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Voice and piano, a piece of the larger work Cocktail Sip. Sketches, notes (with reference to Townsend Brewster) , and typed poem.

Produced for Rutgers Composers Series at the Mason Gross School of the Arts Music Department. A collaborative performance piece featuring original music by, and performed by, Robert Benford, Noel Da Costa, Daniel Goode, and Fred Simpson. Includes ads, program, annotated libretto, and sketches by Da Costa.

Organ and percussion, a sketch or fragment only, and working copy with marginalia.

Piece for violin, in memoriam of Bernie Charles, from a larger work. Finished draft and copies, working copies and sketches.

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.

Solo flute. Alternatively titled "Blue Miniatures". Sketches only (box 2); sketches, drafts, finished draft, copies, and working copies (box 19).

Tenor narrator, male chorus, organ and percussion. Notes, sketches, drafts, working copies, and research material.

Poem by Sheldon Harnick (1983), music by Noel Da Costa. Large copy (box 4). Sketches, drafts, and copies (box 19).

Dedicated to Lorna McDaniels. "A free transcription for Organ", after an East African lament found in Songs and Tales of the Dark Continent, by N. Curtis. Includes master draft on vellum and copies, working copies, research material, and letter from Lorna McDaniels dated Oct. 1972 regarding her improvisation for the song and a second version (box 19). Performance copies (box 4).

Solo French horn with vibs, bells, and chimes. To Clarence Cooper. Finished draft on vellum and copies (box 4). Reduced master-copy and copies (box 19).

SATB chorus and SSATB solo quintet, organ and two pianos. Poem by Owen Dodson, music by Noel Da Costa.

Solo soprano, violin and piano. Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks, music by Noel Da Costa.

After a wood-burning by Benjamin Wigfall. Cello, viola, and violin parts. Original mss on vellum with multiple copies.

Tenor, piano. To John Stenson, a composition in three parts: Dream Dust, Dreams, and The Dream Keeper (poems by Langston Hughes). Master copies and working copies, sketches and notes (box 19).

To Virgilio Valle, for ensemble of viola, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, vibraphone, and piano. Reduction for solo viola and piano (box 19).

Adaptation of ancient Greek epitaph for improvisation with clarinet and violin, performed by Da Costa at a Rutgers memorial event, "The Music of Nicolas Roussakis"; includes event program, transcription and notes.

Solo piano. Finished manuscript with working copies and sketches (box 6) and copies (box 19).

Solo trumpet with street noises. Performed at the Arts Booth, Broadway Mall. Draft and sketches.

SSA, organ. Music by Da Costa for three voices for women, with music for organ or "2 instruments in range", e.g., viola or cello. Copies.