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| Series V. Mesens's manuscripts, ca. 1917-1967 ca. 2 lin. ft. |
| Series contains music, poetry and prose manuscripts written by Mesens. Manuscripts of scores composed by Mesens, many set
to words written by others, date from 1917-1941, and undated. Some were composed for Radio Belgique, where Mesens worked while
in London during World War II. Poetry manuscripts consist of handwritten and typed poems, several in multiple versions, and
whole manuscripts for his published collections. Especially well documented are the poems for his books Troisième front, and Poèmes. Other manuscripts are of prose writings: lectures, reviews, appreciations of certain artists and a few miscellaneous journalistic
pieces.
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Music manuscripts, 1917-1920, n.d.
12 items
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Score of "Al zingen 't vrije lied" (1917), Text by A. Rodenbach, music by Mesens. Score of "Daar is maar één Vlaanderen" (1918),
text by R. De Clercq, music by Mesens. Score of "Fruitje" (1918), text by A. Bogaers, music by Mesens. Score of "Zing niet
te zoet..."(1918), text by Marc R. Breyne, music by Mesens. Score of "O Zoete Vreugd" (1919), text by Em. Hiel, music by Mesens.
Score of "Wie bracht mij roode rozen?" (1919), text by Joannes Reddingins, music by Mesens. Score of "Chanson" (1919), text
by Fr. Vandersmissen, music by Mesens. Score of "Moeder" (1919), text by L. Lambrechts, music by P. Gilson. Score of "In mijn
land hebben de mensen ketenen aan de handen" (1920), text by Paul van Ostayen, music by Mesens. Score of "Avondliederke,"
"Nu of Nooit," "C'est le V sur le toit," "Five o'clock,"
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Music manuscripts, 1921-1922
8 items
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"Uit 'de Boodschap' by Wies Moens (1921),"Composities nr 1-4," "Péripéties," "Chansons Enfantines" (1922). A program for a
musical evening in 1923.
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Music manuscripts |
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Score of "Zoo spreekt Hendrik de Man". [See also folder 5.] |
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Music manuscripts |
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Score of "De Dode Dichter", "Zoodra de mei het dal begroet" (Dantzenberg and Benoit), "Heer Halewijn". Three unidentified
scores.
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Music manuscripts |
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Levy's Sound Studios Recordings 1943. Wartime patriotic broadcasts to Belgium, 1940s. Includes scores of "Theme 'Pays de Charleroi',"
Valeureux liegeois," "les trois Borains," "Auprès de ma blonde qu'il me fait bon dormir," "la ducasse du Bos," "Al wie daar
zegt de reus die komt, ze liegen er om," "Berg op Zoom," "Het daeghet in den Oosten," "Vers l'avenir," "Slaat op de trommele,"
"Carillon van Duinkerken," "Het lied der Vlamingen, "Sentimentale," "Tronique." Text of "Op den dood van Leon Degrel," "Keizer
Degrel, Tzar van Rusland," "Gelukig is het land," "De Grelle I." Score of "Ik ben de Clercq," "De Grelle I," "De Grelle, Tzar
van Rusland," "Degrelle II." Text and score of "Zoo spreekt Hendrik de Man," "Parasites" and "De Kwak de Man."
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Music manuscripts |
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Score of "Zu arel op der knippchen," "Les Chansons du C.R.I," "8 fanfares" (written for International Youth Rally in October
1941).
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Music manuscripts |
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Score of "Goedenmorgen Luisteraars" (Radio Belgium), "Pierlala," "Prélude" (Theme du xveme siècle flamand), "Sonnerie et Marche
du Génie," "el doudou." Text of "Marche des petits mineurs." Score of opening French programs at Radio Belgique. Four unidentified
parts of scores. [See also Box 30* for oversize mss of scores and verse.]
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Manuscripts of poetry
4 items
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Items are related to "Défense de pleurer." |
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9 |
Manuscripts of poetry
11 items
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Items are related to "A perte de vue, la misère humaine" (1931). Includes sketches for cover and the mock-up. |
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Manuscripts of poetry
4 items
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Items are related to Alphabet sourd aveugle and include a 40 pp manuscript and proofs.
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Manuscripts of poetry
3 items
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Items are related to Femme complète and include a manuscript.
