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Columbia University Features Exhibits on Music, Art9 LitColumbia University is featuring at present several exhibits relating to the fields of music, art, and literature.Low Memorial Library, celebrating the 200,th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is displaying an exhibit until the end of April at the Rotunda for the benefit of The Arts Center. The Dramatic Department under the directorship of Dr. Henry Wells, curator of the Dramatic Museum, is sponsoring the “The Exhibit of Mozartiana,” which consists of many items related to the composer’s life and times. Modern designs for stage sets, costumes worn in the opera productions, and interpretations in painting and sculpture are being sho^vn.Last month, an exhibition entitled “Peru, Past and Present of the Peruvian artist, Krakrow-vir was shown. It was sponsored by an outside organization which has brought the collection up from South America and has had it shown at many Universities and colleges throughout the United States.On exhibition at Butler Library at present is a collection of Ukrainian Folk Art sponsored by the Ukrainian Circle of Columbia University. Included in the showing are ceramics, hand embroidered linens, easter eggs, a genuine coral necklace, tiles, and leather goods.Most - of the exhibitions %re sponsored by the Special Collections department under the direction of Mr. Baughman and Miss Baum. They are usually on thethird floor of the Library and are on exhibition for about two months. The Library has just ended a showing of the works of Lyman Frank Baum, of “The Wizard of Oz,” marking the centenary of his birth. The department is planning a future exhibition next month on Contemporary Book Designs. This is a selection of books chosen from the fifty books whichthe American Institute of Graphic Arts has chosen as representing the best book designs. This collection includes some rare and private press editions besides regular trade press books. Another future exhibition opening in the fall is one on Stephen Crane’s writings, letters, first editions and manuscripts.
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Barnard Bulletin
New York, New York, US
Thu, Apr 12, 1956
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