BERNARD ROGERS COLLECTION

Series 1: Pencil sketches

Box 1

folder 1 Apparitions. [Six] scenes from The Temptation of St. Anthony after Flaubert. For orchestra.
Full score (final copy) in Box 5/1.
Sketch of full score (last page dated January 16, 1967). Pencil MS. 42 pages, total. 33.5 cm
Contents: The Desert: Sunset (pp. 1–4); Spirits of Air (pp. 5–9); second version of Spirit of Air (pp. 6–15); The Basilisk (pp. 16–18); Herodias (pp. 19–22); The Feast of Nebuchadnezzar (pp. 28–36); The Desert: Sunrise (pp. 37–42).
folder 2 Ballade. For bassoon, viola, and piano.
Score and parts (Ozalid masters) in Box 3/5; published imprint in Box 9/2.
Sketch of score. Pencil MS. 12 pages (leaves), numbered, of the manuscript. 34 cm.
folder 3 The Colors of Youth. For orchestra.
Sketch of score. Pencil MS. 16 pages (leaves) of sketches, numbered 35-50.
folder 4 “Dance with Swords.” [Movement 3 from Three Japanese Dances. For orchestra.] Piano reduction.
Full score of Three Japanese Dances for wind ensemble in Box 7/10.
Sketch of piano reduction. Pencil MS. 4 pages. At end of score: “Transcribed from full score Nov 19 ’33. JW.”
folder 5 Horse Opera. For narrator and orchestra. Concept by John Harkrider. Edited by A. Gordon Melvin. Lyrics by Martha Keller.
Original folder with annotations regarding contents. 1 item.
Libretto. Typescript, with annotations in pencil. 10 pages. Incomplete: part 1, page 1, missing.
Sketch of reduced score. Pencil MS. 34 leaves, total. Incomplete: pages 1-30 (30a and 30b), 33-44, 67, 70, 80 (see also notes on folder).
folder 6 The Light of Man. Oratorio for chorus and orchestra.
Full score (Ozalid masters) in Box 6/2; published score in Box 9/10.
Sketches. Pencil MS. 15 pages (14 leaves). Pages numbered 9, 15-19, 21-23, 26-30. 33–34 cm.
folder 7 Nightingale. [Opera in a prologue and three scenes after the fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen.]
Full score (MS repro) in Box 6/3.
Originally housed in folder labeled “The Nightingale.”
Sketches. Pencil MS. 7 leaves; two sets numbered 1-3; sketches clipped together numbered 6–10a, 13, 16–17, 20–34, 36, 40–42.
folder 8 The Nightingale. [Opera in a prologue and three scenes after the fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen.]
Full score (MS repro) in Box 6/3.
Draft of full score (last page ends with the date March 8, 1954). Pencil MS. 177 pages (leaves), total.
Pages are numbered on the front side of the sheet from 1 to 185. On the verso of each sheet there are old sketches or ideas for this piece. Starts with instrumental introduction, Vivacissimo (in 1), marked 116 ca. (pp. 1–7). Pages 8–77 seem a complete part of the piece (starts with direction: “Main curtains slowly part”). Pages 10, 66, 69, 70, and 72 are lacking. There is a page 32a. With page 78 starts a new section. For pages 118-122 there is a sheet with written annotations and instructions (i.e., repeat of pages 110–114). Between pages 138 and 139 there is an Ozalid sheet with a part to be inserted before Scene III.
folder 9 Psalm 68. For baritone and orchestra.
Published score in Box 10/2.
Sketches of full score. Pencil MS. 16 pages (11 leaves); pages numbered 1–5, 8–12, 35.
folder 10 Symphony No. 4. For orchestra.
Original folder with annotations regarding contents. 1 item.
Sketch. Pencil MS. 1 page.
Draft of full score. Pencil MS. 110 leaves.
Draft is incomplete; consists of pages 3–67 (page 49 is on the back of page 126), Fugue, mvmt. III (pp. 69-78, 82-93), and Epilogue (pp. 94-128).
On the back of pages 3-42, 44-48, 85-125, there are sketches of the opera The Warrior.
folder 11 The Veil. [Opera in one act.]
Sketches and partial drafts. Pencil and ink MS. 76 leaves, total.
The sheets in the folder are not all numbered chronologically, most appear to be single work sheets.

