Though we’ve returned almost all the personal letters and more substantial score-related materials to the archive, we did let a few musical-related notes slip through.
Two amazing Stein-related texts from the Blue Gene Tyranny Collection.
First, Blood on the Dining Room-Floor (Black Lizard Book from the Creative Arts Book Collective, 1982)
This minor work from Gertrude Stein, purportedly written to overcome writer’s block after the success of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, includes extra notes and papers for a never realized work, including annotations and marginalia on the text itself, musical scoring, etc.
ChatGPT describes the work as “a modernist mystery by Gertrude Stein, where the plot is secondary to its experimental style. It loosely follows the aftermath of the mysterious death of Madame Pernollet, who is found in the courtyard of a hotel, possibly having fallen from a window. The narrative shifts between this central event and vignettes from Stein's country house in France, weaving together events like servant troubles, sabotaged cars, and family drama without a traditional detective or resolution.”
In the spirit of “Blue” Gene Tyranny, please also check this description of some minor characters/figures who make appearances:
Servants: There are general descriptions of servants who arrive "from afar" to the Stein/Toklas household and are involved in various odd occurrences like cutting phone wires.
Lizzie Borden: The infamous ax murderer is mentioned and referenced throughout the work as Stein explores the nature of crime and mystery.
Frances Hall: Another real woman accused of murder whose trial and not-guilty verdict are referenced in the book.
****** Also included here, Reflections on the Atomic Bomb: Volume 1 of the Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein, edited by Robert Bartlett Haas and published by Black Sparrow Press, 1973.
Though this copy suffers from bending and some water damage, it includes an insightful page of handwritten notes from “Blue” Gene Tyranny, a 3 page Xerox extract inserted as to what appears to be another work in relation to Stein, all from a presumably never realized project.
Though we’ve returned almost all the personal letters and more substantial score-related materials to the archive, we did let a few musical-related notes slip through.
Two amazing Stein-related texts from the Blue Gene Tyranny Collection.
First, Blood on the Dining Room-Floor (Black Lizard Book from the Creative Arts Book Collective, 1982)
This minor work from Gertrude Stein, purportedly written to overcome writer’s block after the success of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, includes extra notes and papers for a never realized work, including annotations and marginalia on the text itself, musical scoring, etc.
ChatGPT describes the work as “a modernist mystery by Gertrude Stein, where the plot is secondary to its experimental style. It loosely follows the aftermath of the mysterious death of Madame Pernollet, who is found in the courtyard of a hotel, possibly having fallen from a window. The narrative shifts between this central event and vignettes from Stein's country house in France, weaving together events like servant troubles, sabotaged cars, and family drama without a traditional detective or resolution.”
In the spirit of “Blue” Gene Tyranny, please also check this description of some minor characters/figures who make appearances:
Servants: There are general descriptions of servants who arrive "from afar" to the Stein/Toklas household and are involved in various odd occurrences like cutting phone wires.
Lizzie Borden: The infamous ax murderer is mentioned and referenced throughout the work as Stein explores the nature of crime and mystery.
Frances Hall: Another real woman accused of murder whose trial and not-guilty verdict are referenced in the book.
****** Also included here, Reflections on the Atomic Bomb: Volume 1 of the Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein, edited by Robert Bartlett Haas and published by Black Sparrow Press, 1973.
Though this copy suffers from bending and some water damage, it includes an insightful page of handwritten notes from “Blue” Gene Tyranny, a 3 page Xerox extract inserted as to what appears to be another work in relation to Stein, all from a presumably never realized project.
