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Don Gillis Compositions S
| Title |
Date |
Instrumentation/Genre |
Publication Info. |
Available at UNT |
Notes |
Size |
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| A Saga of a Pioneer | Band | Parts; Box # 50 | All parts available, many with multiple copies. Also at Library of Congress and Texas Christian University. |
10"x13" | ||
| San Jacinto | Band |
Parts; Box # 51 |
All parts available and all parts have multiple copies. The title is covering a previous title - Symphony II for Band, Movement I. Self-portrait. | 9"x12.5" | ||
| Scherzino | 1956 | Mixed choir | Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York | Score and parts; Box # 51 | Full score and all parts, photocopies. | 8.5"x11" |
| Scherzo from the 3rd quartet | Arranged for woodwinds and strings | Score and parts; Box # 51 | Score and all parts available. One movement only. | 9.5"x12.5" | ||
| The School House | May-1948 | Documentary film score for orchestra | Score; Box # 131 | Full score, spiral bound. Divided by Reel number. | 11.5"x13.5" | |
| Season's Greetings | Unknown | Sketches; Box # 51 | About 30 pages of music sketches. | 9.5"x12.5" | ||
| Secret History of the Birth of a Nation | SATB choir and piano | Sketches; Box # 52 | Music sketches, loose pages stapled together. | 9.25"x12.25" | ||
| Secret History of the Birth of a Nation | 8-Sep-1976 | SATB choir and piano | Score; Box # 52 | 35 loose, copied pages of piano/choir score. | 8.5"x11" | |
| Self-Portrait from Suite No. 2 for Woodwind Quintet, "Three Sketches" | 1956 | Woodwind quintet | Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York | Score; Box # 52 | Full score and all parts, photocopies. | 9.75"x13.25" |
| A Serenade for Reston | July 3-1967 | SATB and piano | Score; Box # 131 | Piano/vocal score. Onionskin. Same music as Alma Mater. | 10.5"x13.5" | |
| Sermonette (Southern Style) from Suite No. 2 for Woodwind Quintet, "Three Sketches" | 1956 | Woodwind quintet | Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York | Score; Box # 52 | Full score and all parts, photocopies. | 9.75"x13.25" |
| Serving Only Thee | 1964 | S.A.T.B. and piano | Pride Music Publications, Inc.; New York, New York | Score; Box # 52 | Seven choral scores. | 7"x10.5" |
| Seven Golden Texts | 1965 | Sermon in Song - S.A.T.B. choir with piano or organ | Pride Music Publications, Inc.; New York, New York | Score; Box # 52, 53, 54, 55 | 123 copies of choral score, plus one signed copy. | 7"x10.5" |
| Seven Golden Texts | 1965 | Band and orchestra with S.A.T.B. choir | Score; Box # 186, 187 | Four copies of band score, three copies of orchestral score, all bound, plus onionskin copies of both scores, loose pages. The two orchestrations are intended to be combined for larger performances. | 13"x19" | |
| Seven Golden Texts and a Song of Praise from the Psalms of David | Band and orchestra | Parts; Box # 55, 56 131 | Band parts, orchestra parts, and parts not marked either. Also some originals available. Tape transcript states that this piece was arranged for both band and orchestra, and "the two orchestrations combine for use with huge festival-type presentations". | 11"x14" | ||
| Shadows from Suite No. 2 for Woodwind Quintet, "Three Sketches" | 1956 | Woodwind quintet | Mills Music, Inc.; New York, New York | Score and parts; Box # 52 | Full score and all parts, photocopies. | 9.75"x13.25" |
| A Shepherd | 1-Dec-1949 | Orchestra with narrator | Score and parts; Box # 132 | All parts available, some with multiple copies, except for narration. One copy of full score. Christmas Eve Show, 1949. Narration by Heywood Brown. Onionskin score. |
10"x14", 11"x15" & 11"x16" |
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| Short Overture To an Unwritten Opera | 1946 | Orchestra | Hawkes & Son, Ltd.; London | Score; Box # 132 | Two scores, spiral bound (one photocopy). First heard on the NBC broadcast "Music for Tonight". | 9"x12" |