Box 2

folder 1 The Veil. [Opera in one act.]
Draft of full score (at the end of the sketches: April 20, 1949). Pencil MS. 208 pages; numbered 1–392.
Pages 1–392 divided in 17 booklets. Between booklet 11 and 12 there are four loose music sheets numbered on the front side 111-114, on the back side there are old sketches.
folder 2 The Veil. [Opera in one act.]
Draft of piano reduction. Pencil MS. 34 leaves. Incomplete: pages numbered 44, 56-58, 69-70, 83, 86, 98-99, 101-106, 109-121, 132-136.
folder 3 “Characters from H. C. A.” [Suite: Characters from Hans Christian Anderson]; “Pinocchio Sketches” [possibly for Leaves from the Tale of Pinocchio].
Original folder with annotation regarding contents. 1 item.
Sketches. Pencil and ink MS. 39 leaves, total.
One set of sketches [17 leaves], most likely the “Characters”, is numbered from 5-6, 8-21. Some sheets have sketches also on the versos. A page of different format numbered front and back 19-20, in pencil with red marks.
The set of sketches for “Pinocchio” [22 leaves] are in pencil with black ink corrections and annotations; consists of pages 1-2 (Overturetta), 13, 16, 23-33, 45, 52-57.
folder 4 “III. Chariots”; unknown piece for winds and keyboard.
Sketches. Pencil MS. 12 leaves, total. 31 cm.
“III. Chariots” consists of 5 pages of sketches; on verso there are sketches for a piece for flute, oboe, English horn, French horn, trombone and harpsichord (?).
Accompanied by 7 pages of unidentified sketches. On verso of each sheet, there is a piece for flute, oboe, English horn, French horn, trombone and harpsichord.
folder 5 [Three] Dance Scenes; String Trio.
Original folder with annotation regarding contents. 1 item.
Dance Scenes. Sketches and drafts of score. 54 leaves, total.
Contents: “The Rising Moon”: 3 pages of pencil sketches. Manuscript incomplete, pp. 1, 11-13; “Fire Flies”: 2 pages of pencil sketches. Manuscript incomplete, 1, 4-19; “Samurai”: complete, pages 1-27, including a16a.
String Trio. Sketches. Pencil MS. 1 leaf (2 pages).
Libretto for “Anthony in the Desert.” Typescript. 3 pages.
folder 6 [Transcription of] “Vivaldi 2 Oboe Concerto”; Violin Sonata.
Original folder with annotation regarding contents. 1 item.
Sonata for Violin and Piano.
Full score and part (Ozalid masters) in Box 4/9.
Sketches and drafts. MS repro, ink MS, and pencil MS. 46 leaves, total.
Contents: Ozalid copy of the score, pages 10, 34-35; violin solo part. MS repro, with performance markings in pencil; one page of sketches marked page 2; pencil sketches: mvt I. (pp. 1-5); mvt. II (pp. 6-18, but 13 is lacking); mvt. III (pp. 1-4); mvt. IV (pp. 1-14, plus new page 10, 10a and 10b). Last page of sketches dated February 14, 1967.
Vivaldi, Antonio. Concerto for Oboe, Winds, and Harpsichord. [Transcription of Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 447.] Draft of score. Pencil MS. 45 pages, total.
folder 7 Folder containing various titled and untitled sketches.
Psalm. Draft of score (3 staves). Pencil MS. 5 leaves. 33.5 cm.
Allegory. For string trio. Draft of score. Pencil MS. 13 leaves. 34 cm.
Fantasia for Horn, Timpani and Strings. Sketch. Pencil MS. 4 leaves. 34 cm.
Untitled sketch. Draft of orchestral score. Pencil MS. 1 leaf. Recto numbered 26, marked Animando ed agitato (in 1); verso numbered 61.
Nightingale Suite. Sketches. Pencil MS. 8 leaves. 23 x 30 cm.
Music writing book containing untitled sketches. Pencil MS. 3 leaves. 5.5 x 6.5 cm.
Prelude to the Passion, Pastorale Mistico. For clarinet and strings. Draft of score. Pencil MS. 5 leaves. 34 cm.
Nocturne. For solo flute, solo viola and orchestra. Draft of full score. Pencil MS. 18 leaves. 34 cm.
folder 8 Texts.
Sheet of cardboard with two typescript texts affixed:
Side A: “To The Man-Of-War-Bird.” Typescript, with some musical sketches written in pencil in the right margin. 1 page.
Side B: “Psalm 89.” Typescript, with pencil annotations and musical sketches written in pencil in the margin. This text is glued on top of another sheet. The title “Psalm XVIII” is recognizable, followed by a text and numerous musical sketches written in pencil and annotations along the text.
folder 9 Miscellaneous sketches.
Sketches. Pencil MS. 8 leaves, numbered 1, 4a, 8-10, 12, 32, 42. Some pages have also sketches on verso.
Sketches. Pencil MS.  6 leaves, numbered 5-9, 11.
Orchestral sketches (draft of score). Pencil MS. 3 leaves, numbered 3, 28, 34.
Sketches. Pencil MS. 4 leaves, numbered 3-6.
Notes and corrections [errata list?]; composition unidentified. Pencil MS. 5 pages.
Orchestral sketches (draft of score). Pencil MS. 2 leaves, numbered 4 and 7, of sketches for an orchestral piece. On page 7 there is a part for solo violin.
Sketches. Pencil and colored pencil MS. 2 leaves, one page numbered 3. Both pages are severely damaged at top margin.
Sketches. Pencil MS. 2 leaves. Two pages of undefined sketches and annotations in pencil.
Blank orchestral score (26 staves). 1 page, numbered 21 in red pencil.
folder 10 Unidentified sketches.
Original folder labeled “?”
Sketches and partial drafts. Pencil MS. 20 leaves, total.
Contents: loose sketches (11 leaves); a group of leaves numbered 1-3 and 7 with sketches on both sides; a group of three leaves of sketches marked b), c), and d); a group of two leaves numbered 2-3 with sketches on both sides.

