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Volpone : a comic opera in three acts
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Title
Volpone : a comic opera in three acts / by George Antheil ; libretto by Alfred Perry ; freely adapted from Ben Jonson's play Volpone.
Created
[1953?]
Physical Description
1 ms. vocal score (2 v.) ; 34 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Ownership signature of Antheil, Hollywood, California, on title page of first volume.
Manuscript annotations on title page of first volume: "Final revised edition after premiere," "Tape notations in red," and "Complete Karamo Theatre version with clipped and blanked out cuts."
Label on cover: Weintraub Music Company, New York.
Provenance
Purchased from Howard S. Mott, Inc., on the Ezra Pound Archive Fund, 2005.
Biographical / Historical Note
George Antheil, American composer and pianist.
Opera, composed 1949-1952. First performed 1953.
Summary
Vocal score, diazo facsimile of a copyist's manuscript, with extensive holograph revisions and performance markings by Antheil.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Music Scores
Added to Catalog
January 28, 2010
Indexes/Finding aids
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany.
References
George Antheil, Volpone. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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George Antheil, Volpone. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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