Found 80 collections related to Letters

Enrico Caruso was an Italian tenor connected with the Metropolitan Opera (N.Y.) after 1902. 3 telegrams (1919-1920), 2 letters regarding concert arrangements (1920), material relating to 4 insurance policies (1919-1920) including lists of jewels owned by Caruso and his wife, and a checkbook with stubs dated May [Mar.?] 2-10, 1921. less

Ernst Bacon, 1898-1990, was an American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. 1 ALS, 1962, and 30 ALS, 1972-1976, to John Edmunds discussing the Bacon-Edmunds collaboration on a radio skit, Watergate (performed 11-2-72 on Station KPFA, Berkeley) and other works including the ballets Jehovah and the Ark and A Parliament of Fowls (also entitled Court of Rooks), and Bacon's collaborations with Cornel Lengyel; and a collection of manuscript material relating to Watergate and its other versions as musical comedy variously entitled Nixie's Party, Nixie's Circus, Nixie, Watergates, and Waterbuggers, sometimes with subtitle A Political Burlesque, and sometimes pseudonymously attributed to N.O. Cable and J. Heron. This material includes a notebook with script and lyrics (in ink and pencil), 2 versions of script, lyrics, words and music (photocopies with emendations in ink and pencil); first-draft notes, early versions and musical sketches, (typescript, ink, some photocopies); and 1 TL (photocopy) from Bacon and Edmunds to Sargent Shriver suggesting the broadcast. 1 ALS is written on the program of the premiere of A Parliament of Fowls, May 6, 1975. less

22 letters, 8 cards, and 2 telegrams from Giacomo Puccini to Arturo Toscanini; 2 letters from Giacomo Puccini to Carla Toscanini; 1 letter from Giacomo Puccini to Gervelli (an impresario); 1 letter from Giacomo Puccini to Riccardo Schnabel Rossi; and 2 letters from Elvira Puccini to Arturo Toscanini. Subjects include productions of Manon Lescaut, La Boh̋eme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, and Turandot. Accompanied by clipping of an article relating the plot of Turandot to Puccini's life. less

5 exercise books and 6 ALS from Marie Schmole, Dresden, to Mary Burrell, London, giving reminiscences of Richard Wagner from 1842 to 1849, at the request of Mrs. Burrell. The exercise books include: Richard Wagner in Dresden ; Von Rienzi zum Fliegenden Holländer ; Wagner als königl. Kapelmeister ; Wagner's Wirksamkeit als Kapelmeister ; Wagner als Politiker (Revolutionär). The 1st is labeled (in another hand): Aufzeichnungen. Accompanied by portraits of Ferdinand Heine and Marie Schole, and Frau Schmole's calling card. less

Lina Prokofiev was a Spanish singer whose stage name was Lina Llubera and whose real name was Carlina Codina. In 1923 she was married to Sergey Prokofiev, a Russian composer. ALS, signed "Linette P." Mrs. Prokofiev writes aboard the S.S. Normandie. The paper is folded to create an envelope on the verso with the return address, "From L. Prokofieff, c/o Grandes Editions Musicales, 22 rue d'Anjou, Paris 8e." Postmark: Paris VIII, 8 IV 1938. less

Bata Kindai Amgoza Ibn LoBagola, an African American, was born Joseph Howard Lee in 1887 in Baltimore, Maryland. As early as 1907 he was using the name "LoBagola," claiming that he was from the French Sudan, and was on the lecture circuit speaking about African customs and his claims that he was a Black Jew. In 1930 he published, "LoBagola : An African Savage's Own Story," which was translated and sold in a number of European countries, and "The Folk Tales of a Savage." LoBagola died in 1947 while in Attica Prison, having been arrested and imprisoned several times for petty theft and sexual crimes. Correspondence between LoBagola and his agent, James B. Pond, contracts, clippings, advertisements, and a typescript of a lecture entitled "My Religion," about his experience as a Jew. less

Hector Berlioz was a French composer. In 1837 the Minister of Fine Arts commissioned him to compose a Requiem Mass to be performed on the 7th anniversary of the heroes of July 28, 1830. He finished his Grande Messe des Morts on June 29, but days before the occasion, the bureaus cancelled the ceremony. The recipient, Pierre-Louis-Philippe Dietsch, was maitre de chapelle at St.-Eustache, and later at Ste.-Madeleine. ALS. Berlioz tells his choral conductor Dietsch that the ceremony for which the Requiem is being rehearsed has been cancelled, and says not to bother to come to the Conservatory with his "gamins.". less

Wieland Wagner, grandson of Richard Wagner, was involved in various aspects of production of his grandfather's operas at Bayreuth. The recipient was his mother, Winifred Wagner, Richard's daughter-in-law. English translation of letter beginning "Dear Mama" about Hitler's request for a 1945 Bayreuth Festival. Wieland asks for more autonomy for himself and his brother Wolfgang in the productions and disputes Winifred Wagner's choice of Heinz Tietjen as artistic director. Translated from the German by Lt. Joseph Stein who was attached to G-5 Intelligence of General Patton's army during World War II. less