Box 3

folder 1 Unidentified sketches.
Sketches and partial drafts. Pencil MS, ink MS, and MS repro. 29 leaves, total.
Contents: Unidentified sketches [for solo flute/piccolo and piano?], unnumbered (1 leaf); unidentified sketches [for solo instrument and piano], numbered 3–11 (9 leaves); unidentified musical sketches and text (1 leaf); unidentified sketches (including theme labeled “Lucifer”) (3 leaves); loose sketches (10 leaves); folio containing one sheet of Ozalid (last page of unidentified work) and two leaves MS repro (printed as mirror image) numbered 106–107.
folder 2 Spiral bound music booklet with sketches in pencil. No indication of titles or dates. 15 leaves with sketches.
folder 3 Miscellaneous sketches.
Sketches and partial drafts. Pencil MS. 163 leaves, total.
Contents:

  • Six leaves of undefined sketches numbered 1-6 on recto. There are also sketches on the verso of the leaves.
  • Four leaves of undefined sketches numbered 3-6.
  • Two leaves of undefined sketches numbered 1-2. There are sketches also on the verso, numbered pages 3 and 6.
  • Sketches for what seems to be a concerto for solo violin and harp, and orchestra. Pages 15, 18-20, 25, 28-31. On the verso: pages 4-11 of sketches of a piece for horn, timpani and string (the Fantasia?). On page 15 handwritten notes on right bottom corner.
  • Sketches for what seems to be a concerto for solo violin and orchestra. Pages 6, 9-12.
  • Pages 14-25 of a piece for strings and may be horn and timpani solo? Could it be the Fantasia?
  • Sketches of three leaves numbered 29, 32-33, of an orchestral piece with solo baritone.
  • Two leaves of undefined sketches.
  • Four leaves of sketches, numbered 6-9. It seems a vocal piece, there are words at the top of one of the melodic lines.
  • Two leaves of undefined sketches.
  • Two leaves of sketches numbered 1-2.
  • Sketches for an orchestral piece. 5 leaves, pages numbered 22, 48-51.
  • Six leaves of sketches. Paged numbered 2-4, 4a (on the verso of page 2), 4b, 4c and 4d.
  • One leaf of sketches, numbered 68 on the recto (piece for two trumpets and Cb.) and 3 on the verso.
  • Ten leaves of undefined sketches, numbered 11 (12 on the back), 29-33, 35, 37, 38-39.
  • Four leaves of sketches of an orchestral piece with many written annotations. Numbered 12, 17, 19-20.
  • One leaf of undefined sketches, numbered 2.
  • Three leaves of undefined sketches, numbered 14-16.
  • Three leaves of untitled sketches of an orchestral piece with solo violin, numbered 2-4 (on the verso of page 2 and 4 also sketches for a similar piece, numbered respectively 1 and 3).
  • Sketches numbered 1-17 (16 is lacking) for a multi-movement piece. Titles of movements on pages 1, 9, 13. There are other 4 unnumbered leaves of sketches that seem to belong to the same booklet.
  • One leaf, numbered 17, of sketches for a piano and voice piece
  • Three leaves, numbered 91-93, of undefined sketches .
  • Two leaves, numbered 24 and 27 of undefined sketches.
  • Three leaves, numbered 77-79, of sketches for an orchestral piece with chorus. On the verso: pages numbered 23-25 of sketches for an orchestral piece
  • Two leaves, numbered 71 and 73, of sketches for an orchestral piece with chorus. It could be the same of the previous set of sketches, but written on different music sheet.
  • Seven leaves of sketches, numbered 19, 20-23 and two unnumbered.
  • Sixteen leaves, numbered 10-11, 21, 34-47of sketches for a vocal orchestral piece.
  • Two leaves, numbered 29-30, of sketches for an orchestral piece with Bass solo.
  • Five leaves of sketches numbered 16-20.
  • Eleven leaves of sketches that seem connected, numbered 47, 49, 84-85, 94-96, 98, 107- 108, 110. On the verso of pages 49, 95, 96, 107, 110 there are unrelated sketches.
  • One leaf numbered on both sides 1-2. It may be related to the previous ten pages.
  • Seven leaves of sketches that seem to be related, the numeration is not consistent, 2-4 and then again the same numbers. They are written on the same type of sheet music.
  • Three leaves of sketches written on the same type of sheet music. Two of them written on both sides.
  • Three leaves of sketches, unnumbered but apparently related, same sheet music.
  • Four leaves of sketches for an orchestral piece.
  • 2 leaves of sketches on different sheet music. Sketches drawn on an ESM class offer. Sketches drawn on the back of a check deposit sheet

Series 2: Manuscripts and facsimiles

Box 3

folder 3/4 Anzacs. For orchestra.
Instrumental parts (6 parts): violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass, percussion battery. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 27 pages, total.

Box 5

folder 5/1 Apparitions. Scenes from “The Temptation of St. Anthony” after Flaubert.
Version for full orchestra. Full score. MS repro, bound. 43 pages. 47 cm.
Version for winds and percussion. Full score. Pencil MS. 32 pages. 49 cm.

