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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Jenny Lind collection
Identifier/Call Number: M0076
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1835-1919
This collection contains correspondence (1835-1919), financial papers, musical compositions, and other papers. Included are
published and unpublished biographical material about Miss Lind, a manuscript copy of her contract with P. T. Barnum (1849),
scores used by her in concerts and dedication pieces of contemporary composers, an autobiographical sketch of Otto Goldschmidt,
papers pertaining to his composition "Ruth" and his work with the Bach Choir of London, manuscripts of his musical compositions,
and compositions by Julius Benedict (1804-1885), Niels W. Gade (1817-1890), Adolf F. Lindblad (1801-1878), and Karl Reinecke
(1824-1910).
Jenny Lind, born Johanna Maria Lind in Stockholm, Sweden, 6 October 1820, was an operatic and oratorio soprano who made her
debut in Stockholm in 1838. Her final opera appearance was in 1849. In 1850 she toured the United States with P. T. Barnum
and in 1852 married her accompaniest, Otto Goldschmidt. Lind and her husband lived in Dresden, Germany and from 1856 on, in
England. She died 2 November 1887.
[Identification of item] Jenny Lind Collection, M0076, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Formerly in the possession of Mrs. Frank Waters, a great grand-daughter of Miss Lind. Sold to a dealer who in turn sold it
to Mr. Samuel Stark. Mr. Stark gave it to Stanford in the summer of 1963.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music -- History
Singers
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887
Stark, Samuel