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Project Files, 1970-2019 (continued)
BOX 1-3, 68, 73 105-113 Albums and Videos, 1973-2008 (bulk 1990s)
This subseries contains correspondence, album cover proofs, recording schedules, contracts, and personal notes for Norman’s televised programs and numerous audio recordings. The bulk of the sound recording materials pertain to projects with Philips, with whom Norman had a recording contract.
Arranged alphabetically by album or program title.
BOX/FOLDER 1/1 20th Anniversary with Philips Classics, 1991
BOX/FOLDER 105/9 Absolute Wilson, 2006
BOX/FOLDER 105/10 Aida. Live recording with Orchestre Lyrique de'ORTF and Nino Sanzogno, 1973
BOX/FOLDER 105/11 Alfred Biolek's Boulevard Bio TV show. Cologne, Germany, 1991-1993
BOX/FOLDER 105/12 "Amazing Grace." Bill Moyers, 1989-1990
BOX/FOLDER 68/1 Amazing Grace. Philips, 1991
Album cover proofs
BOX/FOLDER 105/13 American Masters. Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice, 1996 November 13
BOX/FOLDER 105/14 Ariadne auf Naxos. Metropolitan Opera television broadcast, 1988
BOX/FOLDER 105/15 The Balm in Gilead: Jessye Norman Sings for the Healing of AIDS, 1997
BOX/FOLDER 105/16 Bayrischer Rundfunk recordings, 2007 August
BOX/FOLDER 105/17 Berlin Philharmonic live recording, 1992
BOX/FOLDER 105/18 Brava, Jessye! The Very Best of Jessye Norman. Philips, 1996
BOX/FOLDER 105/19 Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening. CBS, 1987
BOX/FOLDER 105/20 Carmen. Philips, 1989
BOX/FOLDER 1/1 Cavalleria Rusticana. Philips, 1991
BOX/FOLDER 1/2 to 3/1, 68/2 Les chemins de l'amour. Philips, 1986
Album cover proofs
BOX/FOLDER 105/21 Christmas Glory from Westminster Abbey, 1999
BOX/FOLDER 106/1 Christmas Glory 5. TV special, 2001-2002
BOX/FOLDER 106/2 Complete Mozart Edition. Philips, 1990?
BOX/FOLDER 106/3 Concertgebuow concert television recording, 1991
BOX/FOLDER 106/4 Das Lied von Erde. Berlin Philharmonic, 1991
BOX/FOLDER 106/5 Decca Music Group licensing, 2004
BOX/FOLDER 106/6 Erwartung. Japanese television concert, 1988
BOX/FOLDER 106/7 Erwartung. Metropolitan Opera. Philips, 1993
BOX/FOLDER 68/3 The Essential Jessye Norman Collection, Philips, 2004
Album cover photo
BOX/FOLDER 106/8 Films Ariane, 1989-1990
BOX/FOLDER 106/9 Five Seasons. Proposed album, 2006
BOX/FOLDER 106/10 to 107/1 Great Day in the Morning, 1982
BOX/FOLDER 107/2 Great Moments of… Jessye Norman. EMI, 1995
BOX/FOLDER 107/3-4 The Greatest Female Voices of the Century. Television broadcast with Andre Heller, 2000-2001
BOX/FOLDER 107/5 "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child." HBO interview, 1999-2000
BOX/FOLDER 107/6 Herodiade. EMI, 1987
BOX/FOLDER 107/7 The HistoryMakers., 2001-2005
BOX/FOLDER 107/8 Honenems concert tape, 1988
BOX/FOLDER 68/4, 107/9 to 108/2 I Was Born in Love With You. Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand. Philips, 1997-2000
BOX/FOLDER 108/3 In the Spirit. Philips, 1996
BOX/FOLDER 108/4 Jack Morton Worldwide/IBM Center event, 2005
BOX/FOLDER 108/5 James McCracken documentary. TPS Media, 1999
BOX/FOLDER 108/6 to 109/5 Jessye Norman: A Holiday Homecoming, 1998-1999
BOX/FOLDER 109/6 Jessye Norman: A Portrait with Andre Heller. Dor Films, 2008
BOX/FOLDER 109/7 to 110/1 Jessye Norman: Christmastide. Television broadcast, 1987
BOX/FOLDER 110/2 Jessye Norman: Classics. Philips, 1991
BOX/FOLDER 110/3 The Jessye Norman Collection. Philips, 2004-2005
BOX/FOLDER 110/4 Jessye Norman discography, undated
BOX/FOLDER 110/5 Jessye Norman documentary, proposed, 1999
BOX/FOLDER 3/2 Jessye Norman: Grand Succés, undated
BOX/FOLDER 68/5 Jessye Norman: Sacred Songs. Philips, 1981
Album cover
BOX/FOLDER 110/6 Keith Haring memorial film, 1990
BOX/FOLDER 110/7 Kidstock. Broadway Video, 1994
BOX/FOLDER 110/8 Kindertotenlieder. Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1988
BOX/FOLDER 110/9 Late Show with David Letterman, 1998 December 22
BOX/FOLDER 110/10 Live at Lincoln Center, 1989
BOX/FOLDER 110/11-14 Live at Lincoln Center: Women of Legend, Fantasy, and Lore, 1993-1994
BOX/FOLDER 68/6, 111/1 Lucky to Be Me. Philips, 1992
BOX/FOLDER 111/2 Lupus Foundation Today Show interview, 1999
BOX/FOLDER 111/3 Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular, 1996
BOX/FOLDER 111/4 The Makropulos Case. Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast, 1996 January 20
BOX/FOLDER 111/5-6 Mastervision: Civil War Series, 1994-1995
