Box 8
Restricted
Contains 60 Results:
Invocation And Prayer For Our Day (chorus), 1966
Written at Howard University; mimeograph, 1 p. Two copies.
Christ Is Risen (unison choir), undated
Photocopy, 1 p.
For The Wesleyan Choir - O Holy Night, Silent Night (SATB), 1963-12-01
Three sets of photocopies, 3 pp.
Lord, I Don't Feel Noways Tired (spiritual), 1967
Music by Mark Fax. Three sets of photocopies, 4 pp.
Two Short Communion Anthems (SATB, a capella), 1962
Two pieces by Karlian Alde, Communion Hymn (May, 1962) and Be Known To Us In Breaking Bread (February, 1962). "Director's Copy", reduced size, with manuscript additions, 4 pp.
Cherry Tree Carol (Soprano, piano), 1955
Written for Aridell Myrick, original manuscript (box 4) and 3 stapled photocopies (box 8), 7 pp.
De Cancion De Otono En Primavera (solo voice), 1967-03-09
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.
I will Lift Up Mine Eyes (solo voice with piano), undated
Arrangement of Psalm 121 with piano, 6 pp.
Though I Speak With The Tongues of Men, A Solo Cantata (I Corinthians: 13, for medium voice and piano), 1954
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.
Were You There (draft, TTBB with tenor solo), 1968, 1968
Possibly incomplete, 4 pp. Autographed draft in box 4 and reduced photocopy in box 8.
Three Tenor Songs for Church Use (solo voice and organ), 1962-12-07
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.
- All the people of the Earth, 1962
- Dear Master In Whose Life, 1962
As Men Of Old Their First Fruits Brought (chorus, unison or harmony)
2 photocopies, 2 pp.
Beneath The Forms Of Outward Rite , undated
Three photocopies of a vocal sketch for communion service, 1 p.
Christ Is The Word's True Light (hymn), undated
Hymn by George W. Briggs, arranged by Fax. Photocopy, 1 p.
A Christmas Folksong (SATB), 1959-10, 1963-12
Music by Karlian Alde, text by Lizette Woodward Reese, photocopy, 3 pp.
Death of Bessie Smith (solo baritone), 1973-04-01
Words by Owen Dodson, music by Fax; from the opera "Till Victory Is Won". Written in Washington, D.C. 3 pp. 2 photocopies.
Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee (solo soprano, piano or organ), undated
Adapted from Ruth 1:16, composed for the marriage of Alece Howard by Fax. 2 photocopies, 5 pp.
For The Wesleyan Chair - Asbury Methodist Church (invocation, SATB), 1968
3 mimeographed copies, 1 p.
From Thee All Skill And Science Flow (hymn), undated
2 photocopies, 1 p.
For The Howard University Choir Of '60-61 (introduction and choral fanfare, a capella), 1961-03-08
For the Inauguration of James Nabrit, April 26, 1961. Words and music by Thomas H. Kerr, Jr.
