Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Organization
Found in 11 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
Edward Joseph Collins papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Collins
Abstract
Clippings, programs, artifacts, sheet music, photographs, and recordings of this Chicago composer, pianist, and music teacher. Collins, a pupil of Rudolph Ganz, was assistant conductor of the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, on the faculty at Chicago Musical College and later the American Conservatory of Music, and a prize-winning composer of symphonic works, piano concerti, chamber music, and songs. Recordings of his works and his performances are present in various formats.
Dates:
approximately 1910-1951
Frederick A. Stock Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stock
Abstract
Incoming correspondence to Frederick A. Stock, second conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Also photographs of Stock rehearsing at Interlochen Music Camp, early 1940s.
Dates:
1904-1940s
Freund Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Freund
Abstract
Personal papers and memorabilia of arts patron and impresario C. Geraldine Freund, who founded several music and dance series in Chicago from 1959 through 2000. Also writings and memorabilia of her husband J. Dennis Freund, a prominent psychiatrist who with his wife founded Chicago's Fairview Hospital.
Dates:
1917-2007; Majority of material found within 1959 - 2007
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
Louis Sudler papers [OFFSITE]
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sudler
Abstract
STORED OFFSITE - Contact reference@newberry.org for access. Recordings, correspondence, informational files, photographs, memorabilia, music, and other papers of this Chicago real estate magnate, philanthropist, and concert baritone. Sudler was a benefactor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, serving as board president and Chairman of the Board. He also hosted WGN's Artists Showcase television program. His papers include a great deal of information on the CSO and the Orchestral Association,...
Dates:
approximately 1940-1980
North Shore Music Festival scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-North Shore-Music Festival
Abstract
Newspaper clippings, programs, reviews, forms, contracts, and tickets in three scrapbooks for the 22nd-24th year of this classical music festival held at Northwestern Illinois University for a week every summer since 1909. The festival featured members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor Frederick Stock, and guest artists like Claire Dux, Percy Grainger, Lily Pons, and Ignaz Jan Paderewski.
Dates:
1930-1932
Ravinia Festival Association records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ravinia
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, reports, and publicity relating to the Ravinia Festival, a summer music festival held at Ravinia Park in Highland Park, Illinois, since 1904 (non-continuous).
Dates:
1903-1993
Theodore Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Thomas
Abstract
Correspondence, mainly incoming, of Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Rose Fay Thomas; photographs of musicians; and a small collection of miscellaneous material relating to the Thomases.
Dates:
1852-1926