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Manuscripts of poetry by Mesens |
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Manuscripts of poetry for Troisième front
27 items
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Several with sketches. Includes poems such as: "Pour mettre fin à l'âge des machines les poètes anglais font de la fumée,"
"l'arbre de science déraciné, la péché original déménagé," "Errements," "Rêve du 10 mars 1943." Some English translations
by Roland Penrose are included.
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Proof of Troisième front suivi de pièces détachées
1 item
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Items related to Troisième front
4 items
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A copy of Troisième front (nr. 449, with signature of Mesens) and two mock-ups of the book.
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Manuscripts of poetry
10 items
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Poems: "Ton nom ô Sommella," "Ciel et Terre," "Violette Nozières," "Poème de Guerre," "Le Dimanche la radio annonce toujours
de bonnes nouvelles," "Goujaterie moraliste," "Paysage Impressionnistre," "A la gloire d'Erik Satie."
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5 |
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Manuscripts of poetry for Poèmes 1959
20 items
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Includes Plan général of Mesens's poetry, a mockup of Poèmes and several poems that belong to the section "Mots rares pour
salons louches" of Poèmes.
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Copy of Poèmes
1923-1958
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With 10 illustrations by Magritte. This is nr. 100 (personal copy) and signed by Mesens. |
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Manuscripts of poems published in Poèmes 1959
12 items
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Manuscripts of poetry
17 items
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Miscellaneous poems. Some poems date from 1923. |
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Manuscripts of poetry
40 items
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Miscellaneous poems. |
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Manuscripts of poetry
25 items
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3 copies of "L'Etude du Langage" (1939), also "Reve du 10 mars 1943," "Vu dans une esquisse d'Eileen Agar" and other poems. |
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Twelve poems by Mesens |
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Some from the 1920s. |
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Manuscripts of prose texts by Mesens, 1927-1967 |
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Manuscripts 1927-1939
3 items
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"Maladie" (1927, 7 pp); text by "Complices de René Magritte" (1p.); "La Poésie Transfigurée" (1932), text by Magritte/ Mesens/Nougé/Souris. |
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Manuscripts of assorted texts
13 items
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Text on pubs in England (17 pp); text on Petrus Van Assche (2 pp); Maurice Jadot prospectus with text by Mesens (1959); text
on Dada (1 p); translation of "the minutes of memorial sand" by Alfred Jarry (2 pp); text on De Chirico; "La Pensée dans la
Révolution" (4 pp typed and handwritten). Mesen's handwritten letter to an editor,"Some Pointillism on Kurt Schwitters," 8
pp; short texts on artists in 10 pp, including Chagall, Dali, de la Fresnaye, Engel-Pak, Masson, Picabia, Ernst, and Wifredo
Lam.
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Manuscripts of assorted texts
13 items
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"Les apprentis magiciens au pays de la pléthore," "Petit panorama de la peinture Surréaliste" (17 pp). Two items related to
Tony del Renzio who was the center of a dispute in surrealistic circles. Letter to VandePerre about the aesthetics of the
collage (4 pp). Several unidentified texts.
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Manuscripts
13 items
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Includes: historical outline for book on surrealism (1 p handwritten); document on copyright, Tristan Tzara 1924; interview
by Mesens with Shiela Lesser with letter (2 pp); "lettre au percepteur des taxes," February 1942 (1 p). 2 printed letters
from the Libertarian Discussion Group (1944). Assorted notes, mss. fragments.
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Manuscripts
9 items
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" Les Paroles et les actes," "Style Carte Postale," "Alphabets" "Enterrement de 1 ere classe," text on Erik Satie, "Auditions
d'oeuvres vocales de Raymond Moulaert," and other assorted mss. fragments.
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Manuscripts
7 items
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Homage to P.G. van Heche, ca. 1967 (3 pp), Radiodiffusion-Belge, 1962 (1 p), "Les Collage de E.L.T. Mesens" (c. 1960), "And
now its Winter again" in 2 versions, 4 pp (n.d.). Plus 3 small assorted mss.
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Lecture on new music 1922 |
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2 versions, ca. 60 pp, handwritten. [See also Box 30* folder 1.] |
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Lecture, "a Louviere," for the opening of Tendances contemporaines, 1935
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Talk on James Ensor 1946
18 pp.
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Lecture at the I.C.A 1954 |
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Radio Belgique scripts ca. 40 pp |
