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BOX 1-569, 625, 629-631, 639-641, 643-701 | Concert Band Library, 1880s-1980s | ||||||||||||
Leonard B. Smith's
Concert Band Library
of
approximately 3,200 titles supported performances by the Detroit Concert Band and
later formed the basis of his BOVACO band music publishing business, which was
acquired by C. L. Barnhouse in 2012. Smith established his concert band library in
1945. Its origins include individual gifts to and purchases by Smith; his own
compositions and arrangements; and the acquisitions of other band libraries, most
notably that of George W. Stewart in 1946, which contains many holograph
arrangements by Emil Mollenhauer and William C. Rietzel. Smith also acquired music
from the libraries of Frank Scofield, Ernest S. Williams, Henry Everett Sachs,
Michael Muro, John M. Flockton, William Smith, A. P. Ripley, William McEvitt, the
Germania Band of Boston, the Boston Band, and the 510th Band. Several works in the
library were prepared for The Goldman Band by Anton Weiss and Wilhelm Strasser
under the personal supervision of Edwin Franko Goldman. Arrangers and composers
Edgar L. Barrow, Mayhew Lake, Erik W. G. Leidzén, L. P. (Louis Philippe)
Laurendeau, and Paul Van Loan are also notable in the collection. Three catalogs helped Smith and his librarians access the concert band library music: index cards filed alphabetically by composer last name, a numeric listing, and a list divided into sixteen main categories (overture, watlzes, suites, etc.) for preparing concert programs. These catalogs and lists are available in the Subject Files series. The use of a letter classification preceding a number allowed Smith to add works to the library at various points, as opposed to just at the end. Initially this may have served to keep all of the overtures together in the A classification, the marches together in the N classification, etc. The letters I, O, U, and Y are not used. The R classification comprised photocopy enlargements of works in the N class which were not kept. The E classification is solely devoted to Smith's encore books. These compilations, bound for each musician, of approximately 175 titles were used to supplement the Detroit Concert Band's regular programs and contained works suitable for encores such as marches, cornet solos, fanfares, and novelty and patriotic tunes. On occasion the ensemble performed complete concerts from the encore books. The music is housed in the original band library folders, which are acid-free and often include instrumentation as well as stamped dates of performances and inventory checks. Some entries also include performance location. Each title comprises score and parts for band unless otherwise noted. It is not uncommon for two or more titles to be published together, and in such cases, each title is listed individually. Works for concert band found in the collection but not cataloged as part of the concert band library are included at the end. This portion of the collection includes the black, cloth-bound cornet solo encore books of Bert Brown, who performed with John Philip Sousa, Arthur Pryor, and Harold Bachman, among others. According to Smith, “I’ve not tried to acquire quantity for its sake; I’ve sought out the music I want to play. There are manuscripts in the hands of Herbert L. Clarke, Mayhew Lake, John Philip Sousa, and Edwin Franko Goldman, among others. I only hope whoever acquires my library will share my sentiments with respect to its musical significance and take decent care of it. It’s the quintessence of the heritage of the music of the American classic concert band." |
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The music is arranged by Leonard B. Smith's concert band library catalog number. Works without catalog numbers are organized at the end alphabetically by composer last name and title therein. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 | (A 1) Gralsritter-marsch | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by M. Retford | |||||||||||||
Alternate title: March of the holy grail from Parsifal | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 | (A 1) Overture to Prodaná nevěsta | ||||||||||||
By Bedřich Smetana; arranged by M. Retford | |||||||||||||
Alternate title: Overture to The bartered bride | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 | (A 2) Overture to The beautiful Galatea | ||||||||||||
By Franz von Suppé; arranged by T. H. Rollinson | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 | (A 3) Overture to Rienzi | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by Dan Godfrey | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 | (A 4) Jurisprudence march | ||||||||||||
By Leonard B. Smith | |||||||||||||
Parts only | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 | (A 5) Carneval in Paris | ||||||||||||
By Johan S. Svendsen; arranged by Emil Mollenhauer; copyist W. A. Hochheim | |||||||||||||
Copyist's manuscript score, 1901; and parts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 639/1 | (A 6) Prelude to act 3 from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; transcribed by Nicholas D. Falcone | |||||||||||||
Score | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 | (A 6) Prelude to act 3 from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; transcribed by Nicholas D. Falcone | |||||||||||||
Parts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 | (A 7) Finale from Symphony in D minor | ||||||||||||
By César Franck; transcribed by James R. Gillette | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 629/1 | (A 8) Red sails in the sunset | ||||||||||||
Arranged by Paul Van Loan | |||||||||||||
Manuscript score | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 | (A 8) Red sails in the sunset | ||||||||||||
Arranged by Paul Van Loan | |||||||||||||
Manuscript parts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 | (A 9) 1812 overture | ||||||||||||
By Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; arranged by L. P. Laurendeau | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 | (A 10) Faust overture | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by O. Hackenberger | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 | (A 11) Holiday for strings | ||||||||||||
