ANNA CARBONE LA PADULA MUSICAL PAPERS, 1920-1995
This collection contains sheet music written for organ, orchestra, and piano, often for the church. The collection also contains programs of concerts and clippings about Carbone.
Musicians
GIOVANNI BATTISTA FONTANA MUSICAL PAPERS, 1908-1945
Giovanni Battista Fontana was the first organist and choirmaster of the Church of Our Lady of Pompei, New York City. The collection contains musical compositions, the opera “Sayda,” the incomplete score of “Il Cieco di Guerra,” church music, organ music, and chamber music.
LORENZO VIOLA PAPERS, 1894-1976
The Lorenzo Viola Papers documents the career of Italian immigrant and Long Island music teacher Lorenzo (“Renzo”) Viola, from his birth in 1889 in Bagheria, Sicily, to his death in 1976. The bulk of the materials concern his work as a composer and music teacher, including musical compositions, concert programs. The collection also contains vital information about Viola and his immediate family members.