Box 17

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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).

Scope and Contents S, chorus, soprano and tenor saxophone, orchestra. Finished manuscripts on vellum (parts and full score), working copies and performance copies of parts (boxes 3 & 4). Finished manuscript of conductor's score on vellum, disbound conductor's performance copy, large format copies (box 28). Notes, sketches, drafts, finished, reduced score, choral master, and section copies. Includes planning correspondence with The New World Symphony (box 19). Sketches, drafts, and notes under the title...

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Opera in one act. Soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass baritone, chorus. Libretto by Townsend Brewster. Sketches, notes, and drafts (box 26).

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Soprano and string orchestra. Also titled "Five Epitaphs", poems by Countee Cullen to music by Noel Da Costa: For a Poet; For My Grandmother; For Paul Laurence Dunbar; For a Lady I know; and If You Should Go. Includes finished drafts on vellum, parts and full score, with copies (boxes 5 & 6). Bound copy and additional copies (boxes 17 & 19).

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4 trumpets or trumpet choir and percussion. To Lorna Daniels. Finished draft on vellum with drafts (box 6, foldered with other fanfares). Conductor's copies with annotations (box 17).

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Cello, piano. To Evalyn Steinbock. Sketches, drafts, finished draft on vellum, and copies (box 6). Performance copies with annotations (box 17). Photocopies (box 19).

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Interpolation on a Hatian folk tale, for four electric guitars, fender bass, and percussionist. To Richie Resnicoff. Finished drafts of full score and parts on vellum, copies, and working copies (box 8). Annotated conductor's copy (box 17).

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Musical play in two acts for youth chorus, adapted from an Afro-Hatian folktale. Full score and various parts represented in finished manuscripts on vellum and working copies (box 12). Anntated performance copies, disbound (box 17). Promotional materials, sketches, working copies, original costume designs (box 20).

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Orchestra. Master sheets on vellum with copies, working copies, and drafts for parts and full score (box 2). Disbound performance copies (box 17). Working copies (box 18). Reduced copies and working copies (box 19). Notes and sketch (box 26). Finished draft of the orchestral score in pencil on vellum (box 29).

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Harpsichord and bassoon. To David Miller. Finished draft (box 14) and copies (boxes 17 and 20). Working copies and draft (box 18). Performance copy and photocopy (box 26).