Guide to the Papers of the Marchesi and Podhragy Families

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MS 2647

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Collection Summary

Creator
Marchesi and Podhragy Families
Title
Papers of the Marchesi and Podhragy Families
Date Range
c. 1869-c. 1945
Collection Number
MS 2647
Extent
0.93 metres (1 archives box + 1 medium folio box + 1 small folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2690884) for the access conditions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of the Marchesi and Podhragy Families, National Library of Australia, MS 2647, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series. Letters

45 letters of Nellie Melba to Mathilde Marchesi (File)

7 letters of Nellie Melba to Blanche Marchesi (File)

2 letters of Melba to Salvatore Marchesi (File)

2 letters to Madame Marchesi not complete and without signature and empty envelopes (File)

1 letter of Baron F.A. Gevaert to Salvatore Marchesi in which he twice mentioned Melba. (File)

1 original programme of Melba's Farewell performance at the Royal Opera Covent Garden London, June 8, 1926 (File)

1 printed text of address given by Melba to the students of the Guildhall School of Music, 1911 (File)

Series. Photographs

1 large photo of Nellie Melba inscribed to Mathilde Marchesi shortly after her debut in Bruxelles by a photographer in Sydney, 40 x 27 1/2 (File)

1 large photo of Nellie Melba inscribed to Mathilde Marchesi by Reutlinger in Paris, 36 x 24 1/2 (File)

2 photos of Mathilde Marchesi and Salvatore Marchesi at the time when Melba was their pupil - 18 x 24 (File)

1 photo of Blanche Marchesi about the same time - 30 x 25 - by H.S. Mendelssohn, London (File)

1 photo of Baron F.A. Gevaert, Musical Director of the Royal Opera and the Royal Conservatory Bruxelles, signed to Mathilde Marchesi 1899, 24 x 17 (File)

Series. Books

Scrap book of Mathilde Marchesi Paris 1887, 1888, 1889 - containing programmes, clippings etc. about her school and pupils including original menu card of dinner given by the Marchesi's to Melba after her debut in Bruxelles. (File)

Marchesi Music by Mathilde Marchesi, Harper Brothers, New York London, 1898 (File)

Singer's Pilgrimage by Blanche Marchesi, Grant Richards ltd. London, 1923 (File)

Melodies and Memories by Nellie Melba with an inscription for Baron Podhragy Thornton Butterworth Ltd. London, 1925 (File)

Series. Photocopies

Castle Unternberg (Item 1)

Podhragy (Item 2)

Melba, Sidney (Item 3)

Garcia I (Item 4)

Garcia II (Item 5)

Rossini (Item 6)

Melba debut Bruxelles, photo dedicated to Mathilde Marchesi (Item 7)

Menu card Bruxelles, October 13, 1887 (Item 8)

Paderewski, dedicated to Melba (Item 9)

Emperor Francis Joseph (Item 10)

Mathilde Marchesi's pupils, 1899 (Item 11)

Melba's farewell programme Covent Garden, photo as Margarete (Item 12)

Programme Farewell Performance London (Item 13)

Title page of her memories dedicated to Podhragy (Item 14)


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