Program from a concert featuring Roland Hayes: Museum Object and Cultural History
Program from a concert featuring Roland Hayes: Date: 1953. Distributed by: Gallery of Fine Arts Little Theater, American. Subject of: Roland Hayes, American, 1887 - 1977.
The object in the museum catalogue
The program is white and is secured with two staples along the spine. Green text on the front reads [ PRESTIGE / CONCERTS / presents..... / ROLAND HAYES, Tenor / (in a series of three lieder recitals) / WALDEN STRING QUARTET / BEVERIDGE WEBSTER, Pianist / FERNANDO VALENTI, Harpsichordist / BERKSHIRE STRING QUARTET / SEASON 1953-53 / GALLERY OF FINE ARTS LITTLE THEATER, COLUMBUS, OHIO]. There is a handwritten inscription, possibly an autograph, in the center followed by [10.24.53]. The program consists of 18 pages and includes an essay by Roland Hayes. the back cover has an advertisement for George Zeisler record store.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1953
- Distributed by: Gallery of Fine Arts Little Theater, American
- Subject of: Roland Hayes, American, 1887 - 1977
- Type: portraits
- Type: programs
- Medium: ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.97.38.22.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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