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Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele, 1955-2013
Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach, 1966-2012
Series III: Memorabilia, 1874-1999

Peter Schickele Papers, 1874-2013, bulk 1955-2013

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Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele, 1955-2013

Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele consists of material related to compositions created by Peter Schickele under his name. It includes manuscript scores, arrangements, annotated, revised, and rearranged versions, engraved parts, sketches (identified and unidentified), and notes. The series also includes correspondence on revisions with Schikele's collaborators in the production of the musical drama The Rivals.

The series is arranged chronologically, with different compositions from the same year arranged in alphabetical order.


Box 1 Folder 1 Four Sketches for String Quartet, 1955-1993

(manuscript score and parts)


Box 4 Folder 7 Snapshot (Four Sketches no. 5 ), 2006

(later addition toFour Sketches for String Quartet)


Box 6 Folder 1 Four Pieces for Piano , 1957

(copyist score)


Box 1 Folder 2 Little Suite for Josie, 1957/1976

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 2 Fantasy , 1958

(manuscript score, revised)

Box 6 Folder 3 Fantasy , 1958

(copyist score and parts)


Box 1 Folder 3 Songs for Baritone, Bassoon, and Trombone , 1958

(fair copy in Schickele's hand)


Box 6 Folder 4 Elegy for Lennie, 1960/1989

(manuscript score)


Box 1 Folder 4 Girls , 1960

(manuscript score)

Box 1 Folder 5 String Trio , 1960

(engraved score and parts)

Box 1 Folder 6 The Three Faces of Eve , 1960

(engraved parts)


Box 21 Folder 2 The Three Faces of Eve , 1960

(engraved score)


Box 1 Folder 7 Three Strange Cases: 1. The Irksome Prude, 1960

(engraved score and parts)

Box 1 Folder 8 Kyrie , 1961

(manuscript score and parts)

Box 1 Folder 9 On this Plain of Mist , 1961

(manuscript score; copyist parts)


Box 6 Folder 5 Cool Clean Walter , 1962

(manuscript score copy; copyist parts)

Box 6 Folder 6 The Flow of Memory , 1963

(copyist score and parts)

Box 6 Folder 7 Part-Time Invention , 1964

(manuscript score and part copies)

Box 6 Folder 8 Miscellaneous songs,1966-1967

(rhythm charts; including "Blue Window," "Love has to Change," "Homin' Pigeon," "You're Gonna Need Me," "One-Way Window," "Mama," "You Should See Her," "She's Gone," "Somebody's Changed Her Mind," "There's Gonna be Trouble," "Laugh if you Want to," "Highways of your Time," "Turn and Go," "Hush Little Baby," "Don't Look Back," "If it's Gone, Let it Go")


Box 7 Folder 4 Miscellaneous songs, undated

(engraved lead sheets; "There's Gonna be Trouble," "You Should See Her," "She's Gone," "Somebody's Changed Her Mind")


Box 6 Folder 9 Various leadsheets, 1969, 1978, 1969, 1978

(manuscripts and photocopies; including "Different People," "Fat Cats are Few and Far," "Feel Free," "Flyin' Home to You," "Going on a Moonwalk," "Pretty Lady," "3 Glances Over the Shoulder," "A Likely Story")


Box 1 Folder 10 Songs, including Smaze, 1971

(manuscript rhythm charts and lead sheets; "Smaze," "Go Down Garbage," "Her Hair is the Color of Wheat," "Standing Room Only," "My Time of Day," "By the Dead Sea," "Don't Put X-Marks on my Windows" "Is There Life on Earth?")


