Letters received

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unitid

{"value"=>"JPB 91-89", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20079", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Letters received"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1960-1963", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1960/1963"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"[68] leaves"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1960

date_inclusive_end

1963

origination

{"value"=>"Blitzstein, Marc", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Marc Blitzstein was an American composer of theater works and oratorios. Shortly before his death in 1964, the Ford Foundation commissioned him to write an opera on the subject of Sacco and Vanzetti for production by the Metropolitan Opera, but the work was not finished.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>19 letters relating to the commissioning and projected perfomance of the opera, Sacco and Vanzetti ; Blitzstein's notes on the contract ; and related clippings. Correspondents include representatives of the Ford Foundation and the Metropolitan Opera as well as persons contributing material about the case. A copy of Vanzetti's 1927 letter from prison is included.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MUS"}

{"date"=>"1991", "source"=>"Lawrence, Jeffrey", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Lawrence, Jeffrey, 1991"}

originalsloc

{"value"=>"<p>Originals in the Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin</p>"}

keydate

1960

prefercite

{"value"=>"Letters received, Music Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Marc Blitzstein was an American composer of theater works and oratorios. Shortly before his death in 1964, the Ford Foundation commissioned him to write an opera on the subject of Sacco and Vanzetti for production by the Metropolitan Opera, but the work was not finished. 19 letters relating to the commissioning and projected perfomance of the opera, Sacco and Vanzetti ; Blitzstein's notes on the contract ; and related clippings. Correspondents include representatives of the Ford Foundation and the Metropolitan Opera as well as persons contributing material about the case. A copy of Vanzetti's 1927 letter from prison is included.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

[68] leaves

date_start

1960

date_end

1963

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