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Date
Instrumentation/Genre
Publication Info.
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Size
Oh Give Thanks Unto the Lord For He is Good
Motet for five voices
Score; Box # 125 One score for motet. 10.75"x13.5"
Old Cotton Patch
Band
Parts and sketches; Box # 125 Music sketches and some parts.  Does not appear to be completed. 10"x14"
One Giant Step
Orchestra
Parts; Box # 125   All parts appear to be present.  Originals plus copies.  Parts listed inside back cover.  No full score, parts only. 9"x12"
Orestes
Woodwind ensemble with percussion and piano
Score and parts; Box # 126  Full score and all parts available for all 13 sections of the piece. 11"x13"
The Other Thief 1-Sep-1974 Orchestra with narrator
Score and parts;        Box #39 One copy of condensed score with narrator part.  Multiple copies of all instrumental parts available. 10"x13.5"
The Other Thief 20-Oct-1974 Orchestra with narrator
Score; Box # 183 Two copies of full score, bound, plus onionskin copy of full score. 13.5"x20"
The Other Thief 1976

Cue scripts & description: Box # 39 Two copies of cue scripts for The Other Thief, And it Came to Pass, The Barley Loaves, The Good Samaritan, The Answer, and His Name Was John. 8.5"x11"
The Panhandle Suite 1935 (Original date) Concert band
Score; Box # 126 Originally written for orchestra, here arranged for band. Onion score.  

10.5"x14" & 11"x15"

The Panhandle Suite 1935 Orchestra
Score and parts; Box # 126, 127, 165, 183 Three copies of score available, one with program notes written by the composer.  All parts available, string parts have multiple copies. 12"x15.5"
The Park Avenue Kids 1956 Musical comedy
Score and parts;        Box # 39 Woodwind and Bass parts, stage band arrangement of "Each Night I Dream" from the musical. 10"x13"
The Park Avenue Kids


Libretto and notes;       Box # 40 Three copies of libretto plus notes for opera "The Park Avenue Kids". 9"x12"
Paul Bunyon: An Overture to a Legend Late 1960's Small orchestra
Score and parts;        Box # 40, Box # 127 Two copies of full score, one bound, one on on ionskin.  Onionskin copies and multiple photocopies of all parts also available. 8.5"x11.75"
Paul Bunyon: An Overture to a Legend Jul-1966 Band
Score and parts;        Box # 41, 42, 165 Onionskin copy and negatives of full score.  Onionskin and copies of all parts. Score with handwritten markings. 12.5"x17.5"
Paul Bunyon: An Overture to a Legend 4-Jul-1966 Band
Score; Box # 185 Onionskin copy of full score, loose pages. 16"x20"
Peachtree Promenade from "The Atlanta Suite" 1955 Band Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York Score and parts;        Box # 43 One complete set with conductor score and all parts, one extra copy of full score, reprinted by Kalmus, Opa-Locka, Florida. 9.5"x12.5"
Pep Rally 1956

