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BOX 82-87, 100-101 Instrumental Music
Instrumental music of the Vernon Duke Collection consisting of manuscripts, scores, parts, etc.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 82/1 Ballade for piano with strings with timpani obligato
Holograph score ; 52 p.
1931 revised 1943
BOX-FOLDER 82/2-3 Ballade for piano with strings with timpani obligato
Negative photostats of above
BOX-FOLDER 82/4 Ballade for piano with strings with timpani obligato
Parts (transparencies) (7)
BOX-FOLDER 82/5 Ballade for piano with strings with timpani obligato
Parts (ozalids) (10)
BOX-FOLDER 83/1 Dance of the harlequin [Tanets Arlekina]
Holograph score for two pianos ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 83/2 Dédicaces for piano solo, soprano obligato and orchestra
Holograph score ; 88 p.
November 1937 revised version April 1965
Contents:
  • Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • I. L` Envoi
  • II. `A la ville
  • III. `A la campagne
  • IV. `A la mer épilogue
BOX-FOLDER 83/3 Dédicaces for piano solo, soprano obligato and orchestra
Reproduction of above (waxed transparencies)
BOX-FOLDER 83/4 Dédicaces for piano solo, soprano obligato and orchestra
Holograph condensed score (transparencies) ; 63 p.
BOX-FOLDER 83/5 Dédicaces for piano solo, soprano obligato and orchestra
Ozalids (2) (bound) of above
On cover: "two-piano-version"
BOX-FOLDER 84/1 Hommage [sic] to Offenbach for violin and piano ; November 1957
Holograph score ; 21 p.
Contents:
  • I. Old man's polka
  • II. Bridge of sighs
  • III. America rediscovered
BOX-FOLDER 84/2 Hommage [sic] to Offenbach for violin and piano ; November 1957
Parts (8)
BOX-FOLDER 84/3 Malibu elegy
Ozalid of holograph piano score ; 6 p.
February 1956
BOX-FOLDER 84/4 Trois morceaux pour piano, op. 1 ; 1918
Holograph piano score ; [2] p.
Uniform title: Morceaux pour piano, op. 1
Contents:
  • 1. Prélude es-dur
  • 2. Nocturne fis-dur
  • 3. Étude
BOX-FOLDER 84/5 Deux morceaux ; pour piano seul ; op. 5
Holograph piano score ; 5 p.
Uniform title: Morceaux pour piano seul, op. 5
On cover: Constantinople Mai 1921
Contents:
  • 1. Prelude
  • 2. `Etude
BOX-FOLDER 84/6 Morning mist (theme)
Holograph score ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 84/7 Five novellas, op. 6 for piano ; September 1919 Kiev
Holograph piano score (incomplete) ; [4] p.
Uniform title: Novellas, op. 6 for piano
BOX-FOLDER 84/8 Ode to the milky way for large orchestra ; 1937-1945
Holograph piano reduction ; 14 p.
BOX-FOLDER 84/9 Ode to the milky way for large orchestra ; 1937-1945
Negative photostat of holograph full score ; 40 p.
BOX-FOLDER 84/10 Our last tango for piano or orchestra ; October 1955
Ozalids (2) of holograph piano score ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 84/11 Two pieces for orchestra, op. 3 ; arranged for piano - 4 hands by the author
Holograph piano score (incomplete) ; [8] p.
Uniform title: Pieces for orchestra, op. 3
Dedication: To Vladimir Nikolaevich Ilvin
Contents:
  • 1. Autumn dance
  • 2. Postal dance
BOX-FOLDER 84/12 Quatre preludes, op. 9 ; Novembre 1919 Kiev
Holograph piano score ; [4] p.
Uniform title: Preludes, op. 9
BOX-FOLDER 84/13 Public gardens (overture) for small orchestra ; 1934, revised 1945
Holograph score ; 31 p.
On t.p.: Public gardens (suite)
BOX-FOLDER 84/14 Public gardens (overture) for small orchestra ; 1934, revised 1945
Negative photostat of above
BOX-FOLDER 84/15 The public gardens
Typed synopsis with holograph annotations ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 85/1 Quartet in C major ; 1956
Parts (bound) (4)
BOX-FOLDER 85/2 Serenade to San Francisco ; July-September 1956
Ozalid (bound) of holograph piano score with holograph annotations & p. laid in ; 52 p. + ozalid of holograph piano score for "Sailors on Market stree" laid in ; p. A-M ; + holograph piano-vocal score for "opening" laid in ; [2] p.
