Jeanne Beauvais, annotated score for Vernon Martin's Ladies' Voices

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Title

Jeanne Beauvais, annotated score for Vernon Martin's Ladies' Voices

Subject

Musical theatre/opera
Interpretation and style
Off-Broadway

Description

This copy of Vernon Martin's nine-minute Ladies’ Voices contains veteran Broadway and classical singer Jeanne Beauvais’ performance markings from the show's 1963 New York premiere by the After Dinner Opera Company.

Geolocation: The site of the Pocket Theatre in New York, an Off-Broadway house where the After Dinner Opera Company performed.

Creator

Beauvais, Jeanne, 1917-2007

Martin, Vernon

Source

Vernon Martin. Ladies’ voices: a chamber opera. Text by Gertrude Stein. Dyeline vocal score (1955).
Jeanne Beauvais Scores, correspondence and other materials, 1927-1988. Ms. Coll. 127, Box 1, Folder 23

Date

New York premiere in 1963; composed 1955; acquired in 2007

Relation

"The Woman Who Saved Carnegie Hall - Jeanne Beauvais," excerpts from a c. 1980s Beauvais recital filmed by downtown New York videographer Nelson Sullivan (YouTube)

Format

Annotated copyist score

Language

English

Files

Collection

Jazz and Musical Theater

Citation

Beauvais, Jeanne, 1917-2007 and Martin, Vernon, “Jeanne Beauvais, annotated score for Vernon Martin's Ladies' Voices,” Treasures of the Loeb Music Library, accessed August 8, 2026, https://treasures.harvardmusiclib.share.library.harvard.edu/items/show/3.