Belle Brown collection

LC control no.	2010563516
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Brown, Belle. » More like this
Main title	Belle Brown collection, 1865-1912.
Description	180 items (3 boxes, 1.75 linear feet)
Rights advisory	Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Access advisory	Open to research. Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact>
Biography/History note	Belle Brown was an American soprano who had a brief operatic career abroad around the turn of the twentieth century. Although little biographical information exists about her, the contents of this collection document her relationships with prominent and respected European performers of the day. She studied with many celebrated performers and pedagogues, including Désirée Artôt, Pauline Lucca, and Jean and Edouard de Reszke.
Summary	The collection contains correspondence with performers and pedagogues, including Artôt, Lucca, Frieda Hempel, Arnold Rosé, and Anton Rubinstein; and with Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf who hired Brown to sing at the Weimar Court Theatre. In addition, there are photographs and prints of Brown, and composers, performers, musicians, and other influential figures in European musical society around the turn of the century. The collection also includes miscellaneous clippings and ephemeral materials.
Notes	Materials in English, German, and French.
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010026>
Cite as	Belle Brown Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
Acquisition source	Gift; Belle G. Brown; 1933-1934.
Subjects	Brown, Belle. » More like this Brown, Belle--Correspondence. » More like this Brown, Belle--Photographs. » More like this Sopranos (Singers)--United States--Correspondence. » More like this Sopranos (Singers)--United States--Photographs. » More like this Opera--19th century. » More like this Opera--20th century. » More like this Artôt, Désirée, 1835-1907--Correspondence. » More like this Lucca, Pauline, 1841-1908--Correspondence. » More like this Bronsart, Hans von, 1830-1913--Correspondence. » More like this Hempel, Frieda, 1885-1955--Correspondence. » More like this Rosé, Arnold, 1863-1946--Correspondence. » More like this Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894--Correspondence. » More like this
Form/Genre	Clippings (Information artifacts) » More like this Correspondence. » More like this Photographic prints. » More like this
LC classification	ML31 .B76
Language code	eng ger fre
Geographic area code	n-us---
Repository	Library of Congress Music Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010026> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010026.3>