Apollo Opera Company index of composers, undated

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Summary

Creators:
Moraitis, Nicoclis
Abstract:
The Apollo Opera Company index of composers is an index to many "lost" and lesser known operas.
Extent:
1.25 Linear feet (1 record carton)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2002/55, Apollo Opera Company index of composers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

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.

Acquisition information:
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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2002/55, Apollo Opera Company index of composers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.

Location of this collection:
University Library, MS 6039
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819, US
Contact:
916-278-6144
lib-scua@csus.edu
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