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Date
Instrumentation/Genre
Publication Info.
Available at UNT
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The January February March 1959 Band Boosey & Hawkes; New York, New York Score;          Box # 21 One copy of preview (miniature) score. 6"x9"
John the Baptist


Sketches;     Box # 21 Music sketches for John the Baptist. 9.5"x12.5"
John the Baptist


Notes/scripts; Box # 21 Notes and script for John the Baptist. 8.5"x11.25"
Joyful and Triumphant 1976 SATB with concert band or piano/organ
Score; Box # 116 One photocopy of full score for both volumes.  8.5"x14.5"
Joyful and Triumphant 1988 Brass, winds, chorus, organ and percussion (transcribed by T.J. Rand)
Score; Box # 116 One copy of full score, spiral bound. 11"x17"
Joyful and Triumphant, Volume One 1976 SATB with concert band or piano/organ Treasure Music Publications; Dallas, Texas Score; Box # 21 Choral score. 7"x10"
Jubilee Festival Overture Jun-1957 Orchestra
Score; Box # 180 One copy of full score, spiral bound plus onionskin copy of full score (may be incomplete). 13.5"x17"
Juggler's Dance from "Twinkle Toes Suite"
Band
Score; Box # 185 Onionskin copy of full score, loose pages.  Later published as "Cracker Barrel March". 17"x22"
Junior Hi-Fi March from "Band Concert" 1958 Band
Score and parts; Box # 117 Multiple copies plus originals of conductor's score and all parts. Also at Library of Congress.
12"x15.5"
The Land of Wheat 1960 Suite for band Neil A. Kjos Music Co.; Park Ridge, Illinois Score and parts;           Box # 21, 22 Complete sets of all six movements with full scores and all parts.  One copy of full score for entire piece.  Dedicated to Nels Vogel. Complete full score assembled from published versions of separate movements, bound. Manuscript sketches and score at Library of Congress.
9.5"x12"
Let Us Pray Nov-Dec 1970 Sacred dramatic work
Score and parts; Box # 23, 24, 25 Six copies of piano/choral score, Four bound in folders (One has one-sided pages, the others have two-sided pages), two spiral bound.  Onionskin copy of piano/choral score.  Dedicated to the memory of Estell Arthur Owens.  All instrumental parts available, strings with multiple copies of each. Four scores (some with annotations for Slide/Motion picture and Tape tracks). 9.5"x12"
Let Us Pray 1970 Chorus with solos and narrator, piano or organ accompaniment. Treasure Music Publications; Dallas, Texas Score; Box # 26 Two scores. 7"x10"
Let Us Pray 25-Jan-1971 Sacred dramatic work
Score; Box # 181 One copy of full orchestral score, spiral bound plus onionskin copy of full score, loose pages. 13"x20"
Let Us Pray 1970

Production book; Box # 26 Typed script (no music), mounted on construction paper and held loosely in binder. 9.5"x12"
Let Us Pray (Individual songs) 1970 Sacred dramatic work
Score and parts; Box # 26 All parts for: Prayer in a Moment of Sorrow, Dear Lord, Sleepy House, and Our Father.  Violin II, English Horn, and Keyboard parts for: Thank You and Amen & Alleluia.  Violin I and Viola parts for: Amen and Alleluia, Our Father, Prayer in a Moment of Sorrow, Dear Lord, Sleepy House, Thank You. Piano/choral score for Let Us Pray, Thank You, Hear Thou My Prayer, and Teach Me How to Pray. Full score for Our Father, Thank You. 9.5"x12.5"
The Libretto Jan-1959 Opera
Score and parts; Box # 118, 119, 120 Three copies of piano/vocal score, sprial bound.  Multiple copies of all instrumental parts available. 11"x13"
The Libretto 1959 Opera
Score; Box # 182 One copy of full score, spiral bound (in two volumes). 12.5"x17"
The Libretto 1959

Libretto and notes; Box # 27 Nine copies of the libretto for "The Libretto," plus copy of handwritten synopsis and typed prop list. 8.5"x11"
Lickety-Split 1949 Orchestra
Score; Box # 120 Full score, bound.  One movement only.  Stamp on cover and inside says "From the Rental Library of Chappell & Co., Inc.". 11"x14.75"
Lone Star

Band


At Library of Congress.

