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Music, 1930s-1960s (continued)
Original Compositions, 1930s-1960s (continued)
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
BOX-FOLDER 2a/5 Old concerto in manner of Stravinsky-Bach
Holograph sketches in pencil (fragile); 7 pages
Note: "Concerto - slow movt" written at top
BOX-FOLDER 2a/6 An old song
Three Ozalid holograph scores for chorus, one with annotations; 5 pages each
BOX-FOLDER 15/6 Orchestral preludes
Photocopy of holograph sketch/short score; 14 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2a/7 Romanza for wind quintet
Two Ozalid holograph scores; parts
Note: "To Verna," "Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation" written at top
BOX-FOLDER 2a/7 Romanza for wind quintet
Holograph sketches; 3 pages
BOX-FOLDER 2a/8 Serious song
Holograph sketch; 2 pages
Note: Early orchestral version
BOX-FOLDER 2a/9 Shepherd's song
Holograph sketches (fragile); 4 pages
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