Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Source
Sponsor
Scope and Contents
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert A. Fantus Collection
Dates: 1954-1980
Collection number: ARS.0093
Creator: Fantus, Robert A.
Collection size:
5 boxes
: 142 7" open reel tapes
Repository:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Abstract: Opera and classical music performances on open reel tape, all recorded from radio broadcasts by Robert A. Fantus.
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
Robert A. Fantus Collection, ARS-0093. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Source
The Robert A. Fantus Opera Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Herta Fantus in 1994.
Sponsor
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Scope and Contents
Robert Fantus was a medical doctor in Menlo Park, California who recorded San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, and
Oakland Symphony performances from radio broadcasts from 1966 to 1978. He organized his collection in two series of numbers,
SY (Symphony) and OP (Opera). There are many gaps in the numerical sequence which are noted in the contents list. Notes, clippings,
and programs are inserted in tape boxes, and several boxes of index cards accompany the tapes. There are also unnumbered tapes,
the earliest of which is a Rodgers and Hammerstein radio program from 1954. The collection was donated to ARS by his widow,
Herta Fantus. A handwritten list of complete contents is available.
Indexing Terms
Oakland Symphony Orchestra.
San Francisco Opera.
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Operas
Radio programs
Symphonies