalog no. 210
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Paris Royal Academy of Music convention, 1831 March 4
Catalog no. 211
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Pietrala, Costanza, 1832 August 21-November 6
Catalog no. 207
Note: Signed by Tommaso Calandrelli
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Theater of Arts in Rouen, France, 1832 October 1
Catalog no. 212
BOX 10-11, 19-21 Financial Papers
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically therein.
Bound Account book, 1830-1835
Catalog no. 199
Note: Kept by his secretaries; contains notations in Paganini's hand
BOX/FOLDER 21/4 Account statement, 1841 February 24
25.2 x 19 cm
WF 52
BOX/FOLDER 20/10 Account statements from concerts, 1831 June 3-August 20
Catalog no. 206
Note: For fifteen concerts performed in London
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