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Gerhard Nellhaus papers on Bertolt Brecht, ca. 1920-2000.

Title: Gerhard Nellhaus papers on Bertolt Brecht, ca. 1920-2000.

Papersof German-American neurologist, scholar, and translator Gerhard Nellhaus, chieflyconcerning the plays of German writer Bertolt Brecht.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes, 1 portfolio box (1.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01972/catalog View

Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Happy end, 1929-[ongoing] (1929, 1958-9999).

Title: Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Happy end, 1929-[ongoing] (1929, 1958-9999).

Includes programs, press clippings, photographs, and related materials for stage productions, broadcasts, and film or video adaptations (if any) of the work, beginning with the September 1929 premiere at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, Germany. Posters, photographic prints (for productions prior to 1983), and recordings are filed in other series.

ArchivalResource: <63> folders (<.7> linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/152675049 View

English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre Correspondence

Title: English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre Correspondence

The Royal Court Theatre correspondence files date from 1955-1959 and primarily contain letters negotiating textual changes with the office of the Lord Chamberlain, but also include letters regarding translations, rights and permissions, and scheduling. Files are organized by playwright and contain correspondence with the office of the Lord Chamberlain, playwrights, translators, and agents.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 box (0.21 linear feet)

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingaid.cfm?eadid=00035&showrequest=1 View

Hauptmann, Elisabeth, 1897-1973. Music sources for Kurt Weill's Happy end in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1929-[ongoing].

Title: Music sources for Kurt Weill's Happy end in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1929-[ongoing].

The collection forms part of Series 10, which consists mainly of music manuscripts: non-autograph originals and photocopies of both non-autographs and autographs. It also includes rental materials and some arrangements by other composers. Briefly stated, all music materials for the works of Weill other than those offered for sale by publishers are included, whether in score or parts, as long as they present his music without fundamentally altering its character. (For more details on inclusion/exclusion, see the record for the whole series--"Music sources for the works of Kurt Weill ...," ID NYWS94-A2.) Of particular importance in the collection of materials on Happy end are the following: vocal scores with different versions of the English translation by Michael Robinson, rental materials edited by Gary Fagin, copies of the Bilbao-Song, Hosiannah Rockefeller, and Matrosen-Tango, and materials for the Happy end Songspiel (arr. Drew).

ArchivalResource: <12> items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122520475 View

Sutton, Dolores. Papers relating to Lotte Lenya and Bertha Case, 1956-1982.

Title: Papers relating to Lotte Lenya and Bertha Case, 1956-1982.

The correspondence consists mainly of letters, postcards, and notes (many undated) from Lenya to Dolores Sutton or Bertha Case.

ArchivalResource: Correspondence: 31 items.Photographs: 16 items.Announcements and invitations: 3 items.Programs: 2 items.Publications: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122574785 View

Hauptmann, Elisabeth, 1897-1973. Music sources for Kurt Weill's Dreigroschenoper in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1928-[ongoing].

Title: Music sources for Kurt Weill's Dreigroschenoper in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1928-[ongoing].

The collection forms part of Series 10, which consists mainly of music manuscripts: non-autograph originals and photocopies of both non-autographs and autographs. It also includes rental materials and some arrangements by other composers. Briefly stated, all music materials for the works of Weill other than those offered for sale by publishers are included, wèther in score or parts, as long as they present his music without fundamentally altering its character. (For more details on inclusion/exclusion, see the record for the whole series--"Music manuscripts and rental materials for the works of Kurt Weill ...," ID NYWS94-A2.) Of particular importance in the collection of materials on Die Dreigroschenoper are the following: photocopies of the autograph full and vocal scores; the Universal-Edition full score c1928, 1956 (rental material); parts issued by the same publisher as rental material; photocopies of the annotated set of manuscript parts used by Theo Mackeben (the original conductor of the work); materials used for the production of Blitzstein's adaptation of the work as The threepenny opera; and photocopies of the original vocal score and of various orchestrations of Lucy's Arie.

ArchivalResource: <29> items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122520699 View

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Bertolt Brecht-Elisabeth Hauptmann papers relating to Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1930-1956.

Title: Bertolt Brecht-Elisabeth Hauptmann papers relating to Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1930-1956.

Correspondence (primarily), musical sketches, and a contract. Included also are two holograph sketches of Weill--one for Edis Kebsweib hat einen Bart auf der Brust (from the incidental music for Das Leben Eduards des Zweiten von England), the other for Das Lied vom Fluss der Dinge (from his incidental music for Mann ist Mann)--and a ms. rehearsal score of Das Lied [i.e. Die Ballade] der sexuellen Hörigkeit, from the collection of the Berliner Ensemble. Finally, there is an uncompleted copy of a contract between Brecht and Weill for The righteous maiden of Sezuan and a cover letter from the Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv.

ArchivalResource: 34 letters and telegrams.3 ms. scores.1 contract.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122520486 View

Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949.

Title: Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records

The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars was formed in New York City in 1933 by American academicians for the purpose of employing refugee German scholars in American institutions. Many of these refugee scholars were Jews displaced by the National Socialist government. The collection consists chiefly of grant files on refugee scholars who applied for aid from the Committee. The records also include correspondence with other refugee and philanthropic organizations and with the educational institutions which accepted refugee scholars.

ArchivalResource: 98.46 linear feet (222 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/922 View

Jackson, Felix,. An oral history interview with Felix Jackson / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth, Los Angeles, 1985 April 5 : recording and transcript.

Title: An oral history interview with Felix Jackson / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth, Los Angeles, 1985 April 5 : recording and transcript.

Jackson recalls mainly the careers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya from the premiere of Der Protagonist (1926) to The firebrand of Florence (1945). He discusses their personal relationship. He also speaks of Weill's politics, social life, and other relationships, relating the story of Weill's meeting with Stokowski. As for Weill's music, he talks primarily about Der Protagonist and Na und?, but goes on to discuss Weill's development as a composer in the U.S. Other names mentioned include Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and the Novembergruppe.

ArchivalResource: 1 transcript (17 p.) ; 28 cm.2 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.) : analog, 1 5/16 ips., stereo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122612263 View

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. The threepenny opera / [music by] Kurt Weill ; [libretto and lyrics] by Bertolt Brecht ; in a new translation by Wallace Shawn ; based on Elisabeth Hauptmann's German translation of John Gay's The beggar's opera, 2006.

Title: The threepenny opera / [music by] Kurt Weill ; [libretto and lyrics] by Bertolt Brecht ; in a new translation by Wallace Shawn ; based on Elisabeth Hauptmann's German translation of John Gay's The beggar's opera, 2006.

Typescript, dated Apr. 9, 2006.

ArchivalResource: [1], 80 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707688297 View