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Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1072/14 Song without words (for our 28th Birthday) from your loving spouse
Photocopy of piano score with annotations in red pencil ; [2] p.
Dated: "For Felicia, 6 Feb. 1974"
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
Songfest (1977)
Holograph full scores in pencil ; 195 p.
Portions (mostly vocals) are in other hands, some in ink
Songs are numbered both individually and sequentially
BOX-FOLDER 1095/3 I. Opening hymn: To the poem/sextet
12 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1095/4 II. The pennycandystore beyond the El
14 p.
Dated: NYC June '77
BOX-FOLDER 1095/5 III. A Julia de Burgos
31 p.
Dated: N.Y.C., 23 Sept. '76
BOX-FOLDER 1095/6 IV. To what you said
see also Middle "C"
14 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1095/7 V. I, too, sing America (Langston Hughes)/Okay "Negroes" (June Jordan)
20 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1095/8 VI. To my dear and loving husband
13 p.
Inscribed and dated: For Lady Rosalyn/10 Dec. '76/Leonard Bernstein/orchestrated/Jan. 10, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 1095/9 VII. Gertrude Stein: Storyette H.M.
11 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1095/10 VIII. If you can't eat you got to
12 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1095/11 IX. Music I heard with you
12 p.
Dated: 1 Oct. '76
BOX-FOLDER 1095/12 X. Corso: Zizi's lament
19 p.
Dated: N.Y.C. 17 Sept. '76
BOX-FOLDER 1095/13 XI. Millay sonnet/What my lips have kissed
13 p.
Dated: Carmel 12 Sept '76
BOX-FOLDER 1095/14 XII. Israfel
24 p.
Dated: 24 Sept '77
Songfest ( 1977 )
Individual numbers, arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/1 A Julia de Burgos
Holograph short score in pencil ; 11 p.
Dated: Carmel, 10 Sept '76
BOX-FOLDER 1073/2 A Julia de Burgos
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 7 p.
Dated: Carmel 6 Sept '76 (Labor Day)
BOX-FOLDER 1073/3 If you can't eat you got to
Photocopy of piano-vocal score with annotations in pencil ; 7 p.
Each page made of two taped together pages
BOX-FOLDER 1073/4 If you can't eat you got to
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/5 I, too, sing America/Okay "Negroes"
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 7 p.
Dated: "21 May 77"
BOX-FOLDER 1073/6 I, too, sing America/Okay "Negroes"
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 9 p.
Laid in: typescript lyric sheets with annotations
BOX-FOLDER 1073/7 Israfel
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 14 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/8 Israfel
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/9 Music I heard with you
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/10 Music I heard with you
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/11 The pennycandystore beyond the El
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/12 The pennycandystore beyond the El
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/13 Storyette H. M.
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/14 Storyette H. M.
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/15 To my dear and loving husband
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil with annotations in blue pencil ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/16 To the poem (opening hymn)
Holograph short score in pencil ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/17 To the poem (opening hymn)
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/17 To the poem (opening hymn)
Manuscript poem in ink ; [1] leaf
Annotations in red pencil
BOX-FOLDER 1073/18 To what you said
Holograph short score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/19 To what you said
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/19 To what you said
Typescript of poem with annotations in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/20 What lips my lips have kissed
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
Dated: Carmel 9 Sept '76
BOX-FOLDER 1073/21 What lips my lips have kissed
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/22 Zizi's lament
Holograph short score in pencil ; 7 p.
Dated: Carmel, 9 Sept '76
P. 6 includes taped-over section
BOX-FOLDER 1073/23 Zizi's lament
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1073/24 Songfest ( 1977 )
Holograph notes in pencil, various sized paper ; 26 leaves
One page is in Tom Cothran's hand in ink
BOX-FOLDER 1095/15 Songfest ( 1977 )
Song listing and print order form
BOX-FOLDER 1074/1 Songs of fear
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
Dated: "NYC May 15, 1945"
Lyrics from Auden’s "For the Time Being," transcribed on inside cover; pages torn
BOX-FOLDER 1074/2 Souvenir de Roquebrune
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1074/3 A spiky song
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy ; [2] p. each
Inscribed: "For E[van].S.T[homas]., two weeks old, from his loving Grandaddy/N.Y.C. 28 Oct 1989"
Photocopy dated: "Corrected 5 Nov 89"
BOX-FOLDER 1074/3 A spiky song
Holograph music and lyric sketches in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1074/4 A spiky song
Photocopy of piano-vocal score with annotations in pencil ; [3] p.
Corrections dated: "Nov ‘89"
BOX-FOLDER 1074/5 A Springate souvenir
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
Inscribed: "For Helen [Coates], on the Biblical Birthday/19 July, ‘69"
BOX-FOLDER 1074/6 Sri Chinmoy (raga bahar)
Holograph score for song accompanied by flute, sitar, tabla and bass in pencil, lyric in red pen ; 2 p.
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