Box 11

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For unaccompanied trumpet. Copies and working copy.

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Several sketches: "For Richard", "Sept 23", "Riff No's", "Richard's Tune #1", "The Entertainer". Sketches only.

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Chamber orchestra. Finished manuscript on vellum.

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Performance piece celebrating the life of Paul Robeson with dance, poetry, music, mime, and visual images. Primary musical elements of the work are Raritan Variations and Settings of Four Spirituals. Includes notes, poems, and stage directions; also working copies of various music pieces from the work.

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Sketches and drafts of two pieces: Praise Chorale, and hymn Ut Queant Laxis.

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Baritone, piano. Poem by Carl Sandberg set to music by Da Costa. Two finished drafts on vellum and copies.

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Tenor, chorus, and organ. Spiritual in the form of an anthem for the Judson Choir, composed in Florence, Italy. Finished draft on vellum and performance copies.

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For brass quintet. Performance copies and finished drafts on vellum; 1959 draft engraved in Florence, Italy (box 11). Photocopy (box 26).

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Choral. To Sheldon Clark. Finished manucript on vellum signed N. George Da Costa.

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Choral. Finished manucript on vellum signed N. George Da Costa.

Scope and Contents Solo drummer with orchestra. Large performance copies of instrumental parts, master copy of the full score, and finished manuscripts of all parts on vellum (box 11). Finished draft pages on vellum (box 18). Full Correspondence regarding the commissioning of the music, its writing, transcription and performance, promotional material and copies of the music (box 20). Copies of the score, notes on composition, performance copy of the conductor's score (box 26). Disbound copy of conductor's...