Agnes Bedford papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1920-1968.

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Agnes Bedford papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1920-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702171904

Manuscripts and manuscript music relating to Agnes Bedford's musical collaborations with Ezra Pound. Material includes the complete vocal score for the opera Cavalcanti; arrangements by Bedford for Five Troubadour Songs; and manuscript music sketches for songs from The Testament de Villon.

4.23 linear ft. (4 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8023718

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Bedford, Agnes

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Agnes Bedford was a pianist and voice coach in London, interested in the early music movement, who collaborated with Ezra Pound on his Provencal-inspired songs and operas in the 1920s. From the description of Agnes Bedford papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1920-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171904 ...

Cavalcanti, Guido, -1300

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Villon, François, 1431-1463

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