Box 8 Folder 1 Songs, including Smaze, 1971

(typeset parts and lead sheets; manuscript copies; "Smaze," "Go Down Garbage," "Sweet Innocence," "Her Hair is the Color of Wheat," "Standing Room Only," "My Time of Day," "Big Back Yard," "By the Dead Sea," "Don't Put X-Marks on my Windows" "Is There Life on Earth?," "Come On Out")


Box 6 Folder 10 A Garland of Rags , 1972

(manuscript score)


Box 1 Folder 11 A Garland of Rags , 1972

(fair copy)


Box 6 Folder 11 Silently, Invisibly , 1972

(manuscript score copy)

Box 6 Folder 12 Things to Try on a Summer Day , 1972

(manuscript score copy)


Box 1 Folder 12 Last Tango in Bayreuth , 1973

(fair copy)

Box 1 Folder 13 Night Music , 1973

(manuscript score)

Box 1 Folder 14 Round Up , 1973

(fair copy)

Box 1 Folder 15 Skylights , 1973

(sketch)


Box 20 Folder 1 Skylights , 1973

(manuscript score copy)

Box 20 Folder 2 Skylights , 1973

(transparencies)


Box 7 Folder 8 Skylights , undated

(engraved parts)

Box 7 Folder 9 Skylights , undated

(part transparencies)


Box 6 Folder 13 Two-bit Epiphanies , 1973

(manuscript score)


Box 1 Folder 16 Two-bit Epiphanies , 1973

(fair copy)

Box 1 Folder 17 Various Rounds, 1973-1976 1987 2001 undated, 1973-1976, 1987, 2001 undated

(manuscript scores)


Box 8 Folder 2 Miscellaneous organ pieces, 1974 undated

(photocopies printed and manuscript scores with annotations; by Schickele and other composers; were kept inside Langlais, Jean.Organ Book; Johnson, David, "Trumpet Tune in B flat Major"; Bull, John, "Variations"; Homilius, Gottfried August, "Durch Adams Fall"; untitled scores)


Box 6 Folder 14 All's Well that Ends , 1976

(manuscript score)


Box 1 Folder 18 All's Well that Ends , 1976

(fair copy)


Box 6 Folder 15 All's Well that Ends , 1976

(script)


Box 1 Folder 19 Duo Triptych: Nocturne , 1976

(manuscript score)

Box 1 Folder 20 Duo Triptych: Stepping Out , 1976

(manuscript score, copyist parts)

Box 1 Folder 21 Duo Triptych: River Run , 1976

(manuscript score, engraved part)


Box 6 Folder 16 Weiss und Rot, 1976/1989

(manuscript score)


Box 1 Folder 22 "Mixing It" Signature, 1977

(manuscript score)

Box 1 Folder 23 Incantations , 1978

(manuscript score, notes, annotated score photocopy)

Box 1 Folder 24 Mink Hollow Music, 1978/1980

(manuscript score)

Box 1 Folder 25 Miscalleneous Songs, 1978

(engraved scores and lead sheets)


Box 6 Folder 17 Songs from Shakespeare , 1978

(lead sheet; manuscript score and copies)


Box 1 Folder 26 Johann Sebastian Bach (round), 1980/2001

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 18 Presents for kids, 1980 undated

(manuscript scores; "The Day-after-Valentine's-Day-Wish-I-were-There Blues," "Lullaby for Laada")

Box 6 Folder 19 Table Music , 1980

(manuscript scores; "The Brothers Joad," "Johann Sebastian Bach")

Box 6 Folder 20 Three Songs for a Wedding, 1981/1985

(manuscript score)


Box 1 Folder 27 Piano Concerto No. 3 in A flat Major, 1982

(manuscript score, copyist parts)


Box 6 Folder 21 Miscellaneous songs, 1983

(manuscript scores; "Ask me No Questions," "Dear Madeleine")

Box 6 Folder 22 Morning Music, 1983/1994

(manuscript score; revised photocopied score)


Box 8 Folder 3 Morning Music, 1983/1994

(revised photocopied score)


Box 2 Folder 1 String Quartet No. 1: "American Dreams", 1983

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 23 Summer Serenade, 1983/1989

(manuscript score; engraved parts; 1st version score copy)


