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Library Research Assignment #5

PART I:

1a. Where can I find Niels Gade’s autograph manuscript of his “Scottish” overture, I

Højlandene?

Hochschule für Musik und Theater 'Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy' Leipzig,

Bibliothek und Archiv. (via RISM)

1b. To whom do scholars think that Gade dedicated the piece?

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. (via RISM)

1c. What date is indicated on the score?

November 20th, 1844. (via RISM)

1d. In what unusual way did the composer sign the score?

“[musikalische Signatur des Komponisten aus den Noten: G', A', ''D, E'']” (via

RISM)

(musical signature of the composer from the notes: G, A, D, E)

2. In what library in what country can I find a collection containing the manuscripts of composer

Albert Coates and materials related to his wife, Vera de Villiers?

University of Stellenbosch, Music Library (Stellenbosch, South Africa).

“ The Coates collection consists of autograph MSS and editions of his own works; letters,

programmes and other subsidiary material concerning Coates and his wife Vera de

Villiers…” (via Grove, “Libraries”)

3. I heard a French song sung by a woman on the radio that I loved, but I didn’t find out what it

was. Here’s what I remember:

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a. How can I discover the song’s name and the composer?

Si j'étais jardinier.

Cécile Chaminade. (via RISM)

b. Where is a manuscript copy located? Did the composer write it?

Royal Library of Belgium (KBR).

No. “Manuscript copy.” (via RISM)

c. How many pieces and what types of pieces are in the collection?

91 pieces.

“25 stage music excerpts, 53 vocal pieces, 13 keyboard pieces.” (via RISM)

d. What piece by a famous American composer is in the collection?

Les cadets.

John Philip Sousa. (via RISM)

4. What are the primary manuscript sources for fifteenth-century English carols, and where are

they located? Have their contents been published?

Cambridge, Trinity College Library, 0.3.58.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch.Selden B.26.

London, British Library, Eg.3307.

London, British Library, Add.5665.

Yes. “Most of these are preserved in four MSS of English provenance; the entire

musical repertory is edited by J. Stevens, MB, iv (1952, 2/1958, where there is also a

description of the MSS), and in MB, xxxvi (1975).” (via Grove, “Sources, MS”)

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5. Where is the nearest library with the score for Michael Kimber’s Traveling Music for four

violas? What other libraries have a copy?

Seeley G. Mudd Library.

Lawrence University (Appleton, WI).

239.83 mi. away. (via WorldCat)

Sibley Music Library.

University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY).

Moody Memorial Library.

Baylor University Libraries (Waco, TX).

Harold B. Lee Library.

Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).

6. In what city and institution is the collection of papers that originally belonged to African

American singer Louise Burge? How many feet of papers are in this archival collection?

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division.

Howard University (Washington, D.C.).

“Collection Extent: 8 linear ft.” (via Archive Finder)

7. Where in America can I find the manuscript of Karl King’s band piece, A Hometown Boy?

Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines, IA).

“Karl King (1891-1971), holograph band ms of A Hometown Boy.”

Directory → States: Alabama-Wyoming → Iowa → 463 DES MOINES PUBLIC

LIBRARY (Resources of American Music History, p. 128)

8. In what library in what university in Sweden can I find a recording of jazz pianist Bengt

Hallberg’s Skansen in our hearts? Who was the conductor for the album?

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Universitetsbiblioteket vid Luleå tekniska universitet, Biblioteket för musik och

medier. (via KVK)

Conducted by Gustaf Sjökvist.

PART II:

WorldCat

Rockwell, Eric and Joanne Bogart. The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! New York: Samuel
French, 2006. (Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.)

Rockwell, Eric and Joanne Bogart. The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! Original Off-
Broadway Cast. Joanne Bogart, Craig Fols, Lovette George, vocals; Eric Rockwell,
vocals, piano, narration. Jay Productions CDJAY 1376, 2003, compact disc. (Iowa City
Public Library; Iowa City, IA)

Rockwell, Eric and Joanne Bogart. The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! New York: Samuel
French, 2005. (Eastern Illinois University; Charleston, IL)

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EXTRA CREDIT:

“Here it is. Just a couple tiny things.

MWK”

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