George Crumb papers, 1956-2011 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

Container	Contents

BOX 1-10	Music, 1959-2003
		Holograph manuscript scores and sketches, drafts, annotated scores, sketchbooks, and several transparencies. Final copy manuscripts contain inked-over whiteout and pasted insertions that may require special handling.
		Arranged alphabetically by title of work. Cross references are provided for components of multi-volume works with distinctive titles, namely Makrokosmos, Images, and American Songbook.
		Instrumental
BOX-FOLDER 10/1			Black angels: Images I: thirteen images from the dark land: for electric string quartet, 1970
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 1/1			Black angels: Images I: thirteen images from the dark land: for electric string quartet, 1970
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 10/2			Celestial mechanics: Makrokosmos IV: cosmic dances for amplified piano, four hands, 1979
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 1/2			Celestial mechanics: Makrokosmos IV: cosmic dances for amplified piano, four hands, 1979
				Holograph manuscript score
BOX-FOLDER 10/3			Dream sequence: Images II: for violin, cello, piano, and percussion (and offstage "glass harmonica"), 1976
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 1/3			Dream sequence: Images II: for violin, cello, piano, and percussion (and offstage "glass harmonica"), 1976
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 1/4			Easter dawning: for carillon, 1991
				Holograph manuscript score
				Caption title: Easter bells
BOX-FOLDER 1/4			Easter dawning: for carillon, 1991
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
				1992 revised version
BOX-FOLDER 1/5			Easter dawning: for carillon, 1991
				Sketches and drafts
				Both versions
BOX-FOLDER 1/6-8			Echoes of time and the river: Echoes II: four processionals for orchestra, 1967
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 2/1			Eine kleine Mitternachtmusik (A little midnight music): ruminations on a tune of Thelonius Monk: for amplified piano, 2001
				Sketches and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 10/4			Eleven echoes of autumn: Echoes I: for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano, 1965
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 2/2			Eleven echoes of autumn: Echoes I: for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano, 1965
				Sketches and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 2/3			Five pieces for piano, 1962
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 2/4			Four nocturnes: Night music II: for violin and piano, 1964
				2 holograph manuscript score paste-ups
BOX-FOLDER 2/5			Four nocturnes: Night music II: for violin and piano, 1964
				Printed holograph manuscript score transparency
BOX-FOLDER 2/6			Four nocturnes: Night music II: for violin and piano, 1964
				Photocopied holograph manuscript score
				Annotations and corrections
BOX-FOLDER 2/6			Four nocturnes: Night music II: for violin and piano, 1964
				Sketches and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 2/7			Gnomic variations: for piano, 1981
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 2/7			Gnomic variations: for piano, 1981
				Holograph manuscript score
				Cover title: Fantasy variations
BOX-FOLDER 2/8			Gnomic variations: for piano, 1981
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 2/9			A haunted landscape: for orchestra, 1984
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 2/10			A haunted landscape: for orchestra, 1984
				Photocopied holograph manuscript score
				Annotations and corrections
BOX-FOLDER 3/1-3			A haunted landscape: for orchestra, 1984
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 3/4			An idyll for the misbegotten: amplified piano and percussion, 3 players, 1986
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 3/5			An idyll for the misbegotten: amplified piano and percussion, 3 players, 1986
				Sketches and drafts
			Images I see Black angels
			Images II see Dream sequence
BOX-FOLDER 3/6-7			A little suite for Christmas: A.D. 1979: for piano, 1980
				2 holograph manuscript score paste-ups
BOX-FOLDER 3/7			A little suite for Christmas: A.D. 1979: for piano, 1980
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 3/8			Makrokosmos I: twelve fantasy-pieces after the Zodiac: for amplified piano, 1972
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 3/9			Makrokosmos I: twelve fantasy-pieces after the Zodiac: for amplified piano, 1972
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 4/1			Makrokosmos II: twelve fantasy-pieces after the Zodiac: for amplified piano, 1973
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 4/2			Makrokosmos II: twelve fantasy-pieces after the Zodiac: for amplified piano, 1973
				Sketches
			Makrokosmos III see Music for a summer evening
			Makrokosmos IV see Celestial mechanics
BOX-FOLDER 4/3			Mundus canis (A dog's world): five humoresques for guitar and percussion (one player), 1997
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 4/3			Mundus canis (A dog's world): five humoresques for guitar and percussion (one player), 1997
				Sketches and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 10/5			Music for a summer evening: Makrokosmos III: for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), 1974
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 10/5			Music for a summer evening: Makrokosmos III: for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), 1974
				Sketches
			Night music II see Four nocturnes
BOX-FOLDER 4/4-5			Otherworldly resonances: six tableaux for two amplified pianos, book II, 2002
				2 holograph manuscript score paste-ups
				Original version
BOX-FOLDER 4/6			Otherworldly resonances: six tableaux for two amplified pianos, book II, 2002
				Sketches
				3 movement version
BOX-FOLDER 4/7			Pastoral drone: for organ, 1982
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 4/8			Processional (piano), 1983
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 4/8			Processional (piano), 1983
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 4/9			Quest: for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, contrabass, and percussion (two players), 1990
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 4/10			Quest: for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, contrabass, and percussion (two players), 1990
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 4/11			Variazioni: for large orchestra, 1959
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 5/1-3			Variazioni: for large orchestra, 1959
				2 photocopied holograph manuscript score paste-ups
BOX-FOLDER 5/4			Vox balaenae (Voice of the whale): for three masked players: electric flute, electric cello, electric piano, 1971
				Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 5/5			Zeitgeist: six tableaux for two amplified pianos, book I, 1987
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
BOX-FOLDER 5/6			Zeitgeist: six tableaux for two amplified pianos, book I, 1987
				Sketches
		Vocal
			American songbook, 2002-2007
				see I. The river of life
				see II. A journey beyond time
				see III. Unto the hills

CALL NUMBER: ML29.C93 no.1 <case>			Ancient voices of children: for soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players), 1970
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
				Laid in: photocopied score and sketches
				Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress
BOX-FOLDER 5/7			Apparition: elegiac songs and vocalises for soprano and amplified piano (on texts from Walt Whitman's "When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd"), 1979
				Holograph manuscript score paste-up
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