Winston-Salem Civic Music Association Papers
MS598
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
4
3
1.0 linear feet
1930-1975
The Civic Music Association sponsored annual concert series in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The collection includes programs (some autographed), photographs, newspaper clippings, lists of performances, and papers of Association Chairs and other officers.
Civic Music Association (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
MS 598, Winston-Salem Civic Music Association Papers, 1930-1975, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Beth Hudspeth, April 1995.
Processing Information
Processed by Megan Mulder, August 2005. Encoded by Megan Mulder, August 2005.
Biographical/Historical note
The Civic Music Association of Winston-Salem, North Carolina was founded by
Ralph P. Hanes, Sr., in 1930. Over the next 45 years, the CMA brought four to six visiting performers per year to Winston-Salem.
For at least part of its existence, the Winston-Salem CMA contracted with the Civic Concert Service, Inc., which was owned by NBC. The
Civic Music Plan outlined in a Civic Concert Service brochure states that
Each Civic Music Association functions on a permanent membership basis.... The artists are selected by the local talent committee immediately after the close of the membership week. At least three concerts are presented each season, and as many more as the local budget permits.... The concerts are completely serviced by Civic Concert Service, Inc. Programs with explanatory notes are furnished for each concert, with descriptive circulars giving the artist's background and record.
Most of the sponsored artists were musicians or musical groups, with a few dance and drama performers. Financial support for these events came from the Association membership. At times there was a one to two year waiting list for membership.
Civic Music Association series performances were important social events, with audience members in formal evening dress. The performances were held at
Reynolds Auditorium, which seats 1900. Performers included
Eugene Ormandy,
Artur Rubinstein,
Isaac Stern,
Cornelia Otis Skinner, and
Andres Segovia.
The Winston-Salem CMA was disbanded in 1975. By that time Wake Forest University, North Carolina School of the Arts, and other organizations were providing concert series and cultural events for the Winston-Salem area.
Collection Overview
Holdings for the early period of the Winston-Salem CMA (1930s-1950s) consist mainly of programs for CMA concerts and publicity photographs of various artists, some of which are autographed by the artists, and newspaper clippings. There is also a disbound scrapbook covering 1930-1940, which contains programs, photos, newspaper clippings, and other publicity materials.
Coverage of the later years of the CMA (1960s-1970s) includes publicity brochures, some programs, and newspaper review clippings. The administrative files date mostly from this period, and include correspondence from CMA chairs to members, membership cards, notes on the responsibilities of the Chair and other officers, lists of board members, a complete membership roster for 1973-74, membership drive materials, and manuscript speeches of Beth Hudspeth.
Beth Hudspeth also provided a typed list of performances by season, covering the years 1930/31 to 1955/56 and 1966/67 to 1974/75, and typed notes throughout the collection.
Series List
- Administrative Files
- Performance Series, By Season
Custodial History note
Frances Rainey, Executive Secretary of the Winston-Salem CMA 1930-1966, collected the materials for that period.
Rachel Lawrence, Executive Secretary 1967-1975, organized and preserved Rainey's materials.
Beth Hudspeth, Prospect Chair 1965-1975 and Membership Chair 1974-1975, collected materials from 1966 to 1975. Hudspeth also reorganized the earlier materials and donated the collection to Wake Forest University in April 1995.
Civic Music Association (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Administrative files
List of performances by season, through and through
1
1
1930-1931 1955-1956 1966-1967 1975-1975
Civic Concert Service brochure
1
2
Winston-Salem CMA Board members
1
3
1970s?
Letters to Winston-Salem CMA members and undated
1
4
1970-1974
Winston-Salem CMA membership roster,
1
5
1973-1974
Guidelines for CMA Chairman,
1
6
1973-1974
Workers' instructions for CMA membership drives, and undated (1971?)
