Camilla Urso collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection contains clippings and pamphlets about Urso's life and career, a program from one of her concerts, a photograph, and an autograph.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1969
Creator
- Urso, Camilla (Creator, Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights resides with Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections staff.
Biography of Camilla Urso
Camilla Urso (born 1842, Nantes, France died 1902, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.) was the daughter of an Italian flutist and a Portuguese singer. Urso began taking violin lessons when she was six years old, though orchestral instruments were only played by boys and men at the time. After a successful recital a year later, the Urso family moved to Paris where Camilla Urso was the first girl to be admitted to the Paris Conservatoire. By the age of ten, she had already performed in Switzerland, Germany, and France, and graduated with first prize in the final examinations. She made her debut in New York City in September 1852 and gave concerts in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. In 1853 she gave a series of concerts throughout New England with the Germania Musical Society. She did not appear again publicly until 1863, when she performed with the Philharmonic Society in Boston, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. After 1864, Urso toured with her own concert company, returning to Paris in 1865, and performing in Australia in 1879 and 1894, Brazil and Argentina in 1880, and South Africa in 1895. After settling in New York City in 1895 she continued to tour regularly in the United States and abroad while teaching violin privately and at the National Conservatory. She was asknowledged one of the preeminent violinists of the day and became one of America's foremost performers and music educators, as well as a spokesperson for the cause of women as orchestral players, working with the Women's String Orchestra from 1895 until her death. She died of appendicitis in New York City on january 20, 1902.
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Series 1 Camilla Urso
Physical location
Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library.
Acquisition Information
Unknown
Accruals
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
General Physical Description note
no content
Processing Information
Arranged and processed by Jamie Weber in 2009.
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Camilla Urso collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Jamie Weber
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu