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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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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Two single-page photocopies of a piece, with different verses, possibly incomplete. One copy is from a typescript, the other from an autographed original dated 1965.

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Seven mimeogrph copies, with occasional additions by hand.

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Arrangement of Psalm 121 with piano, 6 pp.

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One page manuscript and two photocopies.

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Lyrics from Emerson, music by Fax. Mimeograph, 2 pp.

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Mimeograph, 1 p. Three copies.

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Written at Howard University; mimeograph, 1 p. Two copies.

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Photocopy, 1 p.

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Music by Mark Fax. Three sets of photocopies, 4 pp.