Box 1

Soprano with cello and piano. Text by Joyce Mathis, music by Noel Da Costa. Drafts and sketches with poem by Joyce Mathis.

SAT semi-chorus with SATB chorus. Written at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in memory of Dr. Hugo Boran. Finished draft and copies with two page fragment of finished draft from an untitled choral work.

Men and women's chorus. Text by George Houston Bass, music by Noel Da Costa. Finished draft on vellum and copies with poem "Black Blues: An Experience in 12 Moments" by George Houston Bass.

SATB. Music by W.C. Handy, lyrics by Lieutenant J. Tim Byrman, choral adaptation by Noel Da Costa. Finished draft on vellum and copies.

SSATB brass choir with trumpet, horn, and trombone parts for 6 players. Anonymous work, music by Noel Da Costa.

SA for children's choir, with optional organ part. From The Prayers of Kierkegaard. Master copy on vellum and copies.

Soprano and organ. Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Music by Noel Da Costa, dedicated to Barbara Grant. Finished manuscript on vellum and copies (box 1). Master copy on vellum and copies (box 19).

Orchestral score for 58 minute film premiered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1978. Notes, sketches, drafts, working copies.

Chamber opera. Libretto by Hyogen (16th century), music by Noel George Da Costa. Bound performance copy.

Voice and guitar. Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, based on a legend recounted in C.M. Skinner's "Myths and Legends of our Land". Finished draft on vellum and copy.

Choral, dance. By George Houston Bass, music by Noel Da Costa. Includes drafts, master copies on vellum, and copies (box 1), with a letter from Bass dated 1974-03-01, typed annotated librettos by Bass, and sketches, working copies, and finished drafts of songs by Da Costa (box 19). Disbound performance copies (box 17).