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BOX 1-4, 15-16 Music, 1930s-1960s
Chiefly manuscript and printed scores, loose sketches and sketchbooks, and lyric sheets for original compositions by Fine. Also includes manuscript and printed scores of works by other composers.
Organized as three subseries.
Original Compositions, 1930s-1960s
Holograph scores, sketches, and lyric sheets for instrumental and vocal works by Fine. Some items may include enclosures, such as correspondence, notes, business papers, or other materials.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 After Stravinsky
Manuscript parts in ink (piccolo, horn, trumpet, violin)
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 Alice in wonderland suite, 1949
Ozalid holograph full score for chorus and orchestra with annotations; 47 pages
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Alice in wonderland suite (Diversions)
Two holograph scores (photocopy and negative) for piano; 4 pages each
Note: "Music for Caucus race p. 13 and for running p. 79" written at top
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Arioso
Holograph sketch in pencil; 1 page
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 Ballet, early, 1940-1941
Holograph score for piano; 3 pages
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Blue-White
Alternate title: The blue and the white
Holograph full score transparency; three Ozalid holograph full scores with annotations
Note: One copy retitled "Blue towers"
Note: Brandeis University marching song
Blue towers
see Blue-White
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Childhood fables for grownups, 1955 January
Holograph piano-vocal score transparency for medium voice; two Ozalid holograph piano-vocal scores; holograph sketches and lyric sheet for "Four little mice"
Contents:
  • Polaroli
  • Tigeroo
  • Lenny the leopard
  • The frog and the snake
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Childhood fables for grownups
Four holograph piano-vocal scores; eight Ozalid holograph piano-vocal scores; seven typescript lyric sheets, some with annotations
Note: Two versions of "The duck and the yak"
Contents:
  • Two worms
  • The duck and the yak
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Ching-a-ring chaw (Minstrel song)
Arranged by Irving Fine
Ozalid score for SATB chorus with annotations; Ozalid score for SSAA women's chorus
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Concerto for violin
Holograph sketches; 4 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Concerto for violin
Holograph sketches in pencil; 12 pages
Note: "Tentatively identified by Verna Fine" on folder
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 Concerto for violin
Holograph sketches; 17 pages
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Father William
see also It's the Navy, the Navy!
Photocopy of score for TTBB men's chorus; 4 pages
Note: From Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Father William
see also It's the Navy, the Navy!
Negative photocopy of score for voice and piano; 2 pages
Note: Variant version
Note: From Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Flamingo dance
Holograph full score; 10 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 For Claudia
Holograph score transparency for piano; two Ozalid scores for piano; photocopy of score for "Lullaby for a baby panda" (incomplete)
Contents:
  • Lullaby for a baby panda
  • Victory march of the elephants
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Four beasts
Holograph sketch for voice, cello, and clarinet; 1 page
Laid in: Unidentified holograph sketch for voice and piano; 1 page
BOX-FOLDER 15/3 Four children's songs for grown-ups, and, The duck and the yak
Alternate title: Childhood fables for grownups
Two holograph piano-vocal scores (photocopy and negative); 25 pages each
Contents:
  • Tigaroo
  • Lenny the leopard
  • Polaroli
  • The frog and the snake
  • The duck and the yak
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Fugue in F minor, 1938 June 1
Holograph score for four unidentified instruments; holograph score (incomplete)
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Homage á Mozart (1756-1956)
Holograph score transparency for piano; two Ozalid holograph scores
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 The hour glass: a cycle of songs for a capella chorus and solo voices
Ozalid holograph score with annotations; 32 pages
Contents:
  • O know to end as to begin
  • Have you seen the white lily grow
  • O do not wanton with those eyes
  • Against jealousy
  • Lament
  • The hour glass
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 Hymn
Alternate title: In grato jubilo
Ozalid holograph full score for women's chorus and small orchestra; 19 pages
Note: Inscribed "For Serge Koussevitzky: In grato jubilo"
Note:"Cambridge, Mass., 4/7/49" at end
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 I don't have to hear music (This is heaven), 1942
Words by Maynard Kaplan
Three holograph scores (photocopy and two negatives) for voice and piano; holograph sketch fragment
Laid in: Correspondence to Maynard Kaplan from Paul Mills, American Academy of Music, Inc.; holograph lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 Intermezzo for small orchestra
Holograph sketches; 10 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 It's funny, honey
Holograph score for piano with interpolated words; typescript lyric sheet with pencil annotations
BOX-FOLDER 2/14 It's the Navy, the Navy!
Holograph score for voice and piano; holograph vocal part in pencil; typescript lyric sheet with annotations
Note: Score inscribed to Lt. George M. Powers U.S.N.R.
Note: Slight modification of "Father William" from Three choruses from Alice in Wonderland, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 2/15 A kiss from Mr. Liszt, 1942
Holograph score for voice and piano; manuscript lyric sheets with musical annotations
BOX-FOLDER 2/15 A kiss from Mr. Liszt
Two holograph scores (photocopy and negative) for voice and piano (incomplete); 2 pages each
BOX-FOLDER 2/16 Leporello's song
Holograph lead sheet sketch; miscellaneous sketches
Note: Some sketches are unrelated
BOX-FOLDER 2/17 A letter from Paris
Holograph score (and two negative photocopies) for voice and piano; holograph sketch; manuscript lyric sheet
Laid in: Correspondence from Paul Mills (American Academy of Music, Inc.) to Maynard Kaplan
BOX-FOLDER 2/18 Lonely little heart
Holograph lead sheet; 2 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2/19 Maggie
Collaboration with Richard Wernick
Holograph sketches; two Ozalid condensed scores of "Tell it to the worms"; three Ozalid condensed scores of "I wonder"
Laid in: Players list; production budget sheets; play synopses; planning notes; correspondence; lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 2/20 McCord's menagerie
Holograph scores for TBB men's chorus; 10 pages
Contents:
  • Vultur gryphus
  • Jerboa
  • Mole
BOX-FOLDER 2/20 McCord's menagerie
Four photocopies of scores for TBB men's chorus (incomplete); 8 pages each
Note: Dedicated to the Harvard Glee club on its 100th anniversary
Contents:
  • Vultur gryphus
  • Jerboa
  • Mole
  • Clam, or, Whose ooze
BOX-FOLDER 2/21 Measuring music
Holograph full score; 10 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2a/1 The Mesabi blues
Lyrics by Irving Fine and Papa Georgie Fine
Holograph score for unaccompanied voice; 2 pages
Note: "A Father's Day greeting to Papa Georgie - June 19, 1955, from Claudia, Emily, Joanna, Verna and Irving" written on cover
BOX-FOLDER 2a/20 Miscellaneous lyrics and sketches
Holograph; 14 leaves
Laid in: Envelope; song list (mostly from World War II); expense sheet
BOX-FOLDER 2a/21 Miscellaneous student music workbook
Holograph harmony and counterpoint exercises (bound); 26 pages
Note: "Irving G. Fine, Dunster J-35, Harvard College" written on cover
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 Music for piano, 1947
Ozalid holograph score for piano; 20 pages
Contents:
  • Prelude
  • Waltz-Gavotte
  • Variations
  • Interlude and finale
BOX-FOLDER 2a/2 My name is Mussolini, 1942
Holograph piano-vocal score; manuscript lyric sheet
BOX-FOLDER 2a/4 O Traurigkeit
Holograph score for organ; 1 page
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