| A Short Short Short Short Symphony | Dec 1973-Jan 1974 | Orchestra | Score and parts; Box # 132 | One copy of full score. All parts available. Strings and percussion have multiple copies and onionskin copies. | 11"x14" | |
| Short Symphony | Sketches; Box # 132 | Music sketches for Short Symphony. | 10.75"x13.5" | |||
| A Sinfonia for Brass | Brass choir | Score; Box # 133, 187 | Full score, bound. All parts available. Also onionskin copies of full score and all parts. Commissioned for Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia for a national convention in Cincinnati. | 11.75"x14.5" | ||
| Sketches, Compositional Exercises, and Unfinished Scores | N/A | Sketches and Exercises; Box # 57, 58, 133, 187 | Compositional exercises (canons, fanfares, etc.) plus sketches for unidentified pieces and some in spirals for Good Samaritan, Other Thief, Instant Replay, It Came to Pass, and As it Was in the Beginning. | 10"x12.5" | ||
| So They May Also Learn | Oct-1968 | Band and chorus | Score and parts; Box # 59, 60, 61, 62, 187 | Onionskin copy of full score, loose pages plus one copy, spiral bound. Dedicated to Lloyd Oakland. One copy of "working" score. Onionskin masters of parts. Multiple copies of parts. Onionskin vocal score. 35 copies of vocal score, spiral bound. | 9"x12" & 14.5"x18" | |
| Soliloquy | 31-Aug-1955 | Band | Parts; Box # 134 | Originals of some parts, copies of all parts. | 11"x14" | |
| Soliloquy | 31-Aug-1955 | Band | Score; Box # 187 | One copy of full score, loose pages. | 17"x17" | |
| Soliloquy for Strings | 1958 | String orchestra | Interlochen Press; Interlochen, Michigan | Score and parts; Box # 62 | One complete set with full score and all parts. | 9"x12" |
| Spiritual from Symphony No. 5 1/2 "A Symphony for Fun" | 1948 | Band | Boosey & Hawkes; New York, New York | Score and parts; Box # 62 | One complete set with condensed score and all parts. | 9"x12" |
| Star Spangled Symphony | 12-Jul-1957 | Note; Box # 134 | Handwritten note to "Arthur" regarding revisions of the 1st movement string parts for Star Spangled Symphony. | 8.5"x11" | ||
| Star Valley Junction | 1962 | Opera | Score and parts; Box # 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 188 | Three bound copies plus two onionskin copies of piano/vocal score, one extra unbound copy of Act I. Copies of choral parts and individal character parts. Onionskin and copies of some instrumental parts. Full score of some sections. | 10.5"x13" | |
| Star Valley Junction | 1962 | Opera | Score; Box # 188, 189, 190 | Two copies of full score, divided by Act, Scene, or Part. | 12.5"x20" | |
| Star Valley Junction | 1962 | Libretto and notes; Box # 62 | Three copies of libretto, one spiral bound, plus notes for opera "Star Valley Junction". | 9"x12" | ||
| Star-Spangled Symphony | 1951 | Orchestra | Score and parts; Box # 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 167 | Two copies of full score, bound. Multiple copies of all parts available. Onionskin copies of score and parts. | 9.5"x12.25", 11"x13.5" & 11"x15.25" | |
| Story Time: Peter Rabbit Solves a Mystery | May-1950 | Chamber orchestra with narrator | Score and parts; Box # 69, 168 | Two copies of score, one bound and one on loose paper. All parts are available except for the Narrator part. | 12"x14" | |
| Streamliner from "Brass Works" |
Band |
At Library of Congress. |
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| Strictly for Strads | 1958 | String orchestra | Interlochen Press; Interlochen, Michigan | Score and parts; Box # 69 | One complete set with full score and all parts. | 9"x12" |
| String Quartet No. 5 (see also "Quartet No. 5") | String quartet | Parts; Box # 138 | All parts, onionskin copies. | 10.25"x13.75" | ||
| Symphony "X" (Big "D") | 1976 | Band | Boosey & Hawkes; New York, New York | Score and parts; Box # 70 | Set of score and parts, plus one extra copy of full score. | 9"x12" |
| Symphony "X" (Big "D") | 1968 | Orchestra | Score; Box # 168 | One copy of full score, spiral bound. | 11"x17" | |
