Date and Place: [October 1, 1938 - Bombay, India] Duration: 42' Libretto by: Marcella Hardy Lyrics by: Gregory Ransom Gaye Language: English Setting: Part I - early morning on the bank of a river;
Part II - that evening in the Durbar Hall of the Maharajah's Palace;
Part III - late that night in the private apartments of the Maharajah;
Part IV - early the next morning on the bank of a river Characters: The Tale Teller; Anasuya - a Poor Girl;
Sumati - a Rich Girl; Asok - Maharajah of a Small State; Gopalan - His
Dewan; Bajirao - High Priest; Hirolal - Sumati's Father, a Rich Merchant;
Second Priest; Third Priest; Soldiers; Attendants and Others (voices
unspecified) Instrumentation: string orchestra Holdings: 1 manuscript score Location: File 1
Date: 1934 Libretto by: Kurt Juhn and Felix Kilian Language: German Characters: not indicated Instrumentation: unknown Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score; songs (piano
vocal score) published version [Die weisse Göttin. Praha: Neuer Wiener
Musik-Verlag.] Location: Box XIII
Based on: Hans Sachs' The Wandering Scholar Date: [1958] Libretto by: Walter and Freda Kaufmann Language: English Setting: a market place in a small town Characters: Husband (baritone); Wife (soprano); George
(tenor); Six Women (soprano, alto); Villagers - Men and Women (SATB
chorus) Instrumentation: piano, percussion (xylophone, triangle, big
drum, cymbal, snare drum) Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score (transparancy
master); 7 copies manuscript piano-vocal score; 7 copies rehearsal
scores (cast excerpts) Location: File 5a (vocal scores); File 5b (rehearsal scores)
Date and Place: not indicated Libretto and Lyrics by: G. R. Genge Language: English Setting: a tavern on The Golden Lake in Peking Characters: Sing-hi and Sing-lo - Brothers and Owners of The
Sign of the Golden Lake, a Tavern (tenors); Lord Gong-Lung - a Mandarin
(bass); Lady Gong-Lung - His Wife (mezzo-soprano); Shay-Nyang - Their
Daughter (soprano); Wun-Tum - Itinerant Vendor of Cooling Drinks (bass);
Ma-Wong - Midwife and Arranger of Marriages (spoken); Chang-Li - Examiner
of Corpses (tenor); Fang (tenor); Assistant Examiners, Maids, Police
Constables (chorus) Instrumentation: string orchestra Holdings: 1 manuscript score Location: File 22
Date and Place: October 19, 1954 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Duration: 50' Libretto by: Jim Sinclair Language: English Characters: The King (bass); Princess Marigold (soprano); The
Jester (tenor); The Prince (tenor); The Chef (tenor or baritone); A
Kitchen Maid (soprano); A Parlor Maid (soprano); Servants (4 men, 4
women); 4-6 Children Instrumentation: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score (transparancy
master); 10 copies manuscript rehearsal scores Location: File 6
Title Translation: Tonight Young Lady: Operetta in Seven
Scenes Date and Place: date not indicated - Bombay, India Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: German Characters: Der Kronprinz; Fuerstin de Savoya - seine
zukuenftige Braut; Graf Gagliardi - ihr heimlicher Geliebter; Bardassi -
Ajutant des Kronprinzen; der Chef des Hutladens; Dorothy Angestellte;
Verkauferin im Hutladen, ihre Mutter - eine Waescherin; Cyprian -
Verkaufer im Hutladen, Herr Oberhoflakei; Frau Oberhoflakei; ein
Oberkellner; ein Friseur; Ceremonienmeister; Diener, Priester,
Gesellschaft (voices unspecified) Instrumentation: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score; 1 libretto Location: File 8
Dedicated to: Wilfred C. Bain, Dean, School of Music, Indiana
University Commissioned by: the Indiana Historical Society in
conjunction with the Indiana Sesquicentennial Celebration Based on: the "Conner Story". "A Hoosier Tale is a
freely invented fantasy, and in no way claims to depict actual historical
events and persons." Walter Kaufmann Date and Place: June, 1966 - Bloomington, Indiana Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: English Setting: Early 19th Century, Indiana Characters: Chief Anderson (bass-baritone); Old Chief
Tetepachsit (bass); First Chief (tenor); Second Chief (baritone); The
Prophet (tenor); The Witch Doctor (baritone); Governor Harrison
(bass-baritone); Governor Jennings (baritone); William Conner (baritone);
