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series: Compositions
box 1: Chamber Music
folder 1: Divertissement
Original pen manuscript.
folder 2: Divertissement
Original pen manuscript with separate parts.
folder 3: Divertimento--Praeludium Salutorium
Composed for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the League of Composers and performed under the composer's direction in 1942. For flute, oboe, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, and cello. Original pen manuscript with separate parts.
folder 4: Octet
Tempo di minuetto. For piano and winds. Pencil sketches only.
box 2: Chamber Music
folder 1: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Original pen manuscript.
folder 2: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Original pen manuscript with revisions.
folder 3: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Original pen manuscript with composer's notes.
folder 4: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Bound copy marked "obsolete."
folder 5: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Bound copy.
folder 6: Quintet for Piano and Strings
String parts. Pen manuscript.
folder 7: Quintet for Piano and Strings
String parts. Pen manuscript with composer's notes.
folder 8: Quintet for Piano and Strings
String parts. Copy with composer's notes.
box 3: Chamber Music
folder 1: Quartet for Strings in G Minor (1926)
Score A, original pen manuscript (incomplete). Movements 2, 3, and 4. Parts A, original pen manuscript of parts.
folder 2: Quartet for Strings in G Minor (1926)
Score B, original pen manuscript (complete). Parts B, for movements 1, 2, and 3 for violins and viola, original pen manuscript. Parts B, for movements 1, 2, and 3 for cello, original pen manuscript.
folder 3: Quartet for Strings in E Minor (1934)
Original pencil sketches.
folder 4: Quartet for Strings in E Minor (1934)
Score, movements 1, 2, and 3 (complete). Original pen manuscript.
folder 5: Quartet for Strings in E Minor (1934)
Parts, violin 1 for movements 1 and 3; violin 2 for movement 3; viola for movements 1 and 3 (original pen manuscript); cello for movement 3.
box 4: Chamber Music
box 5: Chamber Music
folder 1: Quartet for Strings No. 3
Original pencil sketch.
folder 2: Quartet for Strings No. 3
Score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 3: Quartet for Strings No. 3
Parts. Original pen manuscript with composer's notes.
folder 4: Quartet for Strings No. 3
Parts. Original pen manuscript marked "old parts."
folder 5: Quartet for Strings No. 3
Score D. Reduced copy.
folder 6: Quartet for Strings No. 3
Score C. Negative copy.
folder 7: Quartet for Stings No. 4
Score A. Original pen manuscript.
folder 8: Quartet for Stings No. 4
Parts. Set "C." Original pen manuscript.
folder 9: Quartet for Stings No. 4
Parts. Set "D." Originals and copies.
folder 10: Quartet for Stings No. 4
Photocopy of complete score.
folder 11: Quartet for Stings No. 4
Trio. Violin solo part.
box 6: Chamber Music
folder 1: Triptych
For high voice and string quartet. Words from "Gitanjali" by Rabindranath Tagore. Published by the Society for the Publication of American Music in 1927. Composer's original manuscript listed as Three Songs from "Gitanjali". Includes He It Is, The Day Is No More, and Light, My Light (two pen copies).
folder 2: Triptych
Score for voice and piano. Original manuscript.
folder 3: Triptych
Parts with notes from composer.
folder 4: Triptych
Published reduction for piano and voice. First edition.
folder 5: Triptych
Published piano and vocal score. Parts for each of the strings. Second edition.
box 7: Chamber Music
box 8: Choral Works
folder 1: A Ballad of Trees and the Master
Poem by Sidney Lanier. Original pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. SATB with rehearsal piano part.
folder 2: Build Three More Stately Mansions
Poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Original pen manuscript on thin paper. Three original pen versions marked "no good." SATB with piano accompaniment.
folder 3: The City in the Sea (1913)
Poem by Bliss Carman. "Poem for orchestra, chorus of mixed voices, and baritone solo." Vocal score only (chorus, solo, and piano reduction). Published by Boston Music Company.
folder 4: Comrades
Poem by Richard Hovey. Pencil sketches. Original pen manuscript. TB with rehearsal piano part.
folder 5: Deck Thyself My Soul (1921)
Poem by Johann Frank. SATB with organ accompaniment. Published by Boston Music Company.
folder 6: Deo Gracias Anglia
Source of words not given. Original pen manuscript, SATB.
folder 7: Drive On! (1947)
Poem by Gary Merit. SATB, baritone solo and full orchestra. Copies of violin 1 and 2, cello, and contrabass parts. Vocal score published by C. C. Birchard and Company.
folder 8: Glorious Forever (1914)
An arrangement by Shepherd of a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff with words by N. A. Nekrasof. Accompaniment published by the Boston Music Company.
folder 9: Grace for Gardens (1939)
Poem by Louise Driscoll. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript, S 1 and 2, ATB. Photocopy of corrected edition. Published copy by Arrow Music Press Inc.
folder 10: In the Cool of the Evening (1941)
Poem by Alfred Noyes. For male chorus. Four original pen manuscripts, some revisions. Copies of parts.
folder 11: O Jesu, Who Art Gone Before (1921)
Translated from the Latin by J. Chandler. SATB with organ accompaniment. Published by the Boston Music Company.
box 9: Choral Works
folder 1: Invitation to the Dance
Poem by Sidonius Apollinaris, fifth century B.C. Pencil sketches.
folder 2: Invitation to the Dance
Score for chorus and full orchestra. Original pen manuscript.
folder 3: Invitation to the Dance
Accompaniment arranged for two pianos. Original pen manuscript plus one copy.
folder 4: Invitation to the Dance
Orchestra parts. Original pen manuscript.
folder 5: Invitation to the Dance
SATB and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript.
folder 6: Invitation to the Dance
Copy of original with composer's notes. Another copy added in 1981.
folder 7: Invitation to the Dance
Mimeographed copy of vocal parts.
box 10: Choral Works
folder 1: The Lord Hath Brought Again Zion
SATB, baritone, and orchestra. Original pen manuscript. Complete set of orchestral parts.
