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Dizzy Gillespie musical scores and related materials, 1940-2005

Creator:
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 380
Container / Volume:
Box 3
Image Count:
378
Abstract:
The collection includes music manuscripts which consists of submitted compositions, fragments, and transcriptions that were all owned by Dizzy Gillespie. Also included are works of art completed by Dizzy’s wife, Lorraine Gillespie. The artwork include...
Description:
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born on October 21, 1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina. Gillespie taught himself how to play trumpet and trombone and went on to perform in big bands and establish his own band. He also was a composer, bandleader, and a fi...
Subject (Name):
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993. and Gillespie, Lorraine.
Subject (Topic):
Arrangement (Music)., African American musicians, Bop (Music)., Jazz musicians, Music, Manuscripts, Trumpet players, Portraits, and Sheet music
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dizzy Gillespie musical scores and related materials, 1940-2005

2.
Gordon Myers papers relating to God's trombones, 1964-1986

Creator:
Myers, Gordon
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 16
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
421
Abstract:
"The Story Behind the Composing," typescript, photocopy, summary written by Myers in 1986 describing his experiences in composing God's Trombones and early performances, with printed programs, photocopies of correspondence, and other documentation app...
Description:
Baritone, composer, and educator. Myers composed a setting of James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones for solo voices, mixed chorus, solo trombones, and orchestra [i.e. brass ensemble]. The score and an analysis were submitted in 1965 to Columbia Uni...
Subject (Name):
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. and Myers, Gordon.
Subject (Topic):
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with band
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gordon Myers papers relating to God's trombones, 1964-1986

3.
No crystal stair : a setting of the poem "Mother to son" for voice and piano / words by Langston

Creator:
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Musical settings
Thomas, Frances S., -1999, composer
Published / Created:
[1957]
Call Number:
JWJ -V2 H874 N66
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Description:
"To Coretta Scott King"--Page 3.
Publisher:
MusiCraft Productions : Arts and Crafts Co-op
Subject (Name):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Presentation inscription from F. Thomas and Thomas, Frances S., -1999--Presentation inscription to L. Hughes
Subject (Topic):
Mothers and sons--Songs and music and Songs with piano
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > No crystal stair : a setting of the poem "Mother to son" for voice and piano / words by Langston Hughes ; music by Frances Thomas.

4.
No crystal stair : a setting of the poem "Mother to son" for voice and piano / words by Langston

Creator:
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Musical settings
Thomas, Frances S., -1999, composer
Published / Created:
[1957]
Call Number:
JWJ -V2 H874 N66
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Description:
"To Coretta Scott King"--Page 3.
Publisher:
MusiCraft Productions : Arts and Crafts Co-op
Subject (Name):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Presentation inscription
Subject (Topic):
Mothers and sons--Songs and music and Songs with piano
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > No crystal stair : a setting of the poem "Mother to son" for voice and piano / words by Langston Hughes ; music by Frances Thomas.

5.
[Fragments and drafts for Chiese di Venezia].

Creator:
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, 1876-1948, composer
Published / Created:
1947-[circa 1948].
Image Count:
139
Resource Type:
notated music
Abstract:
Section titled "S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari," score, autograph manuscript, and drafts for this and other sections, short score, autograph manuscript, some dated 1947 August-September
Alternative Title:
Chiese di Venezia
Description:
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy.
Subject (Name):
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, 1876-1948.
Subject (Topic):
Composers and Orchestral music
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Fragments and drafts for Chiese di Venezia].

7.
Luisa Miller : melodramma tragico in tre atti

Creator:
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
Published / Created:
[ca. 1850]
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
Score in two volumes, written in manuscript in the hands of several copyists, with text in Italian and German translation. Annotations on the title page of each act list performances in Italian cities, including Alba, 1882; Alessandria, 1851; Bari, 1...
Alternative Title:
Luisa Miller. German & Italian
Description:
Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Name):
Mugnone, Leopoldo, 1858-1941., Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805, Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805., Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901., and Ricordi (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Conducting, Opera, and Operas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Luisa Miller : melodramma tragico in tre atti

8.
Sinfonia concertante for orchestra with pianoforte (quasi obbligato)

Creator:
Walton, William, 1902-1983, composer
Published / Created:
[circa 1927]
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
notated music
Abstract:
Score, holograph, with corrections and conductor's markings. The score varies from the first published edition and is apparently an earlier version of the work. Accompanied by a fragment of score paper with Walton's name and the Sitwells' London add...
Alternative Title:
Sinfonia concertante, piano, orchestra
Description:
William Walton composed the Sinfonia Concertante while living in London with the Sitwell family. Walton dedicated the three movements of the work to Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell. The Sinfonia Concertante was first published in 1928 and rev...
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964, Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969, Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-1988, and Walton, William, 1902-1983.
Subject (Topic):
Composers and Piano with orchestra
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sinfonia concertante for orchestra with pianoforte (quasi obbligato)

9.
Scènes nouvelles for Le médecin malgré lui by Charles Gounod

Creator:
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925, composer
Published / Created:
[1923]
Image Count:
134
Resource Type:
notated music
Abstract:
Score of Satie's nine scènes nouvelles, holograph, with corrections by Satie and brief annotations written by dancer Serge Lifar and in unidentified hands. Appended are a transposition of Gounod's quintet from act three, written in holograph by Georg...
Description:
Charles Gounod's opéra-comique Le médecin malgré lui, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Molière's play, was first performed in 1858. For a revival at the Festival Français in Monte Carlo, Serge Diaghilev commissioned recitat...
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Auric, Georges, 1899-1983., Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929., Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986., and Satie, Erik, 1866-1925.
Subject (Topic):
Composers and Operas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scènes nouvelles for Le médecin malgré lui by Charles Gounod

10.
Sonate pour piano et violoncelle, op. 109

Creator:
Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924, composer
Published / Created:
[1917 October 25]
Image Count:
51
Resource Type:
notated music
Abstract:
Engraved proof (Paris: Durand, c1917), corrected by Faure in holograph, with printer's markings, and printer's and publisher's stamps
Alternative Title:
Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 1, op. 109, D minor
Description:
Staff notation.
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. and Durand & Cie.
Subject (Topic):
Composers and Sonatas (Cello and piano)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sonate pour piano et violoncelle, op. 109

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