ALEC WILDER ARCHIVE

Series 1: Music Manuscripts

Sub-series 1: Large instrumental ensemble

Box 4

Box 4/1 Fleugel — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 6 pages of music
Box 4/9 Piece for Eddie Powell — [undated]
For Orchestra; sketches
In pencil; 10 pages of music
Box 4/10 Powell Piece — [undated]
For Orchestra Reproduction, fair copy
50 pages of music; some pages photo-static copies in negative exposure
Box 4/11 Shakespeare (girl) — [undated]
Draft MS
In pencil; 11 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 4/12 Shakespeare II: Ophelia. — [undated]
Draft MS
In pencil; 9 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 4/13 Song bag suite — [undated]
Suite Sketches;
1st mood
2nd mood
3rd mood
4th mood
In pencil; 22 pages of music
Box 4/17 New England suite — [without date]
Sketches
Seasons
Hopscotch
Cambridge Valley
Lullaby
Grandma
Anna Mary
Viennese
Farmer’s Daughter
 Pioneer Stock
Sewing
Hopscotch
Pastorale
In pencil; 57 pages of music
Box 4/18 Grey [the gaunt] — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 14 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 6

Box 6/21 Blue & [untitled] “Swing easy” — [without date]
MS horn parts
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 6/32 Piece for Strings #1 — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 6 pages of music

Box 8

Box 8/15 I’ll get by — [without date]
For big band Reproduction
17 parts, incl. one labeled for “Benny”
29 pages of music
Provenance: Yale University – Benny Goodman papers
Box 8/16 As long as we still believe — [without date]
For big band
Reproduction; 8 pages of music
Provenance: Yale University – Benny Goodman papers

Box 9

Box 9/24 Suite for brass quintet and strings — [without date]
Fair copy score; 61 pages of music

Box 15

Box 15/6 Four sentiments — [without date]
See oversize box 2/4
Box 15/7 Four sentiments (and an afterthought) — [without date]
Fair copy
18 parts: Flutes (picc), oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horn 1 & 2, horn 3 & 4, trumpets 1 & 2, trumpet 3, trombones 1 & 2, trombone 3, percussion & timpani, percussion – set, harp, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass
Ink on Ozalid masters; 89 pages of music
Provenance: Mitch Miller
Box 15/8 Entertainment no. III — [without date]
See oversize box 3/1
Box 15/9 Entertainment [no.] 6 — [1974-1975]
See oversize box 3/2
Box 15/10 Entertainment # 6 — [1975]
See oversize box 3/3
Box 15/14 Suite for Chamber Orchestra (“Small Pieces”) — [without date]
Music by Jerome Hill; Orchestration by Alec Wilder
Reproduction, 5 wind parts (fl, ob, clar, hrn, bsn)
Three part invention
Petite suite
Canone all’ottava (no hrn)
Lament (no fl, clar)
Episode #2 (no fl, ob, clar, hrn)
Episode #3 (no clar, hrn)
Variations on a theme
Theme
Variation II
Variation V
Variation X (no fl)
Air pathétique, homage à Scriabine
Calliope waltz
Barcarolle
Improvisation
11, 14, 15, 15, 18 (73) pages of music, respectively
Box 15/15 Suite for Chamber Orchestra (“Small Pieces”) — [without date]
Music by Jerome Hill; Orchestration by Alec Wilder
Reproduction, Harpsichord/percussion parts
Petite Suite
Canone All’Ottava
Episode #2 (glockenspiel)
Episode #3 (glockenspiel)
Barcarolle
Improvisation
8 pages of music
Box 15/16 Suite for Chamber Orchestra (“Small Pieces”) — [without date]
Music by Jerome Hill; Orchestration by Alec Wilder
Reproduction, violin I parts
Three part invention (6 copies)
Petite Suite (6 copies)
Sarabande (6 copies)
Canone All’Ottava (6 copies)
Episode #2 (2 copies)
Episode #3(1 copy)
Variations on a theme (1 copy)
Theme
Variation II
Variation V
Variation X (6 copies)
Air pathétique (6 copies)
Calliope waltz (6 copies)
Barcarolle (1 copy)
67 Pages of music; multiple copies of most parts
Some water damage to margins
Box 15/17 Suite for Chamber Orchestra (“Small Pieces”) — [without date]
Music by Jerome Hill; Orchestration by Alec Wilder
Reproduction, violin II parts
Three part invention (6 copies)
Petite Suite (6 copies)
Canone All’ottava (6 copies)
Episode #2 (2 copies)
Episode #3 (6 copies)
Variation X (6 copies)
Air pathétique (6 copies)
Calliope waltz (6 copies)
74 Pages of music; multiple copies of most parts
Some water damage to margins
Box 15/18 Suite for Chamber Orchestra (“Small Pieces”) — [without date]
Music by Jerome Hill; Orchestration by Alec Wilder
Reproduction, viola parts
Three part invention (6 copies)
Petite Suite (6 copies)
Sarabande (6 copies)
Canone all’ottava (6 copies)
Lament (6 copies)
Episode #2 (2 copies)
Episode #3 (1 copy)
Variation on a theme (1 copy)
Theme
Variation II
Variation V
Variation X (6 copies)
Air pathétique (6 copies)
Calliope waltz (6 copies)
Barcarolle (1 copy)
66 pages of music; multiple copies of most parts
Some water damage to margins
Box 15/19 Suite for Chamber Orchestra (“Small Pieces”) — [without date]
Music by Jerome Hill; Orchestration by Alec Wilder
Reproduction, cello parts
            Three part invention (6 copies, one missing second page)
            Petite suite (6 copies)
            Sarabande (6 copies)
            Canone all’ottava (6 copies)
            Lament (6 copies)
            Episode #2 (2 copies)
            Episode #3 (1 copy)
            Variation on a theme (1 copy)
                        Theme
                        Variation II
                        Variation V
Variation X (6 copies)
            Air pathétique (6 copies)
            Calliope waltz (6 copies)
            Barcarolle (1 copy)
79 pages of music; multiple copies of most parts
Box 15/20 Suite for Chamber Orchestra (“Small Pieces”) — [without date]
Music by Jerome Hill; Orchestration by Alec Wilder
Reproduction, Production score
            Three part invention (2 copies)
             Petite suite (2 copies)
Sarabande (2 copies)
             Canone All’ottava (2 copies)
              Lament (2 copies)
              Episode #2 (2 copies)
             Episode #3 (2 copies)
            Variation on a theme (2 copies)
                            Theme
                            Variation II
                            Variation V
Variation X (2 copies)
            Air pathétique (1 copy)
            Calliope waltz (1 copy)
            Barcarolle (2 copies)
            Improvisation (2 copies)
40 pages of music; two copies of most parts

Box 17

Box 17/37 The way you look — [without date]
MS fair copy – incomplete
In pencil; 13 pages of music

Box 18

Box 18/1 It’ll never sell – [without date]
MS score – misc. jazz band arrangements
In pencil; 12 pages
Provenance: Gunther Schuller
Box 18/2 Instrumental piece
See oversize 4/7
Box 18/3 Spring morning
See oversize 4/8
Box 18/4 Something for the girls
See oversize 4/9
Box 18/5 Lonely man seeks company
See oversize 4/10

Sub-series 2: Vocal or instrumental solo with large ensemble

Box 8

Box 8/13 Entertainment no. 4 — [without date]
For French horn and chamber orchestra
Draft MS
In pencil; 98 pages of music
Corrections and notes in black ink.
“For Verne Reynolds” in heading
Provenance: Donald Hunsberger
Box 8/24 Concerto for cello and orchestra — [without date]
Fair copy –  bound score in hard cover
In ink; 86 pages of music
Accompanied by an excerpt of a letter to Aaron Copland in which he refers to this concerto (excerpt from Letters I Never Mailed by Alec Wilder)
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/25 Concerto for cello and orchestra [4th movement only] — [without date]
Draft MS, piano reduction
In ink with corrections in pencil; 7 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 9

Box 9/18 Elegy for the whale — [without date]
For tuba and orchestra
Reproduction score ( 2 copies)
19 pages of music each
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/20 Elegy for the whale — [without date]
Draft MS, piano reduction
In pencil; 5 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/23 Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 98 pages of music
“For Frances Miller” in heading
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/25 Suite for tenor saxophone and strings — [without date]
Fair copy, score
In pencil; 38 pages of music
Box 9/26 Suite for horn and strings — [without date]
Fair copy, score
In pencil; 38 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 10

Box 10/3 Concerto for alto saxophone and concert band — [without date]
Reproduction, piano reduction by David Demsey
25 pages of music
Contains performance markings
Provenance: David Demsey
Box 10/4 Concerto for alto saxophone and concert band — [without date]
Reproduction, piano reduction by David Demsey
Folder only contains movement III
8 pages of music
Provenance: David Demsey
Box 10/5 Concerto for alto saxophone and concert band — [without date]
Errata sheet
5 pages of handwritten notes
Provenance: David Demsey

Box 16

Box 16/16 Piece for piano and small orchestra — [without date]
Bound draft MS
In pencil; 34 pages of music
Performance markings in red and blue pencil

Box 17

Box 17/35 It had to be you — [without date]
MS fair copy
In pencil; 12 pages of music
Box 17/36 Madelaine — [without date]
MS fair copy
In pencil; 7 pages of music

Box 18

Box 18/6 Spring magic – [without date]
See oversize Box 4/11
Box 18/7 Clarinet suite no. 1 – [without date]
For clarinet and string ensemble
MS, score
In pencil; 53 pages

Sub-series 3: Instrumental solos with or without accompaniment

Box 1

Box 1/37 Behind the barn — [without date]
Draft MS, lead sheet
In pencil. 1 page of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 1/39 Incurably romantic — [without date]
Draft MS, lead sheet
In pencil
2 pages of music

Box 2

Box 2/21 Clarinet suite — [without date]
Sketches
In ink and pencil; 35 pages of music
Box 2/22 Clarinet suite — [without date]
Reproduction
Score; 18 pages of music

Box 4

Box 4/19 What a way to go! — [without date]
MS horn part
In ink; one page of music
Slight water damage to part
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 4/20 Sonata for baritone horn (euphonium) W131 — [without date]
Fair copy; Ozalid masters
2 parts; baritone horn (10 pages of music), piano (22 pages of music)
Box 4/21 Suite No. 2 for tuba and piano (Jesse suite) — [without date]
Reproduction; 9 pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 4/22 Suite No. 3 for tuba and piano (suite for little Harvey) — [copyright 1980]
Fair copy and Reproduction
Fair copy – Ozalid masters for tuba part and piano part (13 pages of music); photocopy – piano part only (9 pages of music)
Provenance: fair copy: Margun Music; photocopy: Marian McPartland
Box 4/23 Suite No. 4 for tuba and piano (“Thomas suite”) W127 — [copyright 1981]
Fair copy and Reproduction
Ozalid masters for tuba part and piano part (10 pages of music)
Reproduction of piano part (8 pages of music)
Fair copy of tuba part and piano part (10 pages of music)
“For Thomas Phillips” in upper left hand corner of title page
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 4/24 Sonatina for violin and piano — [without date]
MS sketch and Reproduction
In ink; 2 pages of music
2 photocopies of handwritten draft; each 5 pages of music
1 violin part, missing solo interludes (4 pages of music) with piano score (21 pages of music)
Note on score indicates, “2 different MS copies of score and part of vln sonatina in hand of Ken Richmond.”
Reproduction of violin part (2 copies); 9 pages of music each
Note: Copies are different; printed pages 6 and 7 are switched so that in one copy the second interlude comes after mvt III and in the other edition, it comes in the middle of mvt III
Reproduction of score; 11 pages of music
Contains only the 1st and 2nd movements and no interludes
Reproduction of violin interludes; 2 pages of music
Written on head of page in AW’s hand, “For Dr. M. H. Presberg”
Provenance: Max Presberg
Box 4/25 Sonatina for violin and piano — [without date]
Draft MS & Reproduction
In pencil; 24 pages of music
“For M. H. Presberg” at head of title page
Reproduction of movement III; 5 pages of music
Corrections in red ink
Photocopies of MS for first and second interludes; 2 pages of music
Provenance: Max Presberg
Box 4/26 Sonatina for violin and piano — [without date]
Sketches contained in a MS book
Also contains sketches titled, Tuba, Piano suite (childhood suite), Tuba and strings
In pencil; 17 pages of music
In memo section, “By Alec Wilder to Dr. May Presberg”
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 4/28 Small suite for bass and piano — [without date]
Reproduction; 15 pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland

Box 5

Box 5/1 Flute pieces no. 3 & 4 — [without date]
MS flute parts
In ink; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music
Box 5/2 Geiger suite for flute — [without date]
Reproduction; 4 pages of music
On head of page, “for Michael”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 5/3 Sonata No. I for flute and piano — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 23 pages of music
Corrections in red pencil
Provenance: Gif of Margun Music
Box 5/4 English Horn Sonata W 133 — [copyright 1981]
Fair copy
2 parts; piano score (18 pages of music), English horn part (8 pages of music)
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 5/5 Erica suite for clarinet & piano — [without date]
Draft MS.
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music

Box 6

Box 6/6 Two pieces for flute with bongos — [without date]
Sketches & reproduction
Sketch in pencil; 5 pages of music
Repro; 6 pages
Piece No. I requires switching between flute and alto flute.
Provenance: Sam Baron 5/24/88

Box 8

Box 8/17 Sonatina for violin and piano — [without date]
Reproduction
Complete score; 21 pages of music
Second copy of 1st movement; 6 pages of music
Second copy of 2nd movement; 5 pages of music
Possibly a different version; begins on page 8 rather than page 7 as in the complete score. Also does not contain “Interlude 1 – Tacet” marking at the end of the movement as marked in the complete score
Violin part; 6 pages of music
Contains 1st and 2nd movements and 2 interludes
Violin part; 4 pages of music
Contains 1st and 2nd movements w/o interludes
Provenance: Rose Presberg 5/12/97
Box 8/18 Sonatina for violin and piano — [without date]
Reproduction of sketch
Violin part; 2 pages of music.
In heading, “For M. H. Presberg”
Provenance: Rose Presberg

Box 10

Box 10/6 Suite for trumpet and marimba — [without date]
Reproduction; 13 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 10/7 French horn solo no. 1-3 — [without date]
“Suite” for French horn solo with improvisatory percussion
Draft MS
No I and II in ink with corrections in pencil, no III in pencil; 12 pages of music
“For David Kappy from Alec Wilder” written in heading of no. III
Also contains one page typed letter from David Kappy with notes about the piece
According to letter:

  1. Horn with bass
  2. Solo horn (written in 1967)
  3. Horn with reggae band

Also mentions that part or all of MS is in Barrow’s handwriting, not AW’s
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 10/8 Air for French horn and concert band — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 9 pages of music
Corrections in red ink
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 11

Box 11/11 Blues — [without date]
Sketch, Flute part
Alternate flute part in place of horn 1 in Horn duets (see Series 4 folder 10)
In ink; 1 page of music
Box 11/12 Harp [Unidentified piece] — [without date]
Draft MS
In ink; 3 pages of music
Contains performance markings
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/14 Violin piece — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/15 Violin piece — [without date]
Draft MS
Vln part and incomplete piano score (missing first 2 pages and last page)
In ink; 11 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/17 [Piece for cello and piano]. — [without date].
Fair copy, single movement orchestrated as part of Cello concerto.
In ink; 7 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 11/18 [Cello pieces]. — [without date].
Sketches.
In ink; 3 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 11/19 Cello piece. — [without date].
Sketch.
In pencil; 2 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 11/20 [Cello piece]. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In ink; 6 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 11/21 Cello piece. — [without date].
Draft MS, fragment.
In ink; 2 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 11/22 Cello piece. — [without date].
Sketch.
Last page titled, Little Miss Pink.
In pencil; 5 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/23 Piece for bassoon and strings. — [without date].
For bassoon, violin 1A, IIA, B, C, D; viola A, B; cello A, B; bass; percussion.
Photo-static reproduction of score and 11 parts.
Score, 22 pages of music.
Parts; 29 pages of music.|
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 11/33 Bassooner or later. — [without date].
Reproduction, 2 copies.
2 pages of music.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music 7/18/96.
Box 11/34 Double reed goof off. — [1955].
Reproduction; 1 page of music.
Copied from volume V 1975(6) – No. 3 of “To the World’s Bassoonists” newsletter.
Includes note about piece by Bernie Garfield at foot of page.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music 7/18/96.