folder 2: The Lord Shall Reign (1931)
From the oratorio, Israel in Egypt by G. F. Handel. Double chorus arranged for two male choruses. Published by the Oxford University Press, England.
folder 3: Ye Mariners of England (1941)
Words by Thomas Campbell. Male chorus (TTBB) with piano accompaniment. Original manuscript and copy. Orchestra parts, original pen manuscript. Two piano arrangements for accompaniment in original manuscript. Male chorus and orchestra in original manuscript. Published by Boosey Hawkes Belwin, New York.
folder 4: Planting a Tree
Words by Nancy Byrd Turner. SATB with piano accompaniment. Original manuscript. Copy of full score plus copy of vocal parts only.
folder 5: A Prayer in Spring
Poem by Robert Frost. For mixed voices acappella. SATB with piano reduction. Original pen manuscript. Pencil manuscript for SSATTB. Pen manuscript revision including piano reduction (both 3 and 4 are unfinished). Copy of vocal parts.
folder 6: Psalm 42
Original manuscript for mixed chorus and piano or organ.
folder 7: Slowly, Silently Now the Moon (1941)
Poem by Walter de la Mare. Original manuscript on thin paper. For S 1 and 2 with piano accompaniment. Score for pianist with indications for sections of the accompaniment to be played by strings. Parts for violin 1 and 2, viola, and cello.
folder 8: Song of the Sea Wind (1915)
Poem by William Sharp. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript for ful orchestra and three part women's chorus. Complete set of parts. For SSA and piano accompaniment. Published by Arthur P. Schmidt, New York.
folder 9: The Word (1951)
Text by Eben Tourjee. SATB with organ accompaniment. Original pen manuscript. Published by C. C. Birchard and Company.
box 11: Choral Works
folder 1: A Psalm of the Mountains
Poem by Florence Ellinwood Allen for chorus and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript.
folder 2: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Copy of original pen manuscript.
folder 3: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript with parts of accompaniment arranged for two pianos.
folder 4: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Two copies of vocal score.
folder 5: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Bound copy of original.
folder 6: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Pencil sketch.
folder 7: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Original pen manuscript.
folder 8: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Complete orchestra parts.
folder 9: A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Bound copy of full score.
box 12: Choral Works
folder 1: Song of the Pilgrims
Poem by Rupert Brooke. Cantata for chorus (SATB), tenor solo, and orchestra. Pen and pencil sketch.
folder 2: Song of the Pilgrims
Original pen manuscript for chorus and piano.
folder 3: Song of the Pilgrims
Score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 4: Song of the Pilgrims
Parts. Complete set for orchestra and pianoforte.
folder 5: Song of the Pilgrims (1937)
Score. For chorus and piano and vocal parts. Published by C. C. Birchard, Boston.
box 13: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Score. Original pencil manuscript. Part of movement 1, all of movements 3 and 4.
folder 2: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Score. Original pencil sketch of piano score of movement 4.
folder 3: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen and pencil sketch of movements 2, 3, and 4.
folder 4: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Bound copy of original pen manuscript of full score of movements 1 and 2.
folder 5: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Bound copy of original pen manuscript of full score of movements 3 and 4.
box 14: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen manuscript for harps 1 and 2; celesta; flutes 1, 2, and 3; piccolo; oboes 1 and 2; and English horn.
folder 2: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen manuscript for clarinets 1 and 2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1 and 2; contrabassoon; and horns 1-4.
folder 3: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen manuscript for trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; xylaphone; wood block; tambourine; snare drum; triangle; ancient cymbals; and timpani.
box 15: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Violin solo part. Original pen manuscript.
folder 2: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Piano score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 3: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Complete score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 4: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Parts. Original pen manuscript for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; and bass.
folder 5: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Parts. Original pen manuscript for piccolo, tuba, flutes, oboes, clarinets, adn bass clarinet.
folder 6: Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Parts. Original pen manuscript for bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, timpani, and celesta.
box 16: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Score. Original pencil manuscript for full orchestra.
folder 2: Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Score. Original pen manuscript for full orchestra.
folder 3: Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Pen copy of organ solo with optional vocal solo or unison chorus.
folder 4: Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Two bound copies of revised versions for full orchestra with composer's notes. Copy of published score.
folder 5: Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Orchestra parts. Original pen manuscript. Single pen originals for harp; celesta; flutes 1 and 2; oboes 1 and 2; English horn; clarinets 1 and 2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1 and 2; contrabassoon; horns 1-4; trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; snare drum; cymbals; bells; gong; and glockenspiel.
folder 6: Fantasia on a Southern Hymn
Added in 1981.
box 17: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals (1946)
For full orchestra. No copies of horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, English horn, or timpani. Score. Original pencil manuscript.
folder 2: Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 3: Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Score. Copy of manuscript with composer's notes.
folder 4: Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Original pen manuscript of arrangement for piano, four hands.
folder 5: Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Original pen manuscript of orchestra parts for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; and contrabass.
folder 6: Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Copies of orchestra parts for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; contrabass; flute 1; oboe 1; clarinets 1 and 2; bassoon 1; horn 1; glockenspiel; snare drum; cymbal; and triangle.
box 18: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Pencil sketches.
folder 2: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score A. Original pen manuscript of two-piano arrangement (listed as "Fantaisie Humoreske.")
folder 3: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score B. Original pen manuscript of solo piano part.
folder 4: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score C. Original pen manuscript, red cloth binding.
folder 5: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score D. Original pen manuscript, green cloth binding.
folder 6: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Original pen parts with composer's notes for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; contrabass; piccolo; flutes 1 and 2; oboes 1 and 2; clarinets 1 and 2; bassoons 1 and 2; horns 1-4; trumpets 1 and 2; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; triangle; and cymbals.
box 19: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Horizons (1929)
Score. Published by the Julliard Musical Foundation. Program notes by George H. L. Smith.
folder 2: Horizons
Original pen manuscript of four-hands piano arrangement of movement 3 (Scherzo), "The Old Chisholm Trail."
folder 3: Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 1, "Westward."
