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Music, 1841-1988 (continued)
Music by Aaron Copland, 1911-1985 (continued)
Music Manuscripts and Printed Editions, 1920-1985 (continued)
29-A) "Sunday afternoon music" : from Two children's pieces [piano solo]
BOX-FOLDER 14/29-Aa "Sunday afternoon music". New York: Carl Fischer, [1936] .
29-Aa
Piano solo; 2 p.
c1936 by Carl Fischer.
Plt.: 27341-2.
Ser. ed.: Lazare Saminsky and Isadore Freed.
Ser. title: Masters of Our Day - Educational Series, P 2113.
Note: Holograph marginalia in pencil.
At end: Peterborough, N.H., August 1935.
BOX-FOLDER 14/29-Ab "Sunday afternoon music". New York: Carl Fischer, [1936] .
29-Ab
Piano solo; 2 p.
c1936 by Carl Fischer.
Plt.: 27341-2.
Ser. ed.: Lazare Saminsky and Isadore Freed.
Ser. title: Masters of Our Day - Educational Series, P 2113.
At end: Peterborough, N.H., August 1935.
29-B) "The young pioneers" : from Two children's pieces [piano solo]
BOX-FOLDER 14/29-Ba "The young pioneers". New York: Carl Fischer, [1936] .
29-Ba
Piano solo; 3 p.
c1936 by Carl Fischer.
Plt.: 27348-3.
Ser. ed.: Lazare Saminsky and Isadore Freed.
Ser. title: Masters of Our Day - Educational Series, P 2120.
At end: Peterborough, N.H. August 1935.
BOX-FOLDER 14/29-Bb "The young pioneers". New York: Carl Fischer, [1936] .
29-Bb
Piano solo; 3 p.
c1936 by Carl Fischer.
Plt.: 27348-3.
Ser. ed.: Lazare Saminsky and Isadore Freed.
Ser. title: Masters of Our Day - Educational Series, P 2120.
BOX-FOLDER 14/29-Bc "The young pioneers". New York: Carl Fischer, [1936] .
29-Bc
Piano solo; 3 p.
c1936 by Carl Fischer.
Plt.: 27348-3.
30) The second hurricane [play/opera]
BOX-FOLDER 60/30 [The second hurricane].
30
Ms. Full score; 282 p.; 34-38 cm.
Note: Holograph in ink with markings in pencil, without title or date.
Composed for performance by boys and girls ranging in age from eight to eighteen. Performed for the first time at the Henry Street Music School in New York, April 21, 1937. (cf. Slonimsky, N.: Music Since 1900).
On microfilm: MUSIC 1906, Item 49.
BOX-FOLDER 60/30.1 The second hurricane : a play-opera for high school performance / libretto by Edwin Denby.
30.1
Ms. Piano-vocal score; [129] p.; 38 cm.
Note: Holograph in ink on transparent paper.
Laid in: Libretto in typescript and holograph production notes.
On microfilm: MUSIC 1906, Item 50.
BOX-FOLDER 61/30.2 "No. 1 - Choral overture".
30.2
Ms. Choral score with orchestral indications; 12 leaves; 37 cm.
Note: Holograph in ink on transparent paper.
BOX-FOLDER 61/30.3 [The second hurricane] : excerpts from the opera.
30.3
Ms. (ozalid). Piano-vocal score (incomplete); various paginations; 38.5-40.5 cm.
Laid in: untitled copy of manuscript with markings in ink.
BOX-FOLDER 61/30.4 [The second hurricane].
30.4
Ms. Sketches; 133 p.; various sizes.
Note: Holographs in pencil.
On microfilm: MUSIC 1906, Item 48.
BOX-FOLDER 61/30 misc [The second hurricane].
30 misc
Mss. Miscellaneous pages from the opera; unpaged; various sizes.
Note: Holographs in ink with markings in pencil.
BOX-FOLDER 14/30a The second hurricane : a play opera in two acts / libretto by Edwin Denby. Boston: C. C. Birchard & Co., [1939] .
30a
Full score; 216 p.
c1939 by C.C. Birchard & Co.
BOX-FOLDER 14/30-A "2d hurricane" : [Gyp's song].
30-A
Ms. Solo vocal part; 1 leaf; 17.5 x 20 cm.
Note: Manuscript in ink, hand unknown.
BOX-FOLDER 14/30-Aa The second hurricane : a play-opera for high school performance / libretto by Edwin Denby. Boston: C. C. Birchard & Co., [1938] .
30-Aa
Vocal score with piano accompaniment; X, 112 p.
c1938 by C.C. Birchard & Co.
Note: Contains holograph markings in pencil.
On page IV: From the original program world premiere; April 21, 22, 24, 1937.
BOX-FOLDER 14/30-Ab The second hurricane : a play opera for high school performance / libretto by Edwin Denby. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, [1957] .
30-Ab
Vocal score with piano accompaniment; [8], 112 p.
c1938 by C.C. Birchard & Co.; assigned to Boosey & Hawkes in 1957.
Plt.: B.H.Bk. 396.
Note: Contains holograph markings in pencil.
BOX-FOLDER 14/30-Ba "That's the idea of freedom" / words by Edwin Denby. Boston: C. C. Birchard & Co., [ca. 1938] .
30-Ba
Vocal score (SATB) with piano accompaniment; 8 p. (3 copies).
c1938 by C.C. Birchard & Co.
Plt.: 2034.
Ser. ed.: Gardner Read.
Ser. title: Birchard-Boston University Contemporary Music Series, No. 751.
Note: Copy 1 contains holograph markings in pencil.
This piece is from No. 10, "The Finale" of The second hurricane; Copy 2 and 3 are reissues.
BOX 568 Gip's [sic] Song, for harp and guitar, 1937 May 25
Holograph score in ink; 3 p.
Note: "All written out for Peggy and Lew's wedding, for sole performance on Peggy's harp and Lew's guitar" on title page
Note: Purchase, 2024
31) Music for radio (Prairie journal) ; Saga of the prairie [orchestra]
BOX-FOLDER 62/31 Music for radio : commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System.
31
Ms. Full score; 84 leaves; 38 cm.
Note: Holograph in ink on transparent paper.
At end: May-July 1937; New York, Hollywood, Mexico.
Music for radio (also called "Saga of the prairie") was actually commissioned in 1936 by CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System).
On microfilm: MUSIC 1906, Item 31 A.
BOX-FOLDER 62/31.1 [Music for radio : commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System].
31.1
Ms. (ozalid). Full score; 84 p.; 38.5 cm.
Note: Copy of manuscript ARCO 31, with holograph markings in pencil and ink throughout.
BOX-FOLDER 62/31.2 Music for radio.
31.2
Ms. Piano sketch; 24 p.; 33.5 cm.
Note: Holograph in ink with markings in pencil.
On title page: Piano sketch (for study only).
Included with this item is an incomplete photostat copy of the piano sketch with holograph markings in pencil.
On microfilm: MUSIC 1906, Item 31 A.
BOX-FOLDER 62/31.3 Music for radio.
31.3
Ms. Full score (rough draft); 13, 44 p.; 33.5-38 cm.
Note: Holograph in pencil.
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