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Box 6

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Short Piece for Orchestra

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Finished manuscripts and copies of instrumental parts. A comb-bound photocopy of the full score can be found in box 6.

Dates: 1947 - 1969

The Lost Zoo , 1945

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Submitted to fulfill the dissertation requirement for the Master of Music degree, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. A large file of three folders containing manuscript drafts, finished copies, and photocopies. Includes a fair copy of the full score (61 pp.) and various copies of the instrumental parts for string, woodwind, brass, and percussion. A comb-bound copy of the full score can be found in box 6. Additional oversized photocopies are found in Manuscripts Shared Box...
Dates: 1945

Rhapsody On Psalm 137 (for chorus and orchestra), 1954 - 1957

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents

Comb bound photocopy of the full score, 38 pp.

Dates: 1954 - 1957

A Christmas Miracle: An Opera in One Act (voice and piano), 1956, 1970 - 1971

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Prologue To A Christmas Miracle: An Opera in One Act; full score for voice and piano, comb-bound, 91 pp. Libretto by Owen Dodson. A reduced copy of the Prologue (91 pp.) and the full score for orchestra (191 pp.), comb-bound, can be found in box 9.

Dates: 1956; Modified: 1970 - 1971

Quiet Moments in Service Playing, 1953

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents

In spiral manuscript book. Contains music fragment and notes on the cover and first page.

Dates: 1953

Preludes and Fugues for the Piano, undated

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents

"Sightation" green spiral manuscript book labeled "Preludes and Fugues for the Piano". 4 pp.


  1. Prelude in C, 2 pp.
  2. Fugue in C, 2 pp.
  3. Prelude (tocatta) in G, 4 pp.
  4. Fugue in G, 1 p. (incomplete)
Dates: undated

Sonatine (solo piano), 1954

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents

Fragment, 3 pp. In green "Sightation" spiral-bound manuscript book labeled "Piano Pieces".

Dates: 1954

Chorale Preludes (Found in spiral notebook), undated

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents

In "Warner's Number 4" spiral manuscript book. Pencilled fragments with titles: Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott Lasst Walten, Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen, Prelude on St. Anne, Nundanket Alle Gott (fragment), Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem, (also includes 2 fragments of choral music).

Dates: undated

Inventions, experiments, and chorales (music manuscript book) , 1944-09-25 - 1945

 Item — Box: 6
Scope and Contents

One "Warner's Spiral Manuscript Book" with autograph sketches and exercises in pencil by Fax. These are variously titled inventions, chorales, or simply given a Roman numeral. Marginalia by Fax record his notes on these experiments. 30 pp.

Dates: 1944-09-25 - 1945