Author and recipient are American composers. George Boziwick was a student of Barbara Kolb. 4 ALS of which the 1st and 3rd are written on stationery printed: Institut de Recheche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique ; the 2nd and 4th are written on picture postcards sent in envelopes postmarked Paris. The 1st gives advice about Boziwick's Fulbright application and asks him to do several errands. The 2nd and 3rd look forward to his visit to Paris, asking him to bring various items. The 4th describes the aftermath of Kolb's accident in Assisi in which she broke her ankle. less

An American violinist, Yehudi Menuhin was engaged in 1947 by Two Continent Pictures to appear and play in a projected moving picture named Delirium and an associated short movie; and later for a series of short films. He suggested changes in the script and performed the Mendelssohn Concerto for Delirium, but the picture apparently was not completed, nor were the short films although 22 reels were recorded and photographed. 4 letters from Yehudi Menuhin, including 2 TLS and 1 ALS, to representatives of Two Continent Pictures, chiefly Paul Gordon; 3 letters to Menuhin, including 2 TLS from Gordon; copy sent to Gordon of TL from Menuhin to his uncle and lawyer, Sidney Ehrman; TLS from Ehrman's associate Louis Heilbron to Paul Gordon; contract; 2 drafts of business agreements, and 2 itineraries. The 13-leaf TLS from Menuhin to Gordon with suggestions for changes in the script of Delirium contains many handwritten emendations, and a 13-leaf typed fair copy of the script suggestions is also included. less

The German opera composer Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser was produced in French in Paris, March 13, 18, and 24, 1861. 7 ALS to Richard Wagner, 1861, from Prince Poniatowski, E.B. Kietz, the director of the Theatre Imperiale de l'Opera, E. Cormon, Marie Niemann, and Albert Niemann ; 1 ALS from S. de Charnal to E.B. Kietz, 1859 ; 2 ALS from G. Cormon to Mme. Szemere, 1861 ; 7 rehearsal notifications addressed to Wagner from the Theatre Imperiale de l'Opera, 1861. less

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. less

Eva Gauthier, a mezzo-soprano, was born in Ottawa. John Edmunds was an American composer, 1 of 10 who collaborated in A Garland for Eva Gauthier, 1948. 12 ALS, chiefly on paper printed with the address Hotel Thirty-Three, 33 W. 51st St, New York 19, NY. Five are dated 1947-1953 ; the rest have month and day but no year. One is written on the back of a portrait of Eva Gauthier. The other papers include brochures, programs, clippings dated 1936-1937 ; and a citation of Eva Gauthier by the Campion Society. less

Isidore Philipp was a French pianist, teacher, and composer. Margaret E. Brown was a piano student of Philipp. 7 ALS, 1948 Feb. 29 - 1955 Jan. 5, from Isidore Philippe, Hotel Woodward, New York, to Margaret E. Brown, Flint, Michigan ; Miss Brown's notes on piano lessons, 1947 Dec. and 1949 May; draft of letter from Miss Brown to Philipp [1949?]: biographical brochure on Philipp; price list of Philipp's piano compositions from Carl Fischer, Inc.; and explanatory letter, 1985 Jan. 11, from Ann Love, Flint, Michigan, to Frank C. Campbell, New York (typescript, carbon copy). less

In advance of Perspectives of New Music's forum on problems and discrepancies in conventional notation practice, American violinist and composer Paul Zukofsky sent a questionnaire using the organization's letterhead to 70 composers. He received 25 replies, but based his presentation on only 8 of them. The collection consists of the blank questionnaire; responses from the 8 composers used in the presentation: Martin Boykan, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, David Lewin, Seymour Shifrin, Claudio Spies, Kurt Stone, and Richard G. Swift ; handwritten and typescript drafts of Zukofsky's compilation and presentation; and additional responses from: Harvey [Sollberger?], Vincent Persichetti, Otto Luening, Josef Marx, Don Martino, Turetsky [Bertram Turetzky?], [Lejaren?] Hiller, Harold Farberman, Robert Moevs, Michael Colgrass, Eric [?] Berglund [?], J. Glick, and Ross Lee Finney. Zukofsky's article apparently did not appear in a Perspectives of New Music publication. less

An Austrian composer, Arnold Schoenberg came to the United States in 1933 and became an American citizen in 1941. Kurt List was an Austrian-American composer also active in music criticism and in the sound recording business. 4 letters to Kurt List and 1 letter to Nathan Broder which was enclosed in a letter to List. Typescript with emendations and signatures in ink. 1 letter to List has no signature and may be incomplete. less