Marc Blitzstein Papers, 1918-1989

Container Title
Series: Theater
Lear: A Study (1958)
Note: See also scrapbook volumes 4, 8.
Box/Folder   33/1
Reel/Frame   53/151-177
Correspondence and calendar, 1950 August 25-1958 March 5
Box/Folder   33/2
Reel/Frame   53/178-190
Contracts and finances, 1950 September 7-1955 November 14
Box/Folder   33/3
Reel/Frame   53/191-230
Notes, synopsis, 1955 October 30-1958 February 7
Box/Folder   33/4
Reel/Frame   53/231-468
King Lear scripts, 1950, 1955
Box/Folder   33/5
Reel/Frame   53/469-578
King Lear script: revision, 1956 January
Note: Orson Welles version.
Box/Folder   33/6
Reel/Frame   53/579-633
Publicity, 1950-1958
Box/Folder   88/1
Reel/Frame   53/634-697
Theatre orchestra score for Louis Calhern production, 1950
Box/Folder   88/2
Reel/Frame   53/698-745
Theatre orchestra score with revisions, 1955
Box/Folder   88/3
Reel/Frame   53/746-785
Theatre orchestra score, 1955
Box/Folder   88/4
Reel/Frame   54/1-46
Flute, piccolo and clarinet parts, 1955
Box/Folder   88/5
Reel/Frame   54/47-101
Trumpet parts, 1955
Box/Folder   88/6
Reel/Frame   54/102-142
Horn parts
Box/Folder   88/7
Reel/Frame   54/143-220
Percussion parts
Box/Folder   88/8
Reel/Frame   54/221-248
Notes, extra parts, 1955
Box/Folder   86/5
Reel/Frame   54/249-368
Full score: photocopy, 1950
Box/Folder   86/6
Reel   54
Theatre orchestra score, 1950
Physical Description: 61 unnumbered frames 
Box/Folder   89/1
Reel/Frame   54/370-400
Working sketches, 1950
Box/Folder   89/2
Reel/Frame   54/401-448
Musical sketches
Box/Folder   89/3
Reel/Frame   54/449-491
Study sketches, 1957
Box/Folder   89/4
Reel/Frame   54/492-530
Piano score, 1950
Box/Folder   89/5-6
Reel/Frame   54/531-590
Piano scores, circa 1955
Box/Folder   89/7
Reel/Frame   54/591-594
Piano-vocal score “Fool's Song II,” 1950
Box/Folder   89/8
Reel/Frame   54/595-624
Piano-percussion score with cues, 1950
Parade (1935 May 20)
Box/Folder   33/7
Reel/Frame   54/625-643
Correspondence, publicity, 1935
Julius Caesar (1937 November 11)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 1.
Box/Folder   33/8
Reel/Frame   54/644-656
Correspondence, finances, 1937 November 8-1938 February 15
Box/Folder   33/9
Reel/Frame   54/657-671
Notes, 1937 October 14-1938
Box/Folder   33/10
Reel/Frame   54/672-683
Publicity, 1937
Box/Folder   89/9
Reel/Frame   54/684-696
Orchestra score, 1937
Box/Folder   89/10
Reel/Frame   54/697-727
Trumpet, french horn, percussion parts
Box/Folder   89/11
Reel/Frame   54/728-740
“Orpheus” published and unpublished song scores, 1936-1937
Box/Folder   89/12
Reel/Frame   54/741-778
Fragmentary percussion and orchestra parts
Danton's Death (1938 November 2)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 1.
Box/Folder   33/11
Reel/Frame   54/779-781
Financial correspondence, 1938 November 14
Box/Folder   33/12
Reel/Frame   54/782-879
Script, circa 1938
Box/Folder   33/13
Reel/Frame   54/880-890
Lyrics, 1938
Box/Folder   33/14
Reel/Frame   54/891-900
Publicity, 1938 November 2
Box/Folder   90/1
Reel/Frame   55/1-14
Songs, 1938
Box/Folder   90/2
Reel/Frame   55/15-27
Song “Ho Christina!” score for clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, and voice, 1938
Pins and Needles (1937 November 27)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 1.
Box/Folder   33/15
Reel/Frame   55/28-33
Publicity, 1939
Twelfth Night (1939)
Box/Folder   33/16
Reel/Frame   55/34-38
Correspondence and royalties, 1939 July 1-1940 March 29
Another Part of the Forest (1946 November 20)
Box/Folder   33/17
Reel/Frame   55/39-193
Script and front pages of published play, with notes, 1946 October, 1947
Androcles and the Lion (1946 December 19)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 2.