1
7
1967, 1972, 1973
CMA membership drive,
1
8
1974
CMA membership cards from Hudspeth family, through
1
9
1966-1967 1972-1973
Newspaper clippings about Winston-Salem CMA,
1
10
1970s
Performance series, by season
1930-1931
The
English Singers of London
1
11
John Charles Thomas, Baritone
1
12
Guy Maier and
Lee Pattison, Recital of Music for Two Pianos
1
13
1931-1932
Attillio Baggiore, Tenor
1
14
The International Singers: Victor Edmunds, Tenor; Erwyn Mutch, Baritone; George Raseley, Tenor; James Davies, Basso; Thomas Griselle, at the Piano
1
15
Dusolina Giannini, Soprano
1
16
Paul Kochanski, Violinist
1
17
1932-1933
Richard Crooks, Tenor
1
18
Gladys Swarthout, Mezzo-Soprano
1
19
Rudolph Ganz, Pianist
1
20
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
1
21
1933-1934
Nina Koshetz, Soprano
1
22
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra; Lamar Stringfield, Conducting; John Powell, Pianist, Guest Artist
1
23
Richard Bonelli, Baritone
1
24
Ruth Miller Ensemble; Benno Rabonof, Violinist; Frank Chopman, Baritone
1
25
1934-1935
Rose Bampton, Contralto
1
26
Gordon String Quartet; Jacques Gordon, Paul Robyn, David Sackson, Naoum Benditzki
1
27
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
1
28
Attilio Baggiore, Tenor
1
29
Josef Lhevinne, Pianist
1
30
1935-1936
John Charles Thomas, Baritone
1
31
Vienna Choir Boys
1
32
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
1
33
Nini Theilade with Dimitri Romanoff; Assisted by The Whitney Trio: Robert Whitney, Noreen Whitney, Grace Whitney
1
34
1936-1937
Mischa Levitzki, Pianist
1
35
Efrem Zimbalist, Violinist
1
36
Elisabeth Rethberg, Soprano
1
37
Trudi Schoop and Her Comic Ballet
1
38
Lawrence Tibbet, Baritone
1
39
National Symphony Orchestra; Hans Kindler, Conductor
1
40
1937-1938
Cornelia Otis Skinner in her Original Character Sketches
1
41
Salzburg Opera Guild (performing Cosi Fan Tutte)
1
42
Helen Jepson, Soprano
1
43
National Symphony Orchestra; Hans Kindler, Conductor
1
44
Richard Crooks, Tenor
1
45
Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff, Duo-Pianists
1
46
1938-1939
Josephine Antoine, Coloratura Soprano and Conrad Thibault, Baritone
1
47
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy
1
48
Argentinita and her Spanish Ensemble; Antonio Triana, Pilar Lopez, Rogelio Machado, Carlos Montoya
1
49
Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano
1
50
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist
1
51
1939-1940
Gladys Swarthout, Mezzo-Soprano
1
52
Douglas Beattie, Bass-Baritone
1
53
Nathan Milstein, Violinist
1
54
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
1
55
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy
1
56
1940-1941
Kerstin Thorborg, Contralto
1
57
Ezio Pinza, Basso
1
58
Erica Morini, Violinist
1
59
Alexander Brailowsky, Pianist
1
60
Cleveland Orchestra; Artur Rodzinski, Conductor; Rudolph Ringwall, Associate Conductor
1
61
Helen Jepson, Soprano
1
62
1941-1942
Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff, Duo-Pianists
1
63
Ruth Draper, Character Sketches
1
64
Salzedo Concert Ensemble: Carlos Salzedo, Rene LeRoy, Marjorie Call Salzedo, Janos Scholz
1
65
Lily Pons, Coloratura Soprano; Frank LaForge, Composer-Pianist; Frank Versaci, Flute
1
66
Cleveland Orchestra; Artur Rodzinski, Conductor; Rudolph Ringwall, Associate Conductor
1
67
1942-1943
Alexander Borovsky, Pianist
1
68
Felix Knight, Tenor
1
69
Philadelphia Opera Company in The Bat (Die Fledermaus)
1
70
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Golschmann, Conductor
1
71
1943-1944
Claudio Arrau, Pianist
1
72
Susanne Fisher, Soprano and Roland Gundry, Violinist
1
73
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra; Benjamin Swalin, Conductor; Soloist Paul Stassevitch, Pianist
1
74
Philadelphia Opera Company in Carmen
1
75
Cleveland Orchestra; Frank Black, Guest Conductor; Rudolph Ringwall, Associate Conductor
1
76
Jan Peerce, Tenor
1
77
1944-1945
Thomas L. Thomas, Baritone
1
78
Patrice Munsel, Coloratura Soprano
1
79
Simon Barere, Pianist
1
80
New York City Opera Company in Gypsy Baron
1
81
Joseph Szigeti, Violinist
1
82
Cleveland Orchestra; Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor; Rudolph Ringwall, Associate Conductor
1
83
1945-1946
Leonard Warren, Garitone
1
84
Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, and their Ensemble, Featuring Ana Ricarda and Albio Kava, in Classic and Romantic Gems from Famous Ballets
1
85
