George Antheil notebook, [1953?].

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George Antheil notebook, [1953?].

Antheil's thoughts on opera after seeing Menotti's The Medium and The Telephone ; scenarios for opera, Aphrodite in Crete (Venus in Africa?) ; scenario possibly for The Wish ; ideas for other operas ; brief autobiographical comments interspersed.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6775205

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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