folder 4: Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 2, "The Lone Prairie."
folder 5: Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 3, "The Old Chisholm Trail."
folder 6: Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 4, "Canyons."
folder 7: Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript.
box 20: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Overture to a Drama
Original pen manuscript for two pianos.
folder 2: Overture to a Drama
Original pen manuscript of full score.
folder 3: Overture to a Drama (1925)
Scores. Published by C. C. Birchard and Company, with composer's notes.
folder 4: Overture to a Drama
Complete set of parts with composer's notes.
box 21: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
Original pen and pencil manuscript, full score.
folder 2: Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
Original pen manuscript with composer's notes and handwritten dedication to Betty and Dudley Blossom.
folder 3: Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
Original pen manuscript. Complete set of parts with composer's notes.
box 22: Orchestral Works, Symphony in D Minor
Pencil sketches.
box 23: Orchestral Works
box 24: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Symphony No. 2
Original pen manuscript for all string parts.
folder 2: Symphony No. 2
Original pen manuscript of parts for horns 1-4; trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; snare drum; cymbals; triangle; gong; glockenspiel; and xylophone.
folder 3: Symphony No. 2
Original pen manuscript of parts for harp; flutes 1-3; piccolo; oboes 1-2; English horn; clarinets 1-2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1-2; and contrabassoon.
box 25: Orchestral Works
folder 1: Theme and Variations
Pen and pencil sketches, bound and unbound copies.
folder 2: Theme and Variations (1952)
Original pen manuscript of complete score.
folder 3-4: Theme and Variations
Original pen manuscripts of parts for violins 1-2, viola, cello, and contrabass.
folder 5: Theme and Variations
Original pen manuscript of parts for flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons.
folder 6: Theme and Variations
Original pen manuscripts of parts for horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, triangle, glockenspiel, xylophone, tambourine, cymbals, and wood block.
folder 7: Theme and Variations
Bound copy of full score with composer's note and inserts.
box 26: Miscellaneous Orchestral Works
folder 1: A Festival of Youth Overture
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript (bound copy).
folder 2: Hilaritas
Overture for concert band. Score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 3: A Joyful Overture Op. 3
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 4: Marsyas
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 5: Marche Pittoresque
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.
folder 6: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Original pen manuscript of parts for violins, viola, cello, contrabass, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. No full score.
box 27: Organ Works
folder 1: Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (1912)
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy with composer's notes and slight revisions. Original pen version of the fugue in the piano score (two staves).
folder 2: Prelude in E Minor (1923)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 3: Processional
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original. Negative copy.
folder 4: Prelude for Organ
box 28: Piano Works
folder 1: Autumn Fields (1936)
Original pencil manuscript. Published copy, Carl Fischer, New York.
folder 2: Badinage
Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. Thin paper copy. Negative and one copy.
folder 3: Capriccio (1904)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 4: Capriccio No. 1 (1938) (1941)
Original pen manuscripts and pen copy. Pen copy with revisions. Original pen manuscript, revised.
folder 5: Capriccio No. 2 (1941) (1954)
Two copies of original pen manuscript, one marked "to be thoroughly revised" and one showing revisions. Two negative copies of origianl pen manuscripts. Photocopy of published version by G. Ricordi Company, New York.
folder 6: Capriccio No. 3 (1943)
Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript.
folder 7: Dance Episode (1948)
Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original.
folder 8: Eclogue 1
Two photocopies of original pen manuscript. Negative copy.
folder 9: Eclogue No. 2 Primavera
Three original pen manuscripts.
folder 10: Eclogue No. 3
Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.
folder 11: Eclogue No. 4 Summer Reverie
Original pen manuscript. Pen manuscript revised. Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Copy and negative of another revision.
folder 12: Etude (1904)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 13: Exotic Dance No. 1 (1930)
Published copy, Oxford University Press.
folder 14: Exotic Dance No. 2
Pen and pencil sketches. Two original pen manuscripts. Photocopy of original pen manuscript.
folder 15: Exotic Dance No. 3 (1941)
Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Negative copy.
folder 16: Fugue for Pianoforte in C Minor (1922)
Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original.
folder 17: Gay Promenade (1936)
Published copy, Carl Fischer, New York.
folder 18: Gigue Fantastique
Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Pen copy on thin paper. Photocopy.
folder 19: Intermezzo (1903)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 20: Intermezzo (1938)
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original manuscript.
box 29: Piano Works
folder 1: Lento Amabile (1938)
Pencil sketch. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy with revisions.
folder 2: Mazurka Op. 2 No. 1 (1905)
Published copy, Wa-Wan Press, Massachusetts. Published copy. Also published copy of Intermezzo by John Beach.
folder 3: Nocturne (B Minor) (1908)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 4: Nocturne No. 2 (F Minor) (1944)
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original on onionskin. Two photocopies.
folder 5: Nocturne (C Major) (1928)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 6: Pantomime Chinois
Original pen manuscript.
folder 7: Prelude (B Flat Minor) (1931)
Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.
folder 8: Prelude (G Minor) (1932)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 9: Prelude Op. 2 No. 2 (F Minor)
Photocopy of publication by Wa-Wan Press.
folder 10: Processionale Festivo
Original pen manuscript originall titled "Dance Episode." Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy of onionskin.
folder 11: Rustic Ramble (in Mode Ostinato) (1945)
Two copies of original.
folder 12: Scherzino (1943)
Original pen manuscript. Negative and copy.
folder 13: Sonata Op. 4 (1911)
Original pen manuscript. Published copy, Boston Music Company.
folder 14: Sonata No. 2 (F Minor) (1930)
Dedicated to Beryl Rubinstein. Photocopy of pen manuscript. Two published copies, both by Oxford University Press.
folder 15: Song
Original pen manuscript.
folder 16: Souvenir (1945)
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original. Photocopy and negative.
folder 17: Theme and Variations (1900)
To Hattie Jennings. Original pen manuscript.
folder 18: Two-Step (1939)
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy.
folder 19: Waltz (1900)
Original pen manuscript.
