Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism / Watson, Steven ; Stein G ; Thomson V ; Ford FM ; Hugnet G ; Quinn J ; Rodchenko A ; Ray M., 1998
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Scope and Contents
This text describes the association of Thomson amd Stein in creating their opera "Four Saints in Three Acts," the first Modernist revolutionary work. The opera's success depended on a small group of Harvard graduates who shaped America's first museums of modern art and defined modern taste in the 1920's and 1930's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1998
Creator
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (371 pages) in dust jacket) ; 24.3 x 16.4 x 3.5 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: New York : Random House. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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