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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Auditorium Theater programs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Auditorium
Abstract

Programs and other materials for events taking place in the early years at Chicago's Auditorium Theater. Envisioned as a world-class theater and opera house by Chicago impresario Ferdinand Peck, the Adler and Sullivan-designed Auditorium opened in 1889 on the corner of Congress and Michigan Avenue.

Dates: 1888-1938

Claudia Cassidy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract

Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.

Dates: 1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985

Hope Abelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Abelson
Abstract

Materials related to the theater career, business, and personal life of Chicago theater producer and philanthropist Hope Abelson, including scripts, theater mementos, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings.

Dates: 1914-2008; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

Irwin Fischer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fischer
Abstract

Irwin Fischer (1903-1977), composer, professor, conductor, and musician. Enjoyed a long career teaching at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Also worked as an organist for the Chicago Symphonic Orchestra and various churches, a conductor for the National Youth Symphony, South Side Symphony, and West Suburban Symphony. Known primarily for scores such as the Hungarian Set (Pearly Bouquet) and Symphony I.

Dates: 1903-1992; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1977

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  • Subject: Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago X

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Clippings -- 1901-1950 2
Clippings -- 1951-2000 2
Photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 1
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Chicago (Ill.) 1
Clippings -- 2001-2050 1
Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Composers 1
Conductors (Music) 1
Correspondence 1
Drama -- 20th century 1
Dramatic criticism 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews 1
Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Music -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews 1
Off-Broadway theater 1
Opera -- 20th century 1
Opera -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Package tours 1
Personal correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Personal correspondence -- 2001-2050 1
Philanthropists -- United States 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 2001-2050 1
Playbills -- 1901-1950 1
Playbills -- 1951-2000 1
Playbills -- 2001-2050 1
Programs 1
Scores (documents for music) 1
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 1
Scrapbooks -- 2001-2050 1
Sheet music 1
Souvenir programs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Souvenir programs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Theater -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Theater -- Production and direction 1
Theater -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Theater -- Soviet Union 1
Theater architecture 1
Theater critics 1
Theater programs -- 1901-1950 1
Theater programs -- 1951-2000 1
Theater programs -- 2001-2050 1
Theater programs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Theater programs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Theaters -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Video recordings -- 1951-2000 1
Video recordings -- 2001-2050 1
Women journalists 1
Women theatrical producers and directors -- United States 1
Works of art -- 1951-2000 1
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