Box 3

folder 3/5 Ballade. For bassoon, viola, and piano.
Piano score, bassoon part, and viola part. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 18 pages, total.

Box 5

folder 5/2 The Dance of Salomé. For full orchestra.
Full score (February 1940). Ozalid masters (ink MS). 63 pages. 44 cm.
folder 5/3 The Dance of Salomé. For full orchestra.
Full score (February 1940). MS repro, from Ozalids in Box 5/2, spiral bound. 2 copies.  63 pages, each. 45 cm.

Box 3

folder 3/6 Dirge for Two Veterans. Text by Walt Whitman. Instrumentation after the composer’s suggestion by Charles Fussell. For SATB chorus, piano, and strings.
Score (August 1968). MS repro. 31 pages. 36 cm.

Box 5

folder 5/3 The Exodus. Poem for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. Adapted from the second book of Moses by Charles Rodda.
[Dedicated] to Randall Thomspon.
Full score (July–December 1931). MS repro, bound. 131 pages. 43 cm.

Box 3

folder 3/7 Hear My Prayer, O God.  For SATB chorus, soprano solo, and organ.
Composed for the Centenary of the Temple Emmanuel of New York.
Score (September 12–15, 1944). MS repro. 9 pages. 31 cm.
folder 3/8 Invasion. For full orchestra.
Instrumental parts (incomplete, 6 parts): violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass, percussion battery. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 13 pages, total.

Box 6

folder 6/1 Invasion. For full orchestra.
Full score. MS repro, bound. 19 pages. 42 cm.
folder 6/2 The Light of Man. For full orchestra.
Commissioned and dedicated to the Board of Education of the Methodist Church for the 8th Quadrennial Youth Conference, 1964.
Full score. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 37 pages. 46 cm.

Box 3

folder 3/9 The Marriage of Aude. Opera in three acts. Music by B. Rogers. Poem by Charles Rodda.
Vocal score (incomplete). MS repro (mimeograph). 93 pages. 32 cm. Enclosed in document folder.
folder 3/10 Mood. For violin, violoncello, and piano.
Manuscript score (December 7, 1918). Ink MS. 3 pages. 33 cm. Accompanied by ink MS note: Asano’s death song? 1914 / (John Masefield) / Later used in 2nd movement of / Three Japanese dances.

Box 6

folder 6/3 The Nightingale. Opera in a prologue and three scenes after the fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen. Libretto and music by Bernard Rogers.
Piano vocal score (March 8, 1954). MS repro. 75 pages. 37 cm.
folder 6/4 Once Upon a Time. Five fairy tales for small orchestra.
Five movements: I. The tinder-box soldier; II. The song of Rapunzel; III. The story of a darning needle; IV. Dance of the twelve princesses; V. The ride of Koschei the deathless.
Full score. MS repro, spiral bound, with performance markings in pencil and colored pencil. 67 pages. 39 cm.
folder 6/5 The Passion. Oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra.
Part I. Full score. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 115 pages.
folder 6/6 The Passion. Oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra.
Part I. Full score (incomplete; excerpts). Ozalid masters (ink MS). Incomplete: pages numbered 44–48, 60, 62–66 (different version of pages from Box 6/5). 11 pages.
folder 6/7 The Passion. Oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra.
Part I. Full score. MS repro (from Ozalids in Box 6/5). 115 pages.

Box 7

folder 7/1 The Passion. Oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra.
Part II. Full score (Summer 1942). Ozalid masters (ink MS). Pages 116–230.). 44 cm.

Box 3

folder 3/11 The Passion. Oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra.
Instrumental parts (incomplete, 6 parts): violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass, percussion battery. Ozalid masters (ink MS). Parts incomplete; consist of rehearsal 34/35–end of Part II.

Box 7

folder 7/2 Pastorale Mistico. For string orchestra and clarinet solo.
Full score. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 4 pages of music.
folder 7/3 Pastorale Mistico. For string orchestra and clarinet solo.
Full score. MS repro (from Ozalids in Box 7/2), bound. 4 pages of music.

Box 3

folder 3/12 Pastorale Mistico. For string orchestra and clarinet solo.
Instrumental parts (6 parts): clarinet, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 10 pages.
folder 3/13 Pastorale Mistico. For string orchestra and clarinet solo.
Instrumental parts (5 parts): violin I (8 copies); violin II (7 copies), viola (4 copies), violoncello (copies 5), bass (3 copies). MS repro (from Ozalids in Box 3/12).
folder 3/14 The Plains: Landscape for Orchestra (1940).
Full score (November 1940). MS repro, spiral bound. 58 pages. 38 cm.
Contents: Nocturne; Storm; Daybreak.

Box 19

folder 19/1 The Prophet Isaiah. Cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra.
Full score. MS repro (from Ozalids in Box 19/2), bound. 74 pages. 53 cm.
folder 19/2 The Prophet Isaiah. Cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra.
Full score. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 74 pages. 51 cm.

