Collection Summary
John Alden Carpenter Collection 1891-1961
(bulk 1900-1949)
1891-1961
(bulk 1900-1949)
ML31.C34
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951
around 1,700 items
12 boxes
5 linear feet
English
Collection material in English
Music Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
John Alden Carpenter was an American composer. The collection contains music materials, primarily holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songs, chamber and orchestral pieces, and dramatic works; correspondence; writings; photographs and artwork; biographical materials; certificates and honors; programs; clippings; and scrapbooks.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951--Archives.
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951--Correspondence.
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951--Manuscripts.
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951--Photographs.
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951.
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951.
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951. Works. Selections.
Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931--Correspondence.
Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950--Correspondence.
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961--Correspondence.
Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942--Correspondence.
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977--Correspondence.
Organizations
G. Schirmer, Inc.--Correspondence.
Subjects
Composers--United States.
Costume design--United States.
Dance--Stage-setting and scenery--United States.
Music--Manuscripts.
Titles
Carpenter collection, 1891-1961
Form/Genre
Clippings (Information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographic prints.
Programs (Documents)
Scrapbooks.
Provenance
Gift of Carpenter and his wife, Ellen Waller Carpenter, between 1932 and 1962.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The John Alden Carpenter Collection was processed in 1993 by Claudia J. Widgery. This Finding Aid was prepared with Corel WordPerfect 8. In 2003, Michael A. Ferrando coded and edited the finding aid for EAD format. Nancy Seeger revised the finding aid in February 2012.
Related Material
The Library of Congress Music Division has cataloged and shelved selected scores from the John Alden Carpenter Collection under the following call numbers: ML96.C274, ML96.5.C33, ML96.N22c, ML29c.C3, and ML96.D42. The locations are indicated in this finding aid.
In addition, the Library of Congress Music Division holds several collections that contain materials relating to John Alden Carpenter. They are: the [Aaron Copland Collection] ; [Nicolas Slonimsky Collection] ; [Glenn Dillard Gunn Collection] ; [Serge Koussevitzky Archive] ; [Artur Rodzinski Collection] ; [Edison Sheet Music Collection] ; [Julius Gold Collection] ; [Adolph Bolm Collection] ; [Jascha Heifetz Collection] ; [Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection] ; [William Remsen Strickland Collection] ; [Leonard Bernstein Collection] ; [Federal Theatre Project Collection] ; [Harold Spivacke Collection] ; [Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection] ; Damrosch-Blaine Collection; and the Percy Grainger Collection.
Copyright Status
Materials from the John Alden Carpenter Collection are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
The John Alden Carpenter Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Microfilm
Selected Carpenter music manuscripts have been preserved on microfilm under Music 1856, reels 1-5 and Music 1, reels 1770-1771.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], John Alden Carpenter Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Sketch
John Alden Carpenter was born Feb. 28, 1876 in Park Ridge, Illinois. His earliest musical studies were with Amy Fay and W.C.E. Seeboeck in Chicago and J.K. Paine at Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1897. Other musical studies included a few lessons with Edward Elgar in Rome in 1906 and four years of study with Bernhard Ziehn in Chicago (1908-1912), with subsequent studies under Ziehn disciple Julius Gold in the years that followed. Like his father, Carpenter was by profession in the shipping business, serving as vice-president of the family firm George B. Carpenter & Co. until he retired in 1936 to devote himself entirely to music.
Carpenter's musical compositions include both songs and orchestral concert and stage works. His earliest orchestral work,
Adventures in a Perambulator
, was written in 1914 and was the first of many successes. The ballet
Skyscrapers
(1923-1924), performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1926, was one of the first attempts at a literal depiction of modern American urban life, and thus has been accorded a certain historical significance. Other stage works include a "jazz pantomime" entitled
Krazy Kat
(1921), based on the comic strip by George Herriman, and a ballet-pantomime with Spanish overtones,
The Birthday of the Infanta
(1917). Carpenter was also considered an outstanding composer of songs; of particular note are the song cycles
Gitanjali
(1913, orchestrated 1934), a setting of a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore, and
Water-colors
(1916, orchestrated 1918), based on the writings of Confucius and other Chinese poets. Carpenter's commissions include
Song of Faith
(1932) for the George Washington Bicentennial in 1932, and the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commissions of his
String Quartet
(1927) and
Piano Quintet
(1934).
Carpenter was a highly successful composer in his day, being named a Knight of the French Legion of Honor (1921) and receiving such honors as the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He also received honorary degrees from Harvard University, Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin, and the American Conservatory of Music.
Carpenter died Apr. 26, 1951, in Chicago.