Box 16

Box 16/10 Sonata #2 for tuba and piano. — [without date].
Reproduction, solo tuba part.
10 pages of music.
Box 16/11 Low register flute suite no. 3. — [without date].
Reproduction, flute part.
7 pages of music.
Additional 3rd movement possibly intended for another low register flute suite.
Holograph for additional 3rd movement in series 7, box 1, folder 12.
Box 16/13 Nothing but love. — [without date].
For bass and piano.
MS reproduction; 2 pages of music.
“For Al Hall from Alec Wilder” in upper right corner of title page.
“August 15, 1972 – To Alec Wilder: So many thanks for taking time out to think of me, in the form of your beautiful notes! Love, Al” written on back.
Box 16/19 Trumpet Suite. W132— [without date].
Reproduction, piano reduction.
14 pages of music.
Performance markings in pencil and red ink.

Box 17

Box 17/15 2nd horn sonata. — [without date].
MS fair copy.
In ink; 10 pages of music.
In pencil; 2 page of music on reverse.

Box 18

Box 18/8 Clarinet Sonata— [without date]
Reproduction, fair copy clarinet part
Two copies of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd movements, one copy of 4th movement
35 pages of music
Box 18/45 Sonatina for violin and piano — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy piano score & violin part
Piano score, print by request; 21 pages.
Accompanied by photocopy of violin part; 9 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder.

Box 19

Box 19/6 [Air for English horn] — [without date]
For English horn and piano.
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy score & part
Piano score; 4 pages of music
English horn part; 2 pages of music
Title (in pencil) on English horn part: “#10 Air for E. Hn.”
“To Maggie / Piece for English Horn” written at top of piano score
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/7 Answer to a Poem — Dec. 1976
For flute and piano.
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy score (2 versions) & part
Piano score (version 1); 1 page of music (2 copies)
Piano score (version 2); 1 page of music
Flute part; 1 page of music
“For Virginia” written at top of piano score (version 1)
“Answer to a Poem (For Virginia Nanzetta)” written in ink at top of flute part
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/8 Double Reed Goof Off — 1955
For bassoon
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
Bassoon part; 1 page of music
“For B. Garfield” written at top right corner of page
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/9 Four more short flute pieces — Aug 19, 1976
For solo flute; movements numbered VII–X
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
Flute part; 4 pages of music
Accompanied by duplicate copies of p. 1 and p. 4; 2 pages of music
Written at bottom of p. 4: “I lettered the pieces because I could not remember how many I wrote in the first set / This is one of many suites I intend to write for Michael Geiger / Alec Wilder / Aug 19, 1976 / P.S. But are they good enough?”
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/10 [French horn solo no. 1–3] — 1954?
Title on part: “Solo Suite for Horn and improvizatory [sic] percussion”
Reproduction; fair copy (with duplicate photocopy)
8 pages of music (2 copies)
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/11 Little Detective Suite [no. 1] — [without date]
For French horn
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
2 pages of music (2 copies)
“(For Randi)” written as caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/12 Second Detective Suite — [without date]
For French horn
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
6 pages of music
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/13 A Song for a Friend — [without date]
[Reworking of 2nd movement from Concerto for Trumpet]
For trumpet in B-flat and piano
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy of score & part
Piano score; 5 pages of music (2 copies)
Trumpet part; 2 pages of music (2 copies)
Accompanied by trumpet part from Concerto for Trumpet, movement II (reproduction); 2 pages of music
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/14 Suite for Unaccompanied Trumpet — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
6 pages of music (2 copies)
“For Robert Levy” written as caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/15 Trombone Suite — [without date]
For trombone and piano
Movement I only
Reproduction; draft of piano score
2 pages of music
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/16 [Two pieces for flute with bongos] — [without date]
For flute with bongos (“bongos to be played ad lib”)
Title on score: “Flute Piece No. 1 with Bongos / Flute Piece No. 2”
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy of flute part
9 pages of music
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 4: Chamber Music

Box 2

Box 2/23 Suite for flute and strings. — [without date].
Draft MS. Titled Flute Piece No. 1.
In pencil, corrections in red pencil; 68 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 2/24 Suite for flute and strings. — [without date].
Sketches.
Titled Flute Piece No. 1.
In pencil; 20 pages of music.
At head of page, “(4 Movements)”
Note on separate lined paper, “Second movement [of] a Suite for Flute and Strings has been re-written in third movement for 1st Flute Sonata and is, therefore, invalid”; one page.
Provenance: Margun Music.

Box 4

Box 4/30 Moosacaglia. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
On head of page, “For Charles Lunde”.
Provenance: Margun Music.

Box 5

Box 5/6 No Plans. — [without date].
Reproduction; 22 pages of music.
Box 5/7 Nobody’s heart. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 9 pages of music.
Includes photocopy.
Box 5/8 Pop, what’s a passacaglia?. — [without date].
Reproduction; 20 pages of music.
Missing copy of page 13.
Box 5/9 Woodwind quintet no. 7. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 32 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/10 Woodwind quintet no. 8 (Suite for non-voting quintet). — [November 1964].
Reproduction.
On title page, “A present from Alec Wilder”.
On second page, “Written especially for the following on election weekend, November 1964:Chris Nelsen, flute
Janet Rarick, oboe
Kent Stahlman, clarinet
Douglas McNaughton, bassoon
Nancy Schallert, horn”.
22 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/11 Woodwind quintet no. 8 (Suite for non-voting quintet). — [without date].
Fair copy.
5 parts:
Flute; 5 pages of music and one Ozalid strip.
Oboe; 6 pages of music.
Clarinet; 6 pages of music.
Horn; 5 pages of music.
Bassoon; 6 pages of music.
Separate copy of each part (different fair copy version); 5 parts (3 pages of music for each part).
Score; 22 pages.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/12 Woodwind quintet no. 9. — [without date].
Reproduction.
30 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/13 Woodwind quintet no. 9 W157. — [1972].
Fair copy.
5 parts; draft fair copy;
flute; 5 pages of music and one Ozalid strip.
oboe; 6 pages of music.
clarinet; 4 pages of music and one Ozalid strip.
horn; 4 pages of music.
bassoon; 7 pages of music.
5 parts; each part 4 pages of music.
Score; 15 pages of music.
At foot of page, “Copyright 1972 Wilder Music, Inc. Assigned 1976 to Margun music, Inc.”.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/14 Woodwind quintet no. 10. — [without date].
Reproduction.
32 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/15 Woodwind quintet no. 12. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 8 pages.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/16 She never wore makeup. — [without date].
Reproduction.
15 pages of music.
Box 5/17 Soon. — [without date].
For trumpet, viola, 3 celli, bass, guitar and drums.
Draft MS.
In pencil; 7 pages.
Box 5/18 Soon. — [without date].
For trumpet, viola A, B & C, cello A, B & C, guitar, bass and drums.
Reproduction.
10 parts; each part 2 pages each.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/19 Suggestion for bored dancers. — [without date].
Reproduction.
18 pages of music.
Box 5/20 Suite for clarinet, horn and piano W 143. — [copyright 1980].
Fair copy.
2 parts: clarinet, 10 pages of music; horn, 9 pages of music.
Score; 37 pages of music.
Performance marking throughout all parts.
Foot at bottom of music, “Copyright Margun Music Inc.”
In score, in AW’s hand beside his name is the date “1964” on 2nd, 3rd and 4th movements.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/21 Suite for clarinet, horn and piano. — [copyright 1980].
Fair copy.
2 parts: clarinet, 10 pages of music; horn, 8 pages of music
Score; 32 pages.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/22 Suite for flute, clarinet and piano. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 32 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/23 Suite for flute, clarinet and piano W 144.— [copyright 1980].
Fair copy.
2 parts: flute, 9 pages of music; clarinet, 10 pages of music
Score; 24 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 5/24 Suite for flute and marimba. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 16 pages of music.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.
Box 5/25 Suite no. 1 for tuba and bass [and piano]. — [without date].
Fair copy.
2 parts: string bass, 5 pages of music; tuba, 5 pages of music.
Piano score; 21 pages.
“(For Carol)” in caption of 3rd movement of all parts.
Provenance: Margun Music.

Box 6

Box 6/1 Suite no. 2 for French horn, tuba and piano W 140. — [copyright 1980].
Fair copy.
Score and parts; 52 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 6/2 Tacet for neurotics. — [without date].
Reproduction; 27 pages of music.
Box 6/3 They didn’t believe me. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 7 pages of music.
Box 6/4 Trio for violin, cello and piano. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 34 pages of music.
In head of page, “For Milton Kaye”.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.
Box 6/5 Twelve duets for horn and bassoon. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In ink; 16 pages of music.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.
Box 6/7 An unrelenting memory. — [without date].
Reproduction; 13 pages of music.
Box 6/8 Walk softly. — [without date].
Reproduction; 12 pages of music.
Box 6/9 What happened last night?. — [without date].
Reproduction; 15 pages of music.
Box 6/10 When I fall in love. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 9 pages of music.
Box 6/13

[Violin parts, misc. pieces]. — [without date].

  1. Invention for small family (vln, hrn & stomach drum)
  2. Why are you only a shadow?
  3. What is time?
  4. A hard day at the canon
  5. Rock me, Mother (Ow!)
  6. For Julie
  7. Sansone idyll
  8. Music for enceinte instruments
  9. Chaconne a son gout
  10. Fugueing Tune – Nu?
  11. Do you find it easy waking up? (you would!)
  12. Feeling in progress
  13. Terminanteménte desde hambre

                                                Entrada

                                                Fiambre secundo

  1. Mensique sérieuse
  2. Julie’s first dancing lesson
  3. The clown’s day off
  4. Convivial canon
  5. And she didn’t wear make up

     38-40. [Tacet]

  1. Julie’s first tooth
  2. “A”
  3. All through the night
  4. Misery with a beat
  5. Chorale prelude
  6. A flaxen head in a daffodil drift
  7. Euphoria
  8. Jack Jenny’s tune
  9. Rehearsal blues
  10. He was my true friend
  11. Lost
  12. An unrelenting memory
  13. The drummer went for a stroll
  14. Dinah

In ink; no.’s 16, 21-26, 28-29, 31, 35-36, 41-43, 46- 49.
In pencil; no. 27.
Repro; no.’s 32, 34, 37, 44-45, 50-54.
30 pages of music total.
Box 6/14

[Viola parts, misc. pieces]. — [without date].

  1. Julie’s first dancing lesson
  2. The clown’s day off [tacet]
  3. Convivial canon
  4. And she didn’t wear make up
  5. Insistence
  6. Walk softly
  7. They’ve torn that house down
  8. Julie’s first tooth
  9. “A”
  10. All through the night
  11. Misery with a beat
  12. Chorale prelude
  13. A flaxen head in a daffodil drift
  14. Euphoria
  15. Jack Jenny’s tune
  16. Rehearsal blues
  17. He was my true friend
  18. Lost
  19. An unrelenting memory
  20. The drummer went for a stroll
  21. Dinah

In ink; 18 pages of music.
Box 6/15

[Horn 1 parts, misc. pieces]. — [without date].

  1. Invention for small family (vln, hrn & stomach drum) [tacet]
  2. Colon: – Dash: –
  3. And twice on Sunday
  4. Evocation
  5. The only exercise that counts
  6. Why are you only a shadow?
  7. What is time?
  8. A hard day at the canon
  9. Rock me, Mother (Ow!)
  10. For Julie
  11. Sansone idyll
  12. Music for enceinte instruments
  13. Chaconne a son gout
  14. Fugueing Tune – Nu?
  15. Do you find it easy waking up?
  16. Feeling in progress
  17. Terminanteménte desde hambre

                                                Entrada

                                                Fiambre secundo

  1. Mensique sérieuse
  2. Julie’s first dancing lesson [tacet]
  3. The clown’s day off
  4. Convivial canon
  5. And she didn’t wear make up
  6. Insistence
  7. Walk softly
  8. They’ve torn that house down
  9. Julie’s first tooth
  10. “A”
  11. All through the night
  12. Misery with a beat
  13. Chorale prelude
  14. A flaxen head in a daffodil drift
  15. Euphoria
  16. Jack Jenny’s tune
  17. Rehearsal blues
  18. He was my true friend
  19. Lost
  20. An unrelenting memory
  21. The drummer went for a stroll
  22. Dinah

In ink;
In pencil; no. 27
26 pages of music.
Box 6/16

[Horn 2 parts, misc. pieces]. — [without date].

  1. B’low the belt [tacet]
  2. Chorale
  3. Stop when next player turns blue
  4. Invention for small family (vln, hrn & stomach drum) [tacet]
  5. Colon: – Dash: –
  6. And twice on Sunday
  7. Evocation
  8. The only exercise that counts
  9. Why are you only a shadow?
  10. What is time?
  11. A hard day at the canon
  12. Rock me, Mother (Ow!)
  13. For Julie
  14. Sansone idyll
  15. Music for enceinte instruments
  16. Chaconne a son gout
  17. Fugueing Tune – Nu?
  18. Do you find it easy waking up?
  19. Feeling in progress
  20. Terminanteménte desde hambre

                                                Entrada

                                                Fiambre secundo

  1. Mensique sérieuse
  2. Julie’s first dancing lesson [tacet]
  3. The clown’s day off [tacet]
  4. Convivial canon
  5. And she didn’t wear make up [tacet]
  6. Insistence
  7. Walk softly
  8. They’ve torn that house down
  9. Julie’s first tooth
  10. “A”
  11. All through the night
  12. Misery with a beat
  13. Chorale prelude
  14. A flaxen head in a daffodil drift
  15. Euphoria
  16. Jack Jenny’s tune
  17. Rehearsal blues
  18. He was my true friend
  19. Lost
  20. An unrelenting memory
  21. The drummer went for a stroll
  22. Dinah

In ink; 31 pages of music.
Sketches in pencil; 5 pages of music.
Box 6/17

[Horn 3 parts, misc. pieces]. — [without date].

1.“B” [tacet]

  1. Baby Ak dance [tacet]
  2. “C” [tacet]
  3. Dahvin [tacet]
  4. Bloz-em up [tacet]
  5. Where you can shove it [tacet]
  6. Cream farm [tacet]
  7. Slide in easy [tacet]
  8. [missing]
  9. The passing of the wind [tacet]
  10. Believing [tacet]
  11. The old goat [tacet]
  12. Resting [tacet]
  13. Chorale
  14. Stop when next player turns blue [missing]
  15. Invention for small family (vln, hrn & stomach drum) [tacet]
  16. Colon: – Dash: –
  17. And twice on Sunday
  18. Evocation
  19. The only exercise that counts
  20. Why are you only a shadow?
  21. What is time?
  22. A hard day at the canon
  23. Rock me, Mother (Ow!)
  24. For Julie
  25. Sansone idyll
  26. Music for enceinte instruments
  27. Chaconne a son gout
  28. Fugueing Tune – Nu?
  29. Do you find it easy waking up?
  30. Feeling in progress
  31. Terminanteménte desde hambre

                                                Entrada

                                                Fiambre secundo

  1. Mensique sérieuse [score]
  2. Julie’s first dancing lesson [tacet]
  3. The clown’s day off
  4. Convivial canon [tacet]
  5. And she didn’t wear make up [tacet]
  6. Insistence
  7. Walk softly
  8. They’ve torn that house down
  9. Julie’s first tooth
  10. “A”
  11. All through the night
  12. Misery with a beat
  13. Chorale prelude
  14. A flaxen head in a daffodil drift
  15. Euphoria
  16. Jack Jenny’s tune
  17. Rehearsal blues
  18. He was my true friend
  19. Lost
  20. An unrelenting memory
  21. The drummer went for a stroll
  22. Dinah

In ink; 30 pages of music.
In pencil; no. 33 – 5 pages of music.
Box 6/18 [Unidentified parts for horn and trumpet]. — [without date].
Draft MS.
3 numbered pages with header, “Horn”.
Trumpet sketch, titled, “Blue”.
In pencil; 6 pages of music.
Box 6/19

  [Bassoon parts, misc. pieces]. — [without date].

