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Tibbett
COLLECTION: Lawrence Tibbett materials
LOCATION AS OF February, 2002: Document box in Special Collections office, Music
Library upper level
PROVENANCE: Included among materials received from the estate of Carleton Smith
(see description, "Carleton Smith estate: music materials; " and folder in
Collections File, "Smith, Carleton"). Sheet music from personal library of vocal
artist Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960).
WHEN ACQUIRED: March 1985
DESCRIPTION: Approximately 90 items of music from Tibbett's personal library
(about 75 published songs or other vocal works, and about 15 unpublished items
in manuscript or various forms of photoduplication). Many items bear Tibbett's
signature and/or performance annotations, with occasional indications of where
or when performed. One item of sheet music has a handwritten inscription to
Tibbett from the composer Deems Taylor. Also included is a large photograph of
Tibbett performing before an audience in San Francisco, as well as three copies
of a flyer displaying Tibbett's photograph and excerpts from several
frequently-performed songs.
ARRANGEMENT: Unprocessed
ACCESS/FINDING AIDS/BIBLIOGRAPHY: None
INDEX TERMS: Taylor, Deems; Tibbett, Lawrence
SEE ALSO: "Tibbett, Lawrence" in New Grove Dictionary of American Music
(London: 1986), vol.4, p.394 [ML101.U6 N38]
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