Jean Burlingham Collection, 1904-1983
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Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Burlingham, Jean S., 1925-2022
- Title
- Jean Burlingham Collection
- Dates
- 1904-1983 (inclusive)19041983
- Quantity
- 1.75 cubic feet, (1 box and 1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- MS.150
- Summary
- Jean S. Burlingham (1925-2022) was a soprano opera singer active in the United States and Europe from the 1940s-1950s. This collection contains original recordings of her voice and a selection of material that she collected, chiefly consisting of sheet music for voice and piano.
- Repository
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Pacific University, Archives
Pacific University Archives
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR
97116
Telephone: 5033521400
archives@pacificu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Jean S. Burlingham (1925-2022) was a soprano opera singer active in the United States and Europe from the 1940s-1950s. The daughter of Mildred Copeland and Ernest Vernon Burlingham, and the granddaughter of Ernest Frederick ("E.F.") Burlingham, she was a member of a prominent family with many connections to Pacific University. Jean grew up in Forest Grove and then attended Mills College in Oakland, CA. In the 1950s, she sang with the San Francisco opera. Throughout her life, she traveled many times to Europe both as an opera student and as a visitor. Jean made her home in Portland, OR, where she died in 2022.
Content Description
This collection includes approximately 20 LP recordings of Jean singing, dating from the 1940s-50s; 3 LPs of published music; a selection of published sheet music volumes dated circa 1900-1960 she collected in Europe and the United States; one folder of manuscript sheet music handwritten by Jean; and two small binders of handbooks on games and crafts.
Administrative Information
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Sheet Music and other printed material
Container: Box 1
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Description: Bantock, Granville, ed. One Hundred Folksongs of all Nations. For medium voice. (The Musicians Library.) Boston: Oliver Ditson, c1911. This copy is autographed by 23 people, possibly other singers who were friends of Jean Burlingham.Dates: 1911
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Description: Bellini, Vincenzo. Norma: Opera in two acts ... with Italian and English words. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J. Pittman. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, [1930-1960?].Dates: 1930-1960
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Description: Brahms, Johannes; Huneker, James, ed. Forty songs by Johannes Brahms. For high voice. (The Musicians Library.) Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson, c1931.Dates: 1931
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Description: Burlingham, Jean. Handwritten Sheet Music. 1 folderDates: 1945-1960
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Description: Burlingham, Jean. Society of Native Oregon Born (SNOB) satirical certificate.Dates: 1983
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Description: Cadman, Charles Wakefield. Four American Indian Songs, founded upon Tribal Melodies. Boston: White-Smith Music Publishing, c1909.Dates: 1909
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Description: Carpenter, John Alden. Water-Colors: Four Chinese Tone Poems. New York: Schirmer, c1916.Dates: 1916
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Description: Debussy, Claude. Quatre Melodies de Claude Debussy, publiees pour la premiere fois d'apres les manuscrits autographes. (La Jeunesse de Debussy: Supplement musical du numero special de mai 1926.) Paris: La Revue Musicale, c1926.Dates: 1926
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Description: Floridia, Pietro, ed. Early Italian Songs and Airs. Vol. 1: Caccini to Bononcini. For high voice. (The Musicians Library.) Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson, c1923.Dates: 1923
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Description: Gershwin, George. Song-book: Special Arrangements edited and revised by Herman Wasserman. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1941. Rev. ed. with dustjacket.Dates: 1941
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Description: Grieg, Edvard; Finck, Henry T., ed. Fifty songs by Edvard Grieg. For high voice. (The Musicians Library.) Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson, c1908.Dates: 1908
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Description: Guilbert, Yvette. Pastourelles of the XV Century. Boston: Oliver Ditson, c1919.Dates: 1919
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Description: Hale, Philip, ed. Modern French Songs. Vol. II: Georges to Widor. For High Voice. (The Musicians Library.) Boston: Oliver Ditson, c1904.Dates: 1904
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Description: Hughes, Herbert. Parodies: Nursery Rhymes re-set for Voice and Piano. Book I. New York: G. Schirmer, c1921.Dates: 1921
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Description: Jordan, Louis. Here comes Mr. Louis Jordan: Preachin' the Blues. New York: Leeds, c1944.Dates: 1944
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Description: Larwin, Hans. Das ist mein Wien! 40 Jahre Wienerlied. Vierzig Lieder fur Gesang und Klavier. Leipzig-Wien: Bosworth & Co., [1925-1930?].Dates: 1925-1930
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Description: Milhaud, Darius. Chansons de Ronsard, for voice and orchestra; reduction for voice and piano. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, [1941]..Dates: 1941
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Description: Modern Song Favorites: Vol. 1. For High Voice. (Schirmer's Household Music Books.) New York: Schirmer, c1908.Dates: 1908
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Description: Paul, Olga and Bronsky, G. Songs of New Russia: an album of its most popular melodies for voice and piano. Revised & enlarged ed. New York: Edward B. Marks Music, ca. 1942.Dates: 1942
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Description: Rasheed, Baheega Sidky. Egyptian Folk Songs, compiled and translated into English. Cairo: Elias Modern Press, 1958. In Arabic and English.Dates: 1958
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Description: Rorbaugh, Lynn. Handy Games. (Handy Series: Kits B-J and Z.) Delaware, OH: Cooperative Recreation Service, 1927-1961. Small binder containing 10 separately-published booklets on topics such as "Party Games," "Socializers," "Children's Play," and "Romancing."Dates: 1927-1961
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Description: Rorbaugh, Lynn. Handy Folklore. (Handy Series: Kits K-N, S, U, V, X and 2 unnumbered.) Delaware, OH: Cooperative Recreation Service, 1936-1955. Small binder containing 10 separately-published booklets on topics such as "Three Folk Plays," "Games of Skill," "Puzzle Craft," and "Crafts that Last."Dates: 1936-1955
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Description: Die schone Operette: 33 schone und beliebte Operetten Lieder. Berlin: Dreiklang-Dreimasken, [1941].Dates: 1941
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Description: Stevenson, Robert Louis and Quilter, Roger. Four Child Songs. London: Chappell & Co., c1914.Dates: 1914
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Description: Tagore, Rabindranath and Milhaud, Darius. Child-poems. New York: Composers' Music, c1923.Dates: 1923
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Description: Wagner, Richard; Armbruster, Carl, ed. Wagner Lyrics for Soprano. (The Musicians Library.) Boston: Oliver Ditson, c1904.Dates: 1904
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Description: Whithorne, Emerson. Two Chinese Nocturnes for voice and piano. New York: Composers' Music Corporation, c1921.Dates: 1921
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Sound recordings
Container: Box 2
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Description: Jean Burlingham voice recordings volume 1. LPs.
Original recordings in LP format of Jean Burlingham singing various operatic songs including songs from Manon Lescaut and Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Chocolate Soldier (Strauss), and others.
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Description: Jean Burlingham voice recordings volume 2. LPs.
Original recordings in LP format of Jean Burlingham singing various operatic songs including songs from Le Cid (Massenet), Svarta Rosor (Sibelius), and others.
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Description: Amherst College Band, Choir and Glee Club. To the Fairest College: This is Amherst in Song. LP with album cover.Dates: 1950-1955
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Description: Alkawakeb Records. Om Kalsoum & Fairuz. LP with album cover.Dates: 1950-1965
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Description: Ron Goodwin & His Concert Orchestra. Holiday in Beirut.Dates: 1962
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Folk music
- Opera
- Sound Recordings
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