       1.“B”[tacet]

  1. Baby Ak dance [tacet]
  2. “C” [tacet]
  3. Dahvin [tacet]
  4. Bloz-em up [tacet]
  5. Where you can shove it [tacet]
  6. Cream farm [tacet]
  7. Slide in easy [tacet]
  8. B’low the belt [tacet]
  9. The passing of the wind [tacet]
  10. Believing [tacet]
  11. The old goat [tacet]
  12. Resting [tacet]
  13. Chorale [tacet]
  14. Stop when next player turns blue [tacet]
  15. Invention for small family (vln, hrn & stomach drum) [tacet]
  16. Colon: – Dash: –
  17. And twice on Sunday
  18. Evocation
  19. The only exercise that counts
  20. Why are you only a shadow?[tacet]
  21. What is time? [tacet]
  22. A hard day at the canon [tacet]
  23. Rock me, Mother (Ow!) [tacet]
  24. For Julie [tacet]
  25. Sansone idyll [tacet]
  26. Music for enceinte instruments [tacet]
  27. Chaconne a son gout [tacet]
  28. Fugueing Tune – Nu? [tacet]
  29. Do you find it easy waking up? [tacet]
  30. Feeling in progress [tacet]
  31. Terminanteménte desde hambre [tacet]

                                                Entrada

                                                Fiambre secundo

  1. Mensique sérieuse [tacet]
  2. Julie’s first dancing lesson
  3. The clown’s day off
  4. Convivial canon
  5. And she didn’t wear make up
  6. Insistence
  7. Walk softly
  8. They’ve torn that house down
  9. Julie’s first tooth [tacet]
  10. “A”[tacet]
  11. All through the night
  12. Misery with a beat
  13. Chorale prelude
  14. A flaxen head in a daffodil drift
  15. Euphoria
  16. Jack Jenny’s tune
  17. Rehearsal blues
  18. He was my true friend
  19. Lost
  20. An unrelenting memory
  21. The drummer went for a stroll
  22. Dinah

In ink; 19 pages of music.
Box 6/20 [Unidentified horn part]. — [without date].
MS
In pencil; one page of music.
Box 6/22 [Unidentified trumpet part]. — [without date].
MS.
In ink; 1 page of music.
Box 6/23 Dance for B.B.. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 6/24 The endless quest. — [without date].
Reproduction; 9 pages of music.
Box 6/26 [Fall of] the House of Usher. — [without date].
For flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn and percussions.
Draft MS.
In pencil; 30 pages of music.
Contains abundant performance marking in colored pencil.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 6/27 In a sentimental mood. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 5 pages of music.
Box 6/28 Lady in white. — [without date].
For clarinet and flute.
Draft MS.
Score and 5 parts (flute/clar, 2nd clar, eng. horn , bass clar, trombone).
In ink; 5 pages of music.
In pencil; 2 pages of music (score).
Box 6/29  Let’s get together and cry. — [without date].
Reproduction; 11 pages of music.
Box 6/30 Mama never dug this scene. — [without date].
Reproduction; 23 pages of music.
Box 6/31 String quartet for Alec to scat over. — [without date].
MS.
Score and 4 parts.
In pencil; 6 pages of music (score).
In ink; 12 pages of music (parts – each part 3 pages of music).
Provenance: Margun Music.

Box 7

Box 7/1 String quartet. W256.— [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 38 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/2 Quintet for French horn and string quartet. — [without date].
Fair copy.
In pencil; 41 pages of music.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.
Box 7/3 Four horn study. — [without date].
Draft MS.
Score and 4 parts.
In pencil; 9 pages of music.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.
Box 7/4 Suite for trombones. — [without date].
For 19 trombones.
Fair copy.
In pencil; 35 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/6 Suite for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. W 142.— [without date].
Fair copy.
Score and 3 parts.
Score in pencil; 20 pages of music.
Parts in ink; 26 pages of music.
In caption, “(For Beverly)”, below that, “(2nd movement only)”
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.
Box 7/7 The April age. — [without date].
In pencil; 8 pages of music.
Corrections in red ink.
Draft MS.
Box 7/8 Around the world in 2:34. — [without date].
Reproduction; 21 pages of music.
Box 7/9 Woodwind quintet no. 4 (Aloha Suite). — [1957].
Draft MS & reproduction.
MS in pencil; 25 pages of music.
Corrections in ink.
Repro; 16 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 7/10 Woodwind quintet no. 5. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 36 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/11 Woodwind quintet no. 6. — [1960].
Fair copy.
In pencil; 39 pages of music.
In caption, “(Dedicated to April 1960)”.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/12 Canons for recorders. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 4 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/13 Woodwind quintet no. 1. — [without date].
Parts in fair copy; score in reproduction.
5 parts; 45 pages of music.
Full score; 39 pages of music.
Score of 3rd and 4th movements only; 9 pages of music.
Provenance: Judy Bell, TRO.
Box 7/14 Woodwind quintet no. 2. — [spring 1956].
Reproduction; 56 pages of music.
Contains form and analysis marked in pencil throughout.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/15 Woodwind quintet no. 3. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 18 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/16 Saxophone quartet. — [without date].
Fair copy.
In pencil; 29 pages of music.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.
Box 7/17 Sentimental journey.— [without date].
For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, guitar and bass.
Draft MS.
In pencil; 8 pages of music.
Corrections in red ink.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/18 Suite for four bassoons. W 145. — [without date].
Score in draft MS; 4 parts in fair copy.
Parts; 8 pages of music.
Score in pencil; 16 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/19 Tape talk.— [without date].
For woodwind quintet.
Draft MS.
In pencil; 2 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 7/20 Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon. — [without date].
Reproduction; 12 pages of music.
In heading, “For Virginia”.
Provenance: Louis Ouzer.
Box 7/23 Children’s suite. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 9 pages of music.
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music.

Box 8

Box 8/1 Dynamism — [without date]
Oboe, clarinet and bassoon parts
Draft MS
In ink; 3 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/2 Father and son suite no. 2 — [without date]
For oboe and English horn
Draft MS
In pencil; 5 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music
Box 8/3 Jingle bells — [without date]
For woodwind quintet
Draft MS
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/7 Ophelia — [without date]
For woodwind quintet
Draft MS & reproduction
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Repro; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/8 Overture — [without date]
For woodwind quintet
Draft MS
In pencil; 6 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/9 Passacaglia — [without date]
For woodwind quintet
Draft MS score and 5 parts
Score in pencil; 2 pages of music
Sketch in pencil on back of oboe part; one page of music
Parts in ink; 5 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 8/10 Pavane and chaconne by Purcell — [without date]
For woodwind quintet
Draft MS
In pencil; 11 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music
Box 8/11 A present for Mr. G — [without date]
For woodwind quintet
Draft MS
In pencil; 5 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/22 Woodwind quintet no. 1 — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 39 pages of music
Provenance: Judy Bell, TRO
Box 8/23 Woodwind quintet no. 1 — [without date]
MS copy – 3rd and 4th movements
3rd movement:
In pencil; 5 pages of music
Performance markings in margins
4th movement:
In ink; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Judy Bell, TRO

Box 9

Box 9/1 String quartet — [without date]
Fair copy, score
Contains 5 movements
In ink; 39 pages of music
Contains corrections and markings in pencil and colored pencil
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/2 String quartet — [without date]
Fair copy, 4 parts
Contains 5 movements
In ink; 79 pages of music
Contains markings in colored pencil
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/3 Movement, invention and round W255 — [without date]
For flute, oboe, viola and cello
Draft MS score and parts and sketches
Sketch in pencil; 5 pages of music
Score in pencil; 11 pages of music
Parts in ink; 12 pages of music
Additional sketch titled Walking home from school included on back of 3rd page sketch
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/4 [Octet No.] XV (The children met the train) — [without date]
For flute/clar 2, oboe/English horn, clar 1, bass clar, bsn, harp, drums, bass
Draft MS
In pencil; 33 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/7 [Octet] No. X (Dance man buys a farm) — [without date]
For flute/clar 2, oboe/English horn, clar 1, bass clar, bsn, harp, drums, bass
Draft MS
In pencil; 28 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/9 [Octet] No. XIV ( It’s silk, feel it) — [without date]
For flute/clar 2/picc or penny whistle, oboe/English horn, clar 1, bass clar, bsn, harp, drums, bass
Draft MS
In pencil; 31 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/12 [Octet No.] XXIII (Bull fiddle in [a] china shop) — [without date]
For flute/clar 2, oboe/English horn, clar 1, bass clar, bsn, harp, drums, bass
Draft MS plus bass solo part
Score in pencil; 24 pages of music
Part in ink; 1 page of music
Corrections in red and blue pencil
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/13 [Octet No.] XXIV (Kindergarten flower pageant) — [without date]
For flute/clar 2, oboe/English horn, clar 1, bass clar, bassoon, harp, drums, bass
Draft MS
In pencil; 31 pages of music
Corrections in red and blue pencil
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/16 Andante and scherzo for strings — [without date]
Draft MS and reproduction
In pencil; 10 pages of music
Photocopy; 10 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/17 Suite for trumpet and tuba — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 13 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 10

Box 10/2 Piece for solo guitar and chamber group — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 11 pages of music
“For Frances” written at head of page
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 11

Box 11/3 Piece for string quartet no. 1 — [without date]
MS, 3 parts – lacks violin 1
In ink; 6 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/4 Piece for string quartet no. 2 — [without date]
MS, 4 parts
In ink; 8 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/5 Movement for a string quartet no. 3 — [without date]
MS, 4 parts
In ink; 8 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/7 Movement for a string quartet — [without date]
Draft MS, 4 parts and score
Score in pencil; 7 pages
Parts in ink; 8 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/8 Movement for a string quartet — [without date]
Draft MS, score
In ink; 6 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/9 Horn duets — [without date]
Draft MS, 2 parts.
            Blues
            Dance
            A staunch supporter of athletics
            Gigue
            Andante
            Theme without variationsIn ink; 14 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/10 Horn duets — [without date]
Fair copy, 2 parts, missing second page of Hrn I

  1. 83389 fanfare
  2. Andante con moto
  3. Blues
  4. Fairly fast
  5. Gigue
  6. Dance
  7. A staunch supporter of athletics

In ink on Ozalid paper; 13 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/13 Trio for violin, cello and piano no. 2 — [without date]
Draft MS, 3 parts
In ink; 9 pages of music
Parts contain performance markings
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/16 Trio — [without date]
For violin, cello and piano
Draft MS, score (missing pages 7 and 8)
Contains 2 different versions of violin and cellos parts
Score in pencil; 8 pages of music
Parts in ink; 10 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/26 [Octet] No. VII (Such a tender night) — [without date]
For fl/alto fl/clar II, oboe/Eng horn, clar I, bass clar, bassoon, harp, bass and drums
Draft MS
In pencil; 22 pages of music
Box 11/27 [Octet] No. XI (She’ll be seven in May) — [without date]
For fl/clar II, oboe/Eng horn, clar I, bass clar, bassoon, harp, bass and drums
Draft MS
In pencil; 20 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/29 [Octet] No. XII (Sea fugue mama) — [without date]
For fl/clar II, oboe/Eng horn, clar I, bass clar, bassoon, harp, bass and drums
Draft MS
In pencil; 27 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/30 [Octet no.] XXII (Seldom the sun) — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 20 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 15

Box 15/4 Brass quintet no. 8 — [without date]
See oversize Box 1/6
Box 15/5 Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon — [without date]
See oversize Box 1/7
Box 15/11 Serenade for winds — [without date]
Reproduction; 33 pages of music (missing 3rd movement, pages 21-25)
Accompanied by separate folder of proof pages with notes and suggestions, possibly by Gunther Schuller
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 15/12 Serenade for winds — [without date]
See oversize Box 3/4
Box 15/13 Serenade for winds. [movement III only] — [without date]
See oversize Box 3/5

Box 16

Box 16/2 Peacock Feathers: Piece for recorder and bass — [without date]
Reproduction, piano part
2 pages of music
Perhaps related to sub-series 6, Box 3, folder 16: “Peacock feathers”: Intro to “Vespa Waltz”
Box 16/12 Duets for french horn and tuba — [without date]
Reproduction, score and 2 parts
31 pages of music
“For Marty and Gary” in heading of parts
[For holograph score see Sketchbook I series 13, box 10, folder 13]
Box 16/18 IX – Pop, what’s a passacaglia? — [March 1956]
Draft MS
In pencil; 21 pages of music
Performance markings in red ink

Box 17

Box 17/1 Suite for harpsichord and flute — [without date]
Reproduction. Flute part and piano score
In heading, “for Frank Lowe”
Flute part; 3 pages of music
Score; 6 pages of music
Red ink correction in piano score
Also in red ink in caption, “Even in red ink, this is still for Frank Lowe, that is, Frank Lowe the harpsichordist. Alec Wilder
Box 17/2 Suite for baroque quartet — [without date]
For flute, oboe, harpsichord and bass
Reproduction, 4 parts
51 pages of music
Box 17/22 If I could hold you in my arms — [without date]
Repro, violins A-B-C part
2 pages of music
Box 17/38 Lover — [without date]
For 2 fl doubling B-flat clar; bass clar doubling B-flat clar; 2 vlns; viola; Vlc; bass
MS fair copy
In pencil; 17 pages of music
Box 17/39 My romance — [without date]
For 2 fl doubling B-flat clar; bass clar doubling Bb clar; 2 vlns; viola; Vlc; bass
MS fair copy
In pencil; 8 pages of music
Box 17/40 I could write a book — [without date]
For 1 fl doubling Bb clar; 1 fl doubling Bb clar and English horn; bass clar doubling Bb clar; 2 vlns; viola; Vlc; bass
MS fair copy
In pencil; 9 pages of music
Box 17/41 Small hotel — [without date]
For 2 fl doubling Bb clar; 1 Bb clar doubling English horn; 2 vlns; viola; Vlc; bass
MS fair copy
In pencil; 10 pages of music.
Box 17/42 Suite for horn and tuba.— [without date]
Repro, score
10 pages of music

Box 18

Box 18/9 Suite for non-voting quintet – [November 1964]
“A present from Alec Wilder” on title page in ink
“Written especially for the following on election weekend, November 1964:
Chris Nelson, flute
Janet Rarich, oboe
Kent Stahlman, clarinet
Douglas McNaughten, bassoon
Nancy Schallert, horn”
In pencil; 22 pages
Provenance: Nancy Schallert
Box 18/10 Woodwind quintet no. 2 — [without date]
Photocopy of MS score
27 pages
Provenance: Judy Bell, The Richmond Organization
Box 18/11 Woodwind quintet no. 12 [actual #11] – [without date]
MS score
“For the Wingra woodwind quintet” written in ink in heading
“For Glenn Bowen” written in ink on back of last page
In pencil; 27 pages
Box 18/46 Trio for violin, cello and piano. — [without date].
Reproduction, print by request. Score and parts.
Score, 29 pages; violin part, 10 pages; cello part, 9 pages.
Accompanied by original invoice; typescript, one page.
Provenance: Barry Snyder.
Box 18/47 Suite for Woodwind Quintet — [1956].
MS repro parts, 5 parts
34 pages
Provenance: David Van Hoesen, received July 27, 2016