Scope and Content Note
The John Alden Carpenter Collection spans the years 1891 to 1961 and contains music materials, correspondence, writings, photographs and artwork, certificates and honors, programs, clippings and scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection consists of musical materials, primarily holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songs, orchestral pieces, and dramatic works. The holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songs are perhaps the most remarkable feature of the collection, as they include not only his better-known works but also many that have never been published. Notable among these are numerous unpublished youthful works, such as "Brother," "My Red Hair," and "My Horror," as well as several songs from the cycles
Gitanjali
and
Water-Colors
. Carpenter's chamber and orchestral works are well represented also. For many works that Carpenter later arranged or revised, the collection contains both the original and at least one revision. The materials for
Birthday of the Infanta
, for example, consist of three full scores, including both the 1918 original and a revised version from 1949, as well as holograph changes to the 1949 revision; a holograph arrangement for piano, 4 hands (1938); the composer's reduction of the first movement vocalise, with harp and piano accompaniment; and numerous sketches. A number of the printed scores of Carpenter's music in the collection feature holograph annotations or alterations.
Carpenter's musical compositions include both songs and orchestral concert and stage works. His earliest orchestral work,
Adventures in a Perambulator
, was written in 1914 and was the first of many successes. The ballet
Skyscrapers
(1923-24), performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1926, was one of the first attempts at a literal depiction of modern American urban life, and thus has been accorded a certain historical significance. Other stage works include a "jazz pantomime" entitled
Krazy Kat
(1921), based on the comic strip by George Herriman, and a ballet-pantomime with Spanish overtones,
The Birthday of the Infanta
(1917). Carpenter was also considered an outstanding composer of songs; of particular note are the song cycles
Gitanjali
(1913, orchestrated 1934), a setting of a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore, and
Water-colors
(1916, orchestrated 1918), based on the writings of Confucius and other Chinese poets. Carpenter's commissions include
Song of Faith
(1932) for the George Washington Bicentennial in 1932, and the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commissions of his
String Quartet
(1927) and
Piano Quintet
(1934).
Selected scores are cataloged and shelved under ML96.C274, ML96.5.C33, ML96.N22c, ML29c.C3, and ML96.D42 and are indicated as such in this finding aid.
The bulk of the correspondence in the collection consists of letters from Carpenter to Ellen Borden (Mrs. John Borden, also addressed as Mrs. Waller Borden), who became Carpenter's second wife in 1933. This twenty-five year correspondence dates from approximately 1910 to 1935, and although the letters are largely personal in nature, they do contain mention of various compositions and productions. The remaining correspondence contains items to Carpenter by various colleagues and friends, including George Whitefield Chadwick, Percy Grainger, Frederick Stock, Leopold Stokowski, and Walter Damrosch. There is also considerable correspondence from the 1940's between Carpenter and his publisher, G. Schirmer.
Carpenter's writings in the collection consist primarily of his program notes for works such as
Adventures in a Perambulator
,
Skyscrapers
,
The Seven Ages
, and the song cycle
Gitanjali
, as well as the stage works
Krazy Kat
and
The Birthday of the Infanta
. Many of the typescript texts for songs and dramatic works include emendations in Carpenter's hand. Other writings include a typescript entitled
The Art of the Theatre
by designer Robert Edmund Jones, who worked with Carpenter on a number of his stage productions, and a humorous illustrated book by Deems Taylor entitled
Moments Mousical
(1949), with drawings by Walter Kumme.
Of particular note are the numerous photographs and watercolors of the sets and costumes of Carpenter's stage productions. These include photographs of the shadow puppets from
Krazy Kat
and of both stage designs and stagings for the
Birthday of the Infanta
. In addition, there are numerous ink and watercolor sketches of costume designs by Robert Edmund Jones for the
Birthday of the Infanta
. Two charcoal drawings of Carpenter in the collection are also by Jones.
The remainder of the collection consists of certificates and honors, a variety of biographical materials, programs, and clippings. Three large scrapbooks include not only clippings and programs but also photographs from stage productions and letters received by Carpenter.
Claudia J. Widgery, March 1993
Organization of the John Alden Carpenter Collection
The John Alden Carpenter Collection is organized in nine series:
-
[
Personal Papers, 1891-1961
](CL1001)
-
[
Writings, circa 1913-1951
](CL1002)
-
[
Correspondence, 1910-1940s
](corr)
-
[
Music, 1904-1951
](CL1003)
-
[
Photographs and Artwork, 1891-1961
](CL1004)
-
[
Certificates and Honors, 1921-1961
](CL1005)
-
[
Programs, 1913-1961
](CL1006)
-
[
Scrapbooks, 1900-1961
](CL1007)
-
[
Clippings, 1891-1961
](CL1008)
Container List
Box
Contents
1, 10
Personal Papers, 1891-1961
1891-1961
Biographical materials from the life of John Alden Carpenter.
1/1
Biographical data (manuscript and typed), including dates of compositions and data on first performances
1/2
School report cards, 1891-1892
1891-1892
1/3
Family papers, including both manuscript and typescript descriptions of Carpenter's ancestors, family histories, as well as relevant correspondence and clippings
10/1
Coat of arms, family portraits
1, 10
Writings, circa 1913-1951
circa 1913-1951
Carpenter's program notes for various productions, typescript texts for songs and dramatic works that include emendations in Carpenter's hand, and writings by others, including a typescript entitled
The Art of the Theatre
by designer Robert Edmund Jones, who worked with Carpenter on a number of his stage productions, and a humorous illustrated book by Deems Taylor entitled
Moments Mousical
(1949), with drawings by Walter Kumme.
