The collection contains autograph manuscripts and typescripts, corrected, of works by William Maxse Meredith, including the short stories Marion, A Winter Tour, and Will She Regret It?, as well as letters by and to him, including letters to Edward Clodd; William Morris Colles; S. M. Ellis; and Arthur Wing Pinero.
Description:
Acquired from various sources. For more information see catalog cards filed in the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century--Archives, Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--19th century, and English literature--20th century
Reynaldo Hahn letters to René Peter and related papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | 16-20
Image Count:
141
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Circa 200 autograph letters, signed, from Hahn to Peter, 1899-1947 and undated (Boxes 1-2), concerning their friendship, Hahn's music and music of others, and Peter's writings, and referring to Claude Debussy, André Messager, and other musicians and authors. Many letters are written as poems. Also present are single letters from Hahn to Gabriel Monod, 1898, and to Hahn from Georges Feydeau and Jeanne Granier, undated. and Related papers (Box 2), consist of additional poems by Hahn, typescript, 1946 and undated; a Proust questionnaire, printed, completed in holograph by Hahn, 1900 December; a scenario for a film titled Découvertes, by Hahn and Peter, typescript with corrections, undated; and a photograph of Peter, annotated by Hahn, undated.
Description:
Purchased from Les Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008., René Peter, French author and son-in-law of André Messager., and Reynaldo Hahn, French composer, conductor, and author.
Reynaldo Hahn letters to René Peter and related papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | 1-15
Image Count:
474
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Circa 200 autograph letters, signed, from Hahn to Peter, 1899-1947 and undated (Boxes 1-2), concerning their friendship, Hahn's music and music of others, and Peter's writings, and referring to Claude Debussy, André Messager, and other musicians and authors. Many letters are written as poems. Also present are single letters from Hahn to Gabriel Monod, 1898, and to Hahn from Georges Feydeau and Jeanne Granier, undated. and Related papers (Box 2), consist of additional poems by Hahn, typescript, 1946 and undated; a Proust questionnaire, printed, completed in holograph by Hahn, 1900 December; a scenario for a film titled Découvertes, by Hahn and Peter, typescript with corrections, undated; and a photograph of Peter, annotated by Hahn, undated.
Description:
Purchased from Les Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008., René Peter, French author and son-in-law of André Messager., and Reynaldo Hahn, French composer, conductor, and author.
The collection contains autograph manuscripts and typescripts, corrected, of works by William Maxse Meredith, including the short stories Marion, A Winter Tour, and Will She Regret It?, as well as letters by and to him, including letters to Edward Clodd; William Morris Colles; S. M. Ellis; and Arthur Wing Pinero.
Description:
Acquired from various sources. For more information see catalog cards filed in the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century--Archives, Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--19th century, and English literature--20th century
The collection contains autograph manuscripts and typescripts, corrected, of works by William Maxse Meredith, including the short stories Marion, A Winter Tour, and Will She Regret It?, as well as letters by and to him, including letters to Edward Clodd; William Morris Colles; S. M. Ellis; and Arthur Wing Pinero.
Description:
Acquired from various sources. For more information see catalog cards filed in the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century--Archives, Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--19th century, and English literature--20th century