Box 19

Box 19/5 Pieces for Two Recorders — [without date].
Four pieces for soprano recorder and bass recorder
MS parts, 2 parts; written on front and back of single folio
In pencil; 4 pages
Written in lower right margin of bass recorder part in AW’s hand: “For the Pinslers who are a mutual act of faith.”
Accompanied by typescript letter from Teri Chavkin containing information about the item’s provenance (1 p.).
Provenance: Teri Chavkin, received April 12, 2022.
Box 19/17 Brass Trio — [without date]
For trumpet, horn, and trombone
Reproduction (photocopy); draft of parts & concert score (movement 4 only)
3 parts (movement 4 in different hand); 13 pages, total
Concert score (movement 4 only); 4 pages
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/18 Monsieur Allemande Suite W138 — [without date]
For three guitars (with bass six-string guitar)
Reproduction; fair copy of score & parts
Score; 23 pages, total
3 parts; 25 pages, total
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/19 Nonet for Brass [W 176] — [without date]
For brass choir (2 descant horns, 2 horns, 2 B-flat tubens, 2 F tubens, and tuba)
Reproduction (photocopy); draft of score
26 pages
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/20 Nonet for Brass W 176 — [without date]
For brass choir (2 descant horns, 2 horns, 2 B-flat tubens, 2 F tubens, and tuba) or F horn choir (8 F-horns and tuba)
Reproduction; fair copy of 8 parts for F horn choir (F horn I–VIII and tuba)
8 parts; 53 pages, total
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/21 Pieces for French Horn and Violin W166 — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy of parts
2 parts; 6 pages, total
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/22 [Seven Pieces for Two Clarinets] — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy of parts
2 parts; 14 pages, total
“For Jeff and Julie” written as caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/23 Six Duets for Horn and Cello — 5/66
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy of parts
2 parts; 10 pages; total
“For S.” written as caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/24 Suite for Brass Quintet —copyright 1960
For 2 trumpets, horn in F, trombone, and tuba
Reproduction; fair copy of parts
5 parts; 30 pages, total
At foot of p. 1 for each part “Copyright ©1960 by Mentor Music, Inc.”
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/25 Suite for Flute and Marimba (in six movements) — [without date]
Edited by Gordon Stout and Virginia Nanzetta
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy of score
18 pages
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/26 Suite for Trumpet and Tuba W262 — copyright 1980
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy of score
13 pages
At foot of p. 1, “©1980 Margun Music, Inc.”
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 19/27 Trombone Suite #3 (with Woodwind Quintet) — [without date]
For trombone, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon
Reproduction, MS, and computer-generated; score & parts
Concert score (repro); 4 pages (2 copies; copy 2 missing p. 4)
Trombone part (MS in pencil; in bass clef); 1 page
Trombone part (computer-generated; in tenor clef); 1 page
Woodwind quintet parts (5 parts; bassoon part missing p. 2) (MS in ink); 7 pages, total
Oboe part (computer-generated); 1 page
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 5: Vocal Chamber: voice(s) as part of chamber ensemble

Box 1

Box 1/1 June in February — [without date]. Draft MS
For voice, bassoon, two horns, piano and cello
Six parts in ink (each one page of music) and score in pencil (4 pages of music)
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/13 Song of Solomon — [without date] W648
Sketch & Fair cop
For voice, English horn and harp
In pencil; sketch of score (8 pages of music)
In ink; sketches of all 3 parts with penciled corrections:
Vocal part (2 pages of music)
English horn (2 pages of music)
Harp (4 pages of music)
In ink; fair copies of voice, English horn and score (3, 3 and 9 pages respectively)
Fair copy score contains performance markings
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/17 Phyllis McGinley Song Cycle — [without date]
For voice, bassoon and harp
Draft MS in pencil
Includes 5 pages of poetry by Phyllis McGinley with AW’s notes and sketches. Red numbers indicate which poems were set as well as the numerical order in which they appear in the sketch
22 pages of music
“For Frances” written on head of title page in AW’s hand
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/18 Pretend you’re innocent — [without date]
For voice, bassoon, 2 horns, piano and cello
Sketches in pencil; contains:
full score (6 pages of music);
condensed score (2 pages of music);
one additional page of sketches (one page of music) and;
individual parts (each one page of music)
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/19 Serving Dinah [sic] for six — [without date]
For voice, bassoon, 2 horns, piano and cello
Draft MS
In pencil; score (5 pages of music)
Opposite side of last page contains sketch entitled “string quartet”
In ink; individual parts (one page of music each) and additional sketch (one page of music)
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/35 Songs of innocence — [without date]
Draft MS. In pencil
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, celli, tenor, soprano and alto
Poem by E. E. Cummings
42 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 2

Box 2/10 John the Aptest — [without date]
For voice, bassoon, two horns and piano
Draft MS
In ink; 5 parts (one page of music each, with the exception of piano which contains two pages of music)
Box 2/11 Girl meets voice — [without date]
For voice, bassoon, two horns, piano and cello
In pencil; sketch of score (3 pages of music)
In ink; 5 parts (each part 3 pages of music). Missing part for Horn 1

Box 7

Box 7/22 Twelfth night songs — [without date]
Draft MS of vocal score, full score, 5 woodwind parts and “Tunes of”:
Oh mistress, mine
Come away, Death
Also labeled, Chanson du Feu
The rain it raineth
Vocal score in pencil; 8 pages of music
Full score in pencil; 17 pages of music
5 parts in ink; 15 pages of music
Contains performance markings
Tunes [written out melody line without text] in ink; 2 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music

Box 8

Box 8/21 Antoinette the clarinette;
Knute the flute;
Bobo the oboe;
Muldoon the bassoon — [without date]
From A child’s introduction to the orchestra
Draft MS and photocopy
In pencil; 21 pages of music
Photocopy; 21 pages of music
Provenance: Richmond Organization

Box 19

Box 19/28 Eight fairly easy three part canons — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); draft of vocal part
3 pages
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 6: Keyboard. 2 or more hands

Box 8

Box 8/34 Fig Lief [sic] Ericson — [without date]
Sketch. In pencil
One page of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 8/36 Ballet for puppets — [without date]
Draft MS (& Reproduction)
In pencil. 4 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/38 Chromatic quest — [without date]
Draft MS. In ink
“For M.M.” at head of page in AW’s hand
Provenance: Marian McPartland

Box 2

Box 2/9 Follow the lieder — [without date]
For voice, bassoon and cello
Sketch & Reproduction
In ink; 3 parts, one page of music each
Photocopy of sketch, one page of music
Crossed out draft of cello part on reverse of final; one page of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 3

Box 3/1 Floccinauncinihilipilification — [without date]
Reproduction; 2 pages of music
In caption, “(real word meaning: ‘estimating as worthless’)”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/2 Eleven pieces for piano 4 hands — [without date]
Sketches
No. 1   Thank you for what flowers?
No. 2   [without title]
No. 3   [without title]
No. 4   [without title]
No. 8   A small tune (which later is reprised by 7000 violins)
No. 9   Schubert meets a Parisian
No. 11 [without title]
In pencil with corrections in red; 15 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music
Box 3/3 Eleven pieces for piano 4 hands — [without date]
Reproduction; 26 pages of music
No. 1   [untitled]
No. 2   [untitled]
No. 3   Aaron goes to the ball
No. 4   Son of whistle stop
No. 5   Le petit jazz
No. 6   Thanks for what flowers?
No. 7   A small march (to be played with a left arm around partner)
No. 8   A small tune (which later is reprised by 7000 violins)
No. 9   Schubert meets a Parisian
No. 10 [untitled]
No. 11 [untitled]
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music
Box 3/4 Gentle ways — [without date]
Draft MS, lead sheet
In ink, accompanied by photocopy; one page of music each
Written on head of page in AW’s hand, “For M.M.”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/5 Homework — [1974]
Draft MS
In ink, accompanied by photocopy; one page of music each
Written on head of page in AW’s hand, “For M.M.”
In foot of MS, “Copyright 1974 Ambrose Music”
Performance markings in foot of photocopy
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/6 Homework — [1974]
Reproduction
2 pages of music
Written on head of page in AW’s hand, “(for M.M.)”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/7 Hymn for a her — [without date]
Draft MS, lead sheet
In ink; one page of music
In bottom right hand corner in AW’s hand, “McPartlandize! signed Alec Wilder”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/8  Jazz tango — [without date]
Draft MS
In ink; two pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/9 Jazz waltz for a friend Marion McPartland — [1974]
Draft MS. Laminated
In ink; one page of music
On foot of page, “Copyright 1974 Ambrose Music”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/11 Lullaby for a lady — [without date]
Draft MS. Laminated
In ink; 2 pages of music
Written on head of page in AW’s hand, “For Marian McPartland”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/12 Mama never dug this scene — [without date]
Sketch, lead sheet
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/13 The marryon kind — [without date]
Sketch, lead sheet
In ink; one page of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/14 Name calling — [without date]
Sketch, lead sheet
In ink; 2 pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/15 Name calling — [without date]
Reproduction
2 copies, each copy 2 pages of music
Correction in red ink on one copy.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/16 “Peacock feathers”: Intro to “Vespa Waltz” — [without date]
Reproduction; one page of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/17 Piano piece no. 5 — [without date].
Reproduction; 2 pages of music. Accompanied by photocopy.
Provenance: Barry Snyder, photocopy from Marian McPartland
Box 3/18 Piano piece no. 25 — [without date]
Reproduction; 2 pages of music Accompanied by photocopy.
Provenance: Barry Snyder, photocopy from Marian McPartland
Box 3/19 Piano Piece No. 27 — [without date]
Reproduction; one page of music Accompanied by photocopy.
Provenance: Barry Snyder, photocopy from Marian McPartland
Box 3/20 Piano Piece No. 34 — [without date]
Reproduction; 2 pages of music Accompanied by photocopy.
Provenance: Barry Snyder, photocopy from Marian McPartland
Box 3/21 Theme and variations “3 blind mice” — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 3/22 Piano Piece No. 1 (Prelude) — [without date]
Sketches titled “Prelude”
In ink and pencil; 15 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 3/23 [Unidentified piece for piano] — [without date]
Sketch
In ink; 2 pages of music
Box 3/24 Invention for too many fingers — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Accompanied by photocopy; 3 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 3/25 The march of the goons — [without date]
Sketch
In ink; one page of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 3/26 Pieces for Ellis Larkins — [without date]
Reproduction
             Featherfall; one page of music
             A Taste; one page of music
Bittersweet; one page of music
             Walkin’ on down; 2 copies (one page of music each)
At top right hand corner of each piece in AW’s hand is noted, “For Ellis Larkins from Alec Wilder”
Box 3/27 Ralph P. Puppydog March — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 2 pages of music
On title page, “Dedicated to Roger Brackett*”
Footnote of title page, “*The composition of this march, although commissioned and therefore financially compensated, must also include as part of its spiritual payment petting privileges”
“Found by Bob Levy 5/5/88. See letter to J. Bell” on separate note along with draft MS
Provenance: Margun MusicAlso included in folder:
Reproduction
2 copies of bassoon part; one page each
2 copies of percussion part; one page each
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 3/28 Second small gift for M.M. — [without date]
Reproduction
3 copies; each copy one page of music
Provenance: Marian McPartlandRappin’ and humpin’ — [without date]
Sketch, lead sheet
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Accompanied by 2 photocopies
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/29 Seventeen — [without date]
Reproduction; 2 pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/30 Small fry suite — [without date]
Draft MS

  1. Waking up in moonlight
  2. I’m only seven, but I’m right
  3. Now I’m a lazy fish
  4. Dancing in front of the mirror
  5. Skip rope dance
  6. Sometimes I feel quite grown up

In pencil; 12 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 3/31 Sonata fantasy — [without date]
Sketches in a MS notebook
Titled, “Piano Sonata”; appears to be score from 1st movement of W258 Sonata Fantasy
In pencil; 15 pages of music
Box 3/32 Sonata fantasy “Sonata for Vera and piano” — [without date]
Draft MS & Reproduction
Photocopy of first movement
In ink; 2nd, 3rd and 4th movements
In ink and pencil; sketches
26 pages of music
Box 3/33 Sonata – fantasy (W258) — [without date]
For piano.
Reproduction and photocopy.
4 movements; 24 pages of music.
Provenance: Photocopy from Barry Snyder.
Box 3/34 Straight ahead — [without date]
Sketch, lead sheet
2 parts – copy of piano part (2 pages of music)
In ink; bass part
In upper right hand of score, “a small present from Alec Wilder”
In marker; sketches on bottom of bass part and reverse side for MacArthur Park.
In marker; at bottom of MacArthur Park sketch, “Written on the back of one of my ? bass parts (1960s) M McP”
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/35 Suite for Piano (No.1-5) — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 7 pages of music
In red ink; marked measure numbers
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music
Box 3/36 Theme number four — [without date]
Draft MS
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 3/37 Two Pieces for Two Pianos — [without date]
Reproduction
(#1); 2 copies (4 pages of music each)
(#2); 2 copies (2 pages of music each)
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/38 The walkaway — [without date]
Draft MS, lead sheet
In ink; 2 pages of music.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/39 Where are the good companions? — [without date]
Fair copy & draft MS
In pencil; draft (2 pages of music).
In ink; fair copy (2 pages of music)
“for M.M.” in upper left hand corner of fair copy
Performance marking in fair copy; slight water damage on second page.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/40 Will I be upset — [without date]
MS lead sheet
In ink; in hand of Marian McPartland
One page of music; 2 photocopies present
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 3/41 Why? — [1974]
Draft MS
In pencil; 2 pages of music
At head of page, “Can you suffer through the five measure phrases? (Forgive me, but it fascinates me)”
At foot of page, “Copyright 1974 Ambrose Music”
“Title: ‘Why?’” written after end of piece
Provenance: Marian McPartland

Box 4

Box 4/2 Padelford — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 4/27 Gift for sharing, not shearing — [without date]
Draft MS
In ink; piano and bass parts (2 pages of music each)
Provenance: Marian McPartland

Box 8

Box 8/14 Her first party dress — [without date]
Reproduction; 5 pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland

Box 16

Box 16/3 Mimosa’s solitude dance — [without date]
Reproduction, piano part
2 pages of music.
Box 16/4 Gypsy theme — [without date]
Reproduction
1 page of music
Penultimate and last measures crossed out, edited ending in pencil
Box 16/5 50 short pieces for piano — [without date]
Reproduction, spiral bound
No 1 – 50
49 pages of music
Box 16/6 Short studies for piano — [without date]
Reproduction, spiral bound
No. 51 – 85
43 pages of music.

Box 17

Box 17/19 Seven lively arts – opening — [without date]
Repro; 5 pages of music.
Box 17/23 Garden (sunken, of course) — [without date]
Repro; 1 page of music.