Box 4

folder 4/1 The Prophet Isaiah. Cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra.
Instrumental parts (full set, 27 parts). Ozalid masters (ink MS).
folder 4/2 Psalm 114.  For SATB chorus, piano, and strings. Instrumentation by Charles Fussell.
Full score (July 1969). MS repro. 17 pages. 48 cm.
folder 4/3 The Raising of Lazarus. [Cantata for three solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. Text by Lillian Rogers.]
Original folder labeled “Old Strings / Rogers / Lazarus.”
Instrumental parts (6 parts): violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass, tuba. MS repro and ink MS, with performance markings in pencil.
folder 4/4 The Raising of Lazarus. Cantata for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. [Text by Lillian Rogers.]
[Dedicated] to Howard Hanson.
Full score (1928). Ink MS, with corrections and annotations. 64 pages.
folder 4/5 The Raising of Lazarus. Cantata for three solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. Poem adapted from the New Testament by Lillian Rogers.
Published score (Boston: C. C. Birchard & Co., 1929), with insertions, corrections, and annotations in red pencil. 48 pages.
[Corrections to] vocal score. Pencil MS. 10 pages.
[Corrections to] “Old score” (see Box 4/4). Pencil MS. 23 pages.
[Corrections to] “New score” (see Box 7/5). Pencil MS. 26 pages.
folder 4/6 The Raising of Lazarus. [Cantata for three solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. Text by Lillian Rogers.]
Original folder labeled “New Strings.”
Instrumental parts (5 parts): violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ozalid masters (ink MS).

Box 7

folder 7/4 The Raising of Lazarus. [Cantata for three solo voices, chorus, and orchestra.] Text by Lillian Rogers. Edited by Elizabeth Rogers.
[Dedicated] to Howard Hanson.
Full score. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 72 pages. 47 cm.
folder 7/5 The Raising of Lazarus. [Cantata for three solo voices, chorus, and orchestra.] Text by Lillian Rogers. Edited by Elizabeth Rogers.
[Dedicated] to Howard Hanson.
Full score. MS repro (from Ozalids in Box 7/4). 72 pages. 47 cm.
folder 7/6 Samson. Opera (renamed The Warrior).
Extract from the full score. MS repro, with blue-penciled annotations in the hand of Howard Hanson. Includes pages 1–8, 144–152, 229–242, 275–281. 38 pages, total.
folder 7/7 The Sea of Galilee. Scene for clarinet, trumpet, and string orchestra.
Full score. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 11 pages. 46 cm.
folder 7/8 The Sea of Galilee. Scene for clarinet, trumpet, and string orchestra.
Full score. MS repro (from Ozalid masters in Box 7/7). 11 pages. 46 cm.

Box 4

folder 4/7 The Sea of Galilee. Scene for clarinet, trumpet, and string orchestra.
Instrumental parts: clarinet, trumpet, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 18 pages, total.
folder 4/8 Soliloquy. For flute with string orchestra.
Full score. MS repro. 6 pages. 32 cm.
folder 4/9 Sonata for Violin and Piano.
Commissioned by the Society for Strings (Cleveland Chapter); dedicated to Josef Gingolf.
Score and violin part (February 14, 1967). Ozalid masters (ink MS). 35 + 10 pages. 36 cm.
folder 4/10 The Song of the Nightingale. [Suite for orchestra.]
Nine movements: I. Prelude; II. The gardens of the porcelain palace; III. Expedition of the Chinese gentleman; IV. Berceuse; V. A Court festival; VI. The clockwork nightingale; VII. Death and the emperor; VIII. The song of the nightingale; IX. Happy ending.
Instrumental parts (incomplete; 4 parts): violin I, viola, cello, bass. Ozalid masters (ink MS).
folder 4/11 The Supper at Emmaus. Symphonic picture after Rembrandt. For orchestra.
Instrumental parts (5 parts): violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 11 pages, total.

Box 7

folder 7/9 The Supper at Emmaus. Symphonic picture after Rembrandt. For orchestra.
Full score. MS repro, spiral bound. 2 copies. 15 pages, each. 44 cm.

Box 4

folder 4/12 Three Eastern Dances. For SATB chorus and organ.
Partial score. Ozalid masters (ink MS). 2 pages (1 numbered 7, 1 unnumbered).

Box 7

folder 7/10 Three Japanese Dances. For wind ensemble.
Full score. MS repro, bound. 64 pages. 43.5 cm.

Box 8

folder 8/1 Two American Frescoes. For large orchestra. (1935).
Two movements: I. The Mississippi; II. Ojibway Battle Dance.
Full score (Summer 1935). MS repro. 66 pages. 43 cm.

Box 4

folder 4/13 Two Japanese Impressions.
Two movements: I. Fuji in the sunset glow; II. Wintry spring.
Full score (July/August 1925). Ink MS. 80 pages. 35 cm.
folder 4/14 Variations.
Note on contents (“Variations p. 3 missing / original ending …”). Pencil MS. 1 page.
Draft of full score. Pencil MS. 89 pages.
folder 4/15 The Warrior. Opera in one act. Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Piano vocal score. MS repro, bound. 108 pages. Interleaved in score: published libretto (New York: Fred. Rullman, Inc., c1946). 15 pages.
folder 4/16 The Warrior. Opera in one act. Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Piano vocal score. MS repro. 108 pages.

