BIB_ID
417149
Accession number
MA 5756.2
Creator
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963, author.
Display Date
New Jersey?, 1930s?
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (7 pages), bound ; 27.8 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Act I of Williams' The first president, a libretto about George Washington. It was published in 1936 in Alfred Kreymborg's American Caravan.
Williams began working on The first president in 1932 when the modern composer George Antheil asked him to outline his Washington libretto and sketch out the acts.
Marked in red pencil by unknown hand throughout.
Williams began working on The first president in 1932 when the modern composer George Antheil asked him to outline his Washington libretto and sketch out the acts.
Marked in red pencil by unknown hand throughout.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Housed in
Black cloth drop-spine box (36 cm)
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