1, 10
Writings of John Alden Carpenter
1/4
"A Foreword to the Wise" (manuscript)
1/5
"Words of Wisdom" (typescript)
1/6
Program notes on
Adventures in a Perambulator
1/7
Program notes on
The Birthday of the Infanta
1/8
Program notes on
Gitanjali
1/9
Program notes on
Krazy Kat
1/10
Program notes on
The Seven Ages
10/2
Program notes on
Skyscrapers
1
Writings of Others
Jones, Robert Edmund
1/11
The Art of the Theatre
[typescript]
Koo, T. Z. (compiler)
1/12
Songs of Cathay: An anthology of songs current in various parts of China among her people
Shanghai, China: The Association Press, undated
undated
Pierson, Thomas C.
1/13
John Alden Carpenter
. Dissertation proposal, Eastman School of Music, Nov. 1951
Nov. 1951
Taylor, Deems
1/14
Moments Mousical.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1949
1949
Drawings by Walter Kumme.
Young, Stark
1/15
Somebody's Saint
[typescript]
1/16
Birthday of the Infanta
, text excerpts
Manuscript and typescript
1/17
Hyacinth
, incomplete text
Typescript
1/18
Khaki Sammy
Typescript with pencil emendations in hand of Carpenter
1/19
Song of Faith
, text
Typescript with title and attribution in hand of Carpenter
1/20
Miscellaneous poetry texts
Manuscript and typescript
2-3
Correspondence, 1910-1940s
1910-1940s
Includes correspondence from Carpenter to his second wife Ellen Borden and correspondence to and from Carpenter by various colleagues and friends, including a considerable amount between Carpenter and his publisher, G. Schirmer.
2-3
Letters from John Alden Carpenter to Ellen Carpenter
Arranged either by category or chronologically.
Letters by Category
Arranged according to categories devised by Ellen Carpenter (formerly Mrs. Waller Borden).
2/1
"Imagery and Humor"
2/2-3
"Interest and Ideas"
2/4
"Referring to Music"
Letters by Year
Arranged chronologically.
2/5
1910-1922
2/6-7
1923
2/8-9
1924
2/10-12
1925
2/13
1926
3/1
1927
3/2
1928
3/3
1929-1930
3/4
1931-1935
3/5-7
undated
3
Letters to John Alden Carpenter
Arranged alphabetically by name.
American Institute of Arts and Letters
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
Barrère, Georges
[
see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
3/8
Benedek, Theodore Alfred
3/9
Biancolli, [?]
3/10
Bloch, Joseph
Cadman, Charles Wakefield
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
Cameron, Basil
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
Chadwick, George Whitefield
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
3/11
Chasins, Abram
Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
3/12
Copland, Aaron
3/13
Damrosch, Walter
[
See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
De Lamarter, Eric
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
3/14
Dumesnil, Maurice
Engel, Carl
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
3/15
Fisher, Renée B.
3/16
Flagler, Harry H.
3/26-27
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Gilman, Lawrence
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
Gold, Julius
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
3/17
Golschmann, Vladimir
[
See also: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
3/18
Grainger, Percy Aldridge
[
See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
Gunn, Glenn Dillard
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
Harvard University
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
Hasselmann, C.
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
3/18a
Hurlbut, Byron Satterlee
Janssen, Werner
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
[
see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
3/19
Jones, Robert Edmund
Kernochan, Marshall
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
3/20
Kindler, Hans
Koussevitzky, Serge
[
see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
Lewis, [John?] Hamilton
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
3/21
MacKinnon, Douglas A.
3/22
Massine, Leonide
3/23
Mueller, Herb
3/24
N., "Hump" T.
Piatigorsky, Gregor
[
see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
Rodzinski, Artur
[
see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
3/25
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Schirmer, G.
[
see G. Schirmer, Inc.](mu003001_Letters_from_the_following_correspondents_CL10021004_D3_38)
3/28
Serkin, Rudolf
(to Mrs. Carpenter)
Sousa, John Philip
[
see: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
3/29
Stock, Frederick A.
[
See also: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
3/30
Stokowski, Leopold
[
See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
[
See also: Degree certificates from: American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, IL](mu003001_Degree_certificates_CL10051001_D3_1)
Stone, John Timothy
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
3/31
Swarthout, Gladys
U. S. George Washington Bicentennial Commission
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
3/32
University of Rochester
[
See also: Scrapbook, 1943-1961](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_3)
Walter, Bruno
[
see: Scrapbook, 1914-1942](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_2)
Young, Steve
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
Ziehn, Bernard
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
Ziehn, Emma
[
see: Scrapbook, 1900-1933](mu003001_SCRAPBOOKS_CL1007_D3_1)
4-9
3
Music, 1904-1951
1904-1951
Includes primarily holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songs, chamber and orchestral pieces, and dramatic works. Many of his printed scores feature holograph annotations or alterations.
Selected scores are cataloged and shelved under ML96.C274, ML96.5.C33, ML96.N22c, ML29c.C3, and ML96.D42 and are indicated as such in this finding aid.