Box 8

folder 8/2 The Warrior. [Original title Samson, title corrected on title page.] Opera in one act. Libretto by Norman Corwin.
[Dedicated] to Elizabeth Rogers.
Commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System and the League of Composers, 1944.
Full orchestral score (1944–45). MS repro, hardbound. 280 pages. 42 cm. Tipped in score (3 items):

  • Published libretto (New York: Fred. Rullman, Inc., 1946). 15 pages.
  • Concert program (Metropolitan Opera House) for performance of 11 January 1947.
  • Publicity flyer for Metropolitan Opera 1946–47 season.

Series 3: Published imprints

Box 9

folder 1 Allegory. For two flutes, marimba and strings.
Published score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1963). 12 pages. 28 cm.
folder 2 Ballade. For piano, viola and bassoon.
Published score and parts (New York: Southern Music, c1966). 4 copies. 15 + 4 + 4 pages, each. Copy 1 missing viola part. 31 cm.
folder 3 Bells. For piano solo.
Published score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c 1957). 3 pages. 31 cm.
folder 4 Dirge for Two Veterans. For SATB chorus with piano. Words by Walt Whitman.
[Dedicated] to Charles Fussell.
Published vocal score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1969). 3 copies. 20 pages, each. 27 cm.
Also in folder: concert program from premiere performance at the University of Massachusetts (April 16, 1969). 2 copies.
folder 5 The Exodus. Sacred poem for chorus, solo voices and orchestra. Text adapted by Charles Rodda from the Second Book of Moses.
Published vocal score (Boston: C. C. Birchard, c1933). 73 pages. 28 cm.
folder 6 Faery Song. For SSAA a cappella. Text by John Keats.
Published vocal score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1966). 2 copies. 4 pages, each. 27 cm.
folder 7 Fantasia for solo horn in F, kettle-drums and string orchestra.
Published score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1956). 32 pages.
folder 8 Hear My Prayer, O God. For soprano and alto solos, SATB chorus, organ. Texts adapted from the Psalms.
Published vocal score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1955). 13 pages. 27 cm.
folder 9 A Letter from Pete. Cantata for mixed chorus and small or large orchestra. Text by Walt Whitman.
Published vocal score (New York: Southern Music, c1953). 47 pages. 26 cm.
folder 10 The Light of Man. For SATB, soprano, alto and baritone solo, and piano. Gospel according to St. John.
Published vocal score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1964). 25 pages. 27 cm.
folder 11 Lord God of Hosts. For SATB, baritone solo, and piano. Texts from Psalm 89.
Published vocal score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1964). 5 copies. 16 pages, each. 27 cm.
folder 12 Mirage. For marimba.
Published score (New York: Southern Music, c1958). 3 copies. 4 pages, each. 31 cm.
folder 13 The Musicians of Bremen. A folk tale after Grimm for narrator and 13 players.
Published score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1964). 2 copies. 42 pages, each. 27 cm.
Also in folder (7 items):

  • Photograph of costumed actors [presumably from scene in The Musicians of Bremen]. 1 B/W photograph, 6” x 9”.
  • Photograph of four puppets (Heiken Puppets?). 1 color photograph (Polaroid), 3.5” x 4.25”. [See also Box 13/10.]
  • Publicity flyer for “The Music of Bernard Rogers” concert, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (March 7, 1970).
  • Newspaper clipping (advertisement for Minnesota Orchestra performance with the Heiken Puppets; Leaves from the Tales of Pinocchio on program); dated October 29, 1972.
  • Today in the Twin Cities, 2, No. 11 (Oct 28–Nov 3, 1972).
  • Where [arts advertising] newspaper section, week of October 28, 1972. 2 copies.
folder 14 Once Upon a Time. Five fairy tales for small orchestra.
Five movements: I. The tinder-box soldier; II. The song of Rapunzel; III. The story of a darning needle; IV. Dance of the twelve princesses; V. The ride of Koschei the deathless.
Published score (New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, c1936). 64 pages. 31 cm.
folder 15 The Passion. For mixed chorus, solo voices and orchestra. Text adapted by Charles Rodda from St. Matthew and other sacred books.
Published vocal score (Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel, c1944). 130 pages. 31 cm. Tipped in score: concert program from performance by the Collegiate Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Concert Orchestra, and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, with Robert Shaw, conductor, at Carnegie Hall (April 13).
folder 16 The Prophet Isaiah. For incidental soli, mixed chorus, and large orchestra.
Published vocal score (New York: Southern Music, c1962). 3 copies. 56 pages, each. 27 cm. Copy 1 labeled “This score has been corrected”; has annotations in red pencil. Tipped in copy 1: note with corrections. 1 page.

