Apollo Opera Company Index of Composers
Scope and Contents
The Apollo Opera Company index of composers is a collection of 58 16 x 11 cm notebooks. The notebooks are an alphabetical listing of the composers and their operas. There are also two appendices. The first is "Collective Composers" and the second is "Celebrity Composers". Both of the appendices were compiled by Nicoclis G. Moraitis.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.
Biographical / Historical
In 1975 Nicoclis George Moraitis (1924- ) founded and served as producer for New York's Apollo Opera Company. It's purpose was to revive neglected opera masterpieces of the past.
Full Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (1 record carton)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Apollo Opera Company index of composers is an index to many "lost" and lesser known operas.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was created and assembled by Nicoclis George Moraitis, and later donated to the Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism. After the closure of the Vryonis Center in 2000, it arrived at the CSUS University Library in 2003 as part of the Vryonis Center's library, which was renamed the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection.
Copyright
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Apollo Opera Company index of composers, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christopher Rockwell
- Date
- March 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
University Library, MS 6039
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