BOX/FOLDER 111/7 Metropolitan Opera Television, 1988-1989
BOX/FOLDER 111/8 Miscellany, 1993-2000, undated
BOX/FOLDER 111/9 My Way of Breathing masterclass, 2005
BOX/FOLDER 111/10 NHK concert broadcast, Japan, 1989
BOX/FOLDER 111/11 NHK concert broadcast, Japan, 1995
BOX/FOLDER 111/12 Notre Dame concert broadcast, 1990
BOX/FOLDER 111/13 Oedipus Rex DVD, 2004-2005
BOX/FOLDER 111/14 The People's Passion, 1988
BOX/FOLDER 111/15 The People's Passion, 1999
BOX/FOLDER 112/1 The People's Passion / How! Do! We! Do!, 1999-2000
BOX/FOLDER 112/2 Philips Classics Strauss collection, 1997
BOX/FOLDER 112/3 Prepare for Saints: The Making of a Modern Opera. Connecticut Public Television, 1997-1998
BOX-FOLDER 73/1 Richard Strauss. Salome. Philips, 1994
Album cover proof
BOX/FOLDER 112/4 The Robin Leach Show, 1994
BOX/FOLDER 112/5 Roots: My Life, My Song. Sony Classical, 2010
BOX/FOLDER 112/6 Sacred Ellington, 1998-1999
BOX/FOLDER 112/7 Salzburg recital with James Levine (filmed), 1987-1988
BOX/FOLDER 112/8 Seattle Symphony Orchestra broadcast. KCTS, circa 1998
BOX/FOLDER 112/9 Spirituals in Concert with Kathleen Battle, 1990-1991
BOX/FOLDER 112/10 The Tales of Hoffman, 1987
BOX/FOLDER 112/11 Tanglewood television program for Japan broadcast, 1989
BOX/FOLDER 112/12 Time-Life teaching kit. African Americans: Voices of Triumph - People on the Move!, 1997
BOX/FOLDER 112/13 To Life: America Celebrates Israel's 50th (filmed), 1998 April 11
BOX/FOLDER 112/14 Tristan and Isolde highlights. Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, 1998
BOX/FOLDER 112/15 to 113/3 Vangelis: Mythodea, Athens. Sony Classical, 1999-2001
BOX/FOLDER 113/4 Warsaw concert. Polish Television Company, 1997 November 10
BOX/FOLDER 113/5 Wild Hearts in Strangle Times, Margie Gills. CBS special, 1995-1996
BOX/FOLDER 113/6-7 Winterreise, 2001
BOX 69, 114-168, 296R Correspondence, 1956-2019
This series contains letters, faxes, and printed emails exchanged between Norman’s business managers and assistants and individuals or organizations with whom she had working relationships throughout her career. These include Philips Records, Harold Shaw Concerts, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Much of the correspondence details inquiries and negotiations for Norman’s performances. There are also letters from collaborators, such as composer and professor Bruce Saylor, director Robert "Bob" Wilson, and University of Michigan music faculty member Willis Patterson.
Correspondence with the Margie Gillis Dance Foundation is restricted until 2044, at which time it will be reviewed by the Library of Congress Office of General Council.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 114/1 92nd Street YM/YWHA, 1989-1995
BOX-FOLDER 114/2 "A" miscellaneous, 1978-2008
BOX-FOLDER 114/3 a'Aboville, Benoît, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 114/4 Aaron Copland School of Music, 1988-1989
see also Saylor, Bruce
BOX-FOLDER 114/5 Abbado, Claudio, 1997
Correspondence with Michael Dewitte
BOX-FOLDER 114/6 Abdul, Raoul, 1979-2008
BOX-FOLDER 114/7 Académie Musicale de Villecroze, 2002-2019
BOX-FOLDER 114/8 Ace Trumpet Award, 1999 January 10-11
BOX-FOLDER 114/9 Acksteiner Events, 2001
BOX-FOLDER 114/10 African-American Civil War Memorial, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 114/11 Agenzia Mario Dradi, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 114/12 Albright, Madeleine K., 1994
BOX-FOLDER 114/13 Alferink, Pieter G., 1996
BOX-FOLDER 114/14 Alma Film Productions, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 114/15 Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1987-1993
BOX-FOLDER 114/16 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 1997-2002
BOX-FOLDER 114/17 American Academy of Achievement, 1988-2001
BOX-FOLDER 114/18 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
BOX-FOLDER 114/19 American Boychoir, 1987-1998
BOX-FOLDER 114/20 American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 1996-2000
BOX-FOLDER 114/21 American Masters, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 114/22 American University of Paris, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 114/23 Amherst College, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 114/24 Andante Corporation, 2002
BOX-FOLDER 114/25 Anderson, Marian (estate of), 1993
BOX-FOLDER 114/26 Angel Records / Electrola Records, 1969
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