Box 10

folder 1 Psalm 18. For TTBB and piano.
Published vocal score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1964), in University of Rochester Men’s Glee Club Series. 5 copies. 13 pages, each. 27 cm.
folder 2 Psalm 68. For voice and piano.
Published score (New York: Southern Music, c1955). 13 pages. 31 cm.
folder 3 Psalm 114. For SATB chorus with piano.
Published vocal score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1969). 3 copies. 12 pages, each. 27 cm.
folder 4 The Raising of Lazarus. A cantata for three solo voices, chorus and orchestra. Poem adapted from the New Testament by Lillian Rogers.
Published vocal score (Boston: C. C. Birchard, c1929). 3 copies. 48 pages, each. 28 cm.
folder 5 The Raising of Lazarus. A cantata for three solo voices, chorus and orchestra. Poem adapted from the New Testament by Lillian Rogers.
Published vocal score (Boston: C. C. Birchard, c1929), with emendations and performance markings in pencil. 8 copies. 48 pages, each. 28 cm.
folder 6 The Silver World. For flute (picc.), oboe, and string orchestra.
Published score (New York: Southern Music, c1953). 2 copies. 24 pages, each. 31 cm.
folder 7 Soliloquy. For flute and string orchestra.
Published score, solo part, and 5 string parts (Boston: C. C. Birchard & Co. for Eastman School of Music, c1926), with performance markings in pencil and colored pencil. 9 pages (score) + 11 pages (parts). 31 cm.
folder 8 Soliloquy. For flute and string orchestra. Flute with piano reduction.
Published piano score (New York: Carl Fischer Inc., c1926), American Composers’ Edition. 4 pages. 31 cm.
folder 9 Soliloquy No. 2. For bassoon and string orchestra. Bassoon and piano reduction.
Published solo part and piano score (Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel, c1963). 4 copies. 5 + 1 pages. 30 cm.
folder 10 Study for solo piccolo, or flute.
Published score (Fairport, NY: Rochester Music Publishers, c1965). 1 page of music. 30 cm.
folder 11 Tribal Drums. From Africa, a Symphony in Two Movements for Orchestra.
Published orchestral score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1966). 36 pages. 30 cm.
folder 12 Trio for violin, viola, and cello.
Published score (New York: Southern Music, c1957). 22 pages. 23 cm.
Published set of parts (3 parts) (New York: Southern Music, c1957). 2 copies. 26 pages, each. 23 cm.
folder 13 Variations on a Song by Mussorgsky (A Child’s Song, 1868). For orchestra.
Published orchestral score (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1972). 64 pages. 28 cm.