folder 20: Three Untitled Piano Pieces
Original pen manuscripts.
box 30: Solos
folder 1: April (1941)
Words by Sara Teasdale. For medium voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.
folder 2: Bacchus (1932) (1941)
Words by Frank Dempster Sherman. A) for low voice and piano (Key of B)--original pen manuscript, two pen copies of original, photocopy. B) for high voice and piano (Key of D)--three pen copies, revised version of a copy, photocopy, negative copy. C) for medium voice (Key of C)--pen manuscript.
folder 3: The Chambered Nautilus
Words by Oliver Wendell Holmes. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Copy of original pen manuscript, revised. Photocopy of original.
folder 4: The Charm (1943)
Words by Thomas Campion. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Copy of original pen manuscript, revised and second revision. Negative copy.
folder 5: Evening Song
Words by Goethe. Two pen manuscripts.
folder 6: The Fiddlers
Words by Walter de la Mare. Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies. Original pen manuscript for pianist. Three pen copies on onionskin. Published copy. Negative copy.
folder 7: Five Songs Op. 7
Words by James Russell Lowell. 1) Lift Up the Curtains of Thine Eyes. 2) Nocturn. 3) There is a Light in Thy Blue Eyes. 4) The Lost Child. 5) Rhapsody.
folder 8: The Gentle Lady (circa 1916)
Written for his sister, Josephine. Words by John Masefield. Original pen manuscript (Key of C). Pen copy on onionskin. Two photocopies of manuscript (Key of A), with revisions.
folder 9: Golden Stockings (1937) (1961)
Original pen manuscript. Three pen copies of original. Photocopies, revised. Published copy.
folder 10: He Came All So Still (1950)
For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.
folder 11: Heart's Journey
Words by Siegfried Sassoon. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy revised. Photocopy. Negative copy.
folder 12: I Dreamt of a Monarch's Daughter Fair
Words by Heinrich Heine. Original pen manuscript.
folder 13: In the Scented Bud of the Morning
Words by James Stephens. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Two photocopies.
folder 14: Jolly Wat (Canticum Nativitatis Christi) (1944)
For two high voices and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin.
folder 15: Lift Up the Curtains of Thine Eyes (1907)
Words by James Russell Lowell. For voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.
folder 16: The Little Stream (1921)
Words by Richard Shepherd. Two-part song. Original pen manuscript.
folder 17: The Lost Child (1908-1909)
Poem by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript. Pen copies of original manuscript. Published copy.
folder 18: Martin Song (1948)
Words by Thomas Heywood. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript (Score A). Three pen copies of original. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy. Negative copy.
folder 19: Morning Glory (1951)
Words by Siegfried Sassoon. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript (Score A). Pen copy of original. Photocopy. Published copy.
folder 20: Most Quietly at Times (1943)
From the German of Casar Flaischlen. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies. Photocopy. Negative copy.
folder 21: Nocturn
Poem by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript.
box 31: Solos
folder 1: Oh, Like a Queen's Her Happy Tread
Poem by William Watson. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript.
folder 2: Oh, There's a King (1901)
Words by Heinrich Heine. Original pen manuscript.
folder 3: Reverie (1932)
Poem by Walter de la Mare. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketch. two original pen manuscripts. Two photocopies. Two negatives.
folder 4: Rhapsody (1908)
Poem by James Russell Lowell. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of manuscript with pen copy of The Lost Child.
folder 5: Sarasvati (1957)
Words by James Stephens. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy with notes.
folder 6: Serenade (1949)
Words by Sacheverell Sitwell. For high voice, viola, and piano. Pencil sketch and pen sketches. Compelte score for voice, viola, and piano. Complete score on onionskin for voice, viola, and piano. Original pen manuscript of viola part. Photocopy of complete score. Photocopy of compelte score marked "obsolete."
folder 7: Seven Songs
Bound copy. 1) The Trout. 2) The Fiddlers. 3) Bacchus. 4) Virgil. 5) Where Loveliness Keeps House. 6) In the Scented Bud of Morning. 7) The Gentle Lady.
folder 8: Seven Songs
Published separately in folio. 1) Serenade. 2) Reverie. 3) Softly Along the Road of Evening. 4) Morning Glory. 5) To a Trout. 6) Virgil. 7) Golden Stockings.
folder 9: Softly Along the Road of Evening (1932)
Pencil sketch in D flat. Original pen manuscript in D flat. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy marked "pianists copy." Negative copy.
folder 10: Solitude
Words by Harold Monro. For mezzo soprano adn piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Copy with composer's notes. Revised copy. Original pen manuscript with revisions.
folder 11: Spinning Song (1949)
Words by Edith Sitwell. For high voice, viola, and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copies on onionskin. Pen copy of separate viola part. Pen copy of revised manuscript. Two copies of complete score.
folder 12: Spring Duet
Words by Rowena Bennett. For medium voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original.
folder 13: The Starling Lake (1944)
Words by Sellmas O'Sullivan. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Two negative copies. Published copy.
folder 14: Sunday Up the River (1944)
Poem by James Thomson. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy. Negative copy.
folder 15: Sun Down
Poem by William Ernest Henley. For voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.
folder 16: There is a Light in Thy Blue Eyes (1907)
Words by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original.
folder 17: To a Trout (1941)
Poem by Oliver St. John Gogarty. For high voice and piano. Three pen manuscript (Key of D). Two pen manuscripts (Key of C). Pen copy on onionskin (Key of C). Photocopies and negative copy.
folder 18: The Truants
Poem by Walter de la Mare. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketches. Original pen manuscripts. Pen copy with slight revisions. Photocopy.
folder 19: Virgil (1941) (1955)
Original pen manuscript (high key). Pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript for baritone and piano. Copy of original pen manuscript for baritone and piano, revised. Reduction and negative of manuscript for baritone and piano.
folder 20: When Rooks Fly Homeward
Words by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil. For high voice and piano. Pencil and pen sketches. Original pen manuscript with notes. Pen copy of original with revisions. Two photocopies.
