Scope and Contents The Recordings series contains a large number of recordings featuring compositions and performances by Noel Da Costa, as well as other composers and performers, including his contemporaries like Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, Hale Smith, and Howard Swanson, and his students, like Gregg Bendian and Nkeiru Okoye. Many of the recordings are unidentified; listed here are recordings that have been identified as performances of Noel Da Costa's compositions and performances by Noel Da Costa, with...

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1/4" open reel audio tape; 1. In the Circle 2. Gabriel's Tune or the Last Judgement 3. Five Verses With Vamps

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1/4" open reel audio tape; 1. Beyond the Years, tk I 2. Beyond the Years, tk II 3. Chili-lo 4. Spiritual Set 5. Two Song for Julie (two tks)

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Noel Da Costa. Large, unspooled 1/4" reel; -music- (SAFETY). Da Costa music supervisor for short film

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Audio cassette tape.

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Audio cassette tape.

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Audio cassette tape.

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SATB, orchestra or organ; includes a fanfare and a postlude. Finished draft of chorale and organ part on vellum, finished drafts of fanfare and postlude on green staff paper, and working copies (box 8). Sheet music published by Hinshaw Music, Inc., including Da Costa's copy with attached sketch for solo improvisation (box 20).

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For 3 chanters with drum set and piano. To TJ Anderson. Maxims of Satchel Paige adapted to music by Da Costa. Finished draft, copies, and sketches (box 9). Photocopies and notes on the first performance and performing the piece (box 26).

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Incidental music by Da Costa for a short film of this title, by Peter Ketchum. Finished drafts of score and parts on vellum, with sketches, drafts, and copies (box 14). Sketches, notes, and screenplay (box 20).

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A Triptych for the Theatre by George Houston Bass, music by Noel Da Costa with additional music by G. Bass. Finished manuscript on vellum with performance score in covers and copy (box 14). Two different copies of the play's text from the Yale School of Drama from 1966 and 1967 (box 20).

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To Max Pollikoff. Based on American Fiddle Tunes, includes pieces: Walk Around - "Brudder Bones"; Neumedia; Little Diamond / Bird On The Wing - Jigs; New Orleans - Clog; and "New Orleans" - Colg Blues. Finished manuscript on vellum with copies and sketch (box 12). Printed sheet music (box 20). Photocopy (box 16).

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Children's chorus, electric guitar, piano, bass guitar. Words by Langston Hughes. Finished drafts on vellum, working copies, drafts and sketches (box 14). Finished draft in pencil (box 18). Copies, performance copies, finished drafts, notes, and letter to "Bob" regarding the two versions of Tambourines, a piano reduction for unison choir with Fender bass, and a fully orchestrated version (box 26).

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Organ, percussion. Finished manuscript on vellum with drafts, sketches, working copies, and a full score as published by Atsoc Music (box 15). Correspondence and agreements regarding a 1997 performance of Ukom Memory Songs in Washington, DC, promotional materials from Atsoc Music, sketches, drafts, and copies of the reworked 1996 edition (box 20). Working copies (box 18).

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the...

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Manuscripts of poems and essays by H. A. Jules-Bois, beginning with poetry and ending with essays and fragments.

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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.

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Text of the play by George Houston Bass. Photocopy of Bass's typed draft with annotations and corrections, marginal notes by Da Costa as well. Includes typed lists of musical cues and revisions with page references, and autographed notes with a performance timeline by Da Costa.

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

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