Contents:
  • I. Golden gate bridge
  • II. A stroll on Post street
  • III. Fog over Alcatraz
  • IV. No Russians on Russian hill
  • V. Sausalito Nocturne
  • VI. A whiff of fisherman's wharf
  • VII. Two on telegraph hill
  • Sailors on Market street
  • VIII. Chinatown promendade
  • IX. Love that cable car
  • X. Embarcadero meregue
  • XI. Romantic epilogue
BOX-FOLDER 85/3 Sonata in f# minor (for piano) (unfinished) by Franz Schubert, edited by Vernon Duke 1967
Editor's holograph piano score (transparencies) ; 24 p.
BOX-FOLDER 85/4 Sonata no. 1. in g minor, op. 1, for piano ; 1920-1921
Holographs piano score in pencil ; 22 p.
Holograph piano score in ink ; 18 p
BOX-FOLDER 85/5 Sonate (violin et piano) ; 1948-1949
Holograph violin part ; 13 p.
BOX-FOLDER 85/6 Second symphony (in D flat major) new version (1952) ; 1928-1945
Holograph full score ; 136 p.
BOX-FOLDER 100/3 Second symphony (in D flat major) new version (1952) ; 1928-1945
Copyist's manuscript full score (transparencies) ; 107 p.
BOX-FOLDER 85/7, 86/1-4 Second symphony (in D flat major) new version (1952) ; 1928-1945
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 101/1 Symphony n. 3 (in E) ; 1946
Ozalid (bound) of holograph full score ; 161 p.
On verso of cover: This score (N 5) has been corrected on Jan. 17th 1950 ; check all other scores. Vladimir Dukelsky
BOX-FOLDER 86/5 Symphony n. 3 (in E) ; 1946
Parts (string) (4)
BOX-FOLDER 101/2 Symphony n III in E (piano duet version)
Ozalids (bound) (2) of copyist's manuscript two piano score ; 59 p.
BOX-FOLDER 87/1 Variations on an old Russian chant (XVIIIth century) for oboe and strings ; September 1955
Holograph score ; [24] p.
BOX-FOLDER 87/2 Variations on an old Russian chant (XVIIIth century) for oboe and strings ; September 1955
Holograph score (transparencies) ; 26 p. + item laid in ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 87/3 Variations on an old Russian chant (XVIIIth century) for oboe and strings ; September 1955
Ozalids (bound) (3) of 26 p. score
BOX-FOLDER 101/3 Variations on an old Russian chant (XVIIIth century) for oboe and strings ; September 1955
Ozalids (bound) (2) of 22 p. score
BOX-FOLDER 87/4 Verlainiana, little suite for large orchestra on poems of Paul Verlaine for two pianos, four hands
Holograph two piano score ; [22] p.
Notes: movements 1, 4 completed July 1919; movements 2, 3, 5 completed August 1919 ; movement 6 completed September 1919
BOX-FOLDER 87/5 Waltz anyone (piano solo) ; October 1955
Ozalid of holograph piano score ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 87/6 Unidentified
Holograph piano score/short score (various) ; [24] p.
Holograph full score ; [8] p.
BOX 88 Sketchbooks
Sketchbooks of the Vernon Duke Collection.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 88/1 Sketchbook 1. The spiral Mozart music book no. 1928
Holograph sketches ; [36] p. + [10] p. laid in
Recto of back cover torn, with holograph song listing
BOX-FOLDER 88/2 Sketchbook 2. Music writing book no. 4 standard size 60 pages
Holograph sketches ; [50] p. + sketchbook with cover wanting laid in + [50] p. + [3] loose sheets
On cover: Tunes NY spring 1934 - LA 1957
BOX-FOLDER 88/3 Sketches
Holograph sketches ; [2] leaves (1 with torn leaf attached)
Two of the sketches notated: (First appearance of "Can't get started!") ; First appearance of "Taking a chance on love"
BOX 88-89, 101 Music by Other Composers
Music by other composers in the Vernon Duke Collection.
Arranged alphabetically by composer and title therein.
Berger, Arthur
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