folder 21: Where Loveliness Keeps House (1931)
Words by Madison Cawein. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript with revisions. Pen copy of original manuscript with revisions. Pen copy of corrected manuscript on onionskin. Pianists copy with pencil and pen sketches. Three photocopies and a negative.
folder 22: Youth's Spring Tribute (1908)
Words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Original pencil manuscript.
box 32: Songs, Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra
folder 1: Bacchus
Words by Frank Dempster Sherman. For full orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, original pen manuscript (except solo voice).
folder 2: The Fiddlers (Key of E)
Words by Walter de la Mare. For string orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, pen manuscript (except solo voice).
folder 3: Softly Along the Road of Evening
Words by Walter de la Mare. For full orchestra and mezzo (in D flat). Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, pen manuscript (except solo voice).
folder 4: Where Loveliness Keeps House
Words by Madison Cawein. For full orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, three copies for each string part and one copy for other instruments.
series: Sketchbooks
box 33: Sketchbooks
volume 1-11: Fragmentary Sketches
volume 11A: Sketchbook
Written by Shepherd while bandmaster of the 303rd Artillery Band in World War I. First sketch of Gentle Lady. Counterpoint exercises. Rules for writing a fugue. Exercises in chromatic harmony.
volume 12: Miscellaneous Sketches
volume 13: Sketchbook
Sketch for The City in the Sea. Orchestral sketches. Notes on composition. Miscellaneous sketches.
volume 14: Miscellaneous Orchestral Sketches and Counterpoint Exercises
volume 15-16: Miscellaneous Sketches
volume 17: Sketchbook
Miscellaneous sketches of piano pieces and songs. Several counterpoint exercises.
volume 18: Miscellaneous Sketches for String Quartet
volume 19: Piano Sketches of Orchestral Variations
volume 20: Miscellaneous Sketches and String Orchestral Arrangement for Chopin Prelude #21
volume 21: Thematic Ideas
volume 22: Symphonic Sketches and Other Ideas
volume 23: Miscellaneous Sketches
box 34: Miscellaneous Sketches
folder 1: Pencil Sketch for Piano in C Minor
folder 2: Miscellaneous Pencil Sketches
folder 3: Pencil Sketch for Orchestra, Theme and Variations in C Minor
folder 4: Original Pen and Pencil Sketches for Orchestras and Piano
folder 5: Original Pen and Pencil Sketches for Violin and Piano
folder 6: Pencil Sketches for String Quartets and Other String Combinations
folder 7: Pen and Pencil Sketches for Piano and Finished Piece
folder 8: Pencil Sketch of Three Movements for String Quartet
folder 9: Pencil Sketch for Chorus, Orchestra, Alto, and Baritone
folder 10: Pen and Pencil Sketches
folder 11: Miscellaneous Pencil Sketches
box 35: Miscellaneous
folder 1: Examples of Compositional Devices
folder 2: Original Manuscripts of Arrangements by Shepherd
folder 3: Orchestral Sketches and Pen and Pencil Manuscripts
folder 4: Pen and Pencil Manuscripts
folder 5: Original Pencil Manuscripts of Chamber Works
folder 6: Vocal Work Sketches and Pencil Manuscript
folder 7: Two Piano Fragments
folder 8: "Ein' feste Burg"
From Concert Fugue with Prelude for Organ by Percy Goetschius, with hand-written dedication to Shepherd.
folder 9: Compositions by Frederick Ayres, Henry F. Gilbert, Elliot Griffes, and Charles T. Griffes
series: Teaching Materials
box 36: Class Notebooks
volume 1: Notebook (1942)
1. Counterpoint. Sixteenth century through twelve-tone practices. 2. Notes for advanced harmony class. Twelve-tone melodies with choral settings. 3. Examples of various harmonic and polyphonic practices from Shepherd's own works. 4. Settings of songs (1942). 5. List of projects for immediate future. Sketches for some of these.
volume 2: Notebook
1. Harmony class notes through secondary seventh, extended alterations, plagal method, parallel fifth and seventh. 2. Materials for analysis. 3. References to Hindemith text.
volume 3: Notebook
1. Plan for four-movement Symphonic Suite. 2. Piano sketches. 3. Polyphonic settings of model melodies.
volume 4: Notebook (1943)
1. Elementary harmony class notes (1943) progressing to somewhat more advanced material than that in Book 2. 2. Harmonizations of several chorale melodies. 3. Double counterpoint at the octave, tenth, and twelfth. 4. Examples in small form design. 5. Fugue subjects and answers by Arthur Shepherd.
volume 5: Notebook (1948)
1. Counterpoint. More detailed and extensive than Book 1. 2. Counterpoint for a beginning class, 1948. 3. Materials for elementary counterpoint class at Longy School, 1950. Somewhat different approach from the 1948 course.
volume 6: Notebook (1949-1950)
1. Twenty-four texts for musical settings. Personnel indicated for most. 2. Outline of counterpoint course, 1949-50. First semester, strict counterpoint. Second semester, Bach-type counterpoint.
volume 7: Notebook
1. Examples of triple counterpoint. 2. Examples of motivic development. 3. Notes for course in small musical forms. 4. Counterpoint in 2, 3 and 4 voices. Fugue subjects and answers.
volume 8: Notebook (1950)
1. Course in small forms for the Longy School, 1950. Similar to course in Book 7. More detailed as far as it goes but less comprehensive.
box 37: Class Notebooks
volume 9: Notebook (1927-1932)
1. Music history, 1927-28. Lectures 7 through 10 are missing. Ancient music through the twentieth century. 31 lectures. 2. Materials for seminar in musical composition, 1931-32.
volume 10: Notebook (1931-1933)
1. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College. 2. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College, 1931-32. 3. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College, 1932-33.
volume 11: Notebook (1944)
1. "Ruminations Before a Symphony." 2. Course in church music, Summer 1944.
volume 12: Notes on Music History (1932) (1937)
1. Ancient Greek through the Troubadours and Troveres. 2. General history of the seventeenth century (emphasis on England and Germany). 3. Second semester history course, 1932 (seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries); 1937 (eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries). 4. Two examinations, one for a master's degree.
