Box 7
Contains 7 Results:
Four Glimpses of Night, 1964
Setting for baritone with brass quartet, drum set, vibraphone, and piano to the poem by Frank Marshall Davis. Sketches, drafts, finished drafts and copies on vellum including score, parts, and instrumental reductions (box 7). Copies (box 19).
Four Haiku Settings, 1964-04
2 versions: soprano with piano, and soprano with xylophone and vibraphone(one player), celesta and piano (one player). Features haiku by Issa, Taiga, Ryota, and Chine-Jo. Finshed drafts and copies of both versions (box 7). Copies (box 19).
Four Preludes for Trombone and Piano, 1973
Commissioned by Robert Gillespie. Sketches, drafts, working copies, and finished drafts on vellum (box 7). Copies only (box 19).
Gabriel's Trumpet (also Gabriel's Tune for Judgment Day, Gabriel's Call, Five Spirituals for Baritone and Piano), 1964 - 1991
Sketches, drafts, working copies, and finished drafts on vellum (box 7). Copies, notes, and working copies (box 19). Photocopies (box 26). Copies, sketches, and drafts (box 29).
Generata, 1958-04
Organ and String Orchestra. For Lorna. Written by Da Costa for his graduation recital at Juilliard School. Photocopies (box 19).
Generations, 1985
Composition by Da Costa as epilogue to "A Play Called Music", featuring narrator, dancers, chorus, percussion. Notes, drafts, clippings and copies (box 19).
Go Down Death, undated
SATB with narrator. Sketches and drafts only.