Arthur Shepherd papers, 1892-2010

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript with separate parts.

Composed for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the League of Composers and performed under the composer's direction in 1942. For flute, oboe, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, and cello. Original pen manuscript with separate parts.

Tempo di minuetto. For piano and winds. Pencil sketches only.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript with revisions.

Original pen manuscript with composer's notes.

Bound copy marked "obsolete."

Bound copy.

String parts. Pen manuscript.

String parts. Pen manuscript with composer's notes.

String parts. Copy with composer's notes.

Score A, original pen manuscript (incomplete). Movements 2, 3, and 4. Parts A, original pen manuscript of parts.

Score B, original pen manuscript (complete). Parts B, for movements 1, 2, and 3 for violins and viola, original pen manuscript. Parts B, for movements 1, 2, and 3 for cello, original pen manuscript.

Original pencil sketches.

Score, movements 1, 2, and 3 (complete). Original pen manuscript.

Parts, violin 1 for movements 1 and 3; violin 2 for movement 3; viola for movements 1 and 3 (original pen manuscript); cello for movement 3.

Parts for violins, viola, and cello. Original pen manuscript.

Score and parts. Pen copies of original manuscript.

Score and parts. Bound copies, books 1-5.

Original pencil sketch.

Score. Original pen manuscript.

Parts. Original pen manuscript with composer's notes.

Parts. Original pen manuscript marked "old parts."

Score D. Reduced copy.

Score C. Negative copy.

Score A. Original pen manuscript.

Parts. Set "C." Original pen manuscript.

Parts. Set "D." Originals and copies.

Photocopy of complete score.

Trio. Violin solo part.

For high voice and string quartet. Words from "Gitanjali" by Rabindranath Tagore. Published by the Society for the Publication of American Music in 1927. Composer's original manuscript listed as Three Songs from "Gitanjali". Includes He It Is, The Day Is No More, and Light, My Light (two pen copies).

Score for voice and piano. Original manuscript.

Parts with notes from composer.

Published reduction for piano and voice. First edition.

Published piano and vocal score. Parts for each of the strings. Second edition.

Score A. Original pen manuscript.

Score B. Original pen manuscript.

Published copy by Maurice Senart, Paris, France.

Poem by Sidney Lanier. Original pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. SATB with rehearsal piano part.

Poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Original pen manuscript on thin paper. Three original pen versions marked "no good." SATB with piano accompaniment.

Poem by Bliss Carman. "Poem for orchestra, chorus of mixed voices, and baritone solo." Vocal score