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Wuthering Heights (album leaf) : autograph manuscript, 1950 Dec. 24.

Record ID
115083
Accession number
Cary 604
Creator
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
Biographical Data
American composer and conductor.
Object title

Wuthering Heights (album leaf) : autograph manuscript, 1950 Dec. 24.

Uniform title
Wuthering Heights (Album leaf)
Date
1950 Dec. 24.
Provenance
Arnold Weisberger.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Wuthering Heights Act I Sc. I For Arnold. A merry, merry Christmas from Bernard Herrmann Dec 24/50."
Notes
A leaf from the full score (folio 98) of the opera, beginning with Cathy's "It's none of your affair. You're not our jailor" and ending with Hindley's "I'll teach you how free you are to [do as you please.]"
Copy of the typescript of Lucille Fletcher's libretto catalogued separately: PMC 2196.
Associated names
Fletcher, Lucille, librettist.
Weisberger, Arnold, former owner.
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Wuthering Heights.
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Wuthering Heights. Libretto.