4-8
3
Manuscripts, 1913-1949
1913-1949
Arranged alphabetically by title.
4/1
About my garden
Holograph score ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/2
Ad domnulam suam
Holograph score, incomplete ; [1] p.
On p. 1: May 1913.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
Adventures in a perambulator
Holograph score, revised version ; 105 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 1)
4/3
Adventures in a perambulator
Holograph piano score, incomplete ; [8] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 1)
4/4
Aged woman
Holograph score ; [2] p.
On p. 1: Feb. 7-15
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/5
America the beautiful
Holograph score ; [1] p.
On p. 1: Sunday, May 27-28
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
The anxious bugler
Holograph full score ; 26 p.
At end: Beverly, Aug. '43
see ML96.C274
4/6
Berceuse
Holograph piano score, incomplete ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 62)
4/7
Berceuse
Holograph full score ; 32 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)
The birthday of the infanta
Holograph full score, with emendations in red and blue pencil ; [184] p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 3)
The birthday of the infanta
Holograph sketch, condensed score ; [20], 44, [6] p.
At end of p. 44: Finished 8/20/18
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 4)
The birthday of the infanta ; arr.
Holograph score for piano, 4 hands, in ink and photocopy ; 44 p.
At end: This revision 1938.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 5)
The birthday of the infanta ; arr.
Holograph piano score ; 45 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 6)
The birthday of the infanta. Suite, no. 2
Holograph full score ; 60 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 7)
The birthday of the infanta. Suite, no. 2
[
See also: Sketches of the symphony no. 1, The birthday of the infanta, and an unidentified instrumental piece. 191- ] (Mfm.# 3/34)](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_147)
Holograph full score, in ink and part photocopy ; 60 p.
At end: This arrangement 1949. Chicago and Carmel, Calif.
Inserted: two copies of the composer's reduction of the vocalise in the 1st movement, with harp and piano acc. (4 p. each)
Laid in: Changes in orchestral score and parts by the composer in ink (7 p.)
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 8)
Blue gal
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.
On t.p.: 1st version. 1941.
At end: Nov. '41 Chicago
Laid in: Holograph sketch with additional verses (1 l.)
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 39)
Blue gal ; arr.
Holograph full score ; 16 p.
Arranged for mezzo-soprano & orchestra
At end: May '43
Laid in: typescript of text
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 40)
4/8
Bright truth is still our leader
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [1] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/9
Brother
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; 3 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
3/1
Canterbury bells
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 1 p. (oversize)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Carmel concerto
Holograph, in ink, with corrections in pencil ; 45 p.
At end: Jan. to June '48. Carmel, Chicago, Beverly.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 9)
4/10
Chanson d'automne
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
4/11
Les cheminées rouges
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [10] p.
On p. 1: Feb. 1922
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/12
Les cheminées rouges
[
See also: Le petit cimetière](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_120)
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 6 p.
At end: 11/14/34
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/13
Chevaux de bois
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
4/14
Le ciel
Holograph piano-vocal sketch ; 2 p.
At end: John darling, do not forget your wife over seas. I will return. Bless you. Hazel.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
4/15
The cock shall crow
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/16
Cold song
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/17
Come
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; 6 p.
On t.p.: June 1914
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Concertino, piano
Holograph full score, in ink, with blue and red pencil additions and corrections ; 80 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 10)
4/18
Concertino, piano
Holograph two-piano score, incomplete ; p. 17-58
4/19
Concertino, piano
. New York: G. Schirmer, 1920
1920
Printed two-piano score, with emendations in red ink ; 65 p.
On p. 1, in red ink: Revised 1949
Laid in: holograph list of changes and corrections to be made in two-piano score ; 2 p.
Laid in: multiple copies (positive & negative) of optional cuts for p. 58-9
Concertino, piano
[
See also: Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous (Mfm.# 5/66)](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_191)
Holograph short score of cadenza (optional) ; [4] p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 11)
Concerto, violin
Holograph full score ; 52 p.
At end: Eze-Beverly, March-September '36
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 12)
Concerto, violin ; arr.
Holograph score, with corrected sections (partly photocopy), pasted in ; 23 p.
Arranged for violin & piano
At end: Eze Village-Beverly, March-Sept. 1936
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 12)
The cryin' blues
[
see: Jazz boys](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_81)
[
see: Shake your brown feet, honey](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_144)
Dance suite
Holograph full score ; 13, 18, 28 p.
At end of 1st movement.: Feb. '43
At end of 2nd movement.: March '43
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 13)
4/20
Dansons la gigue!
Holograph piano-vocal sketch (fragment) : [1] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
Danza
Holograph piano score ; 5 p.
On t.p.: Original piano score
At end: August '35. Pride's Crossing.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 60)
Danza
Photocopy of holograph piano score ; 5 p.
see ML96.5.C33
4/21
Dawn in India
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p. (2 copies)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/22
Discontent
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
4/23
Ditty
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
4/24
Don't ceäre
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; 7 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/25
Dutch dance
Copyist's piano score ; 4 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
4/26
En sourdine
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
4/26
En sourdine
Holograph piano-vocal sketch ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Endlose Liebe
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 41)
4/27
Endlose Liebe
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 41)
4/28
Endlose Liebe
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 41)
Fanfarette - Berceuse for Richard
Holograph full score ; [1] l.
