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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
Photocopy of holograph score with annotations and corrections
BOX-FOLDER 49/7-8 Madrigals (soprano, various instruments), 1965-1969
Ozalid of score
Note: Original version, Crumb's copy
BOX-FOLDER 6/7 Madrigals (soprano, various instruments), 1965-1969
Performance instructions with pasteovers
Call Number: ML30.3c.C79 no.1 <case> Madrigals (soprano, various instruments), 1965-1969
Two holograph manuscript scores
Note: Books I and II only
Laid in: Photocopies of scores and transparencies
Note: Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress
BOX-FOLDER 6/8 Madrigals (soprano, various instruments), 1965-1969
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 37/5-6 Miscellaneous early works for voice and piano, 1947 and undated
Holograph scores and sketches
Note: To be used for research only, not for public performance
BOX-FOLDER 55/2 Music for Summer, 1964. 4 ECOI for two pianists, two sopranos, baritone, percussion, and pre-recorded magnetic tape, undated
Holograph sketches
Note: Work was not completed
BOX-FOLDER 7/1 Night Music I for soprano, piano (and celesta), and percussion (two players), 1963
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 37/7 Night Music I for soprano, piano (and celesta), and percussion (two players), 1963
Thermofax score with holograph annotations
Note: Early edition
BOX-FOLDER 37/8 Night Music I for soprano, piano (and celesta), and percussion (two players), 1963
Photocopy of printed score
Note: Crumb's copy
BOX-FOLDER 7/2 Night Music I for soprano, piano (and celesta), and percussion (two players), 1963
Printed holograph score transparency
BOX-FOLDER 7/3-4 Night Music I: for soprano, piano (and celesta), and percussion (two players), 1963
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 10/6 Night of the Four Moons for alto, alto flute (doubling piccolo), banjo, electric cello, and percussion (one player), 1969
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 55/3 Night of the Four Moons for alto, alto flute (doubling piccolo), banjo, electric cello, and percussion (one player), 1969
Ozalid of score
BOX-FOLDER 7/5 Night of the Four Moons for alto, alto flute (doubling piccolo), banjo, electric cello, and percussion (one player), 1969
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 49/9 Rilke Elegies, 1984
Holograph sketches
Note: Work was not completed
BOX-FOLDER 7/6 The River of Life (American Songbook I). Songs of Joy and Sorrow: A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, and Revival Tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 49/10 The River of Life (American Songbook I). Songs of Joy and Sorrow: A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, and Revival Tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Holograph score with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 50/1 The River of Life (American Songbook I). Songs of Joy and Sorrow: A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, and Revival Tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 50/1 The River of Life (American Songbook I). Songs of Joy and Sorrow: A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, and Revival Tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Holograph score with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 49/10 The River of Life (American Songbook I). Songs of Joy and Sorrow: A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, and Revival Tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Photocopy of holograph score
BOX-FOLDER 50/2 The River of Life (American Songbook I). Songs of Joy and Sorrow: A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, and Revival Tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Two printed scores with annotations
Note: Likely an early printing
BOX-FOLDER 50/3 The River of Life (American Songbook I). Songs of Joy and Sorrow: A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, and Revival Tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003
Holograph sketches for movements one, four, and eight
BOX-FOLDER 7/7 The Sleeper for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1984
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 7/7 The Sleeper for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1984
Holograph sketches and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 10/7 Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death. A Cycle of Poems by Federico García Lorca for baritone, electric guitar, electric contrabass, electric piano (and electric harpsichord), and percussion (two players), 1968
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 55/4 Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death. A Cycle of Poems by Federico García Lorca for baritone, electric guitar, electric contrabass, electric piano (and electric harpsichord), and percussion (two players), 1968
Ozalid of full score
Note: Original version
BOX-FOLDER 7/8-9 Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death. A Cycle of Poems by Federico García Lorca for baritone, electric guitar, electric contrabass, electric piano (and electric harpsichord), and percussion (two players), 1968
Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 10/8 Star-Child: A Parable for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir (and bell ringers), and large orchestra, 1977
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 8/1-2 Star-Child: A Parable for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir (and bell ringers), and large orchestra, 1977
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 50/4 Sun and Shadow. A Cycle of Five Poems by Federico García Lorca for female voice and amplified piano, 2009
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 50/5 Sun and Shadow. A Cycle of Five Poems by Federico García Lorca for female voice and amplified piano, 2009
Photocopy of holograph score with holograph annotations
BOX-FOLDER 50/6 Sun and Shadow. A Cycle of Five Poems by Federico García Lorca for female voice and amplified piano. II. The Fly, 2009
Photocopy of holograph score with Crumb's paraphrases of Bartók's quotations
Laid in: Photocopy of Bartók's quotations used in the piece; letter from Tony Barone
BOX-FOLDER 50/6 Sun and Shadow. A Cycle of Five Poems by Federico García Lorca for female voice and amplified piano. II. The Fly, 2009
Two photocopies of score with Bartók's quotations
BOX-FOLDER 50/6 Sun and Shadow. A Cycle of Five Poems by Federico García Lorca for female voice and amplifed piano. II. The Fly, 2009
Two photocopies of score with Bartók's quotations and holograph annotiations
BOX-FOLDER 8/3 Unto the Hills (American Songbook III). Songs of Sadness, Yearning, and Innocence: A Cycle of Appalachian Folk Songs for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2002
Holograph score with pasteovers
BOX-FOLDER 50/7 Unto the Hills (American Songbook III). Songs of Sadness, Yearning, and Innocence: A Cycle of Appalachian Folk Songs for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2002
Holograph score with pasteovers and annotations
Laid in: Correspondence and correction list from original folder
BOX-FOLDER 51/1 Unto the Hills (American Songbook III). Songs of Sadness, Yearning, and Innocence: A Cycle of Appalachian Folk Songs for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2002
Printed score with annotations
Note: Contains errata; may be an early printing
BOX-FOLDER 51/2 Unto the Hills (American Songbook III). Songs of Sadness, Yearning, and Innocence: A Cycle of Appalachian Folk Songs for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2002
Holograph sketches
BOX-FOLDER 51/3 Voices from a Forgotten World (American Songbook V). A Cycle of American Songs from North and South, East and West for two amplified solo voices (male and female), amplified piano and percussion quartet, 2014
Holograph score with pasteovers
Laid in: Correspondence and corrections list from original folder
BOX-FOLDER 51/4 Voices from a Forgotten World (American Songbook V). A Cycle of American Songs from North and South, East and West for two amplified solo voices (male and female), amplified piano, and percussion quartet, 2014
Holograph full score/sketches
BOX-FOLDER 55/5 Voices from the Heartland (American Songbook VII). A Cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, Folk Songs and American Indian Chants for two solo voices (male and female), amplified piano, and percussion quartet, 2010
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