Maurice Peress papers, 1898-1923, 1950s-2017

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Series XXVI: Posters



Box Tube A Item 3 Bernstein, conductor, Robert Casadesus, Pianist, 1961 October 26-29, 28 x 39.75". A bit fragile, with some tearing.

New York Philharmonic. Appears to be a program that would have been hung on the wall, rather than a promotional poster. Programs available on New York Philharmonic's digital site.


Box Tube A Item 3 The Gallic Approach, 1961 October 26-29, 28 x 39.75". A bit fragile, with some tearing.

New York Philharmonic. Includes Satie's Parade, conducted by Peress. The rest of the program was conducted by Bernstein. Appears to be a program that would have been hung on the wall, rather than a promotional poster. Programs available on New York Philharmonic's digital site.



Box 121 Dream Sequence '76, 1976 August, 16.5 x 23.5"

Premiere of Alvin Singleton's Dream Sequence 1976, with Peress conducting.



Box Tube B Item 3 A Beethoven Festival, Kansas City Philharmonic, 1978 April 29-May 2, 21 x 27"



Box Tube A Item 1 Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Gestinone Autonoma Dei Concerti - Concerti al Campidoglio, 1985, 37.5 x 55.5". Some tearing at the botoom.

Includes Maurice Peress with pianist Randall Hodgkinson



Box Tube B Item 2 Duke Ellington's Queenie Pie World Premiere, Philadelphia, 1986, 24 x 36"


Box Tube B Item 1 XXV Festival Pianistico Internazionale: Orchestra "Paul Whiteman" di New York, 1988 May 21, 27 1/8 x 39 3/8"

Maurice Peress, conductor



Box Tube C Item 2 Talich Chamber Orchestra, 1994 February 27, 27 x 33"

Maurice Peress, conductor


Box Tube C Item 1 Karlovarský symfonický orchestr (Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra), 1997 May 5, 19 x 25"

Maurice Peress, conductor, Boris Krajný, soloist. Signed by Boris Krajný.



Box 121 French Impression, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, 2003 April 25, 14 x 20.25"


Box 121 China National Symphony Orchestra 2003/2004 Concert Season, 2003-2004, 12 1/8 x 18"

Includes concert by Peress on 2004 March 6. 2 copies.



Box Tube A Item 2 The Man with the Magic Wand-- Beijing Conert with Maestro Maurice Peress, 2008, 26 x 37.5"

China National Symphony Orchestra



Box 121 Romare Bearden--"New York at Night" Exhibition, 1983, 16 x 21"

Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham, MI. 2 copies.


Box 121 Romare Bearden--Watercolors and Collages, 1978, 17 x 23"

Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham, MI.



Box Tube D Item 2 The Full Earth, 1972, 22 5/8 x 29"

Apollo 17. With article on the space experience by Frank White.


Box Tube D Item 3 Learning Together, [circa 1992], 16.5 x 23.5"

Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation


Box Tube D Item 1 Dizzy Gilespie, 1979 August 28-September 9, 24 x 37.75"

Village Café



Box 121 Posters, various