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Box 8

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Contains 60 Results:

Invocation And Prayer For Our Day (chorus), 1966

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1966

Christ Is Risen (unison choir), undated

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Photocopy, 1 p.

Dates: undated

For The Wesleyan Choir - O Holy Night, Silent Night (SATB), 1963-12-01

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Three sets of photocopies, 3 pp.

Dates: 1963-12-01

Lord, I Don't Feel Noways Tired (spiritual), 1967

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967

Two Short Communion Anthems (SATB, a capella), 1962

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1962

Cherry Tree Carol (Soprano, piano), 1955

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1955

De Cancion De Otono En Primavera (solo voice), 1967-03-09

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1967-03-09

I will Lift Up Mine Eyes (solo voice with piano), undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Arrangement of Psalm 121 with piano, 6 pp.

Dates: undated

Though I Speak With The Tongues of Men, A Solo Cantata (I Corinthians: 13, for medium voice and piano), 1954

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1954

Were You There (draft, TTBB with tenor solo), 1968, 1968

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1968

Three Tenor Songs for Church Use (solo voice and organ), 1962-12-07

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

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.


  1. All the people of the Earth, 1962
  2. Dear Master In Whose Life, 1962
Dates: 1962-12-07

As Men Of Old Their First Fruits Brought (chorus, unison or harmony)

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

2 photocopies, 2 pp.

Dates: 1932 - 1973

Beneath The Forms Of Outward Rite , undated

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Three photocopies of a vocal sketch for communion service, 1 p.

Dates: undated

Christ Is The Word's True Light (hymn), undated

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Hymn by George W. Briggs, arranged by Fax. Photocopy, 1 p.

Dates: undated

A Christmas Folksong (SATB), 1959-10, 1963-12

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Music by Karlian Alde, text by Lizette Woodward Reese, photocopy, 3 pp.

Dates: 1959-10; Modified: 1963-12

Death of Bessie Smith (solo baritone), 1973-04-01

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Words by Owen Dodson, music by Fax; from the opera "Till Victory Is Won". Written in Washington, D.C. 3 pp. 2 photocopies.

Dates: 1973-04-01

Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee (solo soprano, piano or organ), undated

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Adapted from Ruth 1:16, composed for the marriage of Alece Howard by Fax. 2 photocopies, 5 pp.

Dates: undated

For The Wesleyan Chair - Asbury Methodist Church (invocation, SATB), 1968

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

3 mimeographed copies, 1 p.

Dates: 1968

From Thee All Skill And Science Flow (hymn), undated

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

2 photocopies, 1 p.

Dates: undated

For The Howard University Choir Of '60-61 (introduction and choral fanfare, a capella), 1961-03-08

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

For the Inauguration of James Nabrit, April 26, 1961. Words and music by Thomas H. Kerr, Jr.

Dates: 1961-03-08