Call Number: 1977.175
Extent: 1.75 Linear feet, in 4 document boxes
Anton Seidl (1850-1898), an influential Hungarian conductor, came to New York City in 1885 and became affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic Society. The Seidl Society of Brooklyn, created by Laura Langford Holloway and other affluent female patrons of music in Brooklyn, sponsored programs featuring Seidl at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and at Brighton Beach. This collection contains the papers of the Seidl Society including roughly 300 correspondences from Seidl to society President Laura Carter Holloway Langford, roughly 300 society programs and program notes, five scrapbooks from 1889-1898, four speeches and news clippings, and undated materials.
Names:
- Holloway, Laura C., b. 1848
- Lehmann, Lilli, 1848-1929
- Seidl, Anton, 1850-1898
- Seidl, Auguste Kraus, 1853-1939
- Brooklyn Symphony Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Seidl Society
Places:
- Brighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Charity organization
- Clubs — New York (State) — New York
- Orchestra
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Operas. Selections
- Women — Societies and clubs
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Programs (documents)
- Scrapbooks
- Sheet music
- Speeches
- Telegrams
- Visiting cards