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CAMELOT
Frederick Loewe, composer, and Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist. "CAMELOT, " based on T.H. White's The Once and Future King. Opened in New York, 3 December 1960. Production staged by Moss Hart Cinema version released 1967.
"IN SHORT THERE'S SIMPLY NOT, A MORE CONDUCIVE SPOT FOR HAPPILY EVER- AFTERING, THAN HERE IN CAMELOT"
Frederick Loewe's personal archive of manuscript music generated during the creation of this remarkable musical. Its admirers, it is well known, included President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, whose White House circle was often likened to Camelot. This present group is the only surviving collection of manuscript music from the Lerner-Loewe collaboration on Camelot; the Library of Congress Music Division possesses a full fair copy manuscript of the work, given by the composer in the 1960s. This archive comprises working manuscripts: early drafts of melody and lyrics for key songs, plus several more fully realized piano-vocal sketches; all but these latter are entirely in the hand of Frederick Loewe.
Totaling: 53 pages, folio, comprising 10 title-sheets on music staff paper, 43 pages of music in Loewe's hand and that of his principal arranger/copyist, many of the early melodic sketches with corrections and revisions.
Contents:
"Overture (beginning), manuscript piano short score, 2 pages, probably in hand of Lowe's copyist/arranger, Albert Sirmay
"I Wonder what the King is Doing Tonight," (Arthur), autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages, title sheet dated 24 January 1959 by Loewe
"Camelot," (Arthur) autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages.
"C'est Moi," (Lancelot), autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages
"The Lusty Month of May" (Guinivere), autograph melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages, title sheet dated 16 February 1959 by Loewe
"Then You May take me to the Fair" (Guinivere, men), autograph manuscript melody without lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages
"The Quests" (Lancelot, Prisoner, Sirens, Knights), autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 3 pages
"Fie on Goodness," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 3 pages
"Fie on Goodness," manuscript piano-vocal score, 13 pages, probably in the hand of Loewe's copyist/arranger, Albert Sirmay
"If Ever I Would Leave You" (Lancelot), autograph manuscript music and lyrics, by Loewe, 1 page
"End of Act I Finale," manuscript piano short score, probably in the hand of Sirmay, 1 page
"Overture (ending)," manuscript piano short score, probably in the hand of Sirmay, 2 pages
"We All Had a Glorious Time," autograph manuscript melodic sketch, by Loewe, 1 = page
[Fragment] Manuscript musical dialogue between Mordred and Morgan Le Fay, with transitional music, possibly in autograph of Sirmay, 1 page. "That's What Simple Folk Do," manuscript piano-vocal score, page 17-18 only, probably in the hand of Albert Sirmay.
Camelot
Frederick Loewe, composer, and Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist. "CAMELOT, " based on T.H. White's The Once and Future King. Opened in New York, 3 December 1960. Production staged by Moss Hart Cinema version released 1967.
"IN SHORT THERE'S SIMPLY NOT, A MORE CONDUCIVE SPOT FOR HAPPILY EVER- AFTERING, THAN HERE IN CAMELOT"
Frederick Loewe's personal archive of manuscript music generated during the creation of this remarkable musical. Its admirers, it is well known, included President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, whose White House circle was often likened to Camelot. This present group is the only surviving collection of manuscript music from the Lerner-Loewe collaboration on Camelot; the Library of Congress Music Division possesses a full fair copy manuscript of the work, given by the composer in the 1960s. This archive comprises working manuscripts: early drafts of melody and lyrics for key songs, plus several more fully realized piano-vocal sketches; all but these latter are entirely in the hand of Frederick Loewe.
Totaling: 53 pages, folio, comprising 10 title-sheets on music staff paper, 43 pages of music in Loewe's hand and that of his principal arranger/copyist, many of the early melodic sketches with corrections and revisions.
Contents:
"Overture (beginning), manuscript piano short score, 2 pages, probably in hand of Lowe's copyist/arranger, Albert Sirmay
"I Wonder what the King is Doing Tonight," (Arthur), autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages, title sheet dated 24 January 1959 by Loewe
"Camelot," (Arthur) autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages.
"C'est Moi," (Lancelot), autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages
"The Lusty Month of May" (Guinivere), autograph melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages, title sheet dated 16 February 1959 by Loewe
"Then You May take me to the Fair" (Guinivere, men), autograph manuscript melody without lyrics, by Loewe, 2 pages
"The Quests" (Lancelot, Prisoner, Sirens, Knights), autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 3 pages
"Fie on Goodness," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics, by Loewe, 3 pages
"Fie on Goodness," manuscript piano-vocal score, 13 pages, probably in the hand of Loewe's copyist/arranger, Albert Sirmay
"If Ever I Would Leave You" (Lancelot), autograph manuscript music and lyrics, by Loewe, 1 page
"End of Act I Finale," manuscript piano short score, probably in the hand of Sirmay, 1 page
"Overture (ending)," manuscript piano short score, probably in the hand of Sirmay, 2 pages
"We All Had a Glorious Time," autograph manuscript melodic sketch, by Loewe, 1 = page
[Fragment] Manuscript musical dialogue between Mordred and Morgan Le Fay, with transitional music, possibly in autograph of Sirmay, 1 page. "That's What Simple Folk Do," manuscript piano-vocal score, page 17-18 only, probably in the hand of Albert Sirmay.
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