Box 2 Folder 2 Ceremony , 1984

(manuscript score)

Box 2 Folder 3 Songs I taught my Mother , 1988

(manuscript score)

Box 2 Folder 4 Here Now , 1989

(manuscript score)


Box 8 Folder 4 Classical Rap , 1990

(script)


Box 2 Folder 5 St. George and the Dragon , 1990

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 24 Delta Jukebox , 1991

(manuscript score)

Box 6 Folder 25 If Love is Real , 1991

(manuscript lead sheet)


Box 2 Folder 6 Timepiece , 1991

(manuscript score, performance notes)


Box 8 Folder 5 Timepiece , 1991

(script)


Box 6 Folder 26 Four Pop Settings , 1992

(manuscript score)


Box 2 Folder 7 Go for Broke , 1992

(pencil deshon, last 2 pages)


Box 8 Folder 6 Go for Broke , 1992

(lyrics)


Box 2 Folder 8 Octet, 1992

(manuscript score)

Box 2 Folder 9 Octet, 1992

(manuscript parts)

Box 2 Folder 10 Serenade for Three , 1992

(manuscript score, list of corrections)

Box 2 Folder 11 Serenade for Three , 1992 undated

(printed score and part copies with annotations)

Box 2 Folder 12 Blue Set No. 1: "possible cello solo for 'Tucumcari'," 1993/1996

(manuscript part)


Box 8 Folder 7 Blue Set No. 1, 1993/1996

(manuscript score copy)


Box 2 Folder 13 Fanfare for the Well-read Baron , 1993

(manuscript score)


Box 16 Folder 6 Oboe Concerto, 1994

(manuscript score)


Box 21 Folder 1 Thurber's Dogs, 1994

(manuscript score)


Box 2 Folder 14 Fili Mi, Absalon , 1995

(Schuetz, arranged by Schickele; manuscript score)

Box 2 Folder 15 "Little Fugue," B.W.V. 899, 1995

(J.S. Bach, arranged by Schickele; manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 27 My Heart is like a Singing Bird, 1995/2001

(manuscript score)


Box 8 Folder 8 My Heart is like a Singing Bird, 1995/2001

(manuscript photocopy)


Box 2 Folder 16 Ritual , 1995

(manuscript score)


Box 19 Folder 3 Symphony No. 1, 1995

(manuscript score and proof with revisions)


Box 6 Folder 28 Blue Set No. 2 , 1996

(manuscript score)


Box 2 Folder 17 What Ho! , 1996

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 29 Finish Line at the Rat Race , 1997

(manuscript score)


Box 2 Folder 18 Percussion Sonata No. 2: "Woodstock,", 1997

(manuscript score)

Box 2 Folder 19 Percussion Sonata No. 2: "Woodstock,", 1997

(corrected printed score)


Box 3 Folder 1 Quintet No. 2, 1997

(manuscript score)

Box 3 Folder 2 Viola Dreams , 1997

(manuscript score)

Box 3 Folder 3 Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, 1998

(obsolete string parts used at the premiere)


Box 16 Folder 7 Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, 1998

(manuscript score)


Box 3 Folder 4 Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, 1998

(printed parts)

Box 3 Folder 5 "My Soul doth Magnify the Lord,", 1998

(manuscript score)


Box 5 Folder 4 The Rivals , undated

(sketches)

Box 5 Folder 5 The Rivals , undated

(early manuscript)


Box 10 Folder 1 The Rivals , 1998

(open rehearsal program)

Box 10 Folder 2 The Rivals , 1998

(correspondence and list of changes)

Box 10 Folder 3 The Rivals , 1998

(printed piano arrangements)

Box 10 Folder 4 The Rivals , 1998

(printed score with revisions)

Box 10 Folder 5 The Rivals , 1998

(manuscript score copy)


Box 16 Folder 1 The Rivals , 1998

(manuscript score copy)


Box 10 Folder 6 The Rivals , 1998

(manuscript copy with annotations)


