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BOX 1 |
Correspondence
1944-1960
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The bulk of this series includes telegrams and letters relating to the creation of
Billy Sunday, most of them authored by Thomas Hunt
Fisher, Ruth Page, or Remi Gassmann. The personal and theatrical anecdotes
in many of the letters are rich with references to major artistic figures
and productions. |
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Arranged alphabetically by surname of author, followed by a folder of legal
correspondence. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Denham, S. J., 1947-1948
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Gassmann cable reply typed on verso of one of Denham's letters. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
DuPont, Paul, 1947-1948
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Fisher, Thomas Hart, 1946-1949
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Contains: personal correspondence and letters of agreement. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 |
Fisher, Thomas Hart and Ruth Page, 1946-1947,
undated
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Includes 4-page typed letter from Fisher with marginal notes and longhand postscript from Page
addressed to Gassmann, about Billy Sunday
preparations and Lincoln Kirstein opinion of scenario. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 |
Gassmann, Remi, 1944-1948, undated
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Letters chiefly on music score. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 |
Hanson, Howard, 1944-1945, 1954
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Letters from Hanson and his designee about scores Gassmann submitted for public performance at
his alma mater, the Eastman School of Music. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 |
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1947
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Photostat of Kirstein's letter to Page, with handwritten note by Page to Gassmann. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 |
Page, Ruth, 1945-1950, undated
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Predominantly holograph letters and notes to Remi Gassmann, many undated, which share creative
ideas, conversations with other artistic collaborators, and specific
exchanges about music edits and cues. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 |
Roullier, Alice, 1945
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Handwritten postscript referencing Alexander Calder drawings. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 |
Strauss, Paul, 1948
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BOX-FOLDER 1/11 |
Weissberger, L. Arnold, 1948
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Letters to Fisher on behalf of Gassmann on legal issues concerning the music score. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 |
Legal correspondence, 1945-1948, 1960
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Contains: Drafts and signed contracts related to Billy Sunday and The Bells; contract for use of Gassmann's music by the Netherlands Ballet Company for restaging of Tatjana Gsovsky's 1960 ballet Paean. |
BOX 1 |
Miscellany,
1945-1951
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Small number of performance programs or playbills, press clippings, a studio photograph, and music publisher's catalog. |
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Arranged by format. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 |
Programs,
1946-1950
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Contains: 1946 Chicago lecture-demonstration and 1948 Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of Billy Sunday, 1950 program of
Les Ballets Américains, typescript playbill and program note for 1946 Chicago Ballet Company performance of The
Bells. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 |
Clippings,
1945-1947, 1951, undated
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Contains: Reviews of Ruth Page choreography, including Frankie and Johnny, The Bells, and Revanche [Revenge]; newspaper notice of Thomas Hunt Fisher's disbarment. |
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 |
Photograph,
undated
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Studio headshot with inscription on verso: Ruth Page as Frankie |
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 |
Catalog, Associated Music Publishers,
1946
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Lists two works of Remi Gassmann. |