Box 18

Box 18/12 Pieces written for Charlotte Allen — [without date]
Romantic Waltz
In ink; one page
Jolly Waltz
In ink; one page
Boston Lullaby Waltz
In ink; one page
A small tribute to elegance
In ink; one page
Pas seul
In ink; two pages
Provenance: Jerry Wnuck
Box 18/20 Piano piece no. 1. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/21 Piano piece no. 2. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/22 Piano piece no. 3. — [without date].
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/23 Piano piece no. 4. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/24 Piano piece no. 6. — [without date].
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/25 Piano piece no. 7. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/26 Piano piece no. 8. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/27 Piano piece no. 10. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/28 Piano piece no. 13. — [without date].
Reproduction; incomplete (p. 1 only)
1 page. 2 copies.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/29 Piano piece no. 13. — [without date].
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/30 Piano piece no. 14. — [without date].
Reproduction.
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/31 Piano piece no. 15. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/32 Piano piece no. 16. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/33 Piano piece no. 17. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/34 Piano piece no. 19. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/35 Piano piece no. 20. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/36 Piano piece no. 21. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/37 Piano piece no. 22. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/38 Piano piece no. 23. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/39 Piano piece no. 24. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/40 Piano piece no. 26. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
1 page
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/41 Piano piece no. 28. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/42 Piano piece no. 29. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
1 page.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/43 Piano piece no. 32. — [without date].
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Barry Snyder
Box 18/44 Piano piece no. 33. — [without date].
Reproduction; fair copy
1 page.
Provenance: Barry Snyder

Box 20

Box 20/1 Castle Promenade — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
1 page
“from Racketty Packetty House / Songs – by Alec Wilder” typed at top left corner of page
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/2 Piano piece no. 1 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/3 Piano piece no. 2 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/4 Piano piece no. 4 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/5 Piano piece no. 5 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/6 Piano piece no. 7 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/7 Piano piece no. 8 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/8 Piano piece no. 9 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/9 Piano piece no. 10 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/10 Piano piece no. 11 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/11 Piano piece no. 15 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/12 Piano piece no. 16 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/13 Piano piece no. 17 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/14 Piano piece no. 18 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/15 Piano piece no. 19 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/16 Piano piece no. 20 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/17 Piano piece no. 21 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/18 Piano piece no. 22 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/19 Piano piece no. 23 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/20 Piano piece no. 24 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/21 Piano piece no. 26 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
1 page.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/22 Piano piece no. 28 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/23 Piano piece no. 29 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
1 page.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/24 Piano piece no. 30 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/25 Piano piece no. 31 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
1 page.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/26 Piano piece no. 32 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages.
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/27 Piano Series A–F — [without date].
Reproduction; fair copy
8 pages
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/28 [Pieces written for Charlotte Allen] — [without date]
Romantic Waltz
Reproduction (photocopy); 1 page (2 copies)
Jolly Waltz
Reproduction (photocopy); 1 page (2 copies)
A small tribute to elegance
Reproduction (photocopy); 1 page (2 copies)
Pas seul
Reproduction (photocopy); 3 pages (2 copies)
Gavotte
Reproduction (photocopy); 1 page (2 copies)
“To a valued friend + wonderful correspondent” written at top left of page
N.B. Repro copies of Romantic Waltz, Jolly Waltz, A small tribute to elegance, and Pa seul from ink MS in Box 18/12. Repro copy of Gavotte from unidentified original.
Box 20/29 Tug of War — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
1 page
“from Racketty Packetty House / Songs – by Alec Wilder” typed at top left corner of page
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/77 Helen Mary Delisanti W259 — [without date]
For organ
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
3 pages
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 7: Vocal solo

Box 1

Box 1/2 Love’s like a lark. — [without date].
Lead sheet.
Sketch in pencil; 1 page of music with vocal line and chord changes.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/3 Life goes on. — [without date].
For voice and piano.
Sketch in pencil; 2 pages of music
Lyrics by Fran Landesman.
On previous folder: “Song found by Bob Levy 5/5/88. See letter to J. Bell”
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/4 Never seek to tell thy love. — [without date].
For voice and piano.
Reproduction
2 copies of score; one with performer marking in red ink, one with performer marks in pencil (each 5 pages).
Poem by William Blake.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 1/12 [Sketchbook]. — [without date].
Various sketches within a green spiral bound notebook with “Song Cycle” written on the cover in AW’s hand. Contains the following titles at the head of various pages:
Intro – song cycle & connecting passage
Honest confession
Apologia
Serenade
Low register flute suite
Serenade for winds
Second detective suite
One more road
If it’s true
Napa
Little boat
Sometimes I lie
Five poems of Phyllis McGinley – I know a village
In pencil; 58 pages of music.
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 1/14 [Songs] —  [without date].
Various draft MS’s contained within a bound MS paper book.
Contains the following titles:
Animal song
Bathtub song
Chauncey the chipmunk
Charlie Austin
Gordon the gopher
In it together
                        Lyrics by Arnold Sondgaard.
In pencil; 13 pages of music.
Box 1/15 Nobody’s home. — [without date].
Reproduction.
Lyrics by Loonis McGlohon.
One page of music.
Box 1/16 Peaceful. — [without date].
Draft MS.
Piano part (2 pages of music) and bass (1 page of music).
In pencil with red and blue colored pencil in piano part.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/20 I’m off. — [without date].
Draft MS. In pencil.
One page of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/21 If you are happy. . — [without date].
For voice and piano.
Reproduction.
Contains performance marking in red ink.
Poem by Tennessee Williams.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 1/22 Soul is like a star. — [without date].
Draft MS, lead sheet.
In pencil. 2 pages of music. Found on reverse side:
It’s fun. — [without date].
Draft MS, lead sheet.
In pencil. 2 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/23 Stay Away!. — [without date].
Reproduction, lead sheet.
Music by Jack O’Brien, lyric by Alec Wilder.
One page of music.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 1/24 Sunday come-a-courtin’ afternoon. — [without date].
Draft MS.
Lyric by Jack Lawrence.
3 pages of music. Contains one typed page of lyric along with a quote about the piece from AW.
Contains note on separate page: “Song found by Bob Levy 5/5/88. See letter to J. Bell.”
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/25 The thing about cats. — [without date].
Reproduction.
Poem by John L’Heureux.
3 pages of music.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 1/26 [How sweet is the] time remembered. — [without date].
Draft MS. In pencil.
4 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/27 Today girl. — [without date].
Reproduction, draft.
Poem by Irving Townsend.
4 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/28 Weather is bad. — [without date].
Sketch. In pencil.
One page of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/29 Welcome home. — [without date].
Reproduction, lead sheet.
One page of music.
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 1/30 Who can I tum to?. — [without date].
Draft MS. In pencil.
Piano, guitar (in slash notation) and bass parts (2 pages, 1 page and 1 page respectively).
Additional potentially unrelated sketch on the reverse of the bass part with “song Bregman” written on the head of the page.
In pencil, with red and blue colored pencil markings throughout.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/31 Why do I wait any longer?. — [without date].
Draft MS, lead sheet.
Words by Arnold Songaard [sic]
In pencil. 2 pages of music.
Contains note on separate page: “Song found by Bob Levy 5/5/88. See letter to J. Bell.”
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/32 Songs for Patricia. — [without date].
Draft MS. In pencil.
Poems by Norman Rosten.
20 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/33 Snow. — [without date].
Draft MS. In pencil.
3 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 2

Box 2/1 Ballad of the old man and time. — [without date].
Fair copy.
In ink; 4 pages of music.
Lyric by Bob Lehman.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 2/2 Be not afraid. — [without date].
Draft MS, lead sheet.
In ink; 1 page.
Provenance: Margun Music.
Box 2/3 The boy who cried “wolf!” . — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
Lyric by Jack Lawrene [sic].
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 2/4 Cast your bread upon the waters. — [1955].
Reproduction, lead sheet.
Words by Marshall Barer.
2 pages of music.
In ink, on foot of first page, “1955 – Hollis Music, Inc.”
Provenance: Marian McPartland.
Box 2/5 Daffodil drift. — [without date].
Sketch.
In pencil; one page of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 2/6 The dream is gone from the land. — [without date].
Draft MS, lead sheet.
In ink; 2 pages of music.
In head of first page “For Tony Bennett”.
Box 2/7 Easy the hard way. — [without date].
Sketch, lead sheet.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 2/8 Ever so fair. — [without date].
Sketch, lead sheet.
In pencil; 4 pages of music.
Lyric by Arnold Sundgaard.
Also contains pencil sketches possibly for Jersey boy and separate page of typed lyrics with pencil markings.
Provenance: Margun Music.

Box 4

Box 4/29 While we’re young. — [without date].
MS lead sheet; laminated.
In pencil; one page of music.
At bottom of page, “for Jimmy McPartland one of the true believers, thank God! Alec Wilder”.
Provenance: Marian McPartland.

Box 9

Box 9/21 Vocalese [sic] # 1 – 5. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 15 pages of music.

Box 10

Box 10/18 Louie [Let’s sing to the memory of our loving friend]. — [without date].
Draft MS, lead sheet.
In ink; 1 page of music;
1 page of lyrics.
Box 10/21 Hymn for a friend. — [without date].
Reproduction; 1 page of music.
“(Jenny Lind Hyde)” written in caption.
Box 10/22 Let’s go where the music is!. — [without date].
Reproduction; 1 page of music
Missing 2nd page – [see box 16, folder 19 for complete copy].
Lyrics by Roger Brackett and AW.
“David Platz” written in pencil in heading

Box 15

Box 15/21 Things to do tomorrow. — [without date].
Music by Jack End; words by Alec Wilder.
Reproduction, lead sheet.
3 pages of music with accompanying letter in accession report.
Provenance: Thomas Hampson 5/5/97.

Box 16

Box 16/1 A.M. Victor Hugo. — [without date].
Reproduction.
In ink; 4 pages of music.
“Dedicated to Jerome Hill” in heading.
Poem:  Alfred De Musset.
Box 16/7 Things to do tomorrow. — [without date].
Music by Jack End; words by Alec Wilder.
Reproduction, lead sheet.
2 copies; 3 pages of music each.
Provenance: Desmond Stone.
Box 16/9 Something is up. — [without date].
Reproduction.
2 pages of music.
Poem by Percy Seitlin.
Box 16/14 Let’s go where the music is!. — [without date].
Reproduction; 2 pages of music.
Lyrics by Roger Brackett and AW.
In pencil at bottom of second page, “…Forget all the lovely and loving”
Box 16/17 Phyllis McGinley Song Cycle. — [1979].
For voice, bassoon and harp.
Reproduction; 18 pages of music.
“for Frances” in heading.
Corrections in ink and pencil.
Box 16/20 A long night. — [without date].
Reproduction lead sheet.
2 pages of music.
Words by Loonis McGlohon.
Box 16/21 [Untitled song – “So sweet…”]. — [without date].
MS, fair copy.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
Box 16/22 [Untitled song – “You incredibly lovely human being…”]. — [without date].
MS, fair copy.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
Box 16/23 Give me time. — [without date].
MS, Fair copy.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
Box 16/24 Just one. — [without date].
MS, fair copy.
In pencil; 3 pages of music.
Box 16/25 Sing me to sleep. — [without date].
MS, fair copy.
In pencil; 2 pages of music.
Box 16/26 Clam-bake. — [without date].
MS, draft.
In pencil; 4 pages of music.
Markings in red pencil.
Box 16/27 Lovely. — [without date].
Draft MS.
In ink; 2 pages of music.
Box 16/28 Once in a million years. — [without date].
MS, fair copy.
In pencil; 2 pages of music.
Box 16/29 [Untitled song – “Sunlight’s got me”] . — [without date].
Draft MS.
In pencil; 4 pages of music.
Box 16/30 Why so much talk about love. — [without date].
Draft MS.
Words and music Alex Wilder
In pencil; 4 pages of music.
Box 16/31 It’s all done with mirrors. — [without date].
Fair copy MS.
In pencil; 4 pages of music.
Box 16/32 Poor little debutante — [without date]
Fair copy MS
Music and words by Alex Wilder
In ink; 3 pages of music
Box 16/33 Time and tide — [without date]
Fair copy MS; in laminate sleeve
Words & music Alexander Wilder
In ink; 4 pages of music.

Box 17

Box 17/12 [Unidentified song] — [without date]
MS repro.
6 (11.5” x 18”) pages.

Box 18

Box 18/13 Manuscript book— [without date]
Contains:
I’ll be around
Hello, hello
Sing a melody
[Untitled]
[Untitled] lead sheet
In pencil; 6 pages
Box 18/14 A.M. Victor Hugo— [without date]
MS repro, Fair copy
Poem by Alfred de Musset
“Dedicated to Jerome Hill” in heading
One correction in pencil; 4 pages
Accompanied by four reproductions, one marked Fargo
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 18/15 A long night— [without date]
Lead sheet, photocopy
Music by AW, words by Loonis McGlohon
2 pages
Box 18/16 Down in the coal mine— [without date]
“To Charlotte Whitney Allen” written inside title page
“J.L. & A.W.” written at foot of third page
MS fair copy; accompanied by typescript poem “Down in a coal mine” by J.B. Georghegan
ink; 3 pages of music; one page typescript poem
Provenance: Jerry Wnuck

Box 19

Box 19/1 After Love — copyright 1955
Music by Alec Wilder; lyric by Norman Gimbel.
MS repro, black ink
Vocal score; 2 pages of music.
At foot of page: “Copy right 1955 Meridian Music. 35 W. 51st Street (New York City).”
Provenance: from the legacy of the late Mel Larned
Box 19/2 Best of Friends — copyright 1955
Music by Alec Wilder; lyric by Norman Gimbel.
MS repro, black ink
Vocal score; 2 pages of music.
At foot of page: “Copyright 1955 Meridian Music, 35 W 51st Street, New York City.”
Provenance: from the legacy of the late Mel Larned.
Box 19/3 Love Among the Young — copyright 1954
Music by Alec Wilder; lyric by Norman Gimbel.
MS repro, black ink
Vocal score; 4 pages of music.
At foot of page: “Copyright 1954 Meridian Music, 35 West 51st Street, New York City.”
Provenance: from the legacy of the late Mel Larned.

