Title: Yolanda Marculescu-Stern Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1949-1997

Creator:

• Marculescu-Stern, Yolanda

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 234

Quantity:

• 2 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
• 18 safety film negatives

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Collection of a UWM Music Department faculty member which largely focuses on the UWM International Festival of the Art Song. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, programs, and photographs from 1981 to 1992. The collection also contains biographical materials documenting Yolanda Marculescu-Stern's career as an opera singer in Bucharest, Romania, including photographs and correspondence, and materials of her involvement in Romanian Radio Television from 1957 to 1969. Videocassettes of the First, Third, and Fifth International Festival of the Art Song, as well as videos of recitals and interviews, are also included.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0234

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Yolanda Marculescu-Stern started her career in Bucharest, Romania as one of the premier opera singers in Eastern Europe. In 1968, Yolanda and her husband, violinist Sandu Stern, fled communist Romania for the United States. Yolanda Marculescu-Stern was hired by the UWM Music Department in 1969. As a UWM faculty member, Yolanda Marculescu-Stern focused on the development of the genre of the art song. This attention eventually led to UWM hosting a festival celebrating the art song. The first UWM International Festival of the Art Song was held in Milwaukee in 1981. The festival was designed to bring artists from Europe to perform and give master classes to students and the public. The festival was held biannually at UWM until Yolanda Marculescu-Stern's death in 1992. After her death, the Peck School of Arts renamed the Vocal Arts Series to the Yolanda Marculescu Vocal Arts Series in her honor.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Music Records. UWM Archival Collection 84.

• UW-Milwaukee School of Fine Arts Records. UWM Archival Collection 81.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The UWM Libraries' Music Library transferred this collection to the Archives in May 2003 (accession 2002-093). Jeff Peterson donated some additional materials in February 2017 (accession 2016-029). Videos from the UWM Media Library were also transferred to the Archives sometime before 2017.

Processing Information

Diana Giordano processed the collection at the Archives in April 2006. In December 2011, Matt Eidem removed 18 safety film negatives and placed them with other safety film negatives. In May 2017 Ashlie Biddle integrated accession 2016-029 and the videos from the Media Library (box 4) into the collection.

	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1-2	General, 1973-1992
Box   1 Folder   3-4	Students, 1983-1992
Box   1 Folder   5	International Festival and Competition, George Enescu, 1991
	International Festival of the Art Song
Box   1 Folder   6	Background Information, 1989
Box   1 Folder   7	Betty Allen, 1989
Box   1 Folder   8-9	Comments and Suggestions, 1983-1985
Box   1 Folder   10-12	Correspondence, 1981-1992
Box   1 Folder   13	Elly Ameling, 1985
Box   1 Folder   14-15	Expenses and Income, 1983-1992
Box   1 Folder   16	Georgeta Stoleriu, 1991-1992
Box   1 Folder   17	Grant Application, 1985-1986
Box   1 Folder   18	Gunther Leib, 1991-1992
Box   1 Folder   19	International Festival of the Art Song, Jaraslov Horacek, 1991-1992
Box   1 Folder   20	Mailing List, 1984-1987
Box   1 Folder   21	Newspaper Clippings, 1983-1987
Box   2 Folder   1	Pamela Pyles-Linkhart, 1989
Box   2 Folder   2-3	Photographs, 1987-1992
Box   2 Folder   4-8	Programs, 1983-1992
Box   2 Folder   9	Proposal, 1987
Box   2 Folder   10	Recording Release, 1987
Box   2 Folder   11	Udo Reinermann, 1987
Box   2 Folder   12	Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 1989
Box   2 Folder   13	International Music Seminar, Germany, 1967
Box   2 Folder   14	Lectures and Teaching Materials, Romania, 1957-1968
Box   2 Folder   15	Newspaper Clippings, Brochure, In Memory of Yolanda Marculescu, undated
	Photographs
Box   2 Folder   16-17	Conductors/Musicians, 1962-1970
Box   2 Folder   18	Contact Sheets, undated
Box   2 Folder   19	Master Classes, undated
35 mm Safety Film Box   4	Negatives, undated Physical Description: 35 mm safety film negatives
Box   2 Folder   20-21	Performances, undated
Box   2 Folder   22	Portrait, Yolanda in the Marriage of Figaro, undated
Box   2 Folder   23	Self-Portraits, undated
Box   2 Folder   24	Yolanda and Sandu, undated
Box   3 Folder   1-2	Programs, Newspaper Clippings and Photographs, 1981-1991
	Romanian Radio Television
Box   3 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1991-1992
Box   3 Folder   4	Newspaper Clippings, 1958-1992
Box   3 Folder   5	Programs, 1949-1964
Box   3 Folder   6	Program Records, 1949-1951
Box   3 Folder   7	UWM Report, 1991
	Videocassettes
Box   4 Folder   1	Content Information, 1983-1997
Box   4 Video   1	French Diction Class, Rehearsal. Excerpts from a Festival Mozart Concert, 1990 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   2	French Diction Class. UWM Composers Concert Excerpts. Broadway Operetta and Hollywood Favorites Concert Rehearsal, 1989 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   3	Interview about the 1983 International Festival of the Art Song, 1983 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   4	Master Class at the Fifth International Festival of the Art Song, 1989 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   5	Music for a Moonlit Eve, 1984 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   6	New England Conservatory Master Class, 1987 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   7	Programs from the Fifth International Festival of the Art Song, 1989 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   8	A Recital at the Third International Festival of the Art Song, 1985 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   9	Recitals, 1988 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   10	UWM Broadway Concert, 1990 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   11	UWM Concert, 1988 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   12	Visit in Bucuresti, 1991 Language: Romanian Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)
Box   4 Video   13	Yolanda Marculescu Vocal Arts Series, 1997 Physical Description: 1 Videocassette (VHS)