- Additional Authors
- Description
- [68] leaves.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Reproduction (note)
- Original Location (note)
- Originals in the Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Source (note)
- Biography (note)
- Marc Blitzstein was an American composer of theater works and oratorios. Shortly before his death in 1964, the Ford Foundation commissioned him to write an opera on the subject of Sacco and Vanzetti for production by the Metropolitan Opera, but the work was not finished.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- JPB 91-89
- Author
Blitzstein, Marc.
- Title
Letters received, 1960-1963.
- Summary
19 letters relating to the commissioning and projected perfomance of the opera, Sacco and Vanzetti ; Blitzstein's notes on the contract ; and related clippings. Correspondents include representatives of the Ford Foundation and the Metropolitan Opera as well as persons contributing material about the case. A copy of Vanzetti's 1927 letter from prison is included.
- Reproduction
Photocopies.
- Original Location
Originals in the Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Biography
Marc Blitzstein was an American composer of theater works and oratorios. Shortly before his death in 1964, the Ford Foundation commissioned him to write an opera on the subject of Sacco and Vanzetti for production by the Metropolitan Opera, but the work was not finished.
- Occupation
Composers.
- Added Author
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Ford Foundation.
- Research Call Number
JPB 91-89