Box 20

Box 20/30 The Cell — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages
Poem by Laura Benet
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/31 Close Letters — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by Linn Walker
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/32 The Coleen — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
3 pages
Text by James Stevens
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/33 Craney Crow — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages
Poem by Tennessee Williams
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/34 The Crocodile — [without date]
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages
Lyric by the Reverend Dodgson
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/35 Death — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by James Stevens
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/36 Definition — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy, poor quality); fair copy
2 pages
Words by William Engvick
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/37 [Dylan Thomas songs] — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
Do not go gentle into that good night (3 copies)
In my craft or sullen art (2 copies)
Was there a time (2 copies)
29 pages, total
Poems by Dylan Thomas
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/38 Easter 1916 — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
5 pages (2 copies)
Poem by Patrick Pearse
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/39 The Elfin Child — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Words and music by Alec Wilder
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/40 Every Night When the Sun Goes In — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
S. Appalachian folk song; arranged by Alec Wilder
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/41 Everything I tell you, you tell me that I’ve told you, blues — [without date]
Reproduction & photocopy; fair copy
3 pages (2 copies)
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/42 Father William — [without date]
Reproduction, with revisions to verse 2 text in ink; fair copy
3 pages
Lyric by the Reverend Dodgson
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/43 Feast — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages (2 copies)
Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/44 Fine-Pretty Words — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
5 pages
Words by Edward Eager
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/45 [Five Vocalises] — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
16 pages, total
“for Eileen Farrell” in caption above title for Vocalise #1
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/46 Geordie — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
6 pages
Traditional; setting by Alec Wilder
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/47 A Glass of Beer — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages
Poem by James Stevens
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/48 Gone — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages
Poem by Carl Sandburg
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/49 Haiku Cycle — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
5 pages
Poems by Johanna Hill
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/50 “He’s just a boy” from Mountain Boy — [without date]
Original key, reproduction (photocopy of number from Mountain Boy vocal score, with emendations in blue ink); fair copy
7 pages (2 copies)
Transposed (in E-flat major) reproduction (photocopy); draft of vocal score
6 pages
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/51 Hymn for an Old Man — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages (2 copies)
Poem by Reginald Lawrence
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/52 I Am a Peaceful Man — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages
Words by E. Eager
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/53 I Can’t Sit Still — [without date]
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages
Lyrics by William Engvick
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/54 The Idiot — copyright 1967
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
3 pages
Poem by Ethan Ayer
At foot of p. 1, “Copywright [sic] 1967 Wilder Music Inc”
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/55 I’m Alone Again — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy of lead sheet & piano part
Lead sheet; 1 page (3 copies)
Piano part; 2 pages
Words by Loonis McGlohon
At foot of lead sheet, “TRO – Property of Ludlow Music, Inc., New York, N.Y.”
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/56 I’m so in love with a wonderful girl — [without date]
N.B. Original MS repro copy had water damage; replaced with color photocopy.
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages
Lyrics by William Engvick
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/57 It may not always be so — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by E. E. Cummings
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/58 The Lake Isle of Innisfree — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages
Poem by W. B. Yeats
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/59 The leaves are falling — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages
Poem by Robinne Hockett
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/60 Lines to a sea green lover — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by Isabella Gardner
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/61 A little love song — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages (2 copies)
Poem by Bradley Saunders
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/62 Margaret — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/63 The Moon — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages (2 copies)
Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/64 My Little Lamb — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages
Original title “Transfusion” (struck through in ink and revised title “My Little Lamb” added below)
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/65 Not About People — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
5 pages (3 copies)
Words by Ogden Nash
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/66 One Small Voice — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by David Kapp
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/67 Pied Beauty — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy); fair copy
3 pages
Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/68 The Plowman — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
5 pages
Traditional; setting by Alec Wilder
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/69 The Rose on the Wind — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by James Stephens
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/70 Snow Man — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
2 pages
Poem by Ethan Ayer
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/71 Suddenly — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by Siegfried Sassoon
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/72 The Travelling Singer — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
4 pages
Poem by Ethan Ayer
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/73 Travelogue for Exiles — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
6 pages
Poems by Karl Jay Shapiro
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/74 The Voice of the Lobster — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy (incomplete)
6 pages
Lyric by the Reverend Dodgson
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 20/75 When You Are Old — [without date]
Reproduction; fair copy
3 pages
Poem by W. B. Yeats
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 8: Vocal soloist ensemble with or without accompaniment

[No items at present]

Sub-series 9: Choral with or without soloists and accompaniment

Box 1

Box 1/5 Children’s plea for peace — [without date]
For chorus and piano
Reproduction.
Two copies of score (each 16 pages of music)
Libretto by Children of Avon
Both scores contain performance markings in pencil
On cover of one score: “From one old child to another To Lou From Alec”
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 1/6 It’s so easy to say — [without date]
For chorus and piano
Draft & reproduction.
Draft MS in pencil; 9 pages
Repro (photocopy); 9 pages
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 2

Box 2/15 Story of a good man — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy)
Solo vocal parts and score (5 and 10 pages of music respectively)
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 2/17 Mountain boy. — [4 Oct 80]
Reproduction; 42 pages of music
Contains photocopies of pages 23-24 and 37-41
Libretto by Loonis McGloHon [sic]
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 2/18 Mountain boy — [without date]
Draft MS
In ink and pencil, some corrections and notes in ink or colored pencil; 38 pages
Libretto by Loonis McGlohon
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 2/20 Children’s piece — [without date]
Written in foot, “For tenor, boys’ choir, flute, oboe, clar, bass clar, bssn, + 4 celli”
Draft MS
In pencil; 16 pages of music

Box 17

Box 17/3 Children’s plea for peace — [without date]
Reproduction
16 pages of music

Box 18

Box 18/17 Children’s plea for peace— [without date]
Reproduction; vocal score
2 copies; 14 pages of music each

Sub-series 10: Stage Works

Box 2

Box 2/12 The truth about windmills — [without date]
Sketches contained in two MS books
In pencil; 94 pages of music total
Book 1 (54 pages of music), Book 2 (40 pages of music)
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 2/13 [The] truth about windmills — [without date]
Draft MS; 146 pages of music
Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard
Contains abundant performance markings in various colored pencils and highlighter
At head of first page “Music dedicated to Arnold Sundgaard”
In caption, “(Opera in one act)”
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 2/14 Touch and see — [without date]
Ballet sketches & reproduction
Sketch in pencil; 18 pages each
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 2/19 Alice in Wonderland — [without date]
For woodwind quintet and percussion
Reproduction
6 parts; flute (23 pages of music), oboe (18 pages of music), clarinet (23 pages), bassoon (21 pages of music), horn (23 pages of music), and percussion (18 pages of music)
Contains title page with tempo markings for each chapter:
Prologue
Prologue to chapter II
Mock turtle’s story [horn solo]
Prologue to chapter III
Prologue to chapter IV
Fourth Chapter
Prologue to chapter V: A romantic caterpillar (Larva for Sale)
Sixth Chapter
6-A Duchess Lullaby
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Prologue to chapter 9 [only in horn part]
Chapter X
10-A Lobster Quadrille
10-B Beautiful soup
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Father William [no perc part]
[Possibly parts from both Alice in Wonderland Suite and Alice in Wonderland]
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 7

Box 7/21 Overture to twelfth night — [without date]
For woodwind quintet
Draft MS score and 5 parts
Parts in ink; 15 pages of music
Score in pencil; 10 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of Margun Music

Box 8

Box 8/20 Miss chicken little — [without date]
Chicken Little – coloratura soprano
Cocky Locky – lyric tenor
Goosey Loosey – soprano
Ducky lucky – mezzo soprano
Turkey Lurkey (professor) – baritone
The fox – high baritone
A,B,C,D,E – soloists in chorus
A, B, E – soprano
C, D alto
Chorus: sopranos – altos- tenors – baritones – basses
1 fl, 1 ob, 1 cl, 1 bsn, 2 hn, 1 tpt, 1 perc, 1 pno, 6 vln, 3 vla, 3vc, 1 bass
Draft MS
In pencil; 80 pages of music
Contains abundant performance markings.
Libretto by William Engvick
Provenance: Judy Bell, TRO

Box 10

Box 10/11 Life goes on — [without date]
Fair copy, 26 parts
114 pages of music
One copy of each part with the exception of:
2 copies of part for drums;
4 copies of violin A;
3 copies of violin B;
3 copies of violin C;
4 copies of viola;
4 copies of cello;
2 copies of bass parts
Markings in all parts with blue and red pencil
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 15

Box 15/1 [No. 1] False dawn (Three ballets in search of a dancer) — [without date]
See oversize Box 2/1
Box 15/2 [No. 2] Life goes on (Three ballets in search of a dancer).— [without date]
See oversize Box 2/2
Box 15/3 [No. 3] The green couch (Three ballets in search of a dancer) — [without date]
See oversize Box 2/3

Box 18

Box 18/18 The truth about windmills— 12 Oct 73
Reproduction; piano vocal score
Performance markings in pencil; 98 pages, with insert (p. 55-A, 55-B, 55-C) [101 pages, total]
Box 18/19 The truth about windmills— [without date]
Reproduction; water damaged
Performance markings in pencil; 98 pages
Provenance: Madge Briggs, widow of Wm. F Briggs MM ‘58
Box 18/20 The Scarlet Sail [from] The Lowland Sea
See oversize 5/1

Box 21

Box 21/1 Breath of Air — [1958]
[Unfinished show with lyrics by Marshall Barer.]
The Land is Mine
Yesterday
Noel Coward [instrumental?]
Breath of Air
Summer Storm
Not Yet
Ducky Day
Draft MS and sketches; mix of lead sheets, condensed instrumental score, piano vocal score, and sketches
In pencil; [31] pages
Provenance: unknown.
Also included in folder:
Ink MS note from original envelope (1 page).
N.B. Received in envelope with manuscripts from multiple unfinished Wilder shows (i.e., Breath of Air, Riley Randall, Star of Texas, ’76; see Box 21/1–5). Ink MS note from original envelope has note on contents: “Songs from unfinished Wilder shows written w. Sundgaard, Edward Eager (he was a children’s book author who died many years ago) and I guess Star of Texas is just Wilder” (note in unknown hand).
Box 21/2 Riley Randall — [1957]
[Unfinished show written with Arnold Sundgaard; a musical adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt.]
Opening – Saddle Mountain (pencil MS)
Ridin’ a Cloud (pencil MS)
Lordy, Lordy (pencil MS)
Open Up the Door (pencil MS)
Don’t Go Far Away (pencil MS)
If You Marry Me (pencil MS)
Possessions (pencil MS)
Riley Randall Was a Man (MS repro & pencil MS)
Spankin’ Boy (pencil MS & MS repro)
The First Boy (pencil MS)
I Lost My Love (pencil MS)
Don’t Ask Me to Cry (MS repro, 2 copies; pencil MS)
Fair copies (reproductions) and draft MS; primarily piano vocal scores
In pencil & MS repro; [74] pages
N.B. Select numbers housed in reused folios containing incomplete MS repro scores; original order and arrangement of scores retained.
Provenance: unknown.
Box 21/3 Riley Randall — [1957]
[Unfinished show written with Arnold Sundgaard; a musical adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt.]
Opening: Saddle Mountain
Ridin’ a Cloud
Lordy, Lordy
Open Up the Door
Don’t Go Far Away
I Lost My Love
I Lost My Love #2 (Ozalid master & MS repro)
If You Marry Me
Possessions
Ain’t Goin’ Back (emended MS repro with Ozalid master excerpts & pencil MS sketch)
Riley Randall Was a Man
The First Boy
Don’t Ask Me to Cry
[Fragments of piano vocal scores without lyrics]
Fair copy; Ozalid masters of piano vocal score (also includes 1 MS repro copy and 1 page pencil sketches)
[95] pages
Book and lyrics by Arnold Sundgaard
Accompanied by a typescript letter from Judy Bell to Arnold Sundgaard containing a description of Wilder’s Riley Randall manuscripts (dated July 12, 1988) (1 page) and a typescript list of folder contents (1 pages).
Provenance: unknown.
Box 21/4 Star of Texas — 1947
[Unfinished show.]
My Head or My Heart (ink MS)
No Night (Will Be More Lovely) (pencil MS)
Just a Little While (pencil MS)
You Don’t Know the Reason (ink MS)
When the Sun Goes Down in Texas (ink MS)
Pecos Bill (ink MS)
Andrew Jackson Potter (ink MS)
Another Chance (ink MS)
Amo Amas Amat (ink MS)
Baby I Get Around (ink MS)
Fair copies & draft MS of piano vocal score
In ink (fair copies) and pencil (drafts); [35] pages
Provenance: unknown.
Box 21/5 ‘76 — 1949
[Unfinished show written with Edward Eager.]
So Near and Yet So Far (pencil MS lead sheet)
Over the Hills (MS repro, 4 copies)
I Am a Peaceful Man (MS repro, 2 copies)
Here Today (pencil MS)
Fine-Pretty Words (MS repro, 7 copies; Ozalid master; pencil MS)
Fair copies (reproductions) and draft MS; mix of lead sheets and piano vocal scores
In pencil & MS repro; 65 pages
Provenance: unknown.

Sub-series 11: Film Scores

Box 2

Box 2/16 Grocer and the dragon — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 13 pages
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 4

Box 4/16 Fall of the house of usher — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 24 pages of music

Box 8

Box 8/4 Just in case – cue I — [without date]
For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, guitar and bass
Draft MS
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Corrections in red ink
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/5 Just in case – cue II — [without date]
For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, guitar and bass
Draft MS
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 12

Box 12/1

Albert Schweitzer, Reel I — [without date]

  1. Title Idea [not present – see Reel X sec. B]
  2. Boy on road
  3. Africa map
  4. Chorale (stgs) in G [not present]
    D2. Chorale (stgs) in Ab
  5. Boy on road

Reproduction; 8 pages of music; missing Title Idea and Chorale in G
Contains 2 copies of Africa map
Box 12/2

Albert Schweitzer, Reel II — [without date]

  1. Chorale – woodwinds – in G
  2. Chorale – woodwinds – in Ab

Reproduction; 4 pages of music
Box 12/3

Albert Schweitzer, Reel III (Reel I German version) — [without date]

  1. Trip between villages [not present]
  2. Parsonage [not present]
  3. School Sequence
  4. School Sequence
  5. School Sequence
  6. Run off
  7. Prayer [not present]
  8. Boy on road
  9. Boy on road

Reproduction; 13 pages of music; some pages unidentified and parts incomplete
Box 12/4

Albert Schweitzer, Reel IV (Reel II German version) — [without date]

  1. Cadences for commentary
  2. School sequence (minor)
  3. School sequence
  4. Boy on road
  5. Rainbow sequence
  6. Family portrait [not present – see Reel IX sec. C]
  7. Cadences for commentary

Reproduction; 9 pages of music
Box 12/5

Albert Schweitzer, Reel V (Reel III German version) — [without date]

  1. Decision I
  2. Title Idea
  3. Letter Writing

Reproduction; 8 pages of music
Box 12/6

Albert Schweitzer, Reel VI — [without date]

  1. Decision I
  2. Operation (big ending)
  3. Decision I
  4. Reconstruction canon [not present]
  5. Rainbow sequence intro [not present]
    E2. Rainbow sequence (repeat E from reel IV) [not present]
  6. Preface to arrival
  7. Arrival (horn solo)

Reproduction; 10 pages of music; 4 copies of Preface to arrival
Box 12/7

Albert Schweitzer, Reel VII — [without date]

  1. War years (clar. solo)
  2. War years (viole, cello)
  3. War years (violin, celli)
  4. Operation [not present – see Reel XI sec. B]
  5. New patients

Reproduction; 6 pages of music
Box 12/8

Albert Schweitzer, Reel VIII — [without date]

  1. Mother and child [not present]
  2. Mother and child (film repeat) [not present]
  3. Garden (sunken, of course) (Db)
  4. Title idea (repeat section A – Reel I)

Reproduction; 1 page of music
Box 12/9

Albert Schweitzer, Reel IX — [without date]

  1. Garden (sunken, of course) (original key)
  2. Family portrait – woodwinds
  3. Family portrait – repeat reel IV sec. F
  4. Beastly elevenses

Reproduction; 9 pages of music
Box 12/10

Albert Schweitzer, Reel X — [without date]

  1. Decision I – Repeat of Reel V sec. A
  2. Title idea – Repeat of Reel I sec. A

Reproduction. 8 pages of music
Box 12/11

Albert Schweitzer, Reel XI — [without date]

  1. Storm
  2. Operation – Repeat of Reel VII sec. D
  3. Letter writing in “G”
  4. Last letter writing

Reproduction; 13 pages of music
Box 12/12 Garden (sunken, of course) [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 1 page of music.
Box 12/13 New patient [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 4 pages of music
Box 12/14 Cadences for commentary [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 1 page of music
Box 12/15 Decision II [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 2 pages of music
Box 12/16 Beastly elevenses [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 6 pages of music
Box 12/17 Storm [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 5 pages of music
Contains performance markings
Box 12/18 Storm Revisited [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 4 copies – 24 pages of music
3 copies contain performance markings
Box 12/19 Letter Writing II (in G) [from] Albert Schweitzer — [without date]
Reproduction; 2 pages of music
Contains performance markings
Box 12/20 [Albert Schweitzer – notes] — [without date]
Reproduction
Handwritten notes on performance order and measure numbers in various reels
In pencil, ink and colored pencil; 13 pages of notes
Box 12/21 [Albert Schweitzer sketches] — [without date]
Reproduction
Includes titles,
Preface to arrival
Storm revisited
Last letter writing
Family portrait
                        In pencil, corrections in red pencil; 7 pages of music
Box 12/22 Albert Schweitzer, Reel I & II — [without date]
See oversize Box 1/1
Box 12/23 Albert Schweitzer, Reel III & IV — [without date]
See oversize Box 1/2
Box 12/24 Albert Schweitzer, Reel V & VI — [without date]
See oversize Box 1/3
Box 12/25  Albert Schweitzer, Reel VII & VIII — [without date]
See oversize Box 1/4
Box 12/26 Albert Schweitzer, Reel IX – XI — [without date]
See oversize Box 1/5

