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Music, 1933-1971
Chiefly holograph scores, sketches, and parts for original compositions by Carter. Includes extensive sketches for his Piano Concerto, Variations for Orchestra, and his Pulitzer Prize-winning String Quartet no. 3.
A microfilm edition of select manuscripts are available on 22 reels that are shelved under various call numbers detailed in the container list. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
LCCN: 88754185 6 Pieces for Kettledrums, 1950 November
Onionskins of holograph scores; sketches; fragments
Note: Includes more than one version of most of the six original pieces
LCCN: 64033138 8 Etudes and a Fantasy, 1950
Photocopy of holograph score for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon; revised holograph score (1961)
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1816 C
LCCN: 88754405 8 Etudes and a Fantasy, 1949
Sketches for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1816
LCCN: 2009547038 Canonic Suite, 1950s?
Holograph score for four alto saxophones
LCCN: 2009547037 Canonic Suite, movement 1, 1954
Onionskin of holograph score for four alto saxophones with revisions
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1835
LCCN: 2009547039 Canonic Suite: Fanfare, 1939?
Onionskin of holograph score for four alto saxophones
LCCN: 2009547040 Canonic Suite, movements 1 and 3, 1950s?
Onionskin of holograph score for four trumpets with revisions; sketches
LCCN: 2009547047 Cello Sonata, 1948
Onionskin of holograph score and part
LCCN: 2009547048 Cello Sonata, 1948
Ozalid of holograph score with revisions (bound)
LCCN: 2008561148 Cello Sonata, 1948
Sketches
LCCN: 88754116 Concerto for Orchestra, 1969 November 25
Photocopy of holograph score; holograph score (rejected pages); diagram; photocopy of sketches
LCCN: 63050672 The Defense of Corinth, 1941
Onionskin of holograph score with revisions
LCCN: 88753677 Double Concerto, 1961 August
Onionskin of holograph score for harpsichord, piano, and two chamber orchestras
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1813 D
LCCN: 88753679 Double Concerto, 1961
Photocopy of holograph score for harpsichord, piano, and two ensembles, with annotations
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1813 D
LCCN: 88753675 Double Concerto, 1961
Sketches for harpsichord, piano, and two instrumental ensembles; holograph score (rejected)
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1813 D
LCCN: 88753674 Double Concerto, 1961
Sketches for harpsichord, piano, and two instrumental ensembles (nine boxes)
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1813, 1813 B, 1813 C, 1813 D
LCCN: 63050670 Elegy, 1944
Title on score: Adagio for Viola and Piano
Holograph score and part; photocopy of holograph score, with annotations
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1814 A
LCCN: 63050629 Elegy, 1961
Holograph score for viola and piano; sketches for piano
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1814 B
LCCN: 88754249 Elegy, 1943?
Title on score: Prelude for Viola and Piano
Holograph score for viola and piano
LCCN: 64033139 Elegy, 1944?
Title on score: Adagio for Cello and Piano
Onionskin of holograph score for cello and piano; onionskin of holograph part
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1814 C
LCCN: 88754246 Elegy, 1946?
Holograph score for string quartet
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1814 E
LCCN: 88754250 Elegy, 1946?
Holograph score for string quartet with revisions
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1814 C
LCCN: 88754251 Elegy, 1953?
Onionskin of holograph score for string orchestra
LCCN: 88754248 Elegy, 1944?
Onionskin of holograph viola part
LCCN: 88754247 Elegy, 1961 September
Sketches
LCCN: 63050623 Emblems, 1947
Onionskin of holograph score for TTBB chorus and piano
LCCN: 88754489 Emblems, 1947
Sketch for TTBB chorus and piano
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1815 A
LCCN: 88754031 Exercises, 1933-1935
Title on box: Counterpoint Exercises with Nadia Boulanger, 1933-1935
Holograph score
Also available on microfilm, MUSIC-1817
LCCN: 88754323 Harmony of Morning, 1944
Text by Mark van Doren
Onionskin of holograph chorus score
LCCN: 88754320 Harmony of Morning, 1944
Text by Mark van Doren
Onionskin of holograph piano-vocal score (incomplete)
LCCN: 88754319 Harmony of Morning, 1944
Sketches for SSAA chorus and chamber orchestra
LCCN: 88754182 Heart Not So Heavy As Mine, 1938 Dec
Text by Emily Dickinson
Onionskin of holograph score for SATB chorus
LCCN: 63050616 Holiday Overture, 1944
Onionskin of holograph score
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