Mannes School of Music photograph collection ➔ Mannes family (MA040101.05) ➔ Concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photographic Material

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Related people/organizations

Mannes College of Music (compiler)
Leopold Mannes (photographer)
David Mannes (subject)

Date

1940

Work Type

photographic prints

Measurements

7 in (width) x 5 in (height)

Description

David Mannes, founder of the Mannes College of Music, leads a performance on the balcony of the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mannes initiated the Great Hall Concerts in 1905 and continued to conduct them until 1949. These events were among the best-attended at the Metropolitan Museum, with audiences in the thousands.

Source

http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/musical-instruments/of-note/2014/mannes-concerts

Related Terms

Performing Arts Institutional Collections

Location

box 9, folder 5

Identifier

MA040101_000012

Use Restrictions

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 

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