volume 13: Missing
volume 14: Music History
1. Incomplete notes on first semester course (mostly fourteenth and fifteenth centuries). 2. Detailed lectures on a two-year course (ancient music through the sixteenth century).
box 38: Class Notebooks
volume 15: Notebook (1931-1932)
1. Continuation of Book 14 (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries). 2. Course from 1931-32 inserted in April lectures.
volume 16: Notebook (1936-1949)
1. "Progressive stages of structural design in Musical Composition." Detailed course in musical forms. Materials from 1936-45. 2. Harmonic analysis course, 1946-47. 3. Form analysis course, 1948. 4. Notes for composition course, 1948-49. 5. Inside back flap--notes from article on "Tonality," by Vincent d'Indy.
volume 17: Notebook (1947)
1. Course in music appreciation for Columbia University, Summer 1947. 2. Course in twentieth century music, 1900-ca. 1930 (background from 1860).
box 39: Lectures and Lecture Notes
folder 1-2: "Adventures in Music Analysis" (1927-1928)
folder 3: "American Music"
folder 4: "American Music: The Traditionalists"
folder 5: "Church Music" (1944)
folder 6-7: "History of Music"
folder 8: "Music as a Vocation" (1931)
folder 9: "Music in Higher Education" (1937)
folder 10: "Music in My Time" and "Fifty Years of American Orchestral Music" (1950s)
folder 11: Musicians--"Franz Schubert"
folder 12: Musicians--"Hector Berlioz"
folder 13: Musicians--"Henry Purcell"
folder 14: Musicians--"Joseph Haydn"
folder 15: Musicians--"Mozart"
folder 16: Musicians--"Robert Schumann"
folder 17: "Wit in Music"
folder 18: "Wit, Humour and Sentiment in Music" (1954)
folder 19: "Attitudes and Responses: Ruminations and Reflections of an Old Timer"
folder 20: Commencement Address--Longy School of Music (1950)
folder 21: Research Notes and Article on Cleveland, Ohio (1952)
folder 22: Miscellaneous
series: Biography and Personal Files
box 40: Biography and Personal Papers
folder 1: Biographical Sketches and Notes
University of Utah Friends of the Libraries Keepsake No. 4.
folder 2: Published Biography (1958)
folder 3: Correspondence Relating to Biography (1958)
folder 4: Tape Transcript
By Grazella Shepherd for Richard Loucks giving interesting details of people she and Arthur knew and entertained in their home, people mainly from the music world. She reminiscences about their early years, their home and friends. The tape was made after the death of Arthur Shepherd and appears to be a source of the personal life of Shepherd for a biography which Loucks was writing and hoped to publish. Loucks's dissertation was completed in 1960.
folder 5: Paderewski Prize Notice (1905)
folder 6: World War I Records (1916-1919)
folder 7: Appointments of Instruction, Western Reserve University and Columbia University (1928-1930)
folder 8: Ohio State University Records (1932-1933)
folder 9: Gift Notice to Western Reserve and Columbia Universities (1948)
folder 10: Retirement Papers (1954-1955)
folder 11: Honorary Degree from Western Reserve University (1957)
folder 12: Grazella Shepherd Letter
folder 13-16: Arthur Shepherd Death (1958)
Memorials, letters, etc.
folder 17: Emily May Phipp Shepherd (1953)
Death and funeral services.
folder 18: William N. B. Shepherd (1945)
Funeral services.
folder 19: Richard Jennings Shepherd
Birth certificate.
folder 20: William Arthur Shepherd
Birth certificate.
box 41: New England Conservatory of Music
folder 1: Student Materials, Books 1, 2, and 3
folder 2: Student Materials, Books 4, 5, and 6
folder 3: Correspondence (1892-1896)
folder 4: Programs, Recitals, and Graduation List (1896-1897)
folder 5: Graduation Speech (1897)
folder 6: Mason and Hamlin Award Citation (1912)
folder 7: "Alumni Opus" (1951)
folder 8: "Alumni Quarterly" (1940)
box 42: Date and Address Books (1923-1957)
series: Compositions
box 43: General Materials
folder 1: Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest (1960-1967)
folder 2: Choral Works, Text Sources
folder 3: Composition Comments
folder 4: Composition Graphs
folder 5: Notes and Reviews on The Lone Prairie
folder 6: Notes on Horizons (1952)
folder 7-8: Composition Lists
folder 9: Composition Publication and Copyright
folder 10: Article on Psalm XLII
folder 11: Correspondence on Seven Songs
folder 12: Notes on Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
folder 13: Letters Regarding Symphony No. 2 (1940)
folder 14: Notes on Triptych
folder 15: Thesis Prospectus (1960)
series: Music Societies and Organizaitons
box 44: Music Societies and Organizations
folder 1: American Composer's Alliance, American Music Society, American Musicological Society (1905-1947)
folder 2: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
folder 3: Music Teachers National Association
folder 4: Musical Art Club (1915)
folder 5: National Institute of Arts and Letters
folder 6: Honorary Music Societies
series: Subject Material
box 45: Subjects
folder 1: Christmas Materials
folder 2: Cleveland Music School Settlement
folder 3: Cleveland Orchestra Controversy (1943)
folder 4: Home Life and Music Study
folder 5: Library of Congress
folder 6: Longy School of Music
folder 7-9: Richard Loucks
folder 10-11: Poetry
folder 12: Vivien Harvey Slater
folder 13: State Anthems
folder 14: Utah Songs
box 46: Articles
folder 1: Goetschius, Percy, "Four Times Twenty Musical Years," Etude (1934)
folder 2: Koch, Fred, "Tribute to Arthur Shepherd," Fine Arts, A Weekly Guide (1962)
folder 3: Leedy, Denoe, "American Composers XV: Arthur Shepherd," Modern Music, A Quarterly Review (1939)
folder 4: Newman, William S., "Arthur Shepherd," The Musical Quarterly (1950)
folder 5: Newman, William S., "What is Musical Form?"
