Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt papers, 1918-1942.
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Mixed materialsDescription: 1,000 items; 2 containers plus 1 oversize; 0.8 linear feetContained works: - Greenewalt, Mary Elizabeth Hallock, 1871-1950. Nourathar, the fine art of light color playing. 1946
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Correspondence, speeches, writings, legal and financial records, biographical material, printed matter, and annotated photographs relating chiefly to Greenewalt's invention of an art form called Nourathar (also Sarabet, Light-Score), which harmonized projected patterns of colored light with concert music. Includes drafts of her book titled Nourathar, the fine art of light color playing, published in 1946. Correspondents include Howson & Howson and Busser & Harding, Greenewalt's attorneys in Philadelphia, Pa., as well as various government agencies.
Musician, inventor, and author.
Collection material in English.
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