At end: For Halina, Artur and Richard. God bless you all. J.A.C. Hobe Sound, Fla., Feb. '45
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 14)
5/1
The faun. Act II, p. 36; Act III, p. 32; Suffragette March
Holograph piano score ; 13 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/1
The faun. Act II, p. 36; Act III, p. 32; Suffragette March
Holograph piano score ; 20 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/2
The faun. Act II (Page 36)
Holograph full score ; [13] p.
On p. 1: "The Heart of Nature"
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/2
The faun. Suffragette March
Holograph full score ; 4 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/2
The faun. [Untitled]
Holograph full score ; 11 p.
On p. 1, with incipit: Faun theme
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/2
The faun. Act III (Page 32)
Holograph full score ; 11 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/2a
The faun. [Untitled]
Holograph full score, incomplete ; [1], 83 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/2a
The faun. [Untitled]
Copyist's first violin part ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)
5/3
Fog wraiths
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/4
Four seasons
Holograph sketches ; [23 p.]
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
5/5
From hill and plain
Holograph sketches ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
5/6
From a tree-top
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; 3 p.
Title crossed out
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
5/7
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2], [1] p.
Includes 3 photocopies (2 positive, 1 negative).
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Gitanjali; arr.
Holograph full score ; [72] p.
Arranged for orchestra; acc. originally for piano
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 42)
Gitanjali; arr.
Copyist's manuscript of full score, with emendations in composer's hand; [82] p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 42)
Gitanjali; arr.
Holograph full score of revised arr.
At end: Aug. 15th '34. Chicago, Pride's Crossing.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 42)
5/7a
Gitanjali. No. 6 ; fragment
Holograph sketch, pencil ; [1] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 66)
5/8
Go, lovely rose
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/9
The green river
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/10
The green river
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
5/11
The heart's country
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/12
Her voice
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [5] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/13
The hermit crab
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
At end: January 1929
Includes positive and negative photostats
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Highwaymen
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 2 p.
On p. 1: May 7th, '16
Deposit of the National Federation of Music Clubs
see ML96.N22C
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 56)
The home road
Holograph full score ; 4 p.
Orchestration by Eric DeLamarter.
Laid in: printed piano-vocal score (1 p.)
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 49)
The home road
Arranger's manuscript ; [6] p.
Arranged by Eric DeLamarter
see ML96.D42
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 49)
5/14
How to dance
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/15
If
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
At end: Dec. '34
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/16
Il pleure dans mon coeur
Holograph piano-vocal sketch ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
5/16
Il pleure dans mon coeur
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/17
Impromptu
Holograph piano score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
5/18
Jazz boys
[
See also: Shake your brown feet, honey](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_144)
Reproduced from holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
Bound with: Midnight Nan ([3] p.), The cryin' blues ([2] p.), and Shake your brown feet, honey ([4] p.)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/19
Jazz orchestra pieces
Reproduced from holograph scores ; bound volume
5/20
Khaki Sammy
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
On p. 1, at top: August 20, '17
On p. 1, at bottom: (Copyright applied for by John A. Carpenter) 8/20/17
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Krazy Kat ; a jazz-pantomime
Holograph full score, revised version ; 58 p.
Scenario by George Herriman. 1939.
At end: Dec. '39
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 15)
Krazy Kat ; arr.
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [15] p.
Arranged for voice and piano
On p. [1]: May-Sept. 1921
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 16)
Krazy Kat ; arr.
Holograph piano-vocal score, revised version ; 15 p.
At end: Jan. 2nd-12th-'40
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 16)
5/21
Land of mine
Holograph piano-vocal score and sketch ; [1], [1] p.
On p. 1: Aug. 4 '17
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/22
Little fly
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/23
Little heathen boys
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
5/24
Little heathen boys
Printer's proofs ; [4] p.
Not filmed
5/25
Little nigger
Holograph piano score ; [3] p.
On p. 1: April 9th '16
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
5/26
The little prayers of I
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
5/27
The little turtle
Holograph piano-vocal score in blue ink ; [2] p.
On p. 1: November 1926
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
5/28
Love in the valley
Holograph score, incomplete (vocal part only) ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
6/1
The marshes of Glynn
Holograph piano-vocal score and sketches ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/2
May the maiden
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
6/3
Memory
Holograph piano-vocal sketch ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 65)
6/4
Menuet
Holograph full score ; 4 p.
On p. 1: Jan. 1923
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)
6/4
Menuet
Holograph instrumental parts ; 1 p., 1 p., 1 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 67)
Midnight Nan
[
See also: Jazz boys](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_81)
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 43)
6/5
Miniature
Holograph score for violin & piano ; 3 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)
6/6
Mistress mine
Reproduced from copyist's piano-vocal score ; 2 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Morning fair
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
At end: Jan. '35
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 44)
6/7
Morning fair
Ozalid of holograph score ; 5 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/8
Mountain! Mountain!
