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Music, 1944-2021 (continued)
Vocal (continued)
Ancient Voices of Children for soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players), 1970 (continued)
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
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
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