Merry Mount (opera)
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Merry Mount is an opera in three acts by American composer Howard Hanson; its libretto, by Richard Stokes, is loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The May-Pole of Merry Mount", taken fr
Illustration to the short story on which the opera is based
Lawrence Tibbett, creator of the role of Wrestling Bradford
Göta Ljungberg, the first Lady Marigold
Gladys Swarthout, originator of the role of Plentiful Tewke
Howard Hanson
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Howard Harold Hanson was an American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist. As director for forty years of the Eastman School of Music, he raised its quality and provided opportunities for
Merry Mount (opera)
…Merry Mount is an opera in three acts by American composer Howard Hanson; its libretto, by Richard Stokes, is loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The May-Pole of Merry Mount", taken from his Twice-Told Tales…
Howard Hanson, 1959
Hanson's boyhood home in Wahoo, Nebraska is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Eastman School of Music – University of Rochester – general view