Copyist's piano-vocal score in blue ink ; [2] p.
On p. 1: November 1926
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/8
Mountain! Mountain!
Copyist's piano-vocal score in black ink, with typed text ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/9
The music doctor's blues
Holograph score for violin and piano ; 3 p.
On p. 1: June 14th - '28
At end: We thank you!
Includes positive and negative photostats
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)
Music II
Holograph score ; 1 v. (unpaged)
Sketchbook of chorales, harmonic exercises, and songs for student work at Harvard University, 1894-1997.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 17)
6/10
My horror
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
6/11
My plan
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/12
My red hair
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/13
The mystery
[
See also: Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous (Mfm.# 5/66)](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_191)
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
On p. 1: May 1915
Night songs. Slumber-song ; arr.
[
see: Slumber song. 1943](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_112)
6/14
Norse lullaby
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.
On p. 1: Copyright 1895 by H. B. Stevens
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/15
The odalisque
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
On p. 1: January '16
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
Oil and vinegar ; for jazz orchestra. 1926
Holograph full score ; 29 p.
At end: 6/25/26
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 18)
On a screen
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 2 p.
see ML96.C274
Patterns. 1930-1932
Holograph full score ; 41 p.
At end: Begun Mar.-April 1930. Completed May-July 1932.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 19)
6/16
The penitent
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [1] p.
On p. 1: August 26th - '20
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
6/17
Le petit cimetière
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
At end: March 1923
Includes negative photostat of first page of music
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/18
Le petit cimetière
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.
At end: Sept. '34
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
6/18
Le petit cimitière [and] Les cheminées rouges
Photocopy of holograph score, with composer's corrections ; 3, 6 p.
At end: 11/14/34
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 47)
6/19
Petite suite
Reproduced from copyist's piano score ; 5 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
A pilgrim vision
Holograph full score ; 35 p.
On p. 1: September 1920
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 20)
6/20
Polonaise Americaine
[
See also: Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous (Mfm.# 5/58)](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_191)
Holograph piano score ; [3] p.
On p. 1: Dec. 1912
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
The pools of peace
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] l.
At end: Dec. 1934
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 48)
6/21
The pools of peace
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
6/22
Prelude and fugue
Holograph piano score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
6/23
A protest
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
Quintet, piano & strings
Holograph score in pencil ; 43 p.
see ML29c.C3
MUSIC 1 (reel 1770)
Quintet, piano & strings
Holograph score in ink (33 p.) and reproduced copyist's manuscript parts
On t.p.: Original work written at Algiers, Feb.-Mar. '33. First played at Coolidge Festival, Pittsfield, Mass. ('33)
At end: Beverly, Chicago, Carmel, '46-'47
see ML29c.C3
MUSIC 1 (reel 1771)
Quintet, piano & strings
Holograph full score of opening pages ; 4 p.
On t.p.: To Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Algiers 2/8/34.
At end: 3/24/34
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 21)
6/24
Quintet, piano & strings
Ozalid of holograph full score, revised version, with holograph pasteovers ; 33 p.
At end, in ink: Beverly, Chicago, Carmel, '46-'47
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 22)
The road that leads me home; arr.
[
see The home road](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_134)
6/25
Schifferlied
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Sea drift
Holograph full score ; 30 p.
At end: Eze-Pride's Crossing. Feb.-Sep. 1933.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 23)
Sea drift
Photocopy of holograph full score ; 30 p.
see ML96.5.C33
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 23)
Sea drift
Holograph condensed score ; 12 p.
On t.p.: Original sketch. 1933.
At end: Eze-Prides' '33
Inserted: holograph sketch in pencil, [2] p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 24)
6/26
Sehnsucht
Holograph piano score ; [1] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
6/26
Sehnsucht
Holograph piano score ; [1] p.
Includes unidentified piano piece (3 p.)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
6/27
Serenade
Reproduced from copyist's piano score ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
The seven ages
Holograph full score ; 74 p.
At end: Hobe Sound, Chicago, Beverly, Feb.-July 1945.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 25)
6/28
Shake your brown feet, honey
[
See also: Jazz boys](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_81)
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.
Bound with: The cryin' blues ([2] p.), Jazz boys ([3] p.), and That soothin' song ([2] p.)
On p. 1: March 1926
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
Silhouettes
[
see: Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_166)
Sketches of an unidentified symphony and Skyscrapers. 1920-1922
Holograph score ; 1 v.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 37)
Sketches of the symphony no. 1, The birthday of the infanta, and an unidentified instrumental piece. 191-
Holograph score ; 1 v.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 34)
Skyscrapers
Holograph full score ; [92] p.
On t. p.: 1923-1924
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 26)
Skyscrapers
[
See also: Sketches of an unidentified symphony and Skyscrapers. 1920-1922](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_146)
Reproduced from holograph full score, with composer's manuscript emendations ; 2 scores (54 p. each)
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 27)
6/29
Sleep ma honey, sleep
Holograph sketch (vocal part only) ; [1] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
Slumber-song. 1943
Holograph full score ; 13 p.
