The scarlet letter : opera in 3 acts based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel / libretto and music by Walter Kaufmann. [1961?]

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The scarlet letter : opera in 3 acts based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel / libretto and music by Walter Kaufmann. [1961?]

8 vocal scores (various pagings) ; 34 cm.

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Indiana University

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Kaufmann, Walter, 1907-1984

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A native of Bohemia, Kaufmann was a composer and conductor. After traveling to Bombay in 1934 to study Indian music, he was forced to remain there indefinitely due to the threat of the Nazis and their occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939. In India he composed music for films; directed a chamber music society; and from 1937 to 1946 was the director of musical programs for All India Radio, Bombay. He later wrote on Indian music, which also influenced his own compositions. In 1946 he went to Englan...

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...