1. Add MS 61951
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 61951
- Title:
- GUSTAV HOLST: twenty letters to Linetta Palamidessi de Castelvecchio, with three draft replies, concerning her translation into Italian of Holst's libretto for his opera, 'The Youth's Choice', H. 60; 1902, 1903. The translation was made to enable the work to be submitted in 1902 for the Sonzogno opera competition, Milan. The text is written in the translator's hand into the full score, Add. 47815. Presented by the Rev. R. D. Richardson, husband of the recipient, Sept. 1981. Paper; ff. 39. ...
- Scope & Content:
- Linetta Palamidessi de Castelvecchio, Serena Professor of Italian at University of Birmingham; wife of Reverend Dr R D Richardson: Music: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Correspondence between Linetta Palamidessi de Castelvecchio and Gustav Holst: 1901, 1902: Partly drafts.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1902-1903
- Extent:
- 1 item