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.
Collection consists of 34 pieces of correspondence, including autograph letters, postcards, and holiday cards, from O'Keeffe to Susan and Alexander Girard, and their daughter Sansi Needham Girard Agnew. The Girards were residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and most letters discuss personal topics, including plans for visits to each others' homes. Also included are invitations to openings at museums exhibiting O'Keeffe's work which were sent on her behalf. The collection holds 23 snapshot photographs of O'Keeffe, the Girards, and others at events, gatherings, and on travels, and plus some scenery in New Mexico, and a portrait of O'Keeffe in an 8 by 10 inch format bearing a studio stamp of Charles Eames; the photographs date from 1963 to 1973. and With the collection is one letter from Robert Jaffie to Thomas Needham, dated March 10, 1959, discussing a recent visit with O'Keeffe.
Description:
Alexander Girard (1907-1993), American designer, art collector., Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist., Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2009., and Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector.
Subject (Name):
Girard, Alexander, Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996, and O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States and Painters--United States
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators
Folder 1267 completely digitized. and Includes a letter from Bengt Jangfeldt to Ann Kjellberg.
Subject (Name):
Kjellberg, Ann
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, Russian--20th century--Archives , Nobel Prize winners, Poets, American--20th century, Poets, Russian--20th century, and Translators