Gregory, Elsa (auch Else), Lot n° 2750

Swiss soprano, composer, writer and lutenist (1893-?). Manuscript estate. With 270 eh., mostly signed. Lied compositions and arrangements; 2 typographic plays and a novel, partly with annotations and corrections, a typographic exposé for a film adaptation of the fairy tale "Gockel, Hinkel und Gackeleia" by Clemens Brentano; 7 hs. Diaries; 1 extensive commemorative album with numerous event programmes, posters, photos, etc. as well as approx. 20 original photographs, one of which is signed by the author. Bln. i.a. 1910-ca. 1956. Especially through the numerous compositions and song arrangements an interesting estate. With songs to texts by Achim v. Arnim, Stefan Andres, Charlotte Ball, Hermine v. Clery, Käthe Kamossa, Rudolf Steiner, Rober Reinik, Else Lasker-Schüler etc. - The plays have the titles: "The Pale Horse. Tragedy in four acts" (1933) and "The Strange" (around 1930); the novel: "Vittoria Coleando. Novel of a Summer' (c 1930). - Gregory was married since about 1915 with the actor and theater director Paul Haag and had her first public appearance in Berlin on April 2nd, 1910. - ╔Dabei: Gregory,E.╗ Five songs... Bln. (around 1925). Two ex. - ╔Hektogr. Typoscript:╗ The Watchmen. Play in 4 acts by Paul Haag. Bln. 1926 - ╔Orig.-Heiratsurkunde╗ by the parents of Elsa Gregory-Haag, Julie Madeleine Michel and Jean Charles Gregory, Fribourg, 6 May 1878.