| Symphony No. 1 (An American Symphony) | 1941 | Orchestra | Parts; Box # 71 | All parts available, multiple copies of string parts. | 10"x12.75" | |
| Symphony No. 1 (An American Symphony) | Orchestra | Score; Box # 190, 191 | Two copies of full score, spiral bound (one in two volumes), plus onionskin copy of full score. | 13.5"x17.5" | ||
| Symphony No. 1 for Band | 1952 | Band | Score; Box # 191 | Onionskin copy of full score, loose pages plus one copy of full score, each movement bound separately. | 17"x17" | |
| Symphony No. 1 for Band, First Movement: Cameron Junction | Band | Parts; Box# 72 | One copy of all parts available, plus onionskin masters of parts. | 8.5"x11" & 9.5"x12.25" | ||
| Symphony No. 1 for Band, Fourth Movement: Fall Festival | Band | Parts; Box # 72, 73 | All parts available, one copy each, plus onionskin masters of parts. | 8.5"x11" & 9.5"x12.25" | ||
| Symphony No. 1 for Band, Second Movement: The Pleasant Years | 1953 | Band | Educational Music Service; New York, New York | Parts; Box # 73 | Two complete sets, parts only. Cover of one set says "Interlochen Press," but inside says Educational Music Service. | 9"x12" |
| Symphony No. 1 for Band, Third Movement: Uncle Walt's Waltz | 1953 | Band | Educational Music Service; New York, New York | Score and parts; Box # 73 | Two complete sets, parts only. Also one copy of full score. Full score has Interloch Press on cover and stamped inside is "Copyright Transferred to Interlochen Press - 1958". | 9"x12" |
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Symphony No. 2 "A Symphony of Faith" |
Jun-1941 | Orchestra | Score and parts; Box # 138, 139, 168, 191 | Condensed score for part of Movement I only. Two copies of all parts. Two copies of full score, bound (photocopy) plus onionskin copy of full score. | 11.5"x17" | |
| Symphony No. 4 | Orchestra | Score and parts; Box # 74, 139, 140 | One copy of full score, bound. All parts available. Wind parts are computer print outs. Onionskin copies of score and string parts. | 12"x15.5" | ||
| Symphony No. 5 "In Memoriam" | 1945 | Orchestra | Score and parts; Box # 74, 75, 140, 141, 169 | Two copies of full score, bound. One is in worse shape than the other. Multiple copies of all parts available. Onionskin copies of score and parts. | 12.5"x17" | |
| Symphony No. 5 1/2 | 1948 | Orchestra | Boosey & Hawkes; Printed in England | Score; Box # 141 | One photocopy of full score, spiral bound. I. Perpetual Emotion, II. Spiritual?, III. Scherzofrenia, IV. Conclusion! | 11.5"x12.5" |
| Symphony No. 6 | 1958 | Orchestra | Scores and parts; Box # 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147 | Four copies of full score, bound. Multiple copies of all parts available. Onionskin copies of score and parts. | 11.5"x16" | |
| Symphony No. 7 "Saga of a Prairie School" | 1948 | Orchestra | Score and parts; Box # 147, 148, 149, 150 | One copy of full score, spiral bound. Multiple copies of all parts available. Written for the 75th anniversary of Texas Christian University. Onionskin copies of score and parts. | 11"x13.5" & 12"x15" | |
| Symphony No. 8 (A Dance Symphony) | 1949 | Orchestra | Score, parts, and sketches; Box # 76, 77, 150, 151, 152, 169, 170, 191 | Music sketches on loose paper and six copies of full score, bound. Multiple copies of all parts also available. Originals of score and parts. | 13.5"x16.5" | |
| Symphony No. III | Orchestra | Score and parts; Box # 78, 79 | All parts available. Also, portions of condensed score and onionskin copies of string parts available. | 10.5"x13.5" | ||
| Symphony No. III | Orchestra | Score and parts, Box # 153 | One copy of full score, spiral bound, plus photocopies of all parts. | 11"x17" | ||
| Symphony X | 1968 | Orchestra | Score; Box # 153 | Onionskin copy of full score. "Affectionately dedicated to Walter Toscanini". | 11.5"x17.5" | |
| Symphony X | 1972 | Band | Score; Box # 192 | Onionskin copy of full score. I.All-American City II.Requiem for a Hero III.Conventioneer IV.Cotton Bowl. | 13.5"x17" |