Series 4: Sound recordings

Sub-series A: Audio discs

Box 11

disc 1 “Rogers. Symphony IV.” 12” audio disc.
disc 2 “Rogers. Symphony IV” (continuation and conclusion). 12” audio disc.
disc 3 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 5 and 7. 12” audio disc. [Disc 1 of 6.]
Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Metropolitan Opera, with Regina Resnick (Delilah) and Mack Harrell (Samson).
Carnegie Hall Recording Company.
Station WJZ 2:00-3:00pm, 01/11/1947.
disc 4 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 6 and 8. 12” audio disc. [Disc 2 of 6.]
Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Metropolitan Opera, with Regina Resnick (Delilah) and Mack Harrell (Samson).
Carnegie Hall Recording Company.
Station WJZ 2:00-3:00pm, 01/11/1947.
disc 5 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 9 and 11. 12” audio disc. [Disc 3 of 6.]
Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Metropolitan Opera, with Regina Resnick (Delilah) and Mack Harrell (Samson).
Carnegie Hall Recording Company.
Station WJZ 2:00-3:00pm, 01/11/1947.
disc 6 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 10 and 12. 12” audio disc. [Disc 4 of 6.]
Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Metropolitan Opera, with Regina Resnick (Delilah) and Mack Harrell (Samson).
Carnegie Hall Recording Company.
Station WJZ 2:00-3:00pm, 01/11/1947.
disc 7 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 13 and 15. 12” audio disc. [Disc 5 of 6.]
Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Metropolitan Opera, with Regina Resnick (Delilah) and Mack Harrell (Samson).
Carnegie Hall Recording Company.
Station WJZ 2:00-3:00pm, 01/11/1947.
disc 8 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 14 and 16. 12” audio disc. [Disc 6 of 6.]
Libretto by Norman Corwin.
Metropolitan Opera, with Regina Resnick (Delilah) and Mack Harrell (Samson).
Carnegie Hall Recording Company.
Station WJZ 2:00-3:00pm, 01/11/1947.
disc 9 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 3–4 (?). 12” audio disc. [Disc 1 of 3.]
Labels on disc:
[side A] 3 / Warrior Dubbed from no. 7
[side B] 4 / Warrior Dubbed from no. 8
disc 10 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 5–6 (?). 12” audio disc. [Disc 2 of 3.]
Labels on disc:
[side A] 5 / Warrior from no. 9
[side B] 6 / from no. 10
disc 11 Rogers. The Warrior. Parts 9–10 (?). 12” audio disc. [Disc 3 of 3.]
Labels on disc:
[side A] 9 / Warrior from no. 13
[side B] 10 / from no. 14
disc 12 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 1–2 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 1 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 13 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 3–4 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 2 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 14 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 5–6 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 3 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 15 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 7–8 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 4 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 16 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 9–10 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 5 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 17 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 11–12 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 6 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 18 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 13–14 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 7 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 19 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 15–16 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 8 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 20 Rogers. The Passion. Parts 17–18 (of 18). 12” audio disc. [Disc 9 of 9.]
Julliard Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Recorded on 01-18-1949.
Julliard School of Music Acoustics Department.
disc 21-24 Rogers. The Nightingale. Four 12” audio discs, bound together.
disc 25-26 Rogers. Scenes from The Passion. A copy-play from inside. Two 12” audio discs, bound together.
Set of two discs, parts 1-2 and 5-6. Disc with parts 3-4 is lacking.
Dr. Hanson, conductor.
American Festival [Eastman School of Music, Festival of American Music], 05-19-1942.
disc 27 Rogers. String Trio. 12” audio disc, 33 rpm.
Carnegie Hall Recording Company.
Side 1: first and second movements. Side 2: third movement.
disc 28 Rogers. Trio. 12” audio disc, 33 1/3 rpm. [Disc 1 of 2.]
The Library of Congress Recording Laboratory.
Side 1: Allegro molto. Side 2: Molto moderato.
disc 29 Rogers. String Trio. 12” audio disc, 33 1/3 rpm. [Disc 2 of 2.]
The Library of Congress Recording Laboratory.
Side 3: Allegretto soave–Moderato, quasi adagio, espressivo.
disc 30-32 Rogers. The Nightingale. Three 12” audio discs, bound together.
Disc 30 labeled side 3; disc 31 labeled side 4; disc 32 unlabeled.
disc 33-35 Rogers. Symphony No. 4. Three 12” audio discs, bound together.
CBS Symphony; Thor Johnson, conductor.
Recorded on May 15, 1949.
Mary Howard Recordings.
Disc 1: mvt # 1 on both sides; disc 2: mvt # 2 on both sides; disc 3: mvt #3 side A, mvt #4 side B.
disc 36-40 Rogers. The Veil. Five 12” audio discs, bound together, 33 rpm.
Recorded 08-23-1950.
Indiana University Audio Visual Center.
disc 41-44 Rogers. Sampson. Four 12” audio discs, bound together.
Recorded 08-10-1941.
Columbia Reference Recording.
disc 45 Rogers. Eastman School of Music Recording. 12” audio disc.
Annotation on disc jacket: “Mr. Rogers 11/4/38.”
Side A: I. Improvisation for flute and piano (Dorothy Hiekok, flute; composer at the piano) — II. Silly Song for Spring (Charmian Boomer, soprano).
Side B: Suite for flute, mvts 2 and 3 (Parker Taylor, flute, composer at the piano).
disc 46 Elizabeth Clark. Eastman School of Music Recording. 12” audio disc.
Side A: Suite for Three Dancers, mvt 1., Martha Graham.
Side B: Suite for Three Dancers, mvt. 2, Tina Flade.
disc 47 Rochester Civic Orchestra, Dr. Howard Hanson, conductor. Eastman School of Music Recording. 12” audio disc, 78 rpm.
Side A: Elizabeth Clark. Suite for Three Dancers, Mvt. 3, Vincente Escudero.
Side B: Elizabeth Clark: Autumn (Bruce Handley, baritone).
disc 48 Rogers. Salome. 12” audio disc.
New York Philharmonic; [Eugene] Goosens, conductor.
March 8, 1942.
Audiodisc Recording New York.
disc 49 Rogers. Salome Dance. 12” audio disc.
April 11, 1941.
Audiodisc Recording New York.
item 50 Album containing four 10” audio discs:
Disc A. Rogers. The Silver World: Chinese March. 1950. 78 rpm.
Disc B. Rogers. Colors of Youth. A March Fantasy. Detroit Symphony; Valter Poole conductor. 1952. 33 1/3 rpm.
Disc C. Rogers. Dance Scenes. Louisville. 28-29 October 1953. 33 1/3 rpm.
Disc D. Rogers. Psalm 68. 1953. 33 rpm.

Sub-series B: Magnetic reels

Box 12

reel 1 Ravel: Mother Goose / Debussy: La Mer. 7” audio reel, 3 ¾ ips.
reel 2 Purcell: The Fairy Queen. 7” audio reel, 3 ¾ ips. [Reel 1 of 2.]
Anthony Lewis, conductor; T. Hemsley, E. Morison, J. Whitworth, J. Vyvyan, P. Pears, T. Anthony, P. Boggis.
Possibly dubbed from commercial recording produced by Loiseau-Lyre Records, London.
reel 3 Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Sitwell: Eurydice / John Gielgud: Colonel Fantock; On the Vanity of Human Aspirations. 7” audio reel, 3 ¾ ips. [Reel 2 of 2.]
Sitwell’s Eurydice read by Irene Worth.
reel 4 “Lehvinne.” 7” audio reel, 3 ¾ ips
reel 5 Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm ([from The] Trojans) / “Winnie the Pooh.” 7” audio reel.
Berlioz tape speed: 3 ¾ ips.
“Winnie the Pooh” tape speed: 7 ½ ips.
In case: MS note. 2 pages (1 leaf).
reel 6 William Wood: Symphony in Three Movements. 7” audio reel.
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Jindrich Rohan conductor.
Inscription from the composer on case.
reel 7 Ravel: Sheherazade / Berlioz: Cleopatre / Bernstein: Tourel. 7” audio reel, 3 ¾ ips.
reel 8-10 Unidentified. Three 7” audio reels.
[No markings present on reels or cases.]

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