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MS Mus. 1699

Record Id:
032-001947367
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001947367
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1699
Title:

MS Mus. 1699. Barrie Stavis (b.1906, d.2007): correspondence with the theatre critic Ossia Trilling (b.1913, d.1994); 1956-61. Much of the correspondence concerns the possible operatic treatment of his play ‘The Man who Never Died’ by Paul Dessau or Claudio Santoro. The play was ultimately made into an opera by Alan Bush, as ‘Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died’. For the score of the opera, see MSS Mus. 388-393, and for correspondence between Bush and Stavis, see MSS Mus. 441-443. Purchased at Mullock’s, Ludlow, 8 May 2008 (lot 50).

ff. 198. Overall size 303 x 218mm.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1-186 passim Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: Joshua Ossia Trilling, theatre critic: Berenice Stavis, wife of the playwright B Stavis: Marie-Louise Trilling, née Crichton-Fock; actress: Letters to Ossia and Marie-Louise Trilling from Barry and Berenice Stavis: 1956-1961.
  • ff. 1-196 passim Alan Dudley Bush, composer and pianist: Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: Joshua Ossia Trilling, theatre critic: Claudio Santoro, Brazilian composer: Paul Dessau, German composer: Correspondence (much of which concerns Stavis's play 'The man who never died') between Barrie Stavis and Ossia Trilling, rel. to Claudio Santoro , Paul Dessau , Alan Dudley Bush and Nancy Rachel Bush: 1956-1961.
  • ff. 21-22. Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: Playbills for 'The man who never died': [1958]: Printed.
  • f. 165. Joshua Ossia Trilling, theatre critic: Claudio Santoro, Brazilian composer: Letter to Claudio Santoro from Joshua Ossia Trilling: 1961: Fr: Typewritten.
  • ff. 167, 179-180. Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: Claudio Santoro, Brazilian composer: Letters to Claudio Santoro from Barrie Stavis: 1961: Copies.
  • ff. 168-170, 178, 198. Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: Reinhard Mieke, film and stage director: Letters to Reinhard Mieke from Barrie Stavis: 1961: Copies.
  • ff. 174, 181, 184, 192. Joshua Ossia Trilling, theatre critic: Claudio Santoro, Brazilian composer: Letters from Claudio Santoro to Joshua Ossia Trilling: 1961: Fr.
  • ff. 187-188, 197. Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: Reinhard Mieke, film and stage director: Letters from Reinhard Mieke to Barrie Stavis: 1961: Typewritten.
  • f. 189. Alan Dudley Bush, composer and pianist: Barrie Stavis, writer of plays: Letter to Alan Dudley Bush from Barrie Stavis: 1961: Typewritten.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Music Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-001947367
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1956
End Date:
1961
Date Range:
1956-1961
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bush, Alan Dudley, composer and pianist, 1900-1995
Bush, Nancy Rachel, wife of Alan Bush composer, 1907-1991
Dessau, Paul, German composer, 1894-1979
Mieke, Reinhard, film and stage director
Santoro, Claudio, Brazilian composer
Stavis, Barrie, writer of plays, 1906-2007
Stavis, Berenice, wife of the playwright B Stavis
Trilling, Joshua Ossia, theatre critic, 1913-1994
Trilling, Marie-Louise, née Crichton-Fock actress