Arranged for voice & orchestra
At end: May '43
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 45)
6/30
Sonata, piano, A major
Holograph piano score and sketches ; [12] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 62)
6/31
Sonata, piano, G minor
Holograph piano score ; [23] p.
At top: 1897
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
Sonata, piano, G minor
Copyist's piano score ; 9 p., 4 p., 6 p.
On cover: Graduation Exercise, Music Dept., Harvard College, 1897
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 28)
7/1
Sonata, violin & piano
Holograph score for violin & piano ; 35 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)
7/2
Sonata, violin & piano
Copyist's score for violin & piano, with holograph pasteovers ; 39 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)
Sonata, violin & piano
Copyist's violin part, with pencilled emendations by the composer ; 14 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 29)
A song for Illinois
Holograph full score ; 12 p.
At end: Jan. 8-17, 1941.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 30)
Song of David
Holograph full score, incomplete ; 2 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 31)
Song of faith
Holograph full score ; 39 p.
On p. 1: Aug.-Oct. '31
Laid in: typescript of text
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 50)
7/3
Song of faith
Holograph full score ; 40 p.
On t.p.: Revised 1937
Laid in: 2 p. holograph additions
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 51)
Song of faith
Reproduced from holograph, with composer's manuscript revisions and additions, written or pasted in ; 39 p.
At end: Revised Feb. '36
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 51)
Song of freedom
Holograph full score ; 35 p.
At end: Oct.-Dec. '41. Beverly-Chicago.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 52)
Song of freedom
Holograph condensed score ; 7, 7 p.
At end: Beverly, Oct. '41
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 53)
Song of freedom ; arr.
Holograph piano-vocal score with text underlay ; [2], [2] p.
At end: Nov. 41, Beverly - Chicago
see ML96.C274
Includes negative and positive photostats which can be found under ML96.5.C33a + b
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 54)
Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.
Holograph full score ; 11 p.
At end: May '43
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 55)
Songs of silence
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [6] p.
Uniform title: Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.
At end: Pride's Crossing, Aug. '34
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/4
Songs of silence
Positive photocopy of holograph score ; 2, 3 p.
Uniform title: Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.
7/5
The spider and the ghost of the fly
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [1] p.
On p. 1: Nov. '14
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
7/6
Spring joys
Holograph score ; [3] p.
On p. 1: March '16
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/7
Suite for small orchestra
Holograph full score ; 28, 51 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)
Symphony no. 1
Holograph full score, 1916-1917 version ; 1 v. (various pagings)
On verso of t.p.: Sermons in stones
At head of p. [1]: Begun July 31-16
At end: Finished March 6th-17
Includes corrections, 4 p.
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 32)
Symphony no. 1
[
See also: Sketches of the symphony no. 1, The birthday of the infanta, and an unidentified instrumental piece. 191- (Mfm.# 3/34)](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_147)
Holograph full score, 1940 revised version ; 72 p.
On p. 1: Begun 1/18/40
At end: Santa Barbara-Chicago. Jan.-April '40
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 33)
Symphony II
Holograph full score, 1941-1942 version (incomplete) ; 46 p.
Uniform title: Symphony no. 2
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 35)
Symphony II
Holograph full score, 1947 rev. version, with composer's emendations pasted in ; 86 p.
Uniform title: Symphony no. 2
At end: Sunset Hill, Beverly, Mass. July-October '41
see ML96.C274
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 36)
7/8
Terre promise
Holograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.
On p. 1: June '13
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
That soothin' song
[
see: Shake your brown feet, honey](mu003001_Manuscripts_CL10031001_D3_144)
7/9
Thoughts
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
On p. 1: May '20
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/10
The thunderstorm
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [1] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/11
To a young gentleman
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.
On p. 1: January '16
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/12
To one unknown
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/13
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
7/14
Triste était mon ame
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/14
Triste était mon ame
Holograph piano-vocal sketch ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/14
Triste était mon ame
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
7/15
Twilight reverie
Holograph piano score ; [4] p.
On p. 1, at bottom: Copyright 1894 by Miles & Thompson, M. & T. 572-4
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
7/16
Two little pieces
Copyist's score for violin and piano ; 7 p., 9 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)
7/17-18
Unidentified harmonic exercises, canons, fugues, etc.
Holograph sketches ; various pagings
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 65)
8/1
Unidentified instrumental works
Holograph sketches and score fragments for various chamber and orchestral instrumental combinations ; various pagings
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38;5/67)
8/2
Unidentified piano works
Holograph scores and sketches ; various pagings
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 62)
8/3-7
Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous
Holograph sketches ; various pagings
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 66)
8/3-7
Unidentified works for violin & piano
Holograph score for violin & piano, incomplete ; 12 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)
8/8
Unidentified works for violin & piano
Holograph scores for violin & piano, incomplete ; [2], [3] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 64)
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58;5/64)
8/9
Die vier Jahreszeiten
Holograph piano-vocal score ; [6] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
8/10
Die vier Jahreszeiten
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
8/10
Die vier Jahreszeiten
Holograph sketch ; [4] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
8/9a
Die vier Jahreszeiten
Holograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil; [10] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
8/11
Die vier Jahreszeiten
Copyist's piano-vocal score ; 9 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
8/12
Waltz
Holograph piano score (primo part only) [purple clefs] ; [5 p.]
