Record ID
70098
Accession number
PMC 192
Object title
Four saints in three acts : Hartford, 1934 : [program].
Published
Hartford : Case, Lockwood & Brainard, [1934]
Notes
Program for the production of the opera by the Friends and Enemies of Modern Music in the auditorium of the Avery Memorial, Hartford, Conn., in 1934.
"Harry Moses presents 4 saints in 3 acts, words by Gertrude Stein, music by Virgil Thomson, scenario by Maurice Grosser"--p. [12]-[13].
Includes: photographic reproduction of Bernini's Saint Teresa in Ecstasy; Richard Crashaw's poem, Upon the book and picture of the seraphical Saint Teresa; reproduction of a portrait of Gertrude Stein by Christian Bérard; facsimile of Thomson's manuscript of his Musical portrait of Gertrude Stein; Portrait of Virgil Thomson by Gertrude Stein; reproduction of portraits of Thomson by Christain Bérard and Kristians Tonny; program for the opera, listing all direction, production, and performing personnel, etc.; reproductions of photographs of Thomson, Stein, Austin, Smallens, Ashton, Grosser, Houseman, and other principals; note on the auditorium of the Avery Memorial (with photograph); note on, and list of, The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music; list of benefactors, donors, and contributors.
"Harry Moses presents 4 saints in 3 acts, words by Gertrude Stein, music by Virgil Thomson, scenario by Maurice Grosser"--p. [12]-[13].
Includes: photographic reproduction of Bernini's Saint Teresa in Ecstasy; Richard Crashaw's poem, Upon the book and picture of the seraphical Saint Teresa; reproduction of a portrait of Gertrude Stein by Christian Bérard; facsimile of Thomson's manuscript of his Musical portrait of Gertrude Stein; Portrait of Virgil Thomson by Gertrude Stein; reproduction of portraits of Thomson by Christain Bérard and Kristians Tonny; program for the opera, listing all direction, production, and performing personnel, etc.; reproductions of photographs of Thomson, Stein, Austin, Smallens, Ashton, Grosser, Houseman, and other principals; note on the auditorium of the Avery Memorial (with photograph); note on, and list of, The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music; list of benefactors, donors, and contributors.
Associated names
Moses, Harry, producer.
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