Irving Deakin papers circa 1934-circa 1955

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Irving Deakin papers circa 1934-circa 1955

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Irving Deakin was born in Great Britain and studied at Eastbourne College and the Royal College of Music. A free-lance ballet and music critic, he came to the United States in the 1920's and worked as a publicity person for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Sadler's Wells Theater Ballet, and Ballet Theatre. From 1937 to 1943 he hosted a radio program entitled for station WQXR, New York, and in 1947-48, was general manager for the San Francisco Civic Ballet Association. A lecturer and writer, his publications include (1935), (1936), and (1956). He died, age 64, December 26, 1959, in New Milford, Connecticut. A collection of miscellaneous manuscripts, including short stories, essays, and lectures; holograph and typescript of an unpublished book called, variously, and holograph and typescript (published 1956); holograph, mss., and typescript of the unfinished, unpublished written with (see also (S)*MGZMB-Res. 73-824); and three typescript versions of an unpublished novel titled Music and Ballet To the Ballet Ballet Profile At the Ballet Appreciation of Ballet, Behind the Ballet, The Enjoyment of Ballet, Ballet Appreciation; At the Ballet Ballet Theatre: its Artistic and Private Life, World of Strangers. Anton Dolin

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