Costume and set designs, 1940-1966.

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Costume and set designs, 1940-1966.

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A collection of costume and set designs by Armistead for various plays, ballets, and operas, including the original productions of Menotti's The Consul, Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, and Balanchine's 1953 production of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Designs for several Loeb Drama Center productions are also included. Related printed material and four letters from Stravinsky supplement the designs.

273 designs, 4 letters (3.3 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6766897

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Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

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Russian born composer and conductor. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. 1931-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723194 Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. From the description of Sketchbook, [1917?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465769 Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, set to the libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, was inspired by William Hogarth's series of paintings. Stravinsky had wan...

Armistead, Horace

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Armistead (1898-1980) was an American costume and set designer. From the description of Costume and set designs, 1940-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565279 From the guide to the Costume and set designs, 1940-1966., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University) ...

Harvary University. Loeb Drama Center.

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Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007

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Composer. From the description of Papers, 1982-1989. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 21072004 Orlando Cole, American, cellist of the Curtis String Quartet, and educator (cello faculty, The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pa.), was a classmate of Menotti's and Barber's at the Curtis Institute. From the description of [Letter, 1936, summer, St. Wolfgang, Austria, to] Landy [Orlando Cole, Rockport, Me.] / Gian-Carlo ; Sam [Samuel Barb...

Balanchine, George

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Ballet dancer and ballet and theater choreographer; the major ballet figure in the twentieth century. From the description of Correspondence and contracts, 1949-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533853 George Balanchine (1904-1983) was a Russian-American dancer and choreographer. In 1921 he graduated from the Theatre School in Petrograd. He left Russia in 1924, and the same year he was engaged by Serge Diaghilev as a choreographer for his company Ballet...

Armistead, Horace, 1898-1980.

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Horace Armistead, set designer. From the description of Set design painting for Regina, 1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122579597 ...