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)
8/13
Water colors
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; 4 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
Water-colours ; Chinese tone poems for small orchestra and mezzo-soprano not present
Holograph full score ; 26 p.
Uniform title: Water colors ; arr.
see ML96.C274
8/14
When the night comes
Holograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)
8/15
When you unfold the red, red rose
Copyist's score ; 2 p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
8/16
Worlds
Holograph score ; 2 p.
At end: Dec. 1934
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
8/17
The Wrigley wriggle
Copyist's score[?] for violin & piano with holograph signature ; [2] p.
On verso: Spain by Jerom Levy (violin and piano parts) ; [2] p.
MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)
8/18
Young man chieftan
Photostats (positive and negative) of holograph score ; 4 p.
At end: January 1929
MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)
8-9
Printed Music, 1904-1951
1904-1951
Arranged alphabetically by composer name.
8/19
Alpaerts, Flor
James Ensor suite
Brussels: Huis Schott, 1951 .
1951
Bound reproduction of manuscript
Carpenter, John Alden
8/20
Frei erfundener Canon
Printer's proofs, p. 200-202
Includes: Ziehn, Bernard. Variation des Canons von John A. Carpenter.
8/21
Sea Drift
. New York: G. Schirmer, 1936
1936
9/1-2
Skyscrapers. A ballet of modern American life. Orchestral score, condensed concert version
. New York: G. Schirmer, 1927
1927
Red and blue annotations. (2 copies)
Laid in: Cuts for concert performance (typewritten) and table of durations (manuscript)
9/3
Song of faith
. New York: G. Schirmer, 1939
1939
Pl. no. 35560.
9/4
Song of freedom
. New York: G. Schirmer, 1942
1942
Carpenter, John Alden and Rue Carpenter
9/5
When little boys sing
. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1904
1904
9/6
Guilbert, Yvette (compiler)
Chansons de la vieille France.
Paris: Librairie Félix Juven, undated
undated
Harmonized by Maurice Duhamel.
9/7
Honegger, Arthur
Rugby
Paris: Editions Maurice Senart, 1929
1929
Holograph dedication to Madame Ellen Borden.
9/8
Spalding, Walter R.
Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, op. 10
. Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1937
1937
Holograph dedication: to John with greetings from Walter.
3, 10-11
Photographs and Artwork, 1891-1961
1891-1961
Of particular note are the numerous photographs and watercolors of the sets and costumes of Carpenter's stage productions. These include photographs of the shadow puppets from
Krazy Kat
and of both stage designs and stagings of the
Birthday of the Infanta
. In addition, there are numerous ink and watercolor sketches by Robert Edmund Jones of costume designs from
Birthday of the Infanta
. Two charcoal drawings of Carpenter in the collection are also by Jones.
Arranged by subject.
3/33, 10/3
John Alden Carpenter alone
3/34, 10/3a
John Alden Carpenter and others
3/35
Family of John Alden Carpenter
Productions:
10/4
Birthday of the Infanta
[production stills, set designs]
3/36, 10/4a
Krazy Kat
[production stills]
3/37
Skyscrapers
10/5
Birthday of the Infanta
- Sketches for costumes (pencil, ink and paint)
10/6
Robert Edmund Jones. 2 portraits of John Alden Carpenter (charcoal)
11/1
Santa Claus graphic (in color, printed on board (oversize))
10-11
Certificates and Honors, 1921-1961
1921-1961
Carpenter was a highly successful composer in his day, being named a Knight of the French Legion of Honor (1921) and receiving such honors as the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He also received honorary degrees from Harvard University, Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin, and the American Conservatory of Music.
Arranged by genre.
Degree certificates from:
11/2
American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, IL (oversize)
11/3
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (oversize)
10/7
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
10/7
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Membership certificates from:
10/7
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA
10/7
National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Honors from:
11/4
French Legion of Honor (oversize)
11/5
Unidentified (Slavic language) (oversize)
3
Programs, 1913-1961
1913-1961
Programs of performances.
Arranged chronologically.
3/38
Programs, 1913-1961 (formerly in scrapbooks)
1913-1961
11-12
Scrapbooks, 1900-1961
1900-1961
Scrapbooks (oversize) which include letters, telegrams, programs, photographs, and clippings. Please note: the scrapbook in box 12 is in very fragile condition and cannot be served.
Arranged chronologically.
12
1900-1933
NOTE: in extremely fragile condition, do not serve to researchers.
11/6
1914-1942
11/7
1943-1961
10
Clippings, 1891-1961
1891-1961
Miscellaneous clippings from newspapers and other periodicals.
Arranged by format.
10/8
Miscellaneous clippings from newspapers and other periodicals