Letter to M. Guizot for the King of the French, with Reports
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Contains a draft of an address from Octavian Blewitt to François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, with related letters from Blewitt, [?] and Guizot (the last in French).
Reports, statements and memoranda concerning performances of stage works controlled by Boosey & Hawkes. This file was originally entitled 'Turnovers, Stage Works' and held in a packet marked 'Roth's Strauss Summary Sheets'.
Boosey & Hawkes: Fürstner papers. Editions M. P. Belaieff: synopses and statements regarding operas and ballets, part 1 of 2.
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Papers concerning stage works (operas and ballets) belonging to the catalogue of Editions M. P. Belaieff, Leipzig, with synopses, details of orchestration, etc. The first of two parts. With copies of 'Fünf Ballette, Inhaltsangabe' (Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff), a souvenir programme for the Leicest...
Benjamin Britten, 'Peter Grimes': administrative papers
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Papers relating to the production of Benjamin Britten's opera 'Peter Grimes', including critiques of early performances across Europe; lists of the names and addresses of those invited to the premiere at Sadler's Wells on 7 June 1945, along with correspondence regarding the translation of the li...
Benjamin Britten, 'Le Viol de Lucrèce': French translation of libretto.
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A manuscript copy of 'Le Viol de Lucrèce', a translation into French of Ronald Duncan's libretto for Benjamin Britten, 'The Rape of Lucretia', with a letter to Georges Dalman of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels). This file was originally entitled 'The Rape of Lucrece – translation into...
Bundle of papers containing correspondence and signed hire agreements for the performance in Spain of Richard Strauss' works. This file was originally entitled 'Spain' and held in a packet marked 'Strauss Purchase Correspondence Box 1 of 3'.