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BOX 1-2, 6 Correspondence, 1876-1914
Handwritten letters between Dudley Buck, the Buck family, friends, colleagues, and other notable figures. The letters are chiefly from Buck to his son Dudley , many of which can be found in the letterbook in this series, along with letters from other family members. Other correspondents include Edmund Clarence Stedmund, L. Rowley Phillips, George Whitefield Chadwick, Sidney Lanier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Mason, and Abraham Lincoln.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 aus der One, Adele, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Barrett, Wilson, undated
Buck, Dudley
BOX-FOLDER 1/3-18 Miscellaneous, 1884-1909
BOX-FOLDER 1/19-24 Phillips, L. Rowley, 1903-1909
Laid in: Letter and inventory by Dudley B. Blossom
Buck family
BOX-FOLDER 1/25 Buck, Edward T. ("Ned"), 1891-1892
BOX-FOLDER 1/26 Buck, Madeline ("Lot"), 1882-1895
BOX-FOLDER 1/27 Buck, Mary E., 1886-1898
BOX-FOLDER 1/28 Buck, Mary E. [Mrs. Dudley I], 1900-1908
BOX 6 Miscellaneous family members, 1890-1891
Letterbook
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Calvé, Emma, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Chadwick, George Whitefield, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Crawford, F. Marion, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 De Koven, Reginald, undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Denzer, S., 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Eames, Emma, circa 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Foote, Arthur, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 J?, Francesca Kausseuer, undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Juch, Emma, circa 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Lanier, Sidney, 1876
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 Lassalle, Jean-Louis, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 Lincoln, Abraham, undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1879
BOX-FOLDER 2/14 Mason, William, 1888, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/15 Maurel, Victor, 1895
BOX-FOLDER 2/16 McCrackan, J. H., undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/17 McLewes, Frederick, undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/18 Melba, Nellie, undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/19 Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/20 National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1909
BOX-FOLDER 2/21 Navarro, Rafael, 1909
BOX-FOLDER 2/22 Parker, Horatio, 1914
BOX-FOLDER 2/23 Parry, Michael, 1897
BOX-FOLDER 2/24 Parsons, Charles H., 1906
BOX-FOLDER 2/25 Plançon, Pol, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/26 Reszke, Édouard de, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/27 Rousbey, Arthur, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/28 Saunderson, Sybil, 1895
BOX-FOLDER 2/29 Stedman, Edmond C., 1877-1879
BOX-FOLDER 2/30 Sterner, Albert E., undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/31 Terry, Ellen, 1893
BOX-FOLDER 2/32 Tours, B., 1896
BOX-FOLDER 2/33 Vannuccini, Luigi, 1894
BOX-FOLDER 2/34 Weber, E. H., 1909
BOX-FOLDER 2/35 Willard, E. O., 1893
BOX-FOLDER 2/36 Unidentified, 1894-1895
BOX 3-5 Music, 1872-1905
Holograph and printed scores and sketches for original compositions by Buck. Manuscripts include full scores of orchestral works, works for SATB and TTBB chorus and orchestra, and an opera. Published works include sacred music as well as popular songs. Some materials contain inscriptions by Buck, as well as notes detailing provenance.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 46th Psalm, 1872
Printed scores for various instrumentations
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Album of Twelve Songs by Dudley Buck, 1877
Printed scores for voice and piano
Contents:
  • Creole Lover's Song
  • Crossing the Bar
  • Fear Not Ye, O Israel
  • One Sweetly Solemn Thought
  • Spring's Awakening
  • Sunset
  • There's a Merry Brown Thrush
  • The Silent World Is Sleeping
  • The Tempest
  • When Life Hath Sorrow Found
  • Where Did You Come From?
  • Where the Lindens Bloom
LCCN: 2009546751 (bound) Canzonetta et bolero, undated
Holograph full score
LCCN: 93729830 (bound) Centennial Cantata, 1876
Words by Sidney Lanier
Holograph full score for SATB chorus and orchestra
LCCN: 2009546752 Concert Variations on the "Last Rose of Summer," 1875
Holograph score for string quintet
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Dudley Buck Songs, Volume I, circa 1905
Bound volume of printed scores for various instrumentations
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Dudley Buck Songs, Volume II, circa 1905
Bound volume of printed scores for various instrumentations
LCCN: 2022560142 Festival Hymn, op. 57, 1872
Holograph full score for SATB chorus, orchestra, and organ
LCCN: 2009546753 (bound) Festival Overture, undated
Holograph full score
LCCN: m60001860 Festival Overture on "The Star-Spangled Banner," undated
Holograph score for piano
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 Hymn to Music, circa 1877
Printed score for SATB chorus and piano
LCCN: 2007562693 Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis, circa 1887
Holograph score for SATB chorus and organ
LCCN: 2009546755 (bound) Marmion, undated
Holograph full score
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 Marmion, undated
Sketches
LCCN: 2007562694 O Ye That Hear and Understand, undated
Holograph score for baritone or bass voice and organ
LCCN: 2007563576 Praise Ye the Lord, For He Is Good, 1884
Holograph score for TTBB chorus and organ
LCCN: 2009546757 Romanza and Scherzo, undated
Holograph score
LCCN: 2009546758 Romanza for Four French Horns, undated
Holograph full score
LCCN: 2009546754 (bound) Scenes from Longfellow's Golden Legend, undated
Holograph full score
LCCN: 2009546756 Scenes from Longfellow's Golden Legend. My Redeemer and My Lord, undated
Holograph score for contralto and piano
LCCN: 2009546759 (bound) Serâpis, undated
Holograph full score
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Seven Songs, 1905
Printed scores for baritone or contralto and piano
Note: Inscribed from Dudley Buck to L. Rowley Phillips
Laid in: Note from Dudley B. Blossom describing provenance
Contents:
  • Spring Song: "It Was a Lover and His Lass"
  • Consolation
  • De Gray Owl
  • My Dream
  • The Tempest
  • A Life-Picture
  • Hamlet's Soliloquy: "To Be, or Not to Be"
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Six Cantatas for Men's Voices, 1905
Printed scores for tenor and bass voices, piano, and organ
Note: Inscribed from Dudley Buck to Dudley Buck III
LCCN: 2007563567 Three Character Songs. No. 2, Sleep, Kentucky Babe!, undated
Words by Richard Henry Buck
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