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Music, dance, and theatre programs
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Includes programs for: the Jonas Chickering Centennial Celebration (1923), Julius Caesar at the Hollywood Bowl (1926), Max Reinhardt's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1934), and program for Behymer's Events (1942-1943).
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Music & Drama
Manuscripts
A volume of bound programs. Theatres include: the Hollywood Bowl, Long Beach Symphony, and Mailamm Playhouse. Includes programs for: Julius Caesar, Cavalcade of Stairs, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and the Polish Relief Program.
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Music & Drama
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A volume of bound programs. Includes programs for: Passion Play, Cafe De Paris, Mark Twain Centennial 1835-1935, Griffith Park Theatre Dedication, Elks Picture Night, The Mission Play, L.A. Grand Opera, Ballet Russe, Ravinia Park Chicago, Olympic Ball, Robin Hood, and Pietro Centile.
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Music & Art
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A volume of bound programs (mainly orchestral performances). Includes programs for: Radio City Music Hall, All-American Youth Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pasadena Playhouse, California Federation of Music Clubs, Paderewski Moscow, Leopold Stokowski, and the Salzburg Opera Guild.
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Music, dance, and drama materials
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The series contains ephemera, catalogs, notes, and other materials pertaining to music, dance, drama, and other art related clubs that Behymer was either a member or supporter of. Also includes souvenir programs of performers, periodicals, prompt books, plays, poetry, librettos and sheet music.
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The Musical Critic
Manuscripts
This collection contains personal papers, business records, correspondence, photographs, prints, and ephemera that relate to Los Angeles theatre impresario, Lynden E. Behymer. The materials date from approximately 1850 to 1998, with the bulk of the collection ranging from the 1910s to 1940s. A small portion of the collection consists of biographical information about Behymer and his family. The Personal and biographical materials series contains albums, scrapbooks, clippings, and correspondence relating to Behymer's birthdays, tributes, and other celebratory events. Of note in the collection are the Business records and Correspondence series. The materials primarily relate to Behymer's involvement in managing musicians, actors, actresses, dancers, singers, theatres, and organizations in the music and entertainment industry in California and abroad. Included are approximately 2,400 pieces of correspondence with organizations such as the California Grand Opera Company, the Chicago Grand Opera Company, the Los Angeles Repertory Theatre, the Merola Opera Company, and the San Francisco Opera Association. Formats consist of account books, ledgers, receipt books, agreements, contracts, correspondence, and notes by Behymer. A significant portion of the collection consists of programs, which are organized by theatre programs, movie theatre programs, and souvenir programs. Theatre programs are one of the largest series in the collection, and consist of theatres based in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, as well as other states and international countries. Many of these theatres (Grand Opera House, Los Angeles Theatre, Burbank Theatre, Philharmonic Auditorium, Chicago Opera House, etc.) are also represented in the Press clippings and Theatre scrapbooks series. Souvenir programs are incorporated into the Music, dance, and drama series as they primarily pertain to performers and musicians such as: Anna Pavlova, Ballets Russes, Ruth St. Denis, La Argentina (Antonia Mercé y Luque), Trudi Schoop, Sarah Bernhardt, Helena Modjeska, Mei Lan-Fang, Ignace Jan Paderewski, and many others. Additional materials in the Music, dance, and drama series include librettos, prompt books, plays, poetry, sheet music, and correspondence with various music organizations and clubs. The collection also contains approximately 3,000 photographs of performers and performances. The photographs range from signed portrait photographs, to play and set designs, musicians on stage, and some press photographs of the Behymer family at events and premieres. A small number of prints, drawings, and ephemera are also found in the collection. They include Behymer's personalized book plates and stationery, travel tickets, memorabilia, invitations, celebrity signatures, business cards, travel guides, postcard albums, greeting cards, drawings, prints by Alfred Frueh and Max Reinhardt, and costume designs.
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