Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Eula Beal recordings
- Dates:
- 1942-1949
- Creators:
- Beal, Eula, 1919-2008
- Abstract:
- Recordings of Eula Beal, an American opera lyric contralto who toured throughout the 1940s.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet (1 carton)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Eula Beal recordings, PA Mss 262. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains approximately 80 recordings of American opera singer Eula Beal on 7-, 10-, and 12-inch discs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Eula Beal (January 25, 1919–July 29, 2008) was an American opera lyric contralto. Born in Riverside, California, Beal grew up singing at the Redlands Bowl and in various local competitions.
Throughout the 1940s, she toured the United States as a concert contralto. She appeared with several orchestras, including the Phoenix Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, sang at venues such as Radio City Music Hall and the Tanglewood Music Festival, and starred in the 1947 film Concert Magic, the first full length movie of a classical music concert.
Beal married William Garnett, an American aerial landscape photographer, in 1941. In 1958, the couple settled in Napa, California with their three children. Beal continued to preform with the San Francisco Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Napa Symphony, and the Napa "Silverado Singers" choral group.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation of William Garnett, March 2024.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Opera singers
Contraltos
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-15 14:13:11 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Eula Beal recordings, PA Mss 262. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062