(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Concert Program for Opening of Fenway Court

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Date1 January 1903

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumInk on paper

Dimensions20.7 x 15.2 cm (8 1/8 x 6 in)

ClassificationsArchival Material

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.007767

eMuseum ID721002

EmbARK ObjectID33547

TMS Source ID17030

Last Updated8/14/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryThis program records the musical performances which took place at the opening of Fenway Court, the name used for the Museum during Isabella Stewart Gardner’s lifetime, on 1 January 1903. The second piece performed was the overture of The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — an opera that was especially beloved by Isabella.

BibliographyNotes

Diana Seave Greenwald, "A Grand Opening," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 6 July 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/grand-opening-1903

Diana Seave Greenwald, "How the Magic Flute Inspired Maurice Sendak and Isabella Stewart Gardner," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 July 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/how-magic-flute-inspired-maurice-sendak-and-isabella-stewart-gardner