By David Rose; arranged by David Bennett | |||||||||||||
Includes manuscript score and parts for saxphone quartet arrangement | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 | (A 12) Overture für harmoniemusik, op. 24 | ||||||||||||
By Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | |||||||||||||
Alternate title: Overture in C | |||||||||||||
Parts only | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 | (A 13) Overture to Gwendoline | ||||||||||||
By Emmanuel Chabrier; arranger unknown | |||||||||||||
Parts only (for band). Orchestral score and parts included | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 7/1 | (A 14) Water music suite | ||||||||||||
By George Frideric Handel; arranged by Hershy Kay | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 7/2 | (A 15) Orb and sceptre | ||||||||||||
By William Walton; arranged by Norm Richardson | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 629/2, 641/1 | (A 16) Romeo and Juliet | ||||||||||||
By Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; transcribed by Paul Van Loan | |||||||||||||
Transcriber's holograph scores | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 | (A 16) Romeo and Juliet | ||||||||||||
By Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; transcribed by Paul Van Loan | |||||||||||||
Transcriber's holograph parts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 738/5-6 | Romeo and Juliet | ||||||||||||
By Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; transcribed by Paul Van Loan | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/2 | (A 17) Fugue with chorale | ||||||||||||
By Erik W. G. Leidzén | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/3 | (A 18) Toccata | ||||||||||||
By Girolamo Frescobaldi; arranged by Earl Slocum | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | (A 19) Leonore overture | ||||||||||||
By Ludwig van Beethoven; arranged by J. Waterson | |||||||||||||
Parts only | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | (A 20) The blue-tail fly | ||||||||||||
By Clare Grundman | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | (A 21) Le roi d'Ys | ||||||||||||
By Édouard Lalo; arranger unknown | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/1 | (A 22) Overture to Lohengrin | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by Fr. W. Voigt | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/2 | (A 23) Overture to The magic flute | ||||||||||||
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; arranged by Frank Winterbottom | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/3 | (A 24) Overture to La muette de Portici | ||||||||||||
By Daniel Auber; arranged by F. Burald | |||||||||||||
Alternate title: Overture to Masaniello | |||||||||||||
Band parts, and score for string orchestra only | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/1 | (A 25) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg vorspiel | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by A. Abbass | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/1 | (A 25) Prelude from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by H. R. Kent | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/2 | (A 26) Melpomene overture | ||||||||||||
By George Whitefield Chadwick; arranged by Frank J. Fiala | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/3 | (A 27) Queen of hearts | ||||||||||||
By Louis Palange | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/4 | (A 28) Jazz rhumba | ||||||||||||
By Louis Palange | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 12/1 | (A 29) Overture to Mirella | ||||||||||||
By Charles Gounod; arranger unknown | |||||||||||||
Parts only. Parts to Kéler Béla's "Grand galop infernale" included | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 12/2 | (A 30) Overture to Parsifal | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by Louis Oertel | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 12/3 | (A 31) Alaska overture | ||||||||||||
By Stephen Jones | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 13/1 | (A 32) Overture to Phèdre | ||||||||||||
By Jules Massenet; arranged by William C. Rietzel | |||||||||||||
Arranger's holograph score, 1892; and parts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 13/2 | (A 33) Overture to Rienzi | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranger unknown | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 13/3 | (A 34) Overture to Maximilian Robespierre | ||||||||||||
By Henry Litolff; arranged by M. Retford | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 14/1 | (A 35) Carnaval romain | ||||||||||||
By Hector Berlioz; arranged by William C. Rietzel | |||||||||||||
Alternate title: Roman carnival overture | |||||||||||||
Arranger's holograph score, 1893; and parts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 14/2 | (A 36) Overutre to Siege of Rochelle | ||||||||||||
By Michael William Balfe; arranged by T. H. Rollinson | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 14/3 | (A 37) Overture to Alessandro Stradella | ||||||||||||
By Friedrich von Flotow; arranged by Charles Godfrey Jr. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 | (A 38) Overture to Tannhäuser | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by Emil Mollenhauer | |||||||||||||
Parts are manuscript | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 630/2 | (A 39) Overture to Tannhäuser | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by Frank Winterbottom | |||||||||||||
Score | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 | (A 39) Overture to Tannhäuser | ||||||||||||
By Richard Wagner; arranged by Frank Winterbottom | |||||||||||||
Parts | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 16/1 | (A 40) Overture to The wanderer's hope | ||||||||||||
By Franz von Suppé; arranged by T. H. Rollinson | |||||||||||||
Alternate title: Overture to Des wanders ziel | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 16/2 | (A 41) William Tell overture | ||||||||||||
By Gioachino Rossin; arranged by J. Sommer | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/1 | (A 42) Egmont overture | ||||||||||||
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