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Vittorio Furgeri papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-024
Abstract
This collection contains materials on Furgeri's musical drama, Al-Phonsine; including synopses, a full copy of the piano-vocal score, a full copy of the libretto, and two copies of a compact disc recording of musical excerpts, all created and collected by contemporary composer Vittorio Furgeri. The musical drama is inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, and depicts a young gay man who becomes one of the first victims of...
Dates:
1994
Eric A. Gordon's Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-121
Abstract
Correspondence, playbills, programs, clippings, photographs, notes, grant proposals and other research material collected for the book, Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein (St. Martin's Press, 1989), by Eric A. Gordon. An American composer and gay man, Marc Blitzstein is perhaps most well-known for his 1937 musical, The Cradle Will Rock. The collection includes materials documenting Blitzstein's musical...
Dates:
1850 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1991