Elizabeth Hunter Morrill Collection English, Italian collection 10 ft. 7 boxes Elizabeth Hunter Morrill was a soprano with a special interest in 18th-century Italian opera. She and her husband, F. Gordon Morrill, established the Gordon and Elizabeth Morrill Music Library at Villa I Tatti, considered the finest collection on Italian Medieval and Renaissance musicology in Italy. Though their primary home was in Florence, they maintained residences in Massachusetts and Florida as well, and during their travels in the United States, Mrs. Morrill came to know the vast holdings of opera scores and librettos in the Music Division of the Library of Congress. This collection consists of conductor's scores and vocal parts Mrs. Morrill extracted from the Music Division's opera scores as well as recordings of her singing many of the arias. Piano-conductor scores, parts, and some full scores -- mostly of early Italian operas; English translations of Italian librettos; 25 reel-to-reel audiotapes. No Elizabeth Hunter Morrill Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Morrill, Elizabeth Hunter Piano-vocal reductions of operas and selected arias. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Opera Morrill, Elizabeth Hunter Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress IHAS 120828 loc.natlib.scdb.200033593