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ARC-0497

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Collection on Stewart Copeland's Holy Blood and Crescent Moon

1989

0.42 (Linear feet)

Stewart Copeland is an American musician and composer. Copeland (drums) founded the Police with Sting (lead singer and bass guitarist) and Henry Padovani (replaced by Andy Summers, guitarist) in 1977. After the Police disbanded in 1986, Copeland began a career in composing soundtracks for movies, television, ballets, and opera. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003.
Holy Blood and Crescent Moon was an opera written by musician and composer, Stewart Copeland. The opera was commissioned by the Cleveland Opera in 1989. Holy Blood and Crescent Moon's world premiere was in October of 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Collection on Stewart Copeland's Holy Blood and Crescent Moon is dated 1989. It consists of photographs, slides, programs, and the operatic score for the production with the Cleveland Opera. The photographs include images of Copeland working with members of the Cleveland Opera Company. The programs and score are autographed by Copeland. The collection provides insight into Copeland's career as a composer.

: The Collection on Stewart Copeland's Holy Blood and Crescent Moon was received by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a gift from Carola and David Bramberger on February 12, 2014.

: [Identification of Item], Collection on Stewart Copeland's Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

: Materials are in English.

: Processed by Crystal Matjasic, Project Archivist. Completed September 25, 2019. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual. Collection processed through an Access to Historical Records grant from the NHPRC.

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