Don and Barbara Gillis Collection, 1932-1977
By Maristella Feustle
Collection Overview
Title: |
Don and Barbara Gillis Collection, 1932-1977![]() |
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ID: | 06/ 002 |
Primary Creator: | Gillis, Don (1912-1978) |
Extent: | 255.0 Boxes |
Arrangement: | This collection is arranged in five series: Series 1: Compositions Series 2: Papers Series 3: Reels and Tape Transcripts Series 4: Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend; The Centennial Series Series 5: University of Georgia accrual July 2016; Series 6: Addition, 2009. Series 6 was processed after Series 5; therefore, they are out of chronological order. |
Subjects: | |
Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of Don Gillis' compositions and papers, reel-to-reel recordings of many of his compositions and Gillis' discussing his works, and materials related to the series Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend, which Gillis produced. Gillis' wife Barbara oversaw the donation of this collection, and was a lifelong advocate of Mr.Gillis' work.
Gillis' compositions represent his career from the early 1930s through the 1970s, and include sacred, secular, symphonic, and chamber works. His papers include correspondence, papers related to various projects, schedules, reviews, radio scripts, and the Men of Music radio project, teaching materials, writings, additional papers concerning his work, biographical materials, and newspaper clippings.
The reel-to-reel recordings, 50 in all, contain recordings of Gillis' works and Gillis' own description of them. Transcripts are included in Series 3 of the finding aid.
The recordings of Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend and The Centennial Series span the years 1963 through 1967, and with few exceptions, each broadcast is linked individually and available for listening through the UNT Digital Library.
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Administrative Information
Repository: | Music Library |
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Accruals: | Nine boxes received from the University of Georgia on July 13, 2016. |
Acquisition Source: | Donated to the University of North Texas Music Library by Barbara Gillis after her husband's death in 1978. |
Finding Aid Revision History: |
The current finding aid is an adaptation and re-working of an earlier version of the UNT Libraries' website. Organization and description of the collection has required the dedicated participation of many alumni and former graduate assistants, including Cynthia Beard, Ludwig Carrasco-Curíntzita, and Anna Perkins Griner. Series 6 added November 25, 2019. |
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Box and Folder Listing
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Series 5: University of Georgia addition, July 2016
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Box 1
Barcode 707296.-
Item 1: Symphony No. 1
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Item 2: Symphony No. 2
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Item 3: The Man Who Invented Music
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Item 4: Symphony No. 5
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Item 5: Symphony No. 5 1/2
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Item 6: Symphony No. 6
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Item 7: Symphony No. 7
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Item 8: Symphony No. 8
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Item 9: Symphony No. 9: A Star-Spangled Symphony
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Item 10: Symphony No. 10: Symphony X
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Item 11: Tulsa
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Item 12: The Shepherd
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Item 13: The Raven
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Item 14: Alice in Orchestralia
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Item 15: Down Beat
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Item 16: Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra
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Item 17: The Encore Concerto
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Item 18: Four Scenes from Yesterday
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Item 19: The Coming of the King
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Item 20: Seven Golden Texts
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Item 21: Atlanta
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Item 22: The Libretto, Part I
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Item 23: The Libretto, Part II
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Item 24: Pep Rally, Part I
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Item 25: Pep Rally, Part II
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Item 26: Pep Rally, Part III
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Item 27: Thomas Wolfe, American
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Item 28: The Alamo
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Item 29: Three Sketches for Strings
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Item 30: Woodwind Quintet No. 1
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Item 31: Woodwind Quintet No. 2
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Item 32: Woodwind Quintet No. 3
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Item 33: Amarillo
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Item 34: This Is Our America
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Item 35: Portrait of a Frontier Town
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Item 36: Abe Lincoln at Gettysburg - 1863
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Item 37: Five Acre Pond
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Item 38: Ceremony of Allegiance
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Box 2
Barcode 707298.-
Item 1: Fairy Tales, Part I
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Item 2: Fairy Tales, Part II
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Item 3: Ballet for Band
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Item 4: A Short Overture
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Item 5: Portrait of a City Made of Steel
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Item 6: Men of Music
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Item 7: Paul Bunyon
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Item 8: America's Gifted Youth
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Item 9: Waltz in Waltztime
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Item 10: Dialogue for Trombone
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Item 11: Night Before Christmas
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Item 12: Strictly for Strads
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Item 13: Cyclometrics Overture
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Item 14: Recipe in Rhythm
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Item 15: January February March
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Item 16: Soliloquy for Strings
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Item 17: Footsie
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Item 18: Hymn Song for Sunday
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Item 19: Unistrut
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Item 20: Junior Hi Fi March
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Item 21: Cracker Barrel March
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Item 22: The Mighty Mac
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Item 23: Bing Bang Bong
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Item 24: Rompin Stomp
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Item 25: Mister Big
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Item 26: Shindig
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Item 27: Saga of a Pioneer
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Item 28: Sinfonia for Brass
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Item 29: Land of Wheat
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Item 30: Mandarin Dance
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Item 31: Silhouettes
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Item 32: Streamliner
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Item 33: Retrospection
