Marc Blitzstein Papers, 1918-1989

Container Title
Series: Adaptations
The Threepenny Opera (1954 March 10)
Note: See also scrapbook volumes 4, 6-11.
Box/Folder   35/6
Reel/Frame   60/694-877
Correspondence, 1949 February 21-1967 April 18
Box/Folder   35/7
Reel/Frame   60/878-1004
Financial correspondence, 1952 June 27-1960 June 6
Box/Folder   35/8
Reel/Frame   61/1-139
Contracts, 1953 November 2-1962 March 12
Box/Folder   35/9
Reel/Frame   61/140-365
Royalty statements, 1954 March 15-1963 June 25
Research Materials
Box/Folder   35/10
Reel/Frame   61/366-474
Beggar's Opera / by John Gay and Benjamin Britten, script and music, 1949
Box/Folder   35/11
Reel/Frame   61/75-503
Partial piano-vocal score in German
Box/Folder   36/1
Reel/Frame   61/504-548
Die Dreigroschenoper / by Kurt Weill, annotated piano score, 1928
Box/Folder   36/2-3
Reel/Frame   61/549-696
Script translation by Desmond Versey and Eric Bentley, 1951
Box/Folder   36/4
Reel/Frame   61/697-806
Notes, circa 1950
Box/Folder   36/5
Reel/Frame   61/807-889
Lyrics and notes on lyrics
Box/Folder   36/6
Reel/Frame   62/1-131
Lyrics
Box/Folder   36/7
Reel/Frame   62/132-159
Synopsis of lyrics
Box/Folder   36/8
Reel/Frame   62/160-180
Production materials, 1952-1955
Box/Folder   36/9
Reel/Frame   62/181-184
Narration
Box/Folder   36/10
Reel/Frame   62/185-281
Early working script, undated
Box/Folder   36/11
Reel/Frame   62/281-380
Annotated script, American setting, 1951 March 15
Box/Folder   36/12
Reel/Frame   62/381-478
Annotated script, 1951 March 15
Box/Folder   36/13
Reel/Frame   62/479-590
Script, English adaptation, 1951 March 15
Box/Folder   36/14
Reel/Frame   62/591-788
Working script of Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1954
Box/Folder   36/15
Reel/Frame   62/789-876
Annotated script, 1954, 1956
Box/Folder   37/1
Reel/Frame   62/877-882
Script, 1962
Box/Folder   37/2
Reel/Frame   62/883-962
Script with music cues, undated
Note: This Script is identical to that in Box 77, Folder 1, Reel 62, Frames 877-882 above; a few sheets of other materials were also filmed. See Processor's Note.
Box/Folder   37/3
Reel/Frame   63/1-105
Script, British acting version, undated
Box/Folder   37/4
Reel/Frame   63/106-184
Annotated script, undated
Box/Folder   37/5
Reel/Frame   63/185-248
Articles, 1959, Annotated by Blitzstein
Box/Folder   37/6
Reel/Frame   63/249-306
Clippings, 1954-1963
Box/Folder   37/7
Reel/Frame   63/307-432
Programs, posters, record insert
Box/Folder   100/1
Reel/Frame   63/433-467
Sheet music, music sketches, 1951
Box/Folder   100/2
Reel/Frame   63/468-577
Songs: vocal score
Box/Folder   100/3
Reel/Frame   63/578-631
Partial piano-vocal score, undated
Box/Folder   100/4
Reel   63
Conductor's piano-vocal score, 1963
Physical Description: 140 unnumbered frames 
Box/Folder   100/5
Reel/Frame   63/633-704
Conductor's piano-vocal score, 1962 May
“Mother Courage” (unproduced)
Note: See also scrapbook volumes 8, 10.
