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BOX 40-41, 55-57 Subject Files, 1861-1909
Circulars, heralds, programs, and clippings related to musical topics and events in New York City; an extensive set of examination papers submitted to the American College of Musicians by fellowship and associate candidates; Warren's test questions and notes generated as a musical examiner at the Toronto College of Music; material from state and national music teacher associations; and biographical and performance information for noted musicians and singers.
Arranged alphabetically by file unit.
BOX-FOLDER 40/1 Book and music catalogs, 1872, 1879, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/2 Commencement programs, 1895 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/3 Essays and articles, 1868, 1879-1880, 1888, 1894, 1909, and undated
Contents include:
  • Common Sense in Singing, 1880
  • "Don Juan" - Orchestral Fantasia
  • Explanatory Notes: Tschaikovsky's "Pathetic Symphony," 1894
  • Hymnody
  • Braun, Max. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1879
  • Religious Use of Wealth, 1887
  • Retrospect
  • Richard Strauss' Tone Poem "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
  • Woman's Service of Christ, 1887
BOX-FOLDER 40/4-5, 57/1 Festivals, B-H, O-W, 1861, 1869, 1876, 1882-1893, 1904-1908
BOX-FOLDER 40/6, 57/2 Lectures, 1873, 1878, 1887, 1895, 1904, 1908, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/7, 57/3 Miscellany, 1865, 1879, 1893-1894, 1905, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/8 Music instructors, 1869-1890, 1903, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/9-10, 57/ 4 Music schools, 1871-1880, 1890-1899, 1909
Musical instruments and apparatus
BOX-FOLDER 40/11, 57/5 Organs, 1869, 1876-1878, 1885, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/12, 57/5 Pianos, 1867, 1876, 1889, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 40/13 Training equipment, 1884-1886
Contents include:
  • Bohrer Transpositor
  • Brotherhood Technicon
  • The Techniphone
BOX-FOLDER 41/1 Organ openings and dedications, 1868-1894
Organizations
BOX-FOLDER 41/2 "A" miscellaneous, 1873, 1892
BOX 56-57 American College of Musicians, 1883, 1886-1898, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 41/3, 57/6 American Guild of Organists, 1891-1909
Examination forms and completed examinations
BOX-FOLDER 41/4 American Guild of Organists - New England Chapter, 1907-1908, 1910
BOX-FOLDER 41/5 American Guild of Organists - Philadelphia Chapter, 1902, 1904
BOX-FOLDER 41/6 American Organ to Music Festival, 1873-1875, 1881-1895, 1903, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 41/7 Music Teachers' National Association, 1879-1889, 1909
BOX-FOLDER 41/8, 57/6 "N-Soc" miscellaneous, 1870, 1873-1880, 1886, 1890
BOX-FOLDER 41/9 State Music Teachers' Association-"W" Miscellaneous, 1873, 1887, 1890-1897, and undated
Contents include the following state organizations:
  • Connecticut
  • Michigan
  • New York
  • Rhode Island
BOX-FOLDER 41/10 Performers, 1878, 1882, 1908, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 41/11, 57/7 Prizes/awards, 1871, 1873, 1880, 1886, 1899
BOX-FOLDER 41/12, 57/8 Publication circulars, 1859, 1873-1883, 1893, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 41/13 Recitals, 1859-1909
BOX-FOLDER 41/14, 57/9 Reviews, 1889, 1903, 1908, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 41/15 Services - miscellaneous, 1872, 1887, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 41/16 Theatrical productions, 1869, 1871, 1880, 1888
BOX-FOLDER 56/6-7 Warren examination files - Toronto, 1901-1903
BOX 44-50 Scrapbooks (Not Available), 1849-1904
Bound volumes containing programs and heralds for church services and concerts; clippings of concert reviews, music news, and items of literary interest; and handwritten sheets containing poetry and lyrics. Some of the material in these volumes duplicates items in the Programs series. Several volumes contain a large number of loose items.
Due to fragility, these materials are not available and cannot be served without prior approval from the Head of Acquisitions and Processing.
Arranged chronologically by scrapbook date.
BOX 44 1849 December 5-1869 May 31
Programs, circulars, heralds
BOX 50 1854 August 17-1867
Programs, circulars, photograph of Warren
BOX 48 1857-1890
Articles, clippings, poems and lyrics, reviews, tickets
BOX 47 1868-1870; 1895-1897
Clippings, programs, reviews
Contents include: Charles Dickens; music news
BOX 45 1869 March-1875
Plymouth Church programs
BOX 49 1870 January 8-December 15
Programs and circulars
BOX 46 1901-1904
Clippings
Contents include: Musical programs; local New York City events
Music, 1865-1907
Chiefly holograph and manuscript scores, parts, and fragments for Samuel Warren’s compositions dating between 1865 and 1907. These works include his liturgical hymn and plainchant settings, original songs, and organ music. His arrangements of music by other composers, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, and Richard Wagner, are also represented here. In addition to Warren’s compositions, the series contains printed music for works by Camille Saint-Saëns and Giuseppe Verdi.
Organized as three subseries.
Original Compositions, 1865-1907
Holograph, manuscript, and printed music for works that Warren composed.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Call Number: ML96.W36 Abendlied, 1868 January 23
Score for voice and piano
Call Number: ML96.W36 Abide with Me, undated
Score
LCCN: unk84052990 Advent Hymn, undated
Score
BOX-FOLDER 41/17 All Glory, Laud and Honor, 1888
Printed vocal score (two copies)
Note: In printed hymnal booklet Songs for Easter: From the Century Co's. New Book, Songs of Worship for the Sunday School. New York: The Century Co., 1888.
Call Number: ML96.W36 Alleluia, undated
Score
BOX-FOLDER 41/17 Alleluia! Alleluia!, 1874
Printed vocal score
Note: In printed hymn booklet Thirteen Carols and Hymns for Easter and Ascension: Selected from the Forthcoming Children's Hymnal. New York: F. J. Huntington and Co., 1874.
Call Number: ML96.W36 Art Thou Weary, undated
Score
Call Number: ML96.W36 Before the Ending of the Day, undated
Score for voice and piano
Call Number: ML96.W36 Canon 4 in 2, 1903
Score
Call Number: ML96.W36 Canon for 2 Voices, undated
Score
Call Number: ML96.W36 Canon for 3 Voices, undated
Score
Call Number: ML96.W36 Canon in Three Parts (Unison and Octave), undated
Choral score
BOX-FOLDER 41/17 Christ Was Born in Bethlehem: Carol for Christmas, undated
Printed vocal score
Call Number: ML96.W36 Danestre, undated
Score
Call Number: ML96.W36 Deus Misereatur, undated
Parts
Call Number: ML96.W36 Etude 21, undated
Score
LCCN: unk84083473 Fair Daffodils, 1876 20
Lyrics by Robert Herrick
Choral score
LCCN: unk84057278 Farewell, If Ever, 1865
Score for voice and piano
Call Number: ML96.W36 Fellowship Reading, undated
Score
Call Number: ML96.W36 Gloria Patri, undated
Vocal score
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