American Ballad Singers; Ensemble trained and progam arranged by Elie Siegmeister
1
86
Helen Traubel, Dramatic Soprano
1
87
Cleveland Orchestra; Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor; Rudolph Ringwall, Associate Conductor
1
88
Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff, Duo-Pianists
1
89
1946-1947
National Male Quartet: Attilio Baggiore, Tenor; Vernon Sanders, Baritone; Giulio Gari, Tenor; Bruce MacKay, Bass; Walter Hatchek at the piano
1
90
Alexander Brailowsky, Pianist
1
91
Blanche Thebom, Mezzo-Soprano
1
92
Isaac Stern, Violinist
1
93
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Eugene Goossens, Conductor
1
94
Ezio Pinza, Basso
1
95
1947-1948
Eleanor Steber, Soprano
1
96
Miklos Gafni, Tenor
1
97
Poldi Mildner, Pianist
1
98
National Symphony Orchestra; Hans Kindler, Conductor
1
99
Joseph Schuster, Cellist
1
100
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Presents Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor; Yves Chardon, Associate Conductor
1
101
1948-1949
Four Piano Ensemble: Sylvia Dickler, Audrey Kooper, Hans Heidemann, Stephen Kovacs
1
102
Mimi Benzell, Lyric Coloratura Soprano and Felix Knight, Lyric Tenor
1
103
Iva Kitchell, Dance Satirist
1
104
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist
1
105
Martial Singher, Baritone
1
106
1949-1950
Ebe Stignani, Mezzo-Soprano
1
107
Richard Tucker, Tenor
1
108
Joseph Fuchs, Violinist
1
109
Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, Duo-Pianists
1
110
Cincinnatti Symphony Orchestra; Thor Johnson, Conductor
1
111
Robert Shaw Chorale
1
112
1950-1951
Ballet Theatre; Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, Directors
1
113
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Efrem Kurtz, Conductor; Ania Dorfman, Soloist
1
114
National Male Quartet: Attilio Baggirore, Vernon Sanders, Gene Tobin, Bruce MacKay
1
115
Eugene Conley, Tenor
1
116
Astrid Varnay, Soprano
1
117
Nikita Magaloff, Pianist
1
118
1951-1952
Jerome Hines, Basso
1
119
Charles L. Wagner's Production of La Traviata
1
120
Leonard Pennario, Pianist
1
121
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, Guest Conductor
1
122
Patrice Munsel, Coloratura Soprano
1
123
1952-1953
Gina Bachauer, Pianist
1
124
Ballet Theatre; Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, Directors
1
125
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; Fabien Sevitzky, Music Director and Conductor; Sidney Foster, Soloist
1
126
Jeanne Mitchell, Violinist
1
127
Jan Peerce, Tenor
1
128
1953-1954
Leonard Warren, Baritone
1
129
Agnes DeMille Dance Theatre: James Mitchell, Gemze De Lappe, with Lidija Franklin
1
130
Vienna String Symphony Collegium Musicum Wien
1
131
Hilde Gueden, Soprano
1
132
1954-1955
Stars of the American Ballet Theatre
1
133
Rudolf Serkin, Pianist
1
134
William Olvis, Tenor
1
135
Andres Segovia, Guitarist
1
136
Claramae Turner, Contralto
1
137
Cincinnatie Symphony Orchestra; Thor Johnson, Music Director
1
138
1955-1956
Boris Goldovsky's Opera Theater in Don Pasquale
1
139
Iva Kitchell, Dance Satirist
1
140
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Efrem Kurtz, Conductor; Ania Dorfman, Soloist
1
141
Roberta Peters, Coloratura Soprano
1
142
I Musici
1
143
Byron Janis, Pianist
1
144
1970-1975
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Guest Conductor Hans Schwieger; Young Uck Kim, Violin Soloist
1
145
18 April 1970
The Sleeping Beauty by The National Ballet of Washington
1
146
24 October 1972
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, Music Director, Conducting; Dino Ciani, Pianist
1
147
6 February 1973
Sleuth
1
148
6 March 1973
Two Gentlemen of Verona; Adapted by John Guare and Mel Shapiro
1
149
23 October 1973
Ralph P. Hanes Memorial Recital, Salem College
1
150
11 February 1974
Maria Luisa Faini, Pianist
1
151
20 March 1974
Norwegian National Ballet
1
152
5 April 1974
Soviet Georgian Dancers
1
153
29 October 1974
Undated programs
1
154
Elly Ameling
Alfred Brendel
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, Conducting; Evelyn Rothwell, Oboist
George London, Baritone
Philharmonica Hungarica; Militiades Caridis, Conductor
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist
Isaac Stern, Violinist
Scrapbook (disbound)
1930-1940,
56pages
Winston-Salem CMA brochures, through seasons
1967-1968 1974-1975
Scrapbooks
2
4
3
circa 1920s-1950s
Two scrapbooks, belonging to Agnes Dodson [?], filled with clippings and programs.
4 Scrapbooks
circa 1920s-1950s