Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-2006

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American playwright and librettist.

From the description of An oral history interview with Arnold Sundgaard / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth, 1996 May 13 : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122583702

Author of plays, lyrics, and librettos, including that for Down in the valley, with music by Weill.

Originally conceived by Weill and Sundgaard as a radio opera in 1945 but revised by Weill three years later as a folk opera, the work achieved great and lasting success in the latter form. Sundgaard's other librettos (all for other composers) include Giants in the earth, The lowland sea, Sunday excursion, Cumberland fair, Gallantry, Promised valley, Brigham, Nobody's Earnest, The Greenfield Christmas tree, and The truth about windmills. He has written lyrics for at least nine songs.

From the description of Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1949-1983. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122487558

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Role	Title	Holding Repository
creatorOf	Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-,. An oral history interview with Arnold Sundgaard / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth, 1996 May 13 : recording and transcript.	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf	Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Down in the valley [sound recording] / [Kurt Weill ; libretto by Arnold Sundgaard] ; CSU [Choir].	University of Central Oklahoma, Chambers Library
creatorOf	Wilder, Alec. Cumberland Fair.	Northwestern University
creatorOf	Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-2006. Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1949-1983.	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf	Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-2006. This fallow ground / Arnold Sundgaard ; a production book compiled by Barbara Girsdansky.	Yale University Library
referencedIn	Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Down in the valley, 1948-[ongoing].	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf	Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-2006. Music sources for Kurt Weill's Down in the valley in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1945-[ongoing].	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf	Ayer, Ethan. Plays, [before 1969]	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Arent, Arthur. The Living newspaper : research materials about the Federal Theatre Project and the Living newspaper used by Twyla Tharp for an unfinished dance project, 1963-ongoing.	Ohio State University Libraries

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correspondedWith	Adler, Peter Herman, 1898-	person
associatedWith	Ayer, Ethan.	person
correspondedWith	Broder, Nathan	person
associatedWith	Farneth, David.	person
associatedWith	Girsdansky, Barbara.	person
correspondedWith	Heinsheimer, Hans W., 1900-1993	person
correspondedWith	Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981	person
correspondedWith	McCuen, Brad	person
associatedWith	Moore, Douglas	person
associatedWith	Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969.	person
associatedWith	Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.	person
associatedWith	Wilder, Alec.	person

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Birth 1909-10-31

Death 2006-10-22

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