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Item 34: To an Unknown Soldier
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Item 35: Intermission... 10 Minutes
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Item 36: Cathedral Square
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Item 37: Adoration at Eventide
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Item 38: Night Song
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Box 3
Barcode 707288.-
Item 1: Variations on a Kitchen Sink
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Item 2: Lone Star
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Item 3: Prayer for Peace
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Item 4: Trumpet Quartet
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Item 5: Equitable Score
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Item 6: Assorted movie cues
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Item 7: Air Force film
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Item 8: Music to be Incidental By
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Item 9: Bridal Suite, Part I
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Item 10: Bridal Suite, Part II
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Item 11: Minuet...cetera
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Item 12: The Panhandle Suite
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Item 13: The Wooly Worm
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Item 14: Music to Be Interrupted
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Item 15: Storytime
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Item 16: Music for the Birds
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Item 17: Bayou Song
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Item 18: Three Time Blues
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Item 19: Amon G. Carter March
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Item 20: Touchtone Concerto - DBC [Dallas Baptist College]
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Item 21: So They May Also Learn
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Item 22: Rhapsody for Trumpet
"Stereo master." -
Item 23: Symphonic Poem, 1955
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Item 24: Let Us Pray
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Item 25: Lonely Cowboy
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Item 26: Concerto No. 2 for piano
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Item 27: Sad Song
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Item 28: Requiem for a Friend
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Item 29: Little Overture
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Item 30: Capitol I York
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Item 31: Symphony No. 1 for band
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Item 32: Twinkletoes Suite
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Item 33: Symphony No. 2 for band
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Item 34: Concerto for organ and band
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Item 35: Etude in Stereophonics
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Item 36: Bunker Hill - 1775
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Item 37: Tomorrow Is Today
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Item 38: Psalm 23
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Item 39: Boogie in Brass
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Box 4
Barcode 707297.-
Item 1: As It Was in the Beginning
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Item 2: Devotionals, Part I
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Item 3: Devotionals, Part II
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Item 4: Secret History
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Item 5: This Solemn Hour
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Item 6: Moonmist
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Item 7: J.S. Bach
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Item 8: Verdi
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Item 9: Dvorak
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Item 10: Grieg; Handel
Music history series, Prof. Don Gillis. -
Item 11: Kodaly
"1 copy." -
Item 12: Shostakovich
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Item 13: Mendelssohn
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Item 14: Ravel
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Item 15: Park Avenue Kids, Part I
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Item 16: Park Avenue Kids, Part II
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Item 17: Park Avenue Kids, Part III
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Item 18: Chopin; Copland
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Item 19: Symphony X
Air Force Band. Gabriel, conducting. -
Item 20: Star Valley Junction Audition, Part I
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Item 21: Star Valley Junction Audition, Part II
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Item 22: Star Valley Junction Audition, Part III
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Item 23: Rimsky-Korsakov; Rossini
Music history series, Prof. Don Gillis. -
Item 24: The Nazarene, Part I
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Item 25: The Nazarene, Part II
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Item 26: Capitol I York - 2 cuts
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Item 27: Instant Replay, Part I
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Item 28: Instant Replay, Part II
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Item 29: The Gift of the Magi
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Item 30: The Man Who Invented Music - Air Force
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Item 31: Joyful, Part I
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Item 32: Joyful, Part II
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Item 33: Symphony No. 5 1/2
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Item 34: Arturo Toscanini: A Portrait of a Century
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Item 35: Gillis
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Item 36: Gershwin
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Item 37: Schubert; Sibelius
20:10. Music history series, Prof. Don Gillis. -
Item 38: Taylor; Tchaikovsky
Music history series, Prof. Don Gillis.
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Box 5
Barcode 713078.-
Item 1: The Coming of the King, 1956
Vocal score. Mills Music. -
Item 2: Courthouse Square, 1958
For oboe and orchestra. Score and parts. Second movement from "Four Scenes from Yesterday." Score and parts. Boosey & Hawkes. -
Item 3: From a Winter's Dream, 1962
For clarinet and piano. Third movement from "Four Scenes from Yesterday." Score and parts. Boosey & Hawkes. -
Item 4: January February March, 1959
For orchestra. Score and parts. Boosey & Hawkes. 2 copies.
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Box 6
Barcode 713079.-
Item 1: Land of Wheat: III. The Fields in Summer, 1960
For band. N.A. Kjos Music Co. Score and parts. Includes added manuscript part for contrabass clarinet. -
Item 2: Land of Wheat: IV. The Lazy Days, 1960
For band. N.A. Kjos Music Co. 2 sets of score and parts. Includes added manuscript part for contrabass clarinet.
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Box 7
Barcode 713080. -
Box 8
Barcode 713081.-
Item 1: Lone Star: A Rhapsody for Band, 1966
Southern Music Co. Score and parts. -
Item 2: Scherzino for Strings, 1956
For string orchestra, score only. Mills Music. -
Item 3: Short Overture to an Unwritten Opera, 1946
For orchestra. Score and parts. Boosey & Hawkes. Stamped as being part of the NBC orchestra library. -
Item 4: Soliloquy for Strings, 1958
Three copies of score plus set of score and parts. Interlochen Press. -
Item 5: Sonatina 2, 1950
For B-flat trumpet quartet. Score and parts. Boosey & Hawkes.
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Box 9
Barcode 713082.-
Item 1: Strictly for Strads, 1958
For string orchestra. 2 copies of score plus set of score and parts. Interlochen Press. -
Item 2: Suite No. 2 for Woodwind Quintet: Shadows; Sermonette, 1956
Score and parts. Mills Music. -
Item 3: Three Sketches, 1946
For string orchestra. Score and parts. Boosey & Hawkes. -
Item 4: Unistrut: Concert March, 1958
For band. Condensed score and parts. Interlochen Press.
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