Box/Folder   37/8
Reel/Frame   63/705-718
Correspondence, 1956 July 16-1960 July 1
Box/Folder   37/9
Reel/Frame   63/719-725
Contract, 1957 November 8
Research materials
Box/Folder   37/10
Reel/Frame   63/726-805
German script / translated by George Tabori, 1950
Box/Folder   37/11
Reel/Frame   64/1-19
Notes, undated
Box/Folder   37/12
Reel/Frame   64/20-102
Lyrics, 1956 July
Box/Folder   37/13
Reel/Frame   64/103-127
Synopsis, translation, 1957 July
Box/Folder   37/14
Reel/Frame   64/128-172
Partial scripts, first drafts, Acts I and II, 1958 May 11
Box/Folder   37/15
Reel/Frame   64/173-183
Partial scripts, second draft, Act I, Scenes 1 and 3, undated
Box/Folder   37/16
Reel/Frame   64/184-269
Annotated script, 1957
Box/Folder   37/17
Reel/Frame   64/270-272
Production notes, criticism, 1957 December 10
Box/Folder   37/18
Reel/Frame   64/273-328
Publicity, 1953 October 26-1963 July 19
Box/Folder   101/1
Reel/Frame   64/329-365
German piano-vocal score, sketches, 1949
Recordings
1049A/8
Overture, “Mother Courage's Song” (Helene Weigl), “Song of Fraternizing” (Regina Lutz), “Song of the Big Surrender” (Weigl)
Note: Original: Disc 161A/19
1049A/8
“Song of Peter the Pipe” (Ernst Busch), “Song of the Great Souls” (Busch)
Note: Original: Disc 161A/19
U.S. Mss 35AN/Micro 1049
“Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” (unproduced)
Note: See also scrapbook volumes 8, 10.
Box/Folder   38/1
Reel/Frame   64/366-383
Correspondence, 1958 January 22-1959 August 5
Research materials
Box/Folder   38/2
Reel/Frame   64/384-412
German script, by Kurt Weill, undated
Box/Folder   38/3
Reel/Frame   64/413-590
German piano-vocal score, by Kurt Weill, 1929
Box/Folder   38/4
Reel/Frame   64/590-599
Life magazine article
Box/Folder   38/5
Reel/Frame   64/600-709
First draft lyrics and notes, 1956 July
Box/Folder   38/6
Reel/Frame   64/710-766
Second draft lyrics, 1956 July 10
Box/Folder   38/7
Reel/Frame   64/767-846
First draft script, circa 1956
Box/Folder   38/8
Reel/Frame   64/847-850
Production materials, 1958 February 13
Box/Folder   38/9
Reel/Frame   64/851-854
Publicity, 1958 May 4-1963 January 20
Box/Folder   38/10
Reel/Frame   64/855-865
Music sketches, 1956 July 14
Box/Folder   101/2
Reel/Frame   65/1-169
German piano-vocal score: photostat, circa 1956
Brecht on Brecht (London, 1962)
Box/Folder   38/11
Reel/Frame   65/170-179
Correspondence and contracts, 1962
Box/Folder   38/12
Reel/Frame   65/180-197
Lyrics, notes, 1962 February 28
Box/Folder   38/13
Reel/Frame   65/198-200
Publicity, 1962
The Duenna
Box/Folder   38/14
Reel/Frame   65/201-208
Partial script, 1940
Box/Folder   38/15
Reel/Frame   65/209-238
Partial piano-vocal score, 1940
La Traviata
Box/Folder   38/16
Reel/Frame   65/239-298
Correspondence, notes, and lyrics, 1952 October 24-1954 November 25
Box/Folder   38/17
Reel/Frame   65/299-312
Script, Act I
Box/Folder   38/18
Reel/Frame   65/313-432
Piano-vocal score, with Blitzstein translation
Box/Folder   101/3
Reel/Frame   65/433-439
“Drinking Song,” piano-vocal scores
Carmen
Box/Folder   38/19
Reel/Frame   65/440-454
Research materials, opera publicity and notes, 1957
Box/Folder   38/20
Reel/Frame   65/455-465
Lyrics, Bizet manuscript and Blitzstein translation