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Box 7

 Container

Restricted

Contains 33 Results:

Waltz (solo piano), undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Photocopy, complete, 2 pp.

Dates: undated

Fantasy On "We Gather Together", 1968-12-05

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Autograph manuscript, complete, 3 pp., and various photocopies, some showing the piece was part of a group, and originally titled "2. Kremser".

Dates: 1968-12-05

Toccata (solo organ), undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Fragment, numbered 3., page numbers 7-11. Three sets of copies on thermal paper. 2 additional copies on letter paper in box 7.

Dates: undated

For Organ, 1945 - 1968

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Collection of four songs for organ, two copies, comb-bound, 20 pp.


  1. Study on Morecambe (undated)
  2. Six Organ Pieces - No. I Offertory (1945)
  3. Prelude & Chorale (1952)
  4. Bridal Procession (1968)
Dates: 1945 - 1968

Sonata in D minor, undated

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Stapled music manuscript book with finished work, 15 pp. Additional penciled sketches, 5 pp.

Dates: undated

Bridal Procession (piano or organ), 1968-04-27

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Composed by Fax for the marriage of Alece Howard and Charles Morgan, 4 pp.

Dates: Event: 1968-04-27

Gospel Song for Clarinet and Piano, 1969-04-22

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Manuscript written at North Carolina College, Durham, 3pp.

Dates: 1969-04-22

Music for Piano and Orchestra, undated

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Multiple copies on thermal printing paper, some stapled to backing card, 10 pp.

Dates: undated

1. Offertory (organ), 1945-07-05

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

First song from "Six Organ Pieces", written in Rochester, New York, 4 pp.

Dates: 1945-07-05

Three Organ Preludes (incomplete), 1964

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

No. 1, St. Martin's prelude only, 3 pp.

Dates: 1964

Two Choral Preludes (for organ, incomplete), undated

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

First piece only, "Crusader's Hymn", two photocopies, 4 pp.

Dates: undated

Letters, 1945 - 1996

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

A small number of letters, the earliest being two to Mark Fax, the first one praising a radio performance of "The Lost Zoo" (1945). The remainder of the letters are to Dorothy Fax, from 1978 to 1996, and the bulk of these regard the editing and publication of Fax's "Three Organ Pieces" by E.C. Shirmer Music Company in 1996. Includes a stapled printout of the published version.

Dates: 1945 - 1996

Miscellaneous papers, 1959 - 1999

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents This file holds various manuscripts and printed items: press release (1959) announcing winners of the Broadman Press national biennial anthem competition (Fax winning 2nd place); concert programs, including "A Watergate Summer Concert"; issue of The Asburyan (1961), a United Methodist newsletter; printed text of "Padre Nostro" by Jose Ferrer-Canales and English translation; text of "Howard Hymn" written by Fax; copy of a typed obituary of Mark Fax; 6 copyright registration certificates; 12...
Dates: 1959 - 1999