Mario Paci papers, 1897-2002
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The papers include correspondence, photographs, musical scores, newspaper clippings, fliers, announcements, musical programs, and drafts for Floria Paci Zaharoff's book "The Daughter of the Maestro: Life in Surabya, Shanghai and Florence."
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | 3.5 Linear feet (1 manuscript box, 3 flat boxes, 1 map folder) |
| Publication date | 1897 - 2002 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Paci, Mario, 1878-1946 |
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Subjects
| Subject | Paci, Mario, 1878-1946 |
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| Subject | Zaharoff, Floria Paci, 1919-2012 |
| Subject | Shanghai jiao xiang yue tuan. |
| Subject | Conductors (Music) > Biography |
| Subject | Conductors (Music) > China > Biography |
| Subject | Conductors (Music) > Italy > Biography |
Bibliographic information
| Acquisition | Gift of Floria Paci Zaharoff, and Alex Zaharoff, 2012-2013. Accessions 2012-188, 2013-100 |
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| Biographical/Historical | Born 1878 in Florence, Mario Paci studied at the Naples Conservatory of Music as a child, and later under the tutlege of Giovanni Sgambati, in Rome. At seventeen, Paci won the Lizst Prize, the international competition held every five years for pianists, and went on to study musical composition and theory at the Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan. After three years of study, and one year conducting various orchestras in Italy, Paci returned to solo performance, and spent the next sixteen years traveling Europe and Asia, finally settling in Shanghai in 1918. By 1919, Paci had assumed the directorship of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and oversaw the introduction of Western classical music to Chinese audiences and the inclusion of Chinese performers to the Symphony company. Paci also aided Cai Yuanpei in establishing the National School for Music in 1927, which became the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1956. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/wq605wk4194 |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections (http://library.stanford.edu/spc).