Collection ID: LMC 1997
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Summary

Creator:
Strawn, Richard R., 1923-2015
Abstract:
The Strawn mss., 1959-1998, consist of translations of opera libretti by Wabash College professor Richard Strawn for the Indiana University School of Music Opera Theater.
Extent:
3 Boxes (3 standard)
Language:
Materials are in English and French.
Preferred citation:

[Item], Strawn mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Strawn, 1923-2015, was a professor of French language and literature at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, from 1951 to 1987. He was the recipient of a Lilly Faculty Fellowship to translate French, Italian, and Spanish operas into singable English versions; several of these works were commissioned by the Indiana University Opera Theater.

Scope and Content:

Consists of correspondence, notes, and translations made primarily from French into English of opera libretti and translations of and relating to Francis Ponge. Most of the opera translations were made for or under commission of the Indiana University School of Music Opera Theatre. Among the operas are Debussy's Pelléas and Mélisande (1977), Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice (1992), Gounod's Faust, Manon by Massenet (1980), Mussorgsky's Boris Gudunov (1978), and Rimsky-Korsakov's Night Before Christmas (1979). Translations of operas by Malipiero, Mozart, Orrego-Salas, Rameau, and Ravel are also included.

Acquisition information:
Gift. 2003
Arrangement:

Arranged in two series: I. Opera translations; II. Translations of or relating to French poet Francis Ponge, 1899-1988.

Physical location:
Lilly - Stacks

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Strawn mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu