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BOX 119-124, 340 Music Composed by Nicolas Slonimsky, 1913-1990
Music composed by Nicolas Slonimsky. These materials are divided into two subseries: Manuscript and Printed Music.
Arranged in alphabetical order by title.
BOX 119-121, 340 Manuscript, 1913-1990
BOX 119 15 Russian peasant songs, set and integrated from authentic phrases
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations and paste-in lyrics.
Composed June-July 1935.
Note: voice and piano
Contents:
  • Drëma (Dreamer).
  • Soloveĭ, solov'iushka (Nightingale, my nightingale).
  • Uzh vy shashki, kanashki moi (You, wily darlings).
  • Skuchno vremiachko (Tedious time).
  • S brazhki p'ianoiu ne byti (You can't get drunk on brew).
  • Krasny devitsy, da starye muzh'ia (Young maidens, old grooms).
  • Zain'ka (Little white bunny).
  • Uzh ty, iagodka krasna (My red berry).
  • Po nemetskoĭ po ulitse (Along German Street).
  • Devki, Ivan i kuznetsy (Girls, Ivan and the smiths).
  • Starushka, diadia Moseĭ, baba i shchi (A hag, Uncle Mo, a hussy and her broth).
  • Kartoshka moia (Fried potato).
  • Kurochka s bychkom, porosënok s iaichkom (Bull-bearing hen and an egg-laying pig).
  • Moĭ muzh ne khorosh (My husband, my sweetheart and I).
  • A kto u nas umen (Who is wise and knowing).
BOX 119 [15 Russian peasant songs]
Mss. in ink, nos. 4-15 lacking lyrics, no. 14 has lyric sheet laid in. Two copies of no. 6.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Ach, du lieber Augustin!
Holograph in ink; 1 p.
No. 13 of "51 minitudes."
Note: piano
BOX 119 Advice
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations; 3 p.
Words by Pushkin, translated into English by Slonimsky.
Cover title: "A song."
Composed 1918/1920.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Anti-dodecaphonic declaration
Holograph in ink; 1 p.
Note: textualized melody
BOX 119 April
Photocopy of holograph; 3 p.
Dated March 26, 1928.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Aromas de leyenda (Aroma of a legend)
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations; 4 p.
On cover: "Final revised version (1938)."
Note: violin and piano
BOX 119 Aromas de leyenda (Aroma of a legend)
Holograph in pencil; 6 p.
On cover: "Final revised version (1938)."
Note: violin and piano
BOX 119 Autumn (O-sen')
Holograph in ink with English words in pencil; 2 p.
Words by Alexander Block (Aleksandr Blok).
At end: "Sofia, 18/X 1921."
Later published in slightly modified form as "Autumns of yesteryear."
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Bach's fugue no. 2 (multiplied by 2); Bach's fugue no. 2 in fluid tonality.
Score (holograph and partial photocopy) and sketches, in ink and pencil; 6 leaves.
Similar to no. 48 and no. 47 of "51 minitudes."
BOX 119 The ballad of the Oldtown fire, for baritone
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations; 4 p.
Completed in June of 1930.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Blitzpartie
Holograph in ink; 1 p.
No. 15 of "51 minitudes."
Note: piano
BOX 119 Butterfly. Impromptu
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations; 4 p.
Dedicated to Helene Miramova.
At end: "4 January, 1924, Seattle, U.S.A."
Note: piano
BOX 119 Déjà entendu
Holograph in ink; 1 p.
No. 36 of "51 minitudes."
Note: piano
BOX 119 Etude
Holograph in ink; 3 p.
Dedicated to Isabelle Vengerova.
Completed Nov. 1918.
Note: piano
BOX 119 Etude no. 1
Holograph in ink; 6 p.
Completed Oct. 1918.
Note: piano
BOX 119 [fanfares by various composers]
Slonimsky holographs for the parts (and some scores) of fanfares by Manuel de Falla; Milhaud (Fanfare pour une fête); Prokofiev (Fanfare pour une spectacle) [includes a printed version]; Amadeo Roldán (Fanfare/Llamada) [includes 7 parts in unknown hand]; and Stravinsky (Fanfare for a liturgy) [includes 2 parts in an unknown hand]. [30 p.] Includes miniature printed versions of "Fanfare for a political address" by Arthur Bliss, and "Esquisse d'une fanfare" by Francis Poulenc. For Slonimsky's own fanfare,(see: "Fanfarria habanera para despertar a los trasnochadores.")
BOX 119 Fanfarria habanera para despertar a los trasnochadores
Holograph score (4 p.) and parts (5), in ink with pencil annotations.
Score signed "Habana, 22.-IV-1933"
Note: piccolo, clarinet, horn, bell, maracas, and bongos
BOX 119 Fragment of chorus from "Orestes" of Euripedes, from a conjectural version (400 B.C.)
Score (paste-in photocopies) and holograph/photocopy of holograph string parts (3).
Note: trumpet, suspended cymbal, tambourine, tam-tam, and strings
BOX 119 La fuite de la lune (Impressions)
Holograph in ink and pencil; 6 p.
Words by Oscar Wilde.
On cover: "To Dorothy Adlow."
Completed Nov. 4, 1926.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Impromptu-miniature
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations; 4 p.
On p. 1: "Eastman School, Rochester, N.Y."
Note: piano
BOX 119 İok, effendi. Fox-trott
Holograph in ink; 2 p.
On cover: "Constantinople, 1921."
Note: piano
BOX 119 Isle of Zanti
Ms. in ink; 4 p.
Completed in September of 1927 in Portsmouth, N.H.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Isle of Zanti
Holograph piano-vocal scores (2), in ink; 3 p., 3 p.
Completed in September of 1927 in Portsmouth, N.H.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Khoral, pisannyĭ na ėkzamenie, 5 maia 1913.
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations; 1 p.
At top: "Examination piece, St. Petersburg Conservatory 1913."
BOX 119 Krug viekoviechnyĭ (Eternal circle)
Holograph in ink with annotations and English words (Slonimsly, trans.) in pencil; 5 p.
Completed in Sofia in August, 1921.
Note: voice and piano
BOX 119 Liubi menia iasno. Romans dlia vysokogo golosa
Holograph in ink with pencil annotations; 4 p.
At end: "Sofia, 1/XII 1921."
Note: voice and piano
BOX 120 Marche grotesque
Holograph parts (11).
Crossed-out title: "Little march for a big bowl"
Note: Piccolo, horns, trumpets, trombone, percussion, piano, strings
BOX 120 [miscellaneous melody(ies) with accompanying "words"]
Holograph in ink; 1 p.
BOX 120 [miscellaneous Slonimsky holographs of music of others]
Includes fragments copied from the music of Bizet, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Satie, as well as melodies by composers unknown, among which can be found several Russian songs and texts as recalled by Slonimsky, and believed to date from 1900 to 1904. (8 leaves)
BOX 120 [miscellaneous Slonimsky holographs of the music of Roy Harris]
Includes fragments for the following (17 leaves):
  • 1st symphony.
  • 2nd symphony. [2 leaves]
  • American portraits, third movement.
  • Fantasy (identical with the slow movement of the First Symphony).
  • First string quartet, slow movement ; Third symphony.
  • Piano sonata, second movement, middle section ; Ending of the piano sonata.
  • Quintet [clarinet, strings, piano]. [photocopy of annotated printed fragment]
  • Rock of ages, for mixed chorus and orchestra. [2 index cards]
  • Second movement [violin] ; Third movement [cello, piano].
  • Soliloquy and dance [viola solo ; piano].
  • The theme of collective force.
  • Third symphony.
  • Trio.
  • Violin concerto ; 3rd symphony.
  • Western cowboy [voice and piano].
BOX 120 Möbius strip tease
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