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Music, 1943-1975 (continued)
Miscellaneous songs, undated (continued)
Sketches
BOX-FOLDER 1/17 My papa's waltz and other songs, 1974-1975
By Steven Gerber
Piano-vocal score
Note: Dedicated to Evett
BOX-FOLDER 1/18 Nunc dimmittis, 1966
Score for SATB chorus
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 Prelude and fugue, 1943
Violin parts
BOX-FOLDER 1/20 Prelude, interlude, and fugue, 1947
Violin, viola, and cello parts
BOX-FOLDER 9/6 Psalm 133, undated
Scores for SATB chorus and continuo (2)
BOX-FOLDER 9/7 Psalm 150; Chapter and hymn, undated
Scores for TTBB chorus and keyboard instrument (3)
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 The return, 1950
Text by Pauline Hansen
Piano-vocal scores
Note: Two versions
BOX-FOLDER 1/22 Rondo, 1951
Score for recorder/treble instrument and keyboard instrument
Note: For Russell Woolen
BOX-FOLDER 9/8 Rondo, undated
Scores for violin, viola, and cello (2)
BOX-FOLDER 1/23 Second piano sonata, 1957
Printed score
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Second Sunday in Lent: Gradual and tract, undated
Text: Psalm 24:17-18
Score for unison tenor/bass voices and organ
Note: Tract not present
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Second Sunday in Lent: Gradual and tract, undated
Texts: Psalm 24:17-18; Psalm 105:1-4
Score for unison tenor/bass voices and organ
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Seeker, undated
Text by Marcella Miller Du Pont
Scores for SATB chorus (2)
BOX-FOLDER 9/9 Sonata for piano, 1945
Scores (3)
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 Sonata no. 3 for piano, 1954
Scores (2)
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Sonata no. 4 for piano, 1955
Scores (2)
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Sonata no. 5 for piano, 1967
Score
BOX-FOLDER 9/10 Sonata no. 6 for piano, 1970
Scores (2)
Note: In memory of Harry McClure
BOX-FOLDER 9/11 Sonata for cello and cembalo, 1955
Scores (2); cello part
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Surely it is not I, Lord, 1971
Text: Matthew 26:22
Score for unspecified voice(s)
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Terce: for the third Sunday after Pentecost, 1972
Scores for cantor and SATB chorus (2)
Note: In honor of Miss Elmira Bier
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Time being, undated
Text by W. H. Auden
Scores for SATB chorus (2)
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Toccata and 2 fugues for 2 pianos, 1951
Score
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 Trio, circa 1946
Score for unspecified instruments
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 Trio, 1949
Scores for violin, viola, and cello (2)
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 Two cadenzas for Mozart's piano concerto in E-flat, K482, 1971
Score
Note: For Evelyn Swarthout Hayes
BOX-FOLDER 9/12 Variations for clarinet and orchestra, 1954
Full score
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Variations for clarinet and orchestra, 1954
Violin parts
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Variations for clarinet and orchestra, 1954
Viola, cello, and double bass parts
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 What an attractive thing is judgment, 1971
Text: Ecclesiastes 25:4-6
Scores for chorus (2) (one is incomplete)
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 Unidentified, undated
Sketches of work for violin solo
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 Unidentified, undated
Chiefly sketches of work for violin, cello, and harpsichord
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Unidentified, undated
Score for cantor, clarinet, violin, and organ (pp. 15-23 only)
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 Unidentified, undated
Scores for piano and piano-vocal scores
Note: Possibly fragments of a ballet?
BOX 4-5 Biographical Materials, 1942-1987
Information about Evett's life such as college transcripts, clippings, and various brief biographical notes. The majority of this material was collected by Evett's brother Kenneth and Kenneth's son David in preparation for a biography on the composer. Interviews with Evett's colleagues and friends found in this series were conducted by Kenneth or David for possible inclusion in such a book.
Arranged alphabetically by format.
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Address book, undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Biographies, undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/3-6 Clippings, 1942-1946, 1951-1970, 1983, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 College transcripts, 1943, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Death certificate, 1975
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 Drawing, circa 1970
BOX-FOLDER 4/9 Estate information, 1968-1980 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Eulogy, obituary, and condolences, 1963, 1975, 1983, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/11-12 Interviews: miscellaneous, 1983-1984 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/13 Interviews: Parris, Robert, 1983-1984
BOX-FOLDER 4/14 Interview template and notebooks, 1983-1987 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 Music catalogs, 1964
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 Photographs, 1968 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/9 Scrapbook, 1972
BOX 5 Correspondence, 1952-1975
Letters, cards, and notes both by and to Evett. Some of Evett's correspondents include the writers Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Graves, choreographer Ethel Butler, and fellow composers Karel Husa, Antal Dorati, and Robert Parris. A folder from Evett contains carbon copies of letters sent, often paired with the original correspondence. Aside from material sent by Evett, the largest body of correspondence in this series is from his former secretary, Holly Troxel
Arranged alphabetically by last name of author.
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Bales, Richard, 1961, 1968, 1974
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 Berkofsky, Martin, 1974
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 Bishop, Elizabeth, 1956-1957
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Butler, Ethel, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 De Schweinitz, Karl, 1973
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Dello Joio, Norman, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 5/9 Dorati, Antal, 1973
BOX-FOLDER 5/10 Du Pont, Marcella Miller, 1957 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 Evett, Robert, 1958, 1963-1970, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/12 Gerber, Steven, 1974 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/13 Graves, Robert, 1956
BOX-FOLDER 5/14 Husa, Karel, 1962-1968
BOX-FOLDER 5/15 Makris, Andreas, 1974
BOX-FOLDER 5/16 Manning, Robert, 1969-1973
BOX-FOLDER 5/17-20 Miscellaneous correspondents, 1952-1970s
BOX-FOLDER 5/21 Oates, Joyce Carol, 1973
BOX-FOLDER 5/22 Parris, Robert, undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/23 Rorem, Ned, undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/24 Rubin, Louis D., Jr. (Louis Decimus), 1972
BOX-FOLDER 5/25 Troxel, Holly, 1968, 1974-1975
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