Box 16 Folder 3 The Rivals , 1998

(curtain call manuscript score and copy)


Box 10 Folder 7 The Rivals , 1998

(printed script)

Box 10 Folder 8 The Rivals , 1998

(printed parts with revisions)

Box 10 Folder 9 The Rivals , 1998

(list of corrections)


Box 11 Folder 2 The Rivals , 1998

(correspondence)

Box 11 Folder 3 The Rivals , 1998

(script with annotations)

Box 11 Folder 4 The Rivals , 1998

(script, revised script, performance notes, and correspondence)

Box 11 Folder 5 The Rivals , 1998

(printed parts with revisions)

Box 11 Folder 6 The Rivals , 1998

(printed parts with annotations)

Box 11 Folder 7 The Rivals , 1998

(printed parts with annotations)

Box 11 Folder 8 The Rivals , 1998

(printed piano and vocal arrangement)


Box 12 Folder 1 The Rivals , 1998

(parts)

Box 12 Folder 2 The Rivals , 1998

(parts (stage) )

Box 12 Folder 3 The Rivals , 1998

(correspondence, stage plan)


Box 7 Folder 15 The Rivals , 1998

(correspondence, stage plan)


Box 3 Folder 6 String Quartet No. 5: "A Year in the Country,", 1998

(manuscript score)


Box 8 Folder 9 String Quartet No. 5: "A Year in the Country,", 1998

(original unrevised typeset parts)


Box 3 Folder 7 String Quintet No. 1, 1998

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 30 Two Songs on Elizabethan Lyrics , 1998

(manuscript score)

Box 6 Folder 31 Goldberg , 1999

(manuscript score; second movement)


Box 8 Folder 10 Goldberg , 1999

(composition notes)

Box 8 Folder 11 Nights at the Bear , 1999

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 32 Ragtempus Fugit , 1999

(manuscript score)

Box 6 Folder 33 Rikki, Rikki , 1999

(manuscript score)


Box 3 Folder 9 Pastorale, 1999/2013

(manuscript score original and revised)


Box 4 Folder 1 Pastorale, 1999/2013

(sketches)

Box 4 Folder 2 Pastorale, 1999/2013

(printed parts with annotations)


Box 8 Folder 12 Pastorale, 1999/2013

(old printed score and parts)

Box 8 Folder 13 Pastorale, 1999/2013

(old parts with annotations)


Box 6 Folder 34 Carol Jean (The Road We Walk ), 2000

(manuscript score)


Box 4 Folder 3 Las Vegas Intro , 2000

(manuscript score)


Box 8 Folder 14 New Century Suite , 2000

(composition plan)


Box 17 Folder 1 New Century Suite , 2000

(incomplete manuscript score)

Box 17 Folder 2 New Century Suite , 2000

(sketches)

Box 17 Folder 3 New Century Suite , 2000

(manuscript score)

Box 17 Folder 4 New Century Suite , 2000

(obsolete manuscript score copy)

Box 17 Folder 5 New Century Suite , 2000

(incomplete manuscript copy)

Box 17 Folder 6 New Century Suite , 2000

(manuscript score, 3 incomplete copies)


Box 4 Folder 4 Passacaglia in C Minus , 2000

(manuscript score)


Box 8 Folder 15 Passacaglia in C Minus , 2000

(printed, unproofed parts)


Box 6 Folder 35 Top O' the Millenium , 2000

(manuscript score)


Box 4 Folder 5 Chicory-Ah , 2001

(manuscript score copy)


Box 8 Folder 16 Symphony No. 2 , 2001

(sketches)


Box 18 Folder 2 Symphony No. 2 , 2001

(first printed score, 2 copies)


Box 6 Folder 36 Two Miniatures , 2001

(manuscript score)

Box 6 Folder 37 Armadillo Encore , 2003

(manuscript parts)


Box 8 Folder 17 Somewhere , 2004

(manuscript score)