John Conner (tenor); Father Zeisberger (bass-baritone); A Moravian
(baritone); Mekinges - Daughter of Chief Anderson (soprano); Lavinia -
Wife of John Conner (soprano); An Old Indian Woman (mezzo-soprano);
Indians, Advisors, Moravians, Children, Women, Traders, Soldiers and
Soldier Musicians Instrumentation: piccolo, flutes (2), oboes (2),
clarinets (2), bass clarinet, bassoons (2), contrabassoon, horns (4),
trumpets (3), trombones (3), tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, strings Notes: premiered July 30, 1965, Indiana
University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana Holdings: 1 set transparancy masters (scores and parts);
1 copy manuscript score (bound separately by scenes); 2 copies manuscript
piano-vocal score; libretto sketches; premiere brouchures ??? Location: File 9a-f
Based on: the story by Hans Christian Anderson Date and Place: September 25, 1953 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Duration: 30' Libretto by: Frank Morris Language: English Setting: anytime in any large city Characters: The Girl (soprano); Her Grandmother
(mezzo-soprano); The Choir Master (tenor); The Rich Man (bass); His Wife
(soprano); The Beggar (baritone); The Stove (bass); The Goose (soprano);
Boys, Men and Women (chorus) Instrumentation: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score (transparancy
master); 5 copies manuscript piano-vocal score Location: File 10
Date and Place: September 14, 1958 - Bloomington, Indiana Duration: 90-95' Libretto by: Arthur Schnitzler Language: German Setting: early 16th Century, a beautiful June morning in the
house of Cyprian Characters: Cyprian, ein Waffenschmied (baritone); Justina,
seine Gatin (soprano); Cäcilia, seine Schwester (soprano); Doktor
Copus, Stadtarzt (baritone); Anselm, ein Junker (tenor); Paracelsus, ein
Theophrastus Bombastus Hohenheim (tenor) Instrumentation: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score (transparancy
master); 4 copies manuscript piano-vocal score; libretto sketches Location: File 11
Other titles:Chocolate Sundae; The Drugstore Dedicated to: Freda Kaufmann Date and Place: August 30, 1951 (piano-vocal score), December
1, 1951 (full score) - Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: English Setting: the present time in a little drugstore in a
small town in the U.S.A. Characters: Nicolas (tenor); Irene - 1st Girl (soprano); The
Professor (bass); Hank (tenor); The Mayor (bass-baritone); The Police
Chief (bass-baritone); Mr. Kelly (spoken); The School Master (bass); Aunt
Emily (soprano); Mrs. Jones (soprano); Miss Bore (mezzo-soprano); 2nd
Girl (soprano); 3rd Girl (soprano); 3 Boys (tenors); Policeman (silent);
Hairdresser (silent) Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinets (2), bassoon,
horns (2), trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, strings Notes: premiered February 21-24, 1952,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Holdings: 1 manuscript full score; 1 manuscript piano-vocal
score; 2 copies manuscript full score; 7 copies manuscript piano-vocal
score; 12 copies rehearsal vocal scores (cast excerpts); 1 set manuscript
parts; 1 set manuscript parts (transparancy master); programme;
newspaper reviews Location: File 12a-q
Date and Place: July 17, 1942 - Bombay, India Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: English Characters: Husband; Philospher; Woman (voices
unspecified) Instrumentation: string orchestra Holdings: 1 manuscript score; 1 manuscript violin part; 1 set
manuscript vocal parts Location: File 22
Date and Place: March 26, 1943 - Bombay, India Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: English Characters: Gavrielo Gavrielovitch (bass); The Narrator,
Leon - His Grown-up Son (bass-baritone); Tatiana Maksimovna - Wife of
Gavrielo (mezzo-soprano); Father Nikodor (tenor); The Landlord (tenor); A
Policeman (tenor); Petromihali - a Money Lender (The Portrait)(bass); Two
Young Sons of Gavrielo - ages four and six (silent); Gavrielo's Servant
(tenor); 1st Lady, 2nd Lady, People of the Society, Monks (silent roles) Instrumentation: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score Location: File 13
