Collection of William Horne memorabilia
Abstract
Programs, photographs, and memorabilia concerning Horne's tenor performances on Broadway and in opera performances.
Dates
- Creation: 1826-1970
Creator
- Horne, William, 1913-1983 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Tenor William Horne, winner of the Naumberg award in 1939, attended the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied under Emilio de Gorgoza (1934-1938). In 1942 he appeared on Broadway in the Irving Berlin revue This is the Army. In 1944 he made his New York City Opera debut in Puccini's Manon Lescaut and participated in the Broadway operetta Helen Goes To Troy. Additional major opera performances include Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (1946), and Virgil Thompson's The Mother of Us All (1947). In 1948, Horne recorded an album of Kurt Weill's songs under Weil's supervision.
Extent
2.0 Linear feet ((2) photo boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series: 1. Progams and memorabilia 2. Photograph 3. Miscellaneous
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lys Bert Symonette (Voice '39) via the Kurt Weill Foundation, 1991
Subject
- Horne, William, 1913-1983 (Person)
- Symonette, Lys, 1914-2005 (Person)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Barbara Benedett
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- revised 2017
Repository Details
Part of the Curtis Institute of Music Archives Repository