Robert Ward opera score and publicity material

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 924
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1956-1984
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English German
  • Physical Description
    • 22 ff., 1 vol., printed, and typescript

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Robert Ward, Bernard Stambler, He Who Gets Slapped (Pantaloon): An Opera in Three Acts Based on the Play by Andreev: Vocal Score, New York, 1961; (2) Fliers for and photocopies of reviews of US productions of the opera; (3) Letter from Robert Ward to Richard Davies, 1984

Administrative / Biographical History

Robert Ward (1917- ) is an American composer who wrote an opera based on Leonid Andreev's play "Tot, kto poluchaet poshchechiny"

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Robert Ward, June and November 1984; Ben Hellman, March 1985; Richard Davies, December 1990

Note

In English, German

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm