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Music, 1944-2021 (continued)
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
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
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