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Margaret ("Peggie") Dwight collection on Luigi Dallapiccola, 1936-1995

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BOX 1-3 Correspondence, 1951-1975
Correspondence from Luigi Dallapiccola to Margaret (Peggie) Dwight during the years of their association from 1951 to 1975: more than 300 letters written mostly in French, postcards, and telegrams, with several enclosures such as flyers, ticket stubs, or clippings laid-in. Many letters are annotated by Peggie Dwight to clarify content or context.
All correspondence is restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 1951-1958 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 1960 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 1961 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 1/4-5 1962 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 1963 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 1/7-8 1964 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 1/9-10 1965 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 2/1-2 1966 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 2/3-5 1967 (Restricted)
Also includes letters from Cherubini Conservatory, others
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 2/6-7 1968 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 2/8-9 1969 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 3/1-2 1970 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 3/3-4 1971 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 3/5-6 1972 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 3/7-8 1973 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 3/9 1974-1975 (Restricted)
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX 9, 12 Music, 1943-1972
Holographs of Dallapiccola music manuscripts, short excerpts or sketches, and printed editions.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 9/15 12-tone lesson notes, 1960?
See also "Recollections" page 45
Holograph sketch/notes in ink; 1 page
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 Cinque Canti, 1956
Holograph full score in pencil; 5 pages
Inscribed 1963
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 Commiato, 1972
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil; 10 pages
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 Requiescant, 1957-1958
Printed full score; 57 pages
Inscribed 1966
BOX-FOLDER 9/4 Requiescant, 1957-1958
Printed piano-vocal score; 47 pages
Inscribed 1960
BOX-FOLDER 9/5 Requiescant, 1957-1958
Bound holograph sketchbook in pencil; 26 pages
Note: Also contains scenario list for Ulysses and unidentified notes
BOX-FOLDER 9/6 Sex Carmina Alcaei, 1943
Printed full score; 32 pages
Inscribed 1951
BOX-FOLDER 9/7 Sicut Umbra, 1969-1970
Holograph sketch in pencil; 2 pages
Inscribed 1972
BOX-FOLDER 9/8 Ulysses, 1967
Holograph condensed score in pencil for Act II, scene 3; 10 pages
Inscribed 1967
BOX-FOLDER 9/9 Ulysses, 1962
Holograph score in pencil; 2 pages
Scène de l'enfer
BOX-FOLDER 9/10 Ulysses, 1966
Holograph condensed score in ink; 2 pages
Nausicaa scene, final two pages. Inscribed 1966
BOX-FOLDER 9/11 Ulysses, 1965
Holograph sketches for Ulysses and Circe, Act I, scene 3; 2 pages
Inscribed 1965
BOX-FOLDER 9/12 Ulysses, 1960
Holograph piano-vocal sketch in ink; 1 page
Calypso scene
BOX-FOLDER 9/13 Ulysses, 1968
Holograph sketches in pencil; 2 pages
Note: Also includes sketch labeled Michaelangelo the Younger
BOX-FOLDER 12/1 Ulysses, 1966
Facsimile score for Act I; 1 page
Inscribed 1966
BOX-FOLDER 12/2 Ulysses, 1968
Holograph sketches in pencil; 2 pages
Prologue, Calypso scene
BOX-FOLDER 9/12 Unidentifed, 1956
Holograph sketch in pencil; 1 page
Illustration of choral "thinking in numbers"
BOX 5-8 Programs and Clippings, 1951-1989
Print material documenting the career and life of Luigi Dallapiccola, sent to Dallapiccola: performance programs, invitations and announcements, newspaper articles and features, and journal articles. Some items are annotated by Dallapiccola or Dwight. Several articles and publications are in German or Italian.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 1951-1953
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 1956-1959
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 1960
BOX-FOLDER 5/4-5 1961
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 1962
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 1963
BOX-FOLDER 6/1-3 1964
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 1965
BOX-FOLDER 6/5 1966
BOX-FOLDER 6/6 1967
BOX-FOLDER 7/1-3 1968
BOX-FOLDER 7/4-5 1969
BOX-FOLDER 7/6 1970
BOX-FOLDER 7/7 1971
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 1972
BOX-FOLDER 8/2 1973-1974
BOX-FOLDER 8/3 1975
BOX-FOLDER 8/4 1975
Obituaries
BOX-FOLDER 8/5 1976-1979
BOX-FOLDER 8/6 1980-1982
BOX-FOLDER 8/7 1984-1989
BOX 4, 10-11 Writings, 1951-1995
The writings in this collection consist mainly of 200 pages of "Recollections" written by Margaret (Peggie) Dwight, which chronicles her 24-year friendship with Luigi Dallapiccola. Additionally, there is a small amount of Dallapiccola's writing and notes on music theory.
Writings by Margaret (Peggie) Dwight restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
Arranged into two subseries by author.
BOX-FOLDER 4/1-9 Writings by Margaret (Peggie) Dwight, circa 1951-1995
Draft and corrected versions of Dwight's memoir.
Writings by Margaret (Peggie) Dwight restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
Arranged by sections created by the author.
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Recollections, 1951-1958, pages 1-28
Note: Materials restricted until 2025 or until the death of Luigi Dallapiccola's daughter Anna L. (Annalibera) Dallapiccola.
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Recollections, 1959-1961, pages 29-55
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