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Music, 1944-2021 (continued)
Instrumental (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 10/5 Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), 1974
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 47/7 Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), undated
Holograph score with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 47/8 Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), 1974
Ozalid of holograph score with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 10/5, 47/9 Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), 1974
Holograph sketches
Night Music II
see Four Nocturnes
BOX-FOLDER 4/4-5 Otherworldly Resonances. Six Tableaux for two amplified pianos, Book II, 2002
Two holograph manuscript score with pasteovers
Original version
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 Otherworldly Resonances. Six Tableaux for two amplified pianos, Book II, 2002
Holograph sketches
Three movement version
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Pastoral Drone for organ, 1982
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Processional for piano, 1983
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 48/1 Processional for piano, 1982
Printed score with annotations and pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 48/2 Processional for piano, 1982
Photocopy of printed score for piano
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Processional for piano, 1983
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 4/9 Quest for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, contrabass, and percussion (two players), 1990
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Quest for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, contrabass, and percussion (two players), 1990
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 48/3 Rituals (Tableaux Variants, Book IV) for two amplified pianos, undated
Holograph sketches
Note: Work was not completed
BOX-FOLDER 37/4 Teaching Pieces for piano, 1962-1965
Printed scores
Note: Published under Crumb's pseudonym "Fred Ziller"
BOX-FOLDER 4/11 Variazioni for large orchestra, 1959
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 5/1-3 Variazioni for large orchestra, 1959
Two photocopied holograph manuscript score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 48/4 Variazioni for large orchestra, 1972
Ozalid of full score
Note: Date on score is the year of copyright
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for three masked players: electric flute, electric cello, electric piano, 1971
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 48/5 Winter Solstice (Tableaux Vivants, Book IV) for two amplified pianos, 1986
Holograph sketches
Note: Work was not completed
BOX-FOLDER 48/6 Xylophony for percussion quintet, 2014
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 48/7 Xylophony for percussion quintet, 2014 and undated
Photocopy of score; holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 Zeitgeist. Six tableaux for two amplified pianos, Book I, 1987
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 48/8 Zeitgeist. Six tableaux for two amplified pianos, Book I, undated
Printed score with typesetting annotations and pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Zeitgeist: Six tableaux for two amplified pianos, Book I, 1987
Holograph sketches
Vocal
American Songbook, 2002-2014
see I. The River of Life
see II. A Journey Beyond Time
see III. Unto the Hills
see IV. Winds of Destiny
see V. Voices from a Forgotten World
see VI. Voices from the Morning of the Earth
see VII. Voices from the Heartland
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 score with pasteovers
Laid in: Photocopied score and sketches
Note: Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress
BOX-FOLDER 55/1 Ancient Voices of Children for soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players), 1970
Ozalid of score
Note: Crumb's original copy
BOX-FOLDER 56/4 Ancient Voices of Children for soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players), 1970
Two printed scores with holograph annotations
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 score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 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 score
BOX-FOLDER 5/9 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 sketches
BOX-FOLDER 5/10 Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute (also piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute), and harp, 1986
Holograph score
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute (also piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute), and harp, 1986
Photocopy of holograph score with annotations and corrections
BOX-FOLDER 49/1 Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute (also piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute), and harp, 1986
Printed score draft with typesetting annotations and pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute (also piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute), and harp, 1986
Holograph sketches and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 49/2 The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook II) for baritone, guitar, and percussion, 2008
Holograph score with pasteovers; photocopy of holograph score
BOX-FOLDER 49/3 The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook II) for baritone, guitar, and percussion, 2008
Holograph score with annotations (incomplete; page 6 missing; two copies of page 1)
Note: Title on work is "Beneath the Alhambra." This is an early draft of Spanish Songbook I. Crumb later changed the title to "The Ghosts of Alhambra"
BOX-FOLDER 49/4 A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II). Songs of Despair and Hope: A Cycle of Afro-American spirituals for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, circa 2001
Holograph score with annotations and pasteovers
Note: Does not include movements two or nine
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II). Songs of Despair and Hope: A Cycle of Afro-American spirituals for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 49/5 A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II). Songs of Despair and Hope: A Cycle of Afro-American spirituals for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Photocopy of holograph score with holograph annotations
Laid in: Correspondence from original folder
BOX-FOLDER 49/5 A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II). Songs of Despair and Hope: A Cycle of Afro-American spirituals for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Photocopy of holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 49/5 A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II). Songs of Despair and Hope: A Cycle of Afro-American spirituals for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Photocopy of holograph score
Note: Crumb's copy
BOX-FOLDER 49/5 A Journey Beyond Time (American Songbook II). Songs of Despair and Hope: A Cycle of Afro-American spirituals for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Photocopy of holograph score with holograph annotations (incomplete; pages 1-23 only)
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 Lux Aeterna for five masked musicians (soprano, bass flute (and soprano recorder), sitar, and two percussionists), 1971
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Lux Aeterna for five masked musicians (soprano, bass flute (and soprano recorder), sitar, and two percussionists), 1971
Holograph score with pasteovers
On envelope: Not for printer
BOX-FOLDER 49/6 Lux Aeterna for five masked musicians (soprano, bass flute (and soprano recorder), sitar, and two percussionists), 1971
Ozalid of score with holograph annotations
Note: Crumb's copy
BOX-FOLDER 61/2 Lux Aeterna for five masked musicians (soprano, bass flute (and soprano recorder), sitar, and two percussionists), 1971
Negatives used for printing
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 Lux Aeterna for five masked musicians (soprano, bass flute (and soprano recorder), sitar, and two percussionists), 1971
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 6/5 Madrigals (soprano, various instruments), 1965-1969
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 6/6 Madrigals (soprano, various instruments), 1965-1969
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