Person Detail: Chester Simon Kallman

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Full Name: Chester Simon Kallman | ||
Biography: (1921-1975) Poet, librettist. Chester Kallman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lived most of his life in New York. He was known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky. |
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1921 |
Kings County Chester Simon Kallman was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1921. |
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1975 |
(Unknown) County Chester Kallman died in Athens, Greece, in 1975. |
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1956 |
(Unknown) County Storm At Castelfranco (Pub: New York: Grove Press. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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1941 |
Kings County Kallman received a bachellor of arts degree from Brooklyn College in 1941. |
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1963 |
(Unknown) County Absent and Present (Pub: Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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1971 |
(Unknown) County The Sense of Occasion (Pub: New York: George Braziller. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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1951 |
(Unknown) County The Rake's Progress (Pub: New York: Boosey & Hawkes. ISBN: ) Libretto; written with W. H. Auden for music by Igor Stravinsky. |
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1961 |
(Unknown) County Elegy for Young Lovers (Pub: Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne. ISBN: ) Libretto; written with W. H. Auden for music by Hans Werner Henze. |
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1966 |
(Unknown) County The Bassarids (Pub: Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne. ISBN: ) Libretto; written with W. H. Auden for music by Hans Werner Henze. |
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1973 |
(Unknown) County Love's Labour's Lost (Pub: Berlin: Bote & Bock. ISBN: ) Libretto based on Shakespeare's play; written with W. H. Auden for music by Nicolas Nabokov. |
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1953 |
(Unknown) County The Tuscan Players Libretto for music by Carlos Chavez. |
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1951 |
(Unknown) County An Elegy (Pub: New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery ISBN: ) Pamphlet poem. |
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1953 |
(Unknown) County Delia, or A Masque of Night (Pub: Botteghe Oscure XII ISBN: ) Libretto; written with W. H. Auden. |
