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Ulysses Kay at Bellagio Study and Conference Center
Among the many tributes extended to Ulysses Kay was his serving as composer-in-residence at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy in 1982, where this photograph was taken. He received six honorary doctorates during his life, and…
Ulysses Kay Music Composition Diary 1949-1990, 1958-1959, unnumbered pages
"Trip to U.S.S.R." Ulysses Kay's Music Diary, 1949-1990: years 1958-59 detail his trip to the U.S.S.R., as well as other places in the United States
Ulysses Kay Music Composition Diary 1949-1990, 1967-1968, unnumbered pages
Details trips to Long Beach, Davis California; Phoenix, Tempe Arizona; Evanston Illinois; Englewood New Jersey; New Haven, Connecticut; among other places in New York state, Atlanta, Chicago, etc. Also lists teaching position offers from various…
Ulysses Kay Music Composition Diary 1949-1990, 1976, unnumbered pages
In these two pages, Kay kept track of the progress of "Jubliee," his first three-act opera, based on a novel by Margaret Walker, with a libretto by Donald Dorr. It was premiered by Opera/South on November 19, 1977, Paul Freeman conducting.
Ulysses Kay Music Composition Diary 1976-1991, Frederick Douglass, unnumbered pages
In this notebook, Kay kept track of the progress made on his last major work, the three-act opera "Frederick Douglass," also with a libretto by Donald Dorr. It was premiered by the New Jersey State Opera on April 14, 1991, with Kevin Maynor in the…
Ulysses Kay Music Composition Diary 1976-1991, Operas, unnumbered pages
List of Operas: the Boor (1955); the Juggler of Our Lady (1956); the Capitoline Venus (1970); Jubilee (1974-76); Frederick Douglass (1980-1985); information on the premiere of Frederick Douglass