New York Shakespeare Festival music scores 1965-1991

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], to "il principe di Colobrano" in Naples, 1841 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565897 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vienna, 13 June 1843], to [Gaetano] Cobianchi in Paris, 1843 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565892 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 13 October 1831, to his father, Andrea Doniz...

Legrand, Michel, 1932-

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Jobriath, 1946-1983

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Jobriath (born Bruce Wayne Campbell, December 14, 1946 – August 3, 1983) was an American rock musician and actor. He was the first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label and one of the first internationally famous musicians to die of AIDS. ...

Weinstock, Richard

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Papp, Joseph

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Macdermot, Galt

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Shire, David

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Colón, Willie, 1950-

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Puccini, Giacomo

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An Italian opera composer, Giacomo Puccini at the time of this letter was overseeing the production of La Fanciulla del West at the Teatro Grande, Brescia. The recipient, Antonio Bettolacci, was Puccini's personal business agent. From the guide to the ALS, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Bettolacci, Torre del Lago, 1911 Aug. 19, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the description of ALS, 1911 Aug. 19, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Be...

Rundgren, Todd

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Weill, Kurt

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As a result of the success of his Broadway musical Lady in the dark in 1941, German-born composer Kurt Weill and his wife, the singing actress Lotte Lenya, were able to buy "Brook House," in Rockland County, New York, moving there during their sixth year in the United States. From Brook House, and a couple of addresses in Los Angeles during his trips there, Weill kept in touch, until a month before his death, with his parents, who had emigrated to Israel in 1935. From the description...

American Music Collection

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Sullivan, Arthur

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Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer well-known for his collaborations with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan sheet music, 1868-1993., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.) Sullivan was an English composer. Gilbert was a English dramatist. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan correspondence with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, 1854-1900., (Houghton Libra...

Amram, David

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Link, Peter, 1938-

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Peaslee, Richard

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Delacorte Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Hamlisch, Marvin

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Tunick, Jonathan.

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Milton, James

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Holmes, Rupert

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Barron, David, 1943-

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Vivian Beaumont Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Steinman, Jim

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Sherman, Kim D. (Kim Daryl), 1954-

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Elliott, William (William F.)

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William “Bill” Elliott (1944-1985) was born in Charlotte, NC, where he learned old vaudeville songs and routines from his father, an ex-vaudeville performer who died in 1962. At the age of 19 Elliott moved to New York City and began writing music for Off-Off-Broadway productions in Greenwich Village. One of the first was a play by Tom Eyen called Little Miss Frustrata, which was produced in 1964 by La Mama E.T.C. He wrote the music for at least two other Eyen plays, Can(’t) You See ...

Killian, Scott

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Finn, William

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Swados, Elizabeth.

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Shawn, Allen

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Penn, William A.

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New York Shakespeare Festival Productions

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The Administrative Office files document the earliest activities of Joseph Papp, including the formation of the New York Shakespeare Festival. The records also document Papp's fight with Robert Moses over free Shakespeare in the Park, the acquisition and restoration of the Astor Library to become the Public Theater, the fiscal crisis of the 1970's and the NYSF at Lincoln Center. The records also reveal Papp's ideas for productions and seasonal planning, special programs such as the Mobile Theate...