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RAD/2/MAC/3/1/22/3
Title
Correspondence re the Score
Date(s)
- 1976-1978, undated (Creation)
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One handwritten list, four airmail letters, one photocopied letter, one telegram, one typed and two handwritten letters, one envelope
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(1929-12-11 - 1992-10-29)
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The score for Mayerling was commissioned by Kenneth MacMillan from John/Jack Lanchbery, who used arrangements of music by Franz Liszt. This file comprises of
- One handwritten airmail letter to Iris Law, Administrative Assistant at The Royal Ballet, about starting work on the score. 8 Nov 1976
- One typed and four handwritten letters from Jack Lanchbery to Kenneth MacMillan, plus one telegram and one photocopy of a letter in the Royal Opera House Archives, discussing the score, its state of preparation, and changes and cuts requested by Kenneth MacMillan. The final letter discusses cuts for when the ballet tours to America and the request for a new song
- One page of a handwritten list of Extracts Agreed, in an unidentified hand
- One page of a handwritten letter from Bernadette [Greevy] to Kenneth MacMillan expressing regret that her song needs to be cut, with alternative suggestions, 28 Mar 1978
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- MacMillan, Kenneth (Subject)
- Lanchbery, John (Subject)