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Halsey Stevens papers, circa 1920-1987

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Music, circa 1920-1987 (continued)
Miscellany, 1920s-1970s
Loose sketch materials and unfinished onionskin masters, sketchbooks, theory and composition notebooks, and a handful of scores by other composers. Many of the sketches are accompanied by their original crate inventories. Sketchbooks with substantial, identifiable compositions contain cross-references to other related music materials.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material. Sketchbooks are arranged chronologically where possible.
BOX 34-36, 50/3-7 Miscellaneous scores, sketches, and parts
Crate inventories included with each folder
BOX-FOLDER 37/1-2, 50/8 Miscellaneous scores, sketches, and parts
No crate inventories
Withdrawn
BOX-FOLDER 37/3 Miscellaneous scores, sketches, and parts
No crate inventories
Unfinished sonatas
BOX-FOLDER 37/4-7, 38, 39/1-3 Miscellaneous scores, sketches, and parts
No crate inventories
Music by other composers
Miscellaneous composers
BOX-FOLDER 39/4 Birthday variations for Halsey Stevens (clarinet, cello, piano), 1978
Scores
Nine works composed for HS' 70th birthday
Nicolai, Valentino
BOX-FOLDER 39/5 Six sonatas for violoncello and continuo, 1959
Realizations by HS
Scores
Rawsthorne, Alan
BOX-FOLDER 39/6 Chamber cantata (voice, strings, harpsichord), 1937
Score
Vaughan, Rodger
BOX-FOLDER 39/7 Noel, noel (voices, piano), 1963
Score
BOX-FOLDER 40/1 Sketchbook, 1926-1932
Chiefly juvenilia
BOX-FOLDER 40/2 Sketchbook, 1927-1928
Miscellaneous sketches
BOX-FOLDER 40/3 Sketchbook, 1930-1931
Miscellaneous complete works and sketches
Includes: The flower clouded bells of morn ; Beauty free and undismayed ; Theme and variations in E♭ for two pianos ; Jorinda and Joringel ; Beneath the lilac tree
BOX-FOLDER 40/4 Sketchbook A, 1929-1931, 1962
Mostly complete, withdrawn works
Includes: Valse in A♭; The flower clouded bells of morn ; Prelude in E; Nocturne; Beauty free and undismayed ; The fountain in the wood; Wet fingers of the rain; Ich hab' im Traum geweinet; Fantasy nocturne in F♯; Tears ; Lines to an Indian air; Romanza in G♭; Si tu vendis ce soir; The icye song of St. Bride; The bells at night; Der Bienenstock
BOX-FOLDER 40/5 Sketchbook B, 1930
Mostly complete, withdrawn works
Includes: Theme and variations in E♭ for two pianos ; Prairie night ; Beneath the lilac tree ; Variations for two pianos on a theme by Johannes Brahms
BOX-FOLDER 40/6 Sketchbook C, 1931-1935, 1967
Mostly complete, withdrawn works
Includes: Variations for two pianos on a theme by Johannes Brahms (continued); En sourdine; Intermezzo; Impromptu martial; Die Mädchen von Granàda ; The pretty maid milking the cow; Capriccietto; Sommersang; From the hills of dream; Trauer
BOX-FOLDER 40/7 Sketchbook D, 1932-1933
Mostly complete, withdrawn works
Includes; Berceuse; Strasse im Regen; Wem ich in deine Augen seh; She dwelt among the untrodden ways ; Leonora ; Mouvement à la manière d'Arthur Honegger ; Romanze; Tango; Capriccio; Notturno; Marching song; Sonata in G major; Du ; Ich hörte den Wind
BOX-FOLDER 40/8 Sketchbook E, 1933-1936
Mostly complete, withdrawn works
Includes: When she came not ; Herself; Menuetto for strings ; Were you there?; Nuit; Capriccio in B minor; Parade; Ajax waltzes; Toto; Havanaise
BOX-FOLDER 40/9 Sketchbook, 1934
Withdrawn works and miscellaneous sketches
Includes: String quartet no. 2 ; Nuit; Sextet in D minor
BOX-FOLDER 41/1 Sketchbook, 1934, 1941, 1953, 1963
Mostly complete works and miscellaneous sketches
Includes: Arthur ; Four beasts ; Quiet song
BOX-FOLDER 41/2 Sketchbook, 1936-1947
Withdrawn works and miscellaneous sketches
Includes: Cherry ripe ; Trio in D minor
BOX-FOLDER 41/3 Sketchbook, 1942-1943
Mostly withdrawn works and miscellaneous sketches
Includes: The turtle dove ; Children of the wind ; Diversion on a Canadian folktune
BOX-FOLDER 41/4 Sketchbook, 1945
Miscellaneous sketches
BOX-FOLDER 41/5 Sketchbooks, 1956-1960
Miscellaneous sketches
BOX-FOLDER 41/6 Sketchbooks, 1959-1962
Miscellaneous sketches
BOX-FOLDER 41/7 Sketchbooks, 1959-1969
Miscellaneous sketches
BOX-FOLDER 42/1 Sketchbooks, 1961-1962
Miscellaneous sketches
Includes: Fantasia for piano ; Two pieces for four clarinets
BOX-FOLDER 42/2 Sketchbook, 1962-1963
Miscellaneous sketches
Includes: Magnificat ; Te deum
BOX-FOLDER 42/3 Sketchbook, 1962-1967, 1963
Miscellaneous sketches
Mostly transcriptions of folksongs
BOX-FOLDER 42/4 Sketchbooks, 1962-1966
Miscellaneous sketches
Includes: If luck and I should meet (revision) ; Oh God, the refuge of our fears
BOX-FOLDER 42/5 Sketchbook, 1976-1979
Miscellaneous piano works and sketches
BOX-FOLDER 42/6-9 Theory and composition notebooks, 1926-1931, 1945-1951
Six notebooks

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