Scripts and concert programs; Box # 43 Five copies of script plus concert programs for opera "Pep Rally". 9"x12"
Plantation Song from "The Atlanta Suite" 1955 Band Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York Score and parts;        Box # 43 One complete set with conductor score and all parts. 9"x12"
Portrait of a City Made of Steel Jan-1967 Band
Score and parts; Box # 127 Onionskin copies of full score and all parts.  One bound copy of full score. 11.5"x14"
Portrait of a Frontier Town 1947 Orchestra Boosey & Hawkes; New York, New York Score;        Box # 43 One full score.  I. Chamber of Commerce, II. Where the West Begins, III. Ranch House Party, IV. Prairie Sunset, V. Main Street Saturday Night. 9"x12"
Prairie Poem
Orchestra
Parts;        Box # 44 All parts available, mulitple copies of string parts. 9.5"x13"
Prayer for a Whole Congregation 1977 SATB choir and piano
Score;       Box # 44 Eight copies plus onionskin copy of choral score. 10"x13"
Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor from Well-Tempered Clavier (Arr. Gillis) 1932-1933 String quartet
Score and sketches; Box # 127 Music sketches and full score available.  Transcribed by Gillis for string quartet from the Well-Tempered Clavier.   10.75"x13.5"
Psalm 23
SATB choir and piano
Score and sketches; Box # 127 Two copies of score and music sketches for Psalm 23. 11"x12.5"
Psalm 23 1975 SATB/Piano score Treasure Music Publications; Dallas, Texas Score;       Box # 44 Eleven copies of choral score, one photocopy. 7"x10"
Quartet No. 1 in C Major 1935 String quartet
Score and parts; Box # 127 Two copies of score, one copy each of all parts, all bound. 10.5"x13.5"
Quartet No. 2 in F Minor (Movements: Adagio-Allegro, Andante, Danse, Finale) 1937 String quartet (Violin I & II, Viola, Cello)
Score and parts; Box # 128 One set of parts on manuscript paper taped together, one set of parts bound in folders, both full scores bound in folders.  Dedicated to Albert Thomas Luper. 13.5"x10.5"
Quartet No. 3 in C Minor Aug 1937-May 1938 String quartet
Score and parts;        Box # 44, 45 All parts bound.  Three copies each of Violin I & II parts, two copies of score of viola. 10"x12.5"
Quartet No. 4, II. Danse
String quartet
Score;       Box # 45 Score for movement II of Quartet 4 only, bound. 10.25"x13"
Quartet No. 5
String quartet
Parts; Box # 128 Multiple copies of all parts. 11"x15"
Quartet No. 6 1948 String quartet
Score and parts; Box # 128 Full score, missing pages 23-36 and 40.  Complete Violin I part.  All on loose pages.  Different music from quartet listed below.  Dedicated to Bob Denton. 11"x13.5"
Quartet No. 6
String quartet
Parts; Box # 128 All parts for movements II. Slow Blues, and IV. Finale.  Music is different from quartet listed above. 9.5"x12.5"
Quintet No. 1 for Piano and Strings 1939 String quartet with piano
Score and parts; Box # 129, 165, 166 Dedicated to Donald E. Johnson.  Two copies of full score plus extra copy of first movement only.  All parts available, and two copies of strings. 10.5"x13.5" & 12.5"x14.5"
Quintet No. II for Piano and Strings
String quartet with piano
Score and parts; Box # 166 One copy each of full score and all string parts.  Piano part not available. 9.5"x12.5" & 12"x14.5"
Ranch House Party from "Dude Ranch" Jun-1946 Orchestra
Score; Box # 129 Full score, bound.  Note on package says, "Once a part of 'Dude Ranch' now in Portrait of a Frontier Land". 11"x14"
The Raven: Based on the poem by Edgar Allen Poe 1939 Orchestra with narrator
Score and parts; Box # 129, 130, 166 Five copies of full score, bound.  Many multiple copies of all parts available.  Onionskin copies of parts and score also available. 11"x15"
The Raven: Based on the poem by Edgar Allen Poe
Solo organ
Score;       Box # 45 Organ score. 9.5"x12.5"
Recipe in Rhythm
Band
Score and parts;        Box # 45, 185  One copy of score.  Onionskin and copies of all parts.  Originally last movement of Symphony No. 2 for Band.  11"x17"
Retrospection 1955 Violin and piano Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York Score and parts;        Box # 46 One copy each of score and violin part. 9.5"x13"
Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra 1946 Orchestra with harp
Score; Box # 167, 185 Full score, spiral bound. Full score onionskin.  Onion skin parts. 12"x15.5"
Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra 1953 Orchestra with harp solo
Score; Box # 185 Two copies of full score, bound. 14"x20"
Rhapsody for Trumpet   20-Jul-1970 Band with trumpet solo
Score; Box # 185 One copy of full score, spiral bound. 15.5"x17"
Rhapsody for Trumpet and Band
Band with trumpet solo
Parts;        Box # 46 Some parts for band arrangement of Rhapsody for Trumpet. 9.5"x12.5"
Rhapsody for Trumpet and Orchestra Mar-1970 Orchestra with trumpet solo
Score, parts, and sketches; Box # 46, 47, 48, 49, 167, 186 Many music sketches, contained in folder.  Condensed score.  All parts (including solo trumpet) available, many with multiple copies.  Onionskin copies of full score, solo trumpet part, condensed score, and some parts. 13"x20"
Rhapsody for Trumpet and Orchestra 1970 Orchestra with trumpet solo
Score; Box # 186 Two copies of full score, spiral bound. 14"x21"
The Rompin' Stomp 1954 Band Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York Score and parts;        Box # 49 One complete set with conductor score and all parts, one extra copy of conductor score.  Complete set reprinted by Kalmus, Opa-Locka, Florida. 9"x12"
The Rushin' Trumpeters 1942 Trumpet quartet Belwin Mills ; Miami, Florida and Melville, New York Score and parts;        Box # 49 Two complete sets with full score and all parts.  One set is photocopied. 9.5"x12.25"
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