Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 10-A-096
Title
Crazy to kill : a detective opera
Date(s)
- 1987-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 ms. scores (100, 3 p.) : pencil + 1 ms. score (100 p.) : copies, with annotations + 1 part : ink + 1 sketchbook : pencil
Context area
Name of creator
(1927-2022)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Beckwith (1990, 1996)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File consists of sketches, the manuscript score, the percussion part, and an annotated copy of the score for an opera by John Beckwith with libretto by James Reaney, based on the mystery novel Crazy to Kill by Ann Cardwell (New York, 1941). The opera was commissioned by the Guelph Spring Festival. File also includes a setting of "Old Meg Merillies," a ballad by John Keats, set to music for voice and piano by John Beckwith, and dedicated to James Reaney.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
The notebook also contains sketches for Synthetic trios and Peregrine.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Former identifiers
11.77 - 78483 rbsc, 11.77 - 78484 rbsc, 11.77 - 78484 rbsc