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Guide to the Hugh Fowell Great Performances Collection ARS.0100
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Source
  • Sponsor
  • Scope and Contents
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Hugh Fowell Great Performances Collection
    Dates: 1980s-1990s
    Collection number: ARS.0100
    Collection size: 2 boxes : 25 videocassettes
    Repository: Archive of Recorded Sound
    Abstract: Home-recorded videocassettes of television broadcasts of opera from the Great Performances series.
    Language of Material: Multiple languages

    Access

    Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.

    Preferred Citation

    Hugh Fowell Great Performances Collection, ARS-0100. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Source

    The Hugh Fowell Great Performances Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Rosemary Fowell in 1999.

    Sponsor

    This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

    Scope and Contents

    Twenty-five VHS videocassettes of opera taped from the Great Performances television series, primarily of the Metropolitan Opera and largely of works by Mozart, Verdi, and Wagner. All were recorded off-air by Hugh Fowell.

    Indexing Terms

    Fowell, Hugh
    Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)).
    Operas
    Television programs.