Box 8

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Manuscript copy dated 1962 at the title, 1932 at the colophon. Movements include the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Sursum Corda, and Agnus Dei. Undated draft in pencil in box 8.

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Words of Martin Luther King's famous speech set to music by Mark Fax, written for the students of Howard University and performed there on King's birthday, Jan 15, 1971. Finished manuscript, 4 pp., with sketches, drafts, and photocopies. Additional photocopies and drafts in box 8.

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Dedicated to Warner Lawson. Poetry by Walt Whitman, music by Fax. Full set of master sheets, 38 pp. Incomplete set of photocopies in box 8.

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Finished manuscript of Psalm 42 for mixed voices with organ, 6 pp. Photocopy in box 8.

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Adapted from the text of Psalm 137, two photocopies of manuscript written in Washington, D.C., 2 pp.

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2 stapled photocopies with additional copies of page 1. Adapted from Alfred Tennyson's "The Lotus Eaters".

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Song by K. Morris, arranged by Fax. Photocopy, 2 pp.

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Written for students of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia & Sigma Alpha Iota at Catholic University, Howard University, and University of MD, 7 pp. on master sheets with some water damage affecting all pages. 3 sets of stapled photocopies are in box 8.

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Spiritual. 3-part chorus for women, 3 pp. Stapled photocopy in box 8.

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Adapted from Psalm 42 for mixed voices with organ; 2 manuscripts, the second a draft with pencilled alternate title, "As the Heart Panteth". Stapled photocopy in box 8.

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Manuscript written in Washington, D.C., 3 pp.

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Text of Psalm 67 arranged for mixed voices with accompaniment, 7 pp.

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Work for voices and organ. Manuscript in pencil, 5 pp.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Music manuscripts of the composer Mark Fax, including choral arrangements and vocal solos, chamber music, piano and organ pieces, operas, orchestral works, studies and sketches. Fax composed music in many genres, classical, popular, and sacred; all are represented in the collection. Of note are Fax's regular collaborations with poet Owen Dodson and composer Hall Johnson. A small file containing miscellaneous papers related to his music (copyright filings and posthumous notes by his wife,...

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2 pp. 2 photocopies.

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Psalm 100 arranged for mixed voices with organ. Three autograph manuscripts by Fax, one on standard paper (10 pp.) and one set of master sheets (8 pp.), and one incomplete (2 pp.), with a reduced set of photocopies in box 8.

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Two photocopies of the typescript, 6 pp.

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"Written for the Mortgage Burning Service of the First Baptist Church", Washington, DC. Two copies, 2 pp.

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Two copies, 2 pp.

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Two manuscript copies and various photocopies, with piano music marked "for rehearsal only". Undated, except for copyright filing in 1974. Oversized photocopy in GTM Shared Box 7.