Date: [1951] Duration: 35' Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: English Setting: the present time in a kitchen Characters: Bob, A Plumber (baritone - big and clumsy);
Alice, His Wife (soprano); The Scholar (tenor - vain with a short beard,
and wearing horn-rimmed glasses) Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, horns (2),
trumpets (2), percussion, piano, strings Holdings: 1 manuscript full score; 1 manuscript piano-vocal
score (transparancy master); 6 copies manuscript piano-vocal score; 1
manuscript percussion part; 2 sound recordings (2 reel to reel tapes) Location: File 13
Date and Place: August 25, 1959 - Bloomington, Indiana Libretto by: Freda Kaufmann Language: English Characters: Rip Van Winkle, His Wife, First Dwarf, Second
Dwarf, An Old Man (children's voices); Teacher, Dwarf's Voice, Narrator
(spoken) Instrumentation: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score; 1 manuscript
piano-vocal score (transparancy master); 2 copies manuscript piano-vocal
score; sketches; notes Location: File 14
Date and Place: not indicated Language: English Setting: a shop with cooking pots at a bazaar
Characters: Pot Seller (bass); Woman (soprano); 2 Women
(sopranos); Husband (unspecified); Chorus (SATB) Top: clarinet, trumpet, tenor saxophone,
percussion, strings Holdings: 1 manuscript score with narrator's prologue and
epilogue Location: File 14
Date and Place: January 28, 19? - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Script by: John Hirsch Characters: Mr. Trapeezo, Mrs. Trapeezo, Toby, Trixy, Sam,
Priscilla, Rupert, Miss Muff, Clowns Instrumentation: piano, percussion (timpani, 4 gongs, side
drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, ratchet) Notes: appears to have been a work in progress Holdings: 1 copy manuscript piano-reduction score; 1
script Location: File 22
Date and Place: unknown Duration: 28' Language: English Setting: Naomi's hut on a rocky site in Moab with the
hills of Judah off in the distance Characters: Ruth, Naomi, Caleb, Two Moabites, Orpa (voices
unspecified) Notes: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 manuscript piano-vocal score (transparancy
master); 2 copies manuscript piano-vocal score; sketches; notes Location: File 14
Based on: the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne Date and Place: October 24, 1959 - Bloomington, Indiana Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: English Setting: a colony in Massachussetts, New England, ca. 1650 Characters: Governor (bass-baritone); Mistress Hibbins, His
Sister (soprano-mezzo); Reverend Master John W. Wilson (tenor); Reverend
Master Arthur Dimmesdale (tenor); Roger Chillingworth, A Physician
(bass); The Beadle, The Jailer, A Townsman - played by one person
(baritone); An Elegant Lady (soprano); The Captain (baritone); Hester
Prynne (soprano); Pearl, her daughter (child soprano - about 12 yrs.
old); Men, Women, Magistrates, Soldiers, Sailors, Indians (SATB
chorus) Top: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4
horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp,
strings Holdings: 1 copy manuscript full score; 2 copies manuscript
piano-vocal score; 1 copy manuscript full score (Act II, Scene II); 1
sound recording (5 reel to reel tapes) Location: File 15a-c
Dedicated to: Dr. Paul Nettl Based on: Moličre's Le Médicin malgré
Lui Date and Place: June 3, 1956 - Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Duration: 45' Libretto by: Walter Kaufmann Language: English; German Setting: Act I - a forest; Act II - a living room in
Géronte's house Characters: Géronte (bass-baritone); Léandre,
Lucinde's Lover (tenor); Sganarelle, A Woodcutter (tenor); M. Robert and
The Magistrate (tenor); Lucas, servant to Géronte (bass-baritone);
Valčre, Servant to Géronte (tenor); Lucinde, Géronte's
Daughter (soprano); Martine, Sganarelle's Wife (soprano); Jacqueline,
Lucinde's Nurse (mezzo-soprano) Notes: performed on August 28-30, 1958, at The
University of British Columbia Instrumentation: piano accompaniment Holdings: 1 copy manuscript piano-vocal score; 1 partial copy
manuscript piano-vocal score; 1 set string parts (transparancy master);
programme; newspaper reviews; libretto sketches; 1 sound recording (1
reel to reel tape) Location: File 16
