Anderson, Hedli, 1907-1990 (singer, reciter and diseuse)
Person
Biography
Hedli Anderson, singer, reciter, diseuse, married Louis MacNeice, poet, as his second wife in 1942. She had a particular interest in Bertolt Brecht and his contemporaries, and German cabaret music of the 1930's. Many songs were set to music for her by composers and arrangers.
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Fonds
Hedli Anderson: Collection of MS music
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8959
Scope and Contents
The collection includes material for The cruel wars, for which poems were set to music by Humphrey Searle, William Alwyn, Elisabeth Lutyens, Matyas Seiber, Joseph Horovitz, and others.
Dates:
1940-1960 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).