The Making of Money Dec-1951 Documentary film score for full orchestra
Score; Box #120 Full score, bound.  Movements are: I. Gentlemen, The King!, II. Marching Men, III. Temple Dance, IV. Moment of Worship, V. Make Mine Enchiladas, VI. Pad That Casket, Please, VII. Rush That Russian, VIII. Mort the Mortician. 13.5"x11.75"
The Man Who Invented Music
Orchestra
Parts and sketches;     Box # 27 Multiple copies of all parts plus music sketches available. 9.5"x13"
The Man Who Invented Music 1954 Band with narrator Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York Score and parts; Box # 28 Two sets with all parts, conductor's score and narrator part missing from one set.  The full complete set reprinted by Kalmus, Opa-Locka, Florida. 9"x12"
A Memory 1997 Bassoon quartet Bassoon Heritage Edition/Miami Music Editions; Fort Lauderdale, Florida Score and parts; Box # 28 Four complete sets of score and all parts.  Published posthumously, copyright Barbara Gillis.   9"x12"
A Memory
Bassoon quartet
Score, parts, and sketches; Box # 121 Three copies of score and parts, some sketches. 11"x15"
The Men of Music
Band
Sketches and revisions Loose pages with music sketches and revisions of new edition. 9.5"x12"
The Men of Music 1966 Band Volkwein Bros., Inc.; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Score and parts; Box # 28 Three full scores, copies of all parts except D flat piccolo and E flat horn parts. 8.5"x11"
Midnight in Manhattan   Voice and piano   Score; Box # 121 One copy with markings in pencil. 11"x14" 
The Mighty Mac
Band
Score and parts; Box # 121 Onionskin and copies of all parts.  Onionskin copy only of condensed score. 10.5"x15"
The Mighty Mac
Band
Score; Box # 182 One copy of full score, loose pages. 14"x20"
A Mind Content - Coping with Today
Orchestra without brass
Score and parts; Box # 122 All available parts are complete.  One full score and one reduced photocopy of score.  Piece divided as follows: I., II. City Streets, III. Cops and Man, IV, V, VI, VII Laundramat, VIII, IX.  Written for South Carolina Department of Mental Health. 9.25"x12.25"
A Mind Content - Coping with Today 30-Mar-1973

Scripts and notes; Box # 29 Script for film, South Carolina Department of Mental Health.   8.5"x11"
Minuet-cetera
Band
Parts; Box # 122 Onionskin plus one copy of all parts. 11"x14.5"
Miss Martha B. and the Heavenly Flap 1977 Musical comedy
Sketches;     Box # 29 Sketches and some music on onionskin paper. 9.5"x12.5"
Miss Martha B. and the Heavenly Flap 1970

Script and drawing;      Box # 29 One handwritten copy and two typed copies of script plus drawing of title character for "Miss Martha B. and the Heavenly Flap". 9"x12"
Mister Big
Band
Score and parts; Box # 122, 123 Multiple copies plus originals of conductor's score and all parts.
Moon Mist 1958 Band Interlochen Press; Interlochen, Michigan Score and parts; Box # 29 One complete set with full score, conductor score, and all parts. Also at Library of Congress.
9"x12"
Motor Perpetuo
Orchestra
Score; Box # 124 Score only.  Based on "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Gus Edwards (1905). 11"x15"
Movie music - Section 1
Orchestra
Parts; Box # 30 Trumpets and Trombones only have first part, others are missing.  All other parts are present.  Section 1 only, no other sections. 9.5"x12.5"
Music for To-night 1945 Solo piano Theodore Presser Co.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Score; Box # 29 Eleven copies of the piano score.  Musical theme of the radio production. 9.25"X12.25"
N.E.A. Picture
Film score for orchestra
Score; Box # 124 Full score, bound.   11.5"x13.5"
The Nazarene 29-Jan-1965 Music drama
Sketches and notes; Box # 124 Music sketches and notes on loose paper.  Many copies of one-page "Revisions for Joanna's Aria, Pages 112, 113, 114 Nazarene". 13.5"x10.5"
The Nazarene May-1965 Music drama
Score; Box # 182, 193 Onionskin copy of full score, loose pages plus one copy of full score in binder. 14.5"x20.5"
The Nazarene: A Music Drama of the Resurrection 1970 Full score (Piano/vocal - chorus and solos) and chorus only scores Broadman Press; Nashville, Tenessee Score; Box # 31, 32, 33, 34 Four printed copies and one photocopy of full score, 41 copies of chorus only scores. One bound, signed copy of full score. 9"x12" & 7"x10.5"
The Nazarene: A Music Drama, Concert programs  1970

Concert programs, scripts, and notes; Box # 34 Seven concert programs for performances at Music Leadership Conferences in Ridgecrest, North Carolina (July 7, 1970 - 3 programs) and Glorieta, New Mexico (July 21, 1970 - 4 programs).  Printed by Broadman Press.  Also several copies of the script, along with notes, corrections, and stage directions.  One signed, bound copy of script. 8.5"x11"
The Nazarene:A Story of the Resurrection 1965 Music drama
Score and parts; Box # 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 124, 125 Two piano/vocal scores (the brown score has markings that have been accounted for in the white score).  One chorus book.  Eleven additional copies of piano/choral score, spiral bound.  Onionskin copies of piano/vocal score and all parts. One bound, signed copy of vocal score. 14"x11"
The New Frontier: An Overture for Band May-1961 Band
Score; Box # 183 One copy of full score. Note says "This was re-titled 'Men of Music' and published by Volkwein Music." Dedicated to Dale C. Harris. 14"x17.5"
Night Song
Band
Parts; Box # 125 Original and copy of each part. 11"x15"
Night Song Sep-1955 Band
Score; Box # 185 One copy of full score, loose pages. 17"x17"
North Harris from "Four Scenes from Yesterday" 1957 Flute solo and string orchestra Boosey & Hawkes; New York, New York Score and parts; Box # 39 One complete set with full score and all parts. 9.25"x12"
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