folder 6: Silva, Giulio, "Early Medieval Music" (1937)
folder 7: Slater, Joseph, "Music at Col. Grangerford's: A Footnote to Huckleberry Finn," American Literature; "A Literary Life of John Braham," Modern Language Quarterly; "Byron's Hebrew Melodies," Studies in Philology (1949) (1952)
folder 8: Woodruff, James Lloyd, The Restoration, Oratorical Lyrics; "The Golden Key" (1936)
series: Personal Correspondence
box 47: Family Correspondence
box 48: Consolidated Family Correspondence
folder 1: Shepherd, Arthur, to Emily Phipp Shepherd (mother), and William N. B. Shepherd (father) (1896) (1921)
folder 2-10: Shepherd, Arthur, and Harry Shepherd (1919-1958)
folder 11: Shepherd, Arthur, to Dorothy Shepherd Van Stipriaan (1953)
folder 12: Shepherd, Arthur P. (son), to Arthur Shepherd (1933-1956)
Also a typed copy of a letter from Arthur Shepherd to Arthur, Jr.
folder 13-16: Shepherd, Arthur P., to Harry Shepherd (1943-1962)
folder 17: Shepherd, Charles, to Arthur Shepherd (1930)
folder 18: Shepherd, Derek, to Arthur Shepherd (1930-1955)
folder 19: Shepherd, Emily Phipp to Arthur Shepherd (1926)
folder 20: Shepherd, Grazella, to Emily Phipp Shepherd
folder 21: Shepherd, Grazella, to Harry Shepherd (1958-1965)
folder 22: Shepherd, M. A. (grandmother of Arthur Shepherd) (1905) (1911)
folder 23: Shepherd, Richard J., and Harry Shepherd (1959-1963)
folder 24: Shepherd, William N. B., to Arthur Shepherd (1909-1934)
folder 25: Odell, Anne Shepherd, to Arthur Shepherd (1930)
folder 26: Shepherd, Arthur, from Relatives in England During WWII
folder 27: Family Correspondence
folder 28: Condolence Letters (1945) (1953)
At deaths of William N. B. Shepherd and Emily Mary Phipp Shepherd.
series: General Correspondence
series: Miscellaneous Material
box 53: Miscellaneous Material
box 54: Programs
folder 1: Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest
folder 2: Arthur Shepherd Memorial Programs
folder 3: Boston, Massachusetts (1912-1950)
folder 4: Cambridge, Massachusetts (1951-1958)
folder 5: Carnegie Hall (1906-1961)
folder 6: Chamber Music Society (1920-1953)
folder 7-8: Cleveland Institute of Music (1925-1975)
folder 9: Cleveland Composers (1927-1962)
folder 10: Cleveland Choral (1931) (1942)
folder 11: Clevelend, Miscellaneous (1918-1966)
folder 12: Cleveland Museum of Art (1938-1972)
folder 13-14: Cleveland Orchestra (1922-1968)
folder 15: Cleveland Western Reserve University (Fine Arts Series) (1938-1972)
folder 16: Cleveland Western Reserve University (Miscellaneous) (1932-1956)
folder 17: Cleveland Women's Orchestra (1954)
folder 18: Dayton Philharmonic (1955)
folder 19: Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1946)
folder 20: Falls Village, Connecticut, Gordon String Quartet (1931) (1934)
box 55: Programs
folder 1: Illinois Symphony Orchestra (1938-1955)
folder 2: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1938-1947)
folder 3: Minneapolis and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (1948-1956)
folder 4: New England Conservatory of Music (1893-1951)
folder 5: Paris, France (1928) (1932)
folder 6: Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta (1930)
folder 7: Provo, Utah--Brigham Young University Music Festival (1941)
folder 8: Salt Lake City, Utah (1910)
folder 9: Salt Lake City, Utah--ZCMI Choral Society
folder 10: University of Utah (1948-1974)
folder 11: Utah Symphony Orchestra (1950-1958)
folder 12: Miscellaneous Program Notes (1938-1948)
folder 13-16: Miscellaneous (1915-1961)
folder 17: National Music Organizations (Shepherd notes) (1913-1965)
folder 18: Universtiy of Utah (Memorial Concert) (1974)
box 56: Newspaper Clippings (1900-1976)
Includes articles on the Cleveland Orchestra, music critiques by Shepherd, and Grazella Shepherd's "Livingroom Learning Courses," among other articles.
box 57: Richard Loucks, "Arthur Shepherd" (1975)
Copy of unpublished biography.
box 58: Correspondence
folder 1: Dorothy Van Stipriaan and Richard N. Loucks (1971-1975)
Discussion, among other things, of the transfer of the Arthur Shepherd Papers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, to the University of Utah, and the publication of his biography of Arthur Shepherd.
folder 2: Dorothy Van Stipriaan and Roger L. Miller (1972-1976)
Relating to a grant requested by Miller to index the Arthur Shepherd collection and the transfer of the collection to the University of Utah. Other correspondence by Dorothy Van Stipriaan requesting copies of letters from several people with whom Arthur Shepherd corresponded.
folder 3: Bicentennial (1975)
Correspondence beginning in January 1975 initiated by Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) J. Comstock of the Idaho Federation of Music Clubs proposing Arthur Shepherd be honored as the composer from Idaho as part of the Bicentennial Parade of America Music. Correspondence continues through March 15, 1976, with plans for the plaque honoring Shepherd in Idaho and inclusion of a Shepherd selection for the Bicentennial American Music Broadcast.
box 59: Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest
The Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest was established by the Cuyahoga Section of Ohio Music Teachers Association. As chairman of the Association, Frieda K. Schumacher assumed the responsibility of organizing and carrying out the proposal for the memorial to Arthur Shepherd. The material relating to this contest, which continued for ten years, includes a history of the Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest, organizational information, and correspondence and lists of contestants and winners for the ten-year period, 1960-1969.