Box 18 Folder 1 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, 2005

(manuscript score and copy; viola part copy)


Box 19 Folder 1 Zaide Overture

(unrevised manuscript score)

Box 19 Folder 2 Zaide Overture

(manuscript score with revisions)


Box 4 Folder 6 Mountain Music II , 2006

(manuscript score)


Box 8 Folder 18 Mountain Music II , 2006

(sketch)


Box 4 Folder 8 After Hearing Bach , 2007

(manuscript score)


Box 18 Folder 5 Lincoln at Ease , 2007

(first version score)


Box 4 Folder 9 Three Cellos , 2007

(manuscript score and copy)

Box 4 Folder 10 Piano Trio, "Alaria,", 2010-2011

(manuscript score, revised)

Box 4 Folder 11 Piano Trio, "Alaria,", undated

(sketches)


Box 7 Folder 10 Mass for Men's Voices , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 4 Folder 12 Music for Judy , 2011

(manuscript score)


Box 6 Folder 38 Six Studies , 2011

(manuscript score)


Box 4 Folder 13 String Quartet No. 6, "Shadow Mountain,", 2012

(manuscript score)

Box 4 Folder 14 Serenade for String Trio , 2013

(manuscript score)


Box 8 Folder 19 Serenade for String Trio , 2013

(manuscript score copy)


Box 4 Folder 15 String Quintet No. 2, 2013

(manuscript score)

Box 4 Folder 16 Blake's Proverbs , undated

(manuscript score)

Box 4 Folder 17 The Bottom Line , undated

(manuscript score)

Box 4 Folder 18 Various sketches, undated

(fromThe Civilian Barber;Chaconne A;Son Gout;Beautiful Dreamer;Gaudeamus)

Box 4 Folder 19 The Emperor's New Clothes , undated

(manuscript score)

Box 4 Folder 20 The Fantastic Garden , undated

(manuscript solo parts)


Box 7 Folder 1 The Fantastic Garden , undated

(copyist parts)

Box 7 Folder 2 A Garland of Rounds , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 4 Folder 21 Hornsmoke , undated

(sketches; P.D.Q. BachDiverse Ayressketch on verso)

Box 4 Folder 22 How Sweet , undated

(manuscript score, copyist parts)

Box 4 Folder 23 Keep all your Windows Clean , undated

(fair copy)

Box 4 Folder 24 Knight of the Burning Pestle , undated

(sketch)


Box 8 Folder 20 Loose sketches, undated


Box 4 Folder 25 Lowest Trees , undated

(sketch)


Box 20 Folder 3 Metropolitan Wind Ensemble , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 7 Folder 3 Miscellaneous pop songs, undated

(rhythm charts; "For You but You," "Get Yourself another Doormat," "If It Ain't One Damn Thing," "In My Mind," "Never Thought I'd Meet You," "There's Just One Road to Heaven," "Yes I Heard You")


Box 4 Folder 26 Monochrome III , undated

(sketch)


Box 7 Folder 5 My Mother Told Me Not to Worry , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 4 Folder 27 Nell Gwyn , undated

(rhythm chart)


Box 7 Folder 6 Nights in Hamburg (Brahms Rag ), undated

(manuscript score)

Box 7 Folder 7 Old Welsh Song , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 4 Folder 28 Queen Anne's Lace , undated

(manuscript score; manuscript parts; various unrevised parts)


Box 8 Folder 21 Queen Anne's Lace , undated

(list of corrections; various unrevised parts)


Box 5 Folder 1 String Quartet No. 2, undated

(sketches)


Box 18 Folder 3 Symphony No. 2 , undated

(sketches)

Box 18 Folder 4 Symphony No. 2 , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 5 Folder 2 Three Scenes for Five Instruments , undated

(sketch)

Box 5 Folder 3 Unidentified sketches, undated


Box 16 Folder 5 What Did You Do Today at Jeffey's House , undated

(manuscript score)