Box 8

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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.

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Finished autograph manuscript, sub-titled "A Hymn-Anthem", completed in Durham, N.C. 3 pp. Photocopy in box 8.

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Multiple copies, 2 pp.

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Photocopy from a published songbook; text from Galatians 6:7-9, dedicated to the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, 6 pp.

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Two manuscript copies, without dedication, 6 pp. each. Reduced photocopies of both in box 8.

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Photocopy, 1 p.

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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Three photocopies, 3 pp. One draft page in pencil.

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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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Song by Hall Johnson, orchestration by Mark Fax. Three photocopies, 14 pp.

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Two photocopies, 14 pp.

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Multiple copies, 2 pp.

Scope and Contents A selection of 10 songs by Fax for voice and piano, listed below. Includes a brief essay, "A Note About My Songs - In Retrospect". Additional photocopies in box 8. Night Truths, by Mary Leo and M. Fax, 1946 (solo soprano and piano) Dreams, by Mary Leo and M. Fax, 1946 (solo soprano and piano) IMPULSE - IMPATIENCE, by Mary Leo and M. Fax, 1946 (solo soprano and...

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Written for Aridell Myrick, original manuscript (box 4) and 3 stapled photocopies (box 8), 7 pp.

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For José Ferrer-Canales. Poem by Ruben Dario, set to music by Fax. A note by Fax on the front page presents the copy to Mr. Isaiah Lurry "in grateful appreciation of his giving this song its very first performance on Friday evening, March 10th, 1967 in the Ira Aldridge Theatre of Howard University...", 7 pp. 3 stapled photocopies in box 8.

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Arrangement of Psalm 121 with piano, 6 pp.

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Finished manuscript, 11 pp. This undated piece is also included as number 3 in the compendium "Potboilers" (in this series), where it is dated to 1954. Two reduced photocopies in box 8, one lacking the last page.

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Possibly incomplete, 4 pp. Autographed draft in box 4 and reduced photocopy in box 8.

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Incomplete manuscript containing songs 1 & 2, with some pencilled sketches, 6 pp. Song 2. also bears a variant title, below. Includes a reduced photocopy of "No. 2 Dear Master In Whose Life" from Three sacred Songs, of the same time.