| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Jack Saul Papers
| | | | Creator: | Saul, Jack | | | | Dates: | 1893-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Jack Saul (1923-2009) was a significant collector of classical music recordings, memorabilia, and ephemera related to the performing arts. Saul supported musical groups of all kinds throughout the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area, including Jewish music. The collection consists primarily of programs from different musical groups and other documents related to the local music scene in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection includes correspondence, musical scores, newsletters, pamphlets, press releases, programs, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5338 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Music. | Opera -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Cleveland Opera Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Opera Association | | | | Dates: | 1931-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Opera Association was incorporated in 1944 as a non-profit organization to promote and present concerts in Cleveland, Ohio. The founder, Giacomo Bernardi, served as managing director until his death in 1966. After his death, his wife, Harriet, served as manager. Board of trustee members included Harry F. Payer, William Stinchcomb, Benjamin Nicola, Willard W. Brown, Thomas A. Farwick, and Chisholm Halle. Performers were both classical and popular musicians and artists. These included the Bolshoi Ballet, Jose Greco, Yehudi Menuhin, Vladimir Horowitz, Andres Segovia, Jan Pierce, Lily Pons, Marian Anderson, Charles Laughton, Victor Borge, and Simon and Garfunkel. Most of the performances took place in Music Hall. The predecessor of the Cleveland Opera Association was the Cleveland Concert Association, organized by Giacomo Bernardi in 1919 and operated by him until its demise in 1932. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, letters, and other materials relating to Giacomo Bernardi; association financial reports; minutes of meetings; and scrapbooks of performances. The scrapbooks contain both programs and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4739 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bernardi, Giacomo. | Cleveland Opera Association. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Opera -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Carmela Caferelli Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cafarelli, Carmela | | | | Dates: | 1912-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Carmela Cafarelli was an Italian-American opera star, founder of an opera company, and accomplished harpist from Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Rocco Cafarelli, was a renowned Italian harpist who had immigrated to Cleveland in the 1880s, and was his daughter's earliest teacher. At the age of eight, she began study with master harpist Henry B. Fabiani in Cleveland. As a harpist, she toured the United States and abroad. She also became a solo harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra. Cafarelli studied voice with William Saal in Cleveland, and later attended the Conservatorie Santa Lucia and the Reale Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Italy, earning diplomas in both voice and harp. After her return to the United States in 1924, she undertook additional musical studies with Benjamino Gigli and Pietro Audisio of the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 1929, she returned to Cleveland, and in 1934, founded the Cafarelli Opera Company. This group toured throughout the United States and put on many charitable performances in Northeast Ohio. Cafarelli stopped performing in 1945, but continued to head her opera company and became a leading philanthropist and promoter of the arts in Cleveland. The collection consists of memoirs; family histories; notes; musical scores and manuscripts of compositions; an address book; correspondence; catalogues; student notebooks; poetry; scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, reviews of performances, and articles; programs; and a travel journal. Included are musical compositions by Carmela Cafarelli; her father, Rocco Cafarelli; and her teacher, Henry B. Fabiani. | | | | Call #: | MS 4719 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cafarelli, Carmela. | Cafarelli, Rocco. | Fabiani, Henry B. | Cafarelli Opera Company. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Opera companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Opera -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Harpists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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