Box/Folder   33/18
Reel/Frame   55/194-205
Contracts, music cues, notes, publicity, 1946 November 8
Box/Folder   90/3
Reel/Frame   55/206-245
Orchestra score, 1946
Box/Folder   90/4
Reel/Frame   55/246-277
Piano score, 1946
Midsummer Night's Dream (Stratford, Connecticut, 1958 June 20)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 9, 10.
Box/Folder   33/19
Reel/Frame   55/278-289
Correspondence and contracts, 1958 June 1-1960 March 29
Box/Folder   33/20
Reel/Frame   55/290-355
Script, 1958
Box/Folder   33/21
Reel/Frame   55/356-386
Production notes, music cues, 1958
Box/Folder   33/22
Reel/Frame   55/387-450
Notes, lyrics, circa 1958
Box/Folder   33/23
Reel/Frame   55/451-468
Publicity, 1958
Box/Folder   90/5
Reel/Frame   55/469-552
Music sketches, 1958 April 30
Box/Folder   90/6
Reel/Frame   55/553-579
Incomplete piano score, 1958
Box/Folder   90/7
Reel/Frame   55/580-681
Conductor's score, fragmentary sketches
Box/Folder   90/8
Reel/Frame   55/682-709
Songs
Box/Folder   90/9
Reel/Frame   55/90/710-805
Orchestra score, Part I: early version, heavily annotated, 1958
Box/Folder   90/10
Reel/Frame   55/806-874
Orchestra score, part I: partial, 1958
Box/Folder   91/1
Reel/Frame   55/875-964
Orchestra score, parts II and III
Box/Folder   91/2
Reel/Frame   56/1-163
Complete score, 1958
Box/Folder   91/3
Reel/Frame   56/164-207
“Six Elizabethan Songs for Tenor” piano-vocal scores dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, 1958
The Winter's Tale (Stratford, Connecticut, 1958 July 20)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 9, 10.
Box/Folder   34/1
Reel/Frame   56/208-233
Correspondence, notes and cues, undated
Box/Folder   34/2
Reel/Frame   56/234-323
Script, 1958
Box/Folder   34/3
Reel/Frame   56/324-327
Publicity, 1958
Box/Folder   91/4
Reel/Frame   56/328-389
Music sketches, 1958 June
Box/Folder   91/5
Reel/Frame   56/390-406
Songs with piano accompaniment, 1958 June 26
Orchestra score with revisions
Box/Folder   91/6
Reel/Frame   56/407-451
Part I, 1958
Box/Folder   91/7
Reel/Frame   56/452-534
Part II, 1958
Box/Folder   91/8
Reel/Frame   56/535-590
Violin parts
Box/Folder   92/1
Reel/Frame   56/591-626
Orchestra score: fragment
Box/Folder   92/2-3
Reel/Frame   56/627-799
Orchestra scores, Acts I and II
Box/Folder   92/4
Reel/Frame   56/800-960
Orchestra score: complete, handwritten, 1958
Box/Folder   92/5-6
Reel/Frame   57/1-96
Percussion books I and II
Parts
Box/Folder   93/1
Reel/Frame   57/97-155
Cello
Box/Folder   93/2
Reel/Frame   57/156-208
Bass
Box/Folder   93/3
Reel/Frame   57/209-258
Flute
Box/Folder   93/4
Reel/Frame   57/259-312
Oboe, English horn
Box/Folder   93/5
Reel/Frame   57/313-364
Trumpet
Box/Folder   93/6
Reel/Frame   57/365-414
Horn in C; transpositions to Horn in F
Toys in the Attic (1960 February 25)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 10.
Box/Folder   34/4
Reel/Frame   57/415-421
Correspondence and contract, 1960 January 4-March
Box/Folder   34/5
Reel/Frame   57/422-430
Notes and front pages of published play, 1960
Box/Folder   93/7
Reel/Frame   57/431-450
Piano-vocal sketches, 1960
“Goloopchik” (unproduced)
Note: See also scrapbook volume 2.
Box/Folder   34/6
Reel/Frame   57/451-463
Lyrics, notes, circa 1945
Box/Folder   93/8
Reel/Frame   57/464-486
Music sketches, 1945
Box/Folder   93/9
Reel/Frame   57/487-612
Piano-vocal scores, 1945 August
Box/Folder   93/10
Reel/Frame   57/613-647
Piano-vocal scores of songs: negative photostats
“Volpone” (unproduced)
Box/Folder   34/7
Reel/Frame   57/648-695
Correspondence, notes, publicity, 1955-1956
Box/Folder   93/11
Reel/Frame   57/696-719
Music sketches, 1955-1956