box 60: Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest
Business and financial records, contributions, mailing lists, concert programs, and newspaper clippings and publications featuring news of the contest are part of the collection. Also included are three tapes of six prize-winning compositions performed at the Tenth Anniversary Concert, May 4, 1969. A biography of Joseph R. Shepherd is also included.
box 61: Correspondence, Loucks and Shepherd (1953-1957)
box 62: Miscellaneous
Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-Although born in Paris, Idaho, 125 miles north of Salt Lake City in the colorful Bear Lake Valley, Arthur Shepherd has always been claimed by Utah as one of its most distinguished sons. The younger generation would not remember his tremendous contributions to our local culture; oldsters will never forget what he did. The past three and one-half decades of his life were spent largely in Cleveland, where he became the most influential moving force in that city's musical development--as music critic for the Cleveland Press, assistant conductor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, program annotator for the orchestra, concert pianist and chairman of Western Reserve University's first-rate music department. In the latter post he exerted influence in the nation's national music organizations, particularly MTNA (Music Teachers National Assn.) and NASM (National Association of Schools of Music). And yet, it was in none of the aforementioned capacities that he made his most significant contributions--but rather, in the area of composition. He cut a tremendous swath, both nationally and internationally, as a composer. His works have been widely performed both in this country and abroad. Utah Symphony, under Maurice Abravanel, performed his "Horizons" during the 1952-53 season and his "Overture to a Drama" earlier. Arthur Shepherd was cosmopolitan in outlook, a recognized figure in the music world; yet, at the same time, he loved his periodic visits to his "home" in Salt Lake City where his brothers Albert and Charles made such lasting contributions in the string and piano fields. His "Overture to a Drama," composed in 1919, received four performances by the Cleveland Orchestra alone, the last being "illuminated by an impassioned performance under George Szell," according to the feature story in the April 1950 issue of Musical Quarterly. Arthur Shepherd entered the New England Conservatory at the tender age of 12. There, for five years, he studied with Chadwick, Goetschius and others. Graduating from the conservatory with honors at 17, he returned to Salt Lake City where he remained during the next 11 years. Here he received his "boot" training as conductor of the old Salt Lake Theater Orchestra and the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra, "grandfather" of the present-day Utah Symphony. During these years, too, his star as composer began its ascent. An "Overture Joyeuse" earned for him the initial Paderewski prize of $1,000 in 1902--a good-sized sum by present-day inflation standards. In 1920, at the age of 40, he moved to Cleveland, remaining there until his death last week. His best known works, "Triptych," the Second Piano Sonata, and "Horizons," Foundation award in 1928, received performances following its composition by the major orchestras of this country and by others as far off as Paris, Prague and Warsaw. Upon retiring from his Western Reserve post in 1948, he was immediately signed for guest teaching at Columbia University. In 1952-53, at the invitation of Dr. Leroy Robertson, he accepted a similar short-term situation at the University of Utah. Dr. Robertson has written of Shepherd: Arthur Shepherd was born in 1880 and died in 1958. (This biograhy was taken from a 1958 Salt Lake Tribune article written by Lowell Durham.) Content Description +/-The Arthur Shepherd papers (1892-2010) cover the period from Shepherd's entrance in the New England Conservatory of Music in 1892 at age twelve to his death in 1958. Ensuing correspondence relating to the transfer of his papers to the University of Utah and the processing of the papers covers the period to 1976. The major portion of the collection is a vast store of Shepherd's original manuscripts. Most of these manuscripts include the progression of the compositions from first pencil sketches to the final pen copies of scores and parts in the composer's own hand. A sizeable number of sketches and sketchbooks have been preserved. These are undated and mainly unidentified and some appear to be from an early period in his career. Subjects relating to his compositions such as lists, awards, poetry, text sources, critiques, recordings, etc., are part of the collection. Arthur Shepherd's teaching career at Case Western Reserve University is represented by sixteen class notebooks used in classes he taught in harmony, counterpoint, form analysis, music history, music appreciation, and church music. Lectures and lecture notes are also included. A large file of correspondence between Shepherd and many prominent musicians, instructors from New England Conservatory of Music, students, associates, and friends is incorporated into the papers. In addition there is correspondence relating to his professional activities as composer, conductor, and chairman of Case Western Reserve University Music Department. Another file contains family correspondence covering the period 1896-1958. A scrapbook, dating from 1893-1924, includes biographical data, concert programs, news clipping, and articles by and about Arthur Shepherd. Also included in the collection is a Xerox copy of an unpublished manuscript of a biography, "Arthur Shepherd," by Richard Newcomb Loucks. This was written after Loucks completed his dissertation "Arthur Shepherd" at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1960. A large collection of concert programs dating from 1893 at the New England Conservatory of Music to a Memorial Concert at the University of Utah, 1974, cover the wide range of Arthur Shepherd's talents as musician, composer, conductor, and teacher. Early in 1978 the papers relating to the Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest, a memorial to Arthur Shepherd, were added to the collection. These papers consist of the organizational materials, correspondence, lists of contestants and winners, concert programs and publicity for the ten-year period, 1960-1969, of the annual contest. Programs and writings were also added to the collection in the 1990s. The 2011 addition to the collection includes sheet music copyrighted by Daniel M. Martello in 2010. Collection Use +/-Restrictions on Access: Twenty-four hours advance notice encouraged. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law. Administrative Information +/-Arrangement: Arranged in the followingt series: I. Compositions. II. Sketchbooks. III. Teaching materials. IV. Biography/personal. V. Composition miscellanea. VI. Music societies. VII. Subject files. VIII. Personal correspondence. IX. General correspondence. X. Miscellanea.; thereunder arranged alphabetically or by type of material. Processing Note: Processed by Dorothy Van Stipriaan, Helen B. Folland, and others in 1977-1999. Processed by Emma McFarland in 2011. Creator: Shepherd, Arthur, 1880-1958 Language: Collection materials is in English. Quantity: 35.5 linear feet Language of the Finding Aid: Finding aid encoded in English. Author of the Finding Aid: Finding aid prepared by Dorothy Van Stipriaan EAD Creation Date: 2007 Subarea: Manuscripts Division |
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