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Emma Albani collection [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1887-1923.

Reference:

R7812-0-6-E, MG29-D32

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101691

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Emma Albani collection
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Collection includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1887-1923.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual record.
2 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of five autographed letters of Mme Albani discussing her engagements in England, the United States and South Africa; and a letter to the Montreal Star regarding a biography of Sarah Bernhardt, 15 pages. Collection also consists of 2 photographs of Marie-Louise Emma Albani (ca 1870-1890).

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Albani, Emma, 1847-1930

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Albani, Emma, 1847-1930 : Born Marie Louise Emma Cécile Lajeunesse in Chambly, Lower Canada in 1847, she was educated at the Couvent du Sacré-Coeur at Montréal. Madame Albani undertook her first training in Montréal. In 1865 she moved to Albany, N.Y. where she earned enough money to enable her to study in Europe. She went to Paris in 1868 where she was taught by Duprez; later she studied with Lamperti at Milan. She made her operatic debut in Messina in 1870, adopting the name of Albani. In 1872, she made her London début at Covent Garden. She was acclaimed as a singer throughout Europe and made many concert tours including several to North America. She married Ernest Gye in 1878, and gave her last concert in 1909. The soprano was awarded an OBE by George V. Her autobiography, Forty Years of Song appeared in 1911. She died in London, England. See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 1, p. 96.

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General note:

Received in 1945 and 1961.
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United States

États-Unis

Newspapers - Sections, columns, etc. - Letters to the editor, [1887-1898, 1923] Sarah Bernhardt, [1887-1898, 1923]

Emma Albani - Correspondence, [1887-1898, 1923] Montreal Star, [1887-1898, 1923]

Emma Albani, 1847-1930 - Autographs, 1887-1898, 1923 England, [1887-1898, 1923]

South Africa

Afrique du Sud
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1961-067 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-D32
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 D 32] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [ALBANI, DAME EMMA 1961-067] 4955

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [ALBANI, DAME EMMA 1961-067] C-049491

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright: expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada / Names of photographers.

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