Box 13

Box 13/1 Albert Schweitzer, oboe part — [without date]
Reproduction; 40 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/2 Albert Schweitzer, clarinet l part — [without date]
Reproduction; 43 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/3 Albert Schweitzer, clarinet II/bass clarinet part — [without date]
Reproduction; 42 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/4 Albert Schweitzer, bassoon part — [without date]
Reproduction; 41 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/5 Albert Schweitzer, horn I & II part — [without date]
Reproduction; 41 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/6 Albert Schweitzer, horn I & II part — [without date]
Reproduction; 41 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/7 Albert Schweitzer, horn III & IV part — [without date]
Reproduction; 41 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/8 Albert Schweitzer, horn III & IV part — [without date]
Reproduction; 41 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/9 Albert Schweitzer, violin A part — [without date]
Reproduction; 48 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/10 Albert Schweitzer, violin A part — [without date]
Reproduction; 48 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/11 Albert Schweitzer, violin A part — [without date]
Reproduction; 48 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/12 Albert Schweitzer, violin A part — [without date]
Reproduction; 48 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 13/13 Albert Schweitzer, violin B part — [without date]
Reproduction; 48 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains performance markings in pencil

Box 14

Box 14/1 Albert Schweitzer, violin B part — [without date]
Reproduction; 48 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 14/2 Albert Schweitzer, violin A & B parts — [without date]
Reproduction; 51 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains both violin A & B parts for Reel XI
Box 14/3 Albert Schweitzer, violin A & B parts — [without date]
Reproduction; 51 pages of music
Note: Contains joint violin A & B part until Reel XI in which A and B parts are separate
Contains both violin A & B parts for Reel XI
Box 14/4 Albert Schweitzer, viola part — [without date]
Reproduction; 42 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 14/5 Albert Schweitzer, viola part — [without date]
Reproduction; 42 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 14/6 Albert Schweitzer, percussion part — [without date]
Reproduction; 42 pages of music
Extra copy of part from Reel XI
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 14/7 Albert Schweitzer, percussion part — [without date]
Reproduction; 39 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 14/8 Albert Schweitzer, bass part — [without date]
Reproduction; 37 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 14/9 Albert Schweitzer, cello part — [without date]
Reproduction; 44 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil
Box 14/10 Albert Schweitzer, cello part. — [without date].
Reproduction; 44 pages of music.
Contains performance markings in pencil.
Box 14/11  Albert Schweitzer, bass part — [without date]
Reproduction; 37 pages of music
Contains performance markings in pencil

Sub-series 12: Commercial Music

Box 1

Box 1/7 Broom commercial — [undated]
Ozalid master; 4 pages of music
Lyrics by William Engvick
Accompanied by incomplete photocopy (2 pages of music) and 5 Ozalid strips used in master copy
Box 1/8 Greyhound jingle — [undated]
Fair copy
In ink on Ozalid paper. Score (2 pages of music)
Box 1/9 Halo waltz — [undated]
For woodwind quintet
Fair copy
In ink on Ozalid paper; 5 parts (each 2 pages of music)
Box 1/10 Jingle – spring cigarettes — [undated]
Fair copy
In ink on Ozalid paper; Score (2 pages of music)
Box 1/11 Tip top bread — [2/29/60]
Reproduction; for voice and clarinet quintet
In pencil; score (6 pages of music) and sketch (2 pages of music)
In ink; 6 copies of vocal solo part (2 pages of music each), one copy of each instrumental part (2 pages of music each)
Instrumental parts contain performance markings

Sub-series 13: Sketches

Box 4

Box 4/3 [Unidentified] — [undated]
Sketch; for large ensemble
In pencil; one page of music
Box 4/4 [Sketchbook] — [undated]
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Includes short sketches titled:
Fl & Marimba
Hrn & piano
Box 4/5 [Unidentified sketches] — [undated]
MS lead sheets
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Box 4/6 Xmas cookies — [undated]
Sketches
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Provenance: Glenn Bowen
Box 4/7 Separate tables — [undated]
Sketch lead sheets
In pencil; one page of music
Includes one photocopy
Box 4/8 Ahright ahready — [undated]
Sketch for clarinet
In ink; one page of music
Box 4/14 Three attitudes — [undated]
Sketches in MS notebook
In pencil; 5 pages of music, 1 page of notes
At head of page, “(For Mitch Miller)”
In caption, “Joy after misery”
Corrections and edits in red marker
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 4/15 Blue. — [undated]
Sketch; for orchestra
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 6

Box 6/11 Chorale fantasy, Jesu meine freude — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil and ink; 1 page of music
Provenance: Gift of David Koppy – 10/2/92
Box 6/12 Chorale fantasy, Jesu meine freude — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Provenance: Gift of David Koppy – 10/2/92
Box 6/25 “Horn & bassoon” — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 4 pages of music

Box 7

Box 7/5 Suite for alto and bass flutes — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Performance markings in red ink
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 8

Box 8/6 Oboe jungle — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
On reverse side of Oboe jungle:
Duet yourselves — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Repro of folio; 4 pages of music.
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/12 Woodwind suite no. 2 — [without date]
Sketches contained within MS notebook
In pencil; 31 pages of music
Also contains sketches titled,
Follow the lieder
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Good night ladies
In pencil; 1 page of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 8/19 Peaceful — [without date]
Sketch, lead sheet
In pencil; one page of music

Box 9

Box 9/5  [Octet] No. XV ([The] children met [the] train) — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 9 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/6 [Octet] No. 8 (Suburban Weekend) (Jack, this is my husband) — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 9 pages of music
Box 9/8 [Octet] No. 10 [(Dance man buys a farm)] — [without date]
For flute/clar 2, oboe/English horn, clar 1, bass clar, bassoon, harp, drums, bass
Sketch
In pencil; 6 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/10 [Octet] No. 14 (It’s silk, feel it) — [without date]
For flute/clar 2/picc or penny whistle, oboe/English horn, clar 1, bass clar, bassoon, harp, drums, bass
Sketch
In pencil; 8 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/11 [Octet No.] XXIII (Bull fiddle [in a china shop]) — [without date]
For flute/clar 2, oboe/English horn, clar1, bass clar, bassoon, harp, drums, bass
Sketch
In pencil; 9 pages of music
Corrections in red pencil
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/14 [Octet No.] XXIV (Kindergarten [flower pageant]) — [without date]
For flute/clar2, oboe/English horn, clar1, bass clar, bassoon, harp, drums, bass
Sketch
In pencil; 8 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/15 [Octet No.] XXV [(Little white samba)] — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 12 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/19 Elegy for the whale — [without date]
Sketch reproduction
2 copies; 4 pages of music each
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 9/22 Flute concerto — [without date]
Sketches within MS notebook
In pencil; 33 pages of music

Box 10

Box 10/1 Woodwind trio — [without date]
For flute, clarinet and bassoon
Sketches in MS notebook
“For Virginia” at heading
Also includes sketches titled,
            Loneliness after love (brass quintet)
            Attitudes
            Air for trumpet
           Warm feeling
            Guitar and strings
In pencil; 31 pages of music
Corrections in red ink
Provenance: Louis Ouzer
Box 10/9 Entertainment no. 1 — [without date]
Sketches in MS notebook
In pencil; 24 pages of music
“Fennel” written in the heading of each movement
Corrections in red
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 10/10 Chapter 12 [from Alice in Wonderland] — [without date]
Sketch repro; 1 page of music
In ink at heading, “Possible sketches for Enter. No 1 or Alice in Wonderland. TRO has original. R.L. 5/2/88”
Sketch repro; 1 page of music
Box 10/12 Ladies love to be looked at — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music, 2 pages of prose
Provenance: Arlene Bouras
Box 10/13 [Sketchbook no. 1] — [without date]
Contains sketches titled,
WW Quin #14
Beginning
Verse to be a child
Woodwind Quintet #14
                              “For Art Dedrick” in heading
Hrn + Tuba [Duets for French horn and tuba]
                            [For horn and tuba parts see series 4, box 16, folder 12]
 Flute
In pencil; 26 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 10/14 [Sketchbook No. 2] — [without date]
Contains sketches titled,
                    WW Quintet #14
                                    “For Art Dedrick” in heading
                    Suite for low register flute (1 page of music)
                    Waltz for dainty feet
                    Viola concerto
                    WW Quintet #13 with marimba
                    Suite for woodwind quintet
                                     In caption, “Air”
In pencil; 55 pages of music
Box 10/15 [Sketchbook No. 3] — [without date]
Contains sketches titled,
Not too hard horn solos
Concerto for tuba
            “For Michael Lind” in heading
Warmer Place
            [possibly from South – to a warmer place]
“Vln”
In pencil; 11 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 10/16 [Sketchbook No. 4] — [without date]
Contains sketches titled,
            Violin interlude
            Interlude #2
           See the world through every eye
Page titled,
            Concerto for tuba and string orch with “for Michael Lind” written in the heading – no music on page
In pencil; 3 pages of music
Box 10/17 Let’s sing to the memory of our loving friend — [without date]
Sketch lead sheet
In ink; 1 page of music
Contains lyrics in pencil
Includes 2 photocopies of lead sheet, 1 photocopy of writing on back
Box 10/19 Brass quintet — [without date]
Sketch & partial reproduction
In pencil; 2 pages of music
“For Marian” written on one side
Photocopy [of “For Marian” side only]; 1 page of music
Box 10/20 The Marian kind — [without date]
Sketch lead sheet & reproduction
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Photocopy; 2 pages of music
Provenance: Marian McPartland
Box 10/23 Concerto for tuba — [without date]
Sketch [fragment]
In pencil; 1 page of music

Box 11

Box 11/1 Octet [no.] XVIII (Her old man was suspicious) — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 8 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/2 [Brass quintet no. 1] — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 18 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/6 Movement for a string quartet no. 3 — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/24 Octet [no.] IV (Neurotic goldfish) — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 6 pages of music
Includes 1 typed page with comments about piece from Margun Music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/25 [Octet] No. 7 ([Such a] tender night) — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 6 pages of music
Box 11/28 [Octet no.] XII (Sea fugue mama) — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 16 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/31 [Octet no. XXII [(Seldom the sun) — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 5 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 11/32 Octet [no.] XVII — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 7 pages of music
Box 11/35 [Octet] No. 9 (Walking home in spring) — [without date]
Additional title in heading, “(It was her first cruise)”
Sketch
Also includes sketch titled,
Jack, this is my husband
In pencil; 9 pages of music
Provenance: Margun Music

Box 16

Box 16/8 Three [Four] sentiments — [without date]
Sketches

  1. Calm after storm
  2. Joy after misery
  3. Loneliness after love
  4. Laughter after tears

In pencil; 14 pages of music
Edits in red ink
Box 16/15 [Sketchbook – Brass Quintets] — [without date]
Sketches
                                    Br. Quintet #7
                                   Sometimes I lie
                                   Flt + vlns
                                    Br Quint #8
In pencil; 38 pages of music
Box 16/34 [Unidentified] — [without date]
MS repro; 1 page of music
“for Charlotte Allen” in caption

Box 17

Box 17/4 Quintet (I hope) [quintet sketches] — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Box 17/5 For Julie — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Box 17/6 What does a woman do? — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
On reverse:
Zex — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 17/7 [Sketches for trumpet] — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 7 pages of music
Unidentified clarinet part on back of one page
Box 17/8 Lightly — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 17/9 D’Jan֑um’s Song No. 1 and No. 2 — [without date]
MS sketch
In ink; 2 half pages of music
Box 17/10 Red Sky — [without date]
MS sketch
In pencil; 1 page of music
Box 17/11 Minute spot #3;
Minute spot #4 — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 17/13 Scherzo for 3rd horn sonata — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 17/14 2nd horn sonata — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil and ink; 16 pages of music
Box 17/16 French horn sonata — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 14 pages of music
Box 17/17 Soliloquy — [without date]
Music by R. Bloom, arr. Alec Wilder
AW’s first arrangement – unfinished
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 17/18 Seven lively arts — [without date]
For 1 fl, 2 ob, 1 cl, 1 bass cl, 1 bsn, trp, 4 hrns, guitar, bass, and drums
Sketches
Draft in pencil; 4 pages of music
Draft in ink; 4 pages of music
Box 17/20 [Instrumental sketches] — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 21 pages of music
Box 17/21 [Untitled – became part of horn sonata] — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 5 pages of music
Box 17/24 [Unidentified sketch – orchestra with chorus] — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 8 pages of music
Box 17/25 [Instrumental ideas] — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 15 pages of music
Box 17/26 [Misc. sketches] — [without date]
Sketches
                                    Lead up to K’s table pounding
                                    Brass Suite
                                    Piano piece
                                    Aloha Bassoon No 2
                                    Aloha 3
                                   Love song + opening
                                    Bassoon no. 2
                                   Pinochio [sic]
                                   Bassoon piece
                                   For three oboes
 In pencil; 20 pages of music
Box 17/27 Rock me, mother — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 17/28 What is time? — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 2 pages of music
Box 17/29 Mundel idea — [without date]
Sketch
In pencil; 4 pages of music
Box 17/30 [Instrumental sketches] — [without date]
Sketches, includes some lead sheets
Cello, viola, oboe, flute
                                    [the rest untitled]
In pencil; 8 pages of music
Box 17/31 [Unidentified sketches] — [without date]
Sketches
                                    Usprey
                                   (heard along a branch five track)
                                    Horn
                                    Verse to “after love”
                                    Best of friends
                                    Mit yamel kah
                                    Bassoon sonata
                                    Penguins Christmas song
                                    Yvonne
                                    Yours not to reason why
                                    Brass – tuba
                                    Duchesses Lullaby
                                    Twinkle – theme for variations
In pencil; 49 pages of music
Box 17/32 [Unidentified sketches] — [without date]
Sketches
In pencil; 28 pages of music
Box 17/33 [Unidentified sketches] — [without date]
Sketches
                                    Sansone idyll
                                   Horseshoes
                                   Passacaglia
                                    Strings
                                   Orch piece
                                   Moment Momentous
                                    Easy to say (verse)
In pencil; 35 pages of music
Box 17/34 [Misc. song sketches] — [without date]
Sketches, lead sheets
                                   Summer rain
                                   Virginny Old Black Joe
                                    Piano piece
                                    A little louie song
                                   Mother’s lil children
                                   Crawdads
                                    It’s fun when you’re me
                                                Lyrics by Sarah Churchill
                                  Good night, sweet heart
                                   An axe an apple
                                    Boy at a window
                                    Timber
                                   Johnny Appleseed
                                    Were you lost
                                    2nd birdsong
                                   Waltz II
In pencil; 21 pages of music
Box 17/43 Flute piece #1 — [without date]
Sketch.
In pencil; 2 pages of music

Box 20

Box 20/76 Fifteen Acres sketch (from Songbook D) — [without date]
Reproduction (photocopy)
Sketch on 3 staves
11 pages
Written in red ink at top of p. 1 “From Songbook ‘D’ / Alec Wilder”
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Series 2: Printed Music

Sub-series 1: Large instrumental ensemble

Box 1

Box 1/28 Entertainment No. 6 for orchestra
                        Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1979
“To Howard Scott” in heading
“Commissioned by the New York State Arts Council” in caption
Box 1/36 Entertainment No. 6 for orchestra. [copy 2]
                       Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1979
“To Howard Scott” in heading
“Commissioned by the New York State Arts Council” in caption

Box 3

Box 3/2 Beguiner’s Luck
Arr. by John Barrows
Photocopy of published conductor (condensed score) (2 copies)
Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press, 1953
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/3 Carl Sandburg Suite for orchestra (score)
Based on folk-tunes from The American Songbook
Full orchestral score
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1960
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/4 Carl Sandburg Suite for orchestra (orchestral parts)
Based on folk-tunes from The American Songbook
Full set of parts (23 parts)
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1960
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 2: Vocal or instrumental solo with large ensemble

Box 2

Box 2/2 Air for oboe and strings
Orchestral score & full set of parts (10 parts); piano reduction by Maria Dessena (solo part & piano score)
New York, NY: The Richmond Organization, 1952

Box 3

Box 3/5 Concerto for Oboe, String Orchestra, and Percussion (orchestral parts)
Full set of parts (7 parts)
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1957
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
[For piano reduction, see Series 2, Box 3/8]
Box 3/6 Suite no. 1 for tenor sax and strings: Three Ballads for Stan Getz W511 (score)
Photocopy of MS repro rental score
“Property of Rental Library, Margun/Gunmar Music Inc.”
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, [s.d.]
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/7 Suite no. 1 for tenor sax and strings: Three Ballads for Stan Getz W511 (orchestral parts)
Photocopies of MS repro rental parts: solo tenor sax part (2 copies) & full set of parts (7 parts)
“Property of Rental Library, Margun/Gunmar Music Inc.”
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1982
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 3: Instrumental solos with or without accompaniment

Box 1

Box 1/8 Sonata for euphonium and piano
                        Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1982
Edited by Gunther Schuller
Box 1/35 Five love songs for horn and chamber orchestra (piano reduction)
                        Virginia Beach: A Moll Dur Publishing House, 1980
“for Morris Secon” in heading
2 copies of the piano reduction and horn part.

Box 2

Box 2/1 Suite for solo guitar
                        Transcribed for marimba by Gordon Stout
Wilder Music, Inc. 1968
Assigned 1976 to Margun Music Inc.
1980 Studio 4 Productions
*** Air for oboe and strings –(piano reduction)
Filed with orchestral score and parts; see Box 2/2

Box 3

Box 3/8 Concerto for Oboe, String Orchestra, and Percussion (piano reduction)
Arranged for oboe and piano by David Diamond
Solo part and piano score
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1957
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
[For orchestral parts, see Series 2, Box 3/5]
Box 3/9 Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra W163 (piano reduction)
Edited by Gunther Schuller
Solo part and piano score
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, Inc., 1982
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/10 John Barrows for horn and chamber orchestra (piano reduction)
Solo part and piano score (in concert pitch)
Rochester, NY: Morris Secon’s The Magic of Music, 1980
“for Morris Secon” in heading
Inscription on front cover from Morris Secon to Bob [Levy]
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/11 Small Suite for flute (or violin) and piano
Solo part and piano score
Delaware Water Gap, PA: Margun Music, [s.d.]
“For Judy Holliday” in caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/12 Sonata for bass trombone and piano
Solo part and piano score
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1976
“Dedicated to the International Trombone Society” in caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/13 Sonata no. 1 for flute and piano (also piccolo and alto flute) W198
Solo part and piano score (MS repro)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1979
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/14 First sonata for horn and piano
Solo part and piano score
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: C. F. G. Publishing Co., 1964
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/15 Second sonata for horn and piano
Solo part and piano score
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: C. F. G. Publishing Co., 1964
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/16 Sonata no. 3 for horn and piano
Solo part and piano score
Edited by John Barrows
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1976
“for Tait and John Barrows” in caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/17 Sonata for oboe and piano W107
Solo part and piano score
New York: Sam Fox Publishing Co., 1969 [sticker for Margun Music, Inc., affixed over publisher information on front cover]
“for Ronald Roseman” in caption above title
Typescript errata from Margun Music Inc. taped to inside front cover (1 page)
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/18 Sonata for trumpet and piano W215
Solo part and piano score (MS repro)
Edited by Gunther Schuller
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1978
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/19 Song for Carol W225
For tuba and piano
Solo part and piano score (MS repro)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1981
“for Carol Phillips” in caption above title in piano score
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/20 Suite for horn and piano
Solo part and piano score
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: C. F. G. Publishing Co., 1964
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 4: Chamber Music

Box 1

Box 1/3 Such a tender night – Alec Wilder octette for woodwinds and rhythm.
                        [Octet No. 7]
                       New York: Regent Music Corp, 1944
Edited by Walter Mourant
Columbia record no. 36315
Provenance: Margun Music
Box 1/7 Octet no. XXV Little white samba
                       Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1981
Box 1/23 Suite for alto and bass flutes W147
Fair copy of score & reproduction
Ink on Ozalid paper; 6 pages of music
MS repro copy; 6 pages of music
                       Wilder Music Inc., 1970
Box 1/24 Suite for string bass and guitar [in “D”] W 134
                        Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1981
Box 1/25 Suite for four bassoons.
Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1982
Edited by Gunther Schuller
Box 1/26 [Woodwind] Quintet No. 4. [Aloha suite]
                        Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1980
Box 1/30 Woodwind Quintet No. 13
Delevan, New York: Kendor Music, Inc., 1978
“for Art Dedrick” in caption
Box 1/31 22 duets for horns
                        Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1968
Box 1/34 Brass Quintet No. 1
                        Newton Centre: Margun Music, Inc., 1980
Parts and score

Box 2

Box 2/3 Alice and Wonderland Suite
                        For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and percussion
Parts and score
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc., 1958
Provenance: Judy Bell, The Richmond Organization
Box 2/4 House detective registers (Octette No. VI)
For flute/clarinet, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, harpsichord, drums and bass
Parts and score
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc., 1948
Provenance: Judy Bell, The Richmond Organization
Box 2/5 Please do not disturb (Octette No. XIII)
For clarinet, clarinet 2/flute, English horn/oboe, bass clarinet/flute, bassoon, harpsichord, drums and bass
Parts and score
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc., 1942
Provenance: Judy Bell, The Richmond Organization
Box 2/6 Remember me to youth (Octette No. XXVI)
For flute/clarinet, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, harpsichord, drums and bass
Parts and score
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc., 1947
Provenance: Judy Bell, The Richmond Organization

Box 3

Box 3/21 Brass Quintet No. 2 W105
Score and 1st B-flat trumpet part only
New York: Wilder Music Inc., 1968
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/22 Brass Quintet No. 3 W108
Score and 1st B-flat trumpet part only
New York: Wilder Music Inc., 1970
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/23 Christmas Carols for Tuba Choir
Compiled and arranged by Alec Wilder
Photocopy of score (MS repro)
Bloomington, IN: Tubachristmas, 1977
Note from Harvey G. Phillips: “The Christmas Carols in this Collection were first performed on December 22, 1974 in a memorial Christmas concert honoring the late William J. Bell …”
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 3/24 Movement for flute ensemble W113
Score
Edited by Kurt Stone
New York: Wilder Music Inc., 1975
“for Robert Cole” in caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Box 4

Box 4/1 Seven easy duets for two clarinets
2 copies of score
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music Inc., 1979
“for Jeff and Julie” in caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/2 Suite for flute, oboe, bass, and harpsichord (Baroque Suite) W162
Score and parts (4 parts) (MS repro)
Edited by Gunther Schuller
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music Inc., 1981
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/3 Suite for trumpet and marimba W278
2 copies of score (MS repro)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, Inc., 1978
“for Robert Levy and Gordon Stout” in caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/4 Woodwind Quintet No. III
Score and set of parts (5 parts)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1960
“Dedicated to the New York Woodwind Quintet” in caption above title in score
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 5: Vocal Chamber: voice(s) as part of chamber ensemble

[No items at present]

Sub-series 6: Keyboard. 2 or more hands

Box 1

Box 1/1 Seldom the sun.
New York: Regent Music Corp, 1942
Columbia record no. 35648
Box 1/2 Such a tender night.
                        New York: Regent Music Corp, 1942
Columbia record no 36315
Box 1/4 She’ll be seven in May.
                        New York: Regent Music Corp, 1942
Box 1/5 Dance man buys a farm.
                        New York: Regent Music Corp, 1948
Columbia record no. 36189
Box 1/6 The children met the train.
                       New York: Regent Music Corp, 1948
Columbia record no. 35648
Box 1/10 Jazz waltz for a friend
                        Ambrose Music, 1974
Box 1/27 Her old man was suspicious
                        New York: Regent Music Corp, 1948
Reproduction
Provenance: Margun Music, Inc.
Original plus two reproductions

Box 2

Box 2/7 David Diamond solo piano books
David Diamond album for the young
                        Bryn Mawr, PA: Elkan-Vogel, Inc., 1947
Then and now – 11 pieces for very young pianists
“like Louis Ouzer, from his old friend David Diamond 20 August, 1990 – Rochester, NY” written on cover
                        New York: Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc., 1966
Alone at the piano, book one
                        New York: Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc., 1968
Alone at the piano, book two
                        New York: Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc., 1968
Alone at the piano, book three
                        New York: Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc., 1968

Box 4

Box 4/5 Ellen (piano solo)
New York: Hollis Music, Inc., 1954
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/6 I’ll Be Around (piano arrangement)
Piano arrangement by Bill Dobbins
Reproduction (photocopy)
Reprinted in unidentified issue of Downbeat [p. 46]
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/7 New England Suite (piano solo)
From the Falcon Films, Inc. production Grandma Moses
By Hugh Martin; orchestrated and developed by Alec Wilder
New York: Cromwell Music, Inc., 1955
“Dedicated to Jerome Hill” in caption above title
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/8 Pieces for Young Pianists, volume 1
New York: Wilder Music Inc., 1969
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/9 Pieces for Young Pianists, volume 2
Edited by Carol Baron
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music Inc., 1978
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 7: Vocal solo

Box 1

Box 1/9 Love among the young
New York: Meridian Music Corp., 1954
Lyric by Norman Gimbel
Box 1/11 I’m headin’ west (for a rest)
New York: Cromwell Music, Inc., 1950
Words by Marshall Barer
Introduced and featured by Dick Jurgens on Columbia Records
Box 1/12 I got big eyes for you
New York: Essex Music, Inc., 1952
Introduced and recorded by Tommy Dorsey on Decca Records
Box 1/13 Goodbye, John
New York: Robert Music Corp., 1949
Lyric by Edward Eager
Box 1/14 Give me time
 New York: Regent Music Corp., 1941
Featured and recorded by Jeri Southern
Box 1/15 Everywhere I look
New York: Regent Music Corp., 1943
Words by Bill Engvick
Box 1/16 Songs were made to sing
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc.
Provenance:  Judy Bell, TRO
Box 1/17 Songs by Alec Wilder
New York: TRO Hollis Music, Inc.
Provenance: Judy Bell, TRO
Box 1/18 Western Star
New York: Hampshire House Publishing Corp & TRO Ludlow Music, Inc.
Words by Arnold Sundgaard
Box 1/19 Sleep, my heart
New York: Regent Music Corp, 1941.
By AW and Bill Engvick
Box 1/20 It’s so peaceful in the country
New York: Regent Music Corp., 1941
“Especially when you are there – Little Aley” written in caption
Three photocopies
One original copy; missing pages 3 and 4
Box 1/22 Moon and sand
 New York: Regent Music Corp., 1941
Music by AW and Morty Palitz
Lyric by Bill Engvick
“and Ellen would make a perfect picture” written in caption
“Me” written beside AW’s printed name on title page
8 photocopies
Box 1/29 Where do you go?
New York: Barton Music Corp, 1959
Lyric by Arnold Sundgaard
Box 1/32 Soft as spring
New York: Regent Music, Corp., 1941
8 “professional use only” photocopies and one original
Box 1/33 Listen to your heart
New York: Devon Music, Inc., 1957
Words by Bill Engvick “(from the Talent Associates TV production, ‘Pinocchio’)” in caption

Box 2

Box 2/8 J.P. Dooley III
By AW, Bill Engvick and Morty Palitz
New York: Regent Music Corp., 1942
Box 2/9 Tomorrow
Music by Eddie Sauter, lyric by AW
New York: Harman Music, Inc., 1943
Box 2/10 Remember, my child (Vespa waltz)
From the film, “Open the door and see all the people”
Lyric by Bill Engvick
New York: Hollis Music, Inc.
Box 2/11 Did you ever cross over to Sneden’s?
New York: Edwin H. Morris & Company, Inc., 1947
5 photocopies
Box 2/12 Who can I turn to?
New York: Regent Music Corp., 1941
8 photocopies
Box 2/13 I’ll be around
New York: Vogue Music Corp., 1942
Box 2/14 Songs by Alec Wilder [copy 2 and 3]
New York: TRO Hollis Music, Inc.
Photographs by Louis Ouzer
Provenance: Judy Bell, TRO
Box 2/15 Songs were made to sing [copy 2 and 3]
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc.
Provenance:  Judy Bell, TRO
Box 2/16 Songs were made to sing, second edition
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc.
Photographs by Louis Ouzer
Provenance:  Judy Bell, TRO
Box 2/17 The Alec Wilder song collection, centennial edition
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc.
In collaboration with William Engvick
Photos by Louis Ouzer
Box 2/18 Alec Wilder American popular song
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, Inc.
In collaboration with William Engvick
Photos by Louis Ouzer

Box 3

Box 3/1 The New Outfit
Music by Alec Wilder.
Published in: Tenggren’s Cowboys and Indians, stories by Kathryn and Byron Jackson with pictures by Gustaf Tenngren
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948
“The New Outfit” is on pages 82-83
Provenance: gift of Marjorie Searl – 9/5/2021.

Box 4

Box 4/10 All the Cats Join In
Music by Eddie Sauter; lyric by Ray Gilbert and Alec Wilder
From the Walt Disney production Make Mine Music
Reproduction (photocopy) of score
New York: Regent Music Corp., 1945
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/11 Chick Lorimer
Music by Alec Wilder; words by Carl Sandburg
Score (2 copies)
Boston: R. D. Row Music Co., 1953
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/12 In the Morning
Music by Alec Wilder; lyric by William Engvick
Score
New York: Edwin H. Morris & Co., 1944
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/13 Lullaby Land
Reproduction (photocopy) of score
New York: TRO–Ludlow Music, Inc., 1947
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/14 The Olive Tree
Music by Alec Wilder; lyric by Edmund Anderson
Reproduction (photocopy) of score
[s.l.: s.n., s.d.]
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023
Box 4/15 Psalm 137 (By the Rivers of Babylon)
Score
New York: Edwin H. Morris & Co., 1944
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 8: Vocal soloist ensemble with or without accompaniment

Box 4

Box 4/16 It’s So Easy to Say
For ensemble voices (“The Scholars”)
[From Kittiwake Island]
[Music by Alec Wilder; book and lyrics by Arnold Sundgaard.]
Reproduction (photocopy) of piano vocal score and vocal part, from unidentified sources
Piano vocal score: [s.l.: s.n., s.d.], Pl. no. 43529 (p. 100–112)
Vocal part: [s.l.: s.n., s.d.], Pl. no. 43913 (p. 26–34)
Provenance: Bob Levy, 9/19/2023

Sub-series 9: Choral with or without soloists and accompaniment

Box 1

Box 1/21 Wyoming
East Stroudsberg, Penna.: Shawnee Press, Inc., 1945
Lyric by Eddie Pola
Arranged by Roy Ringwald
Fred Waring Choral Arrangement
Provenance: Glenn Bowen

Sub-series 10: Stage Works

[No items at present]

Sub-series 11: Film Scores

[No items at present]

Sub-series 12: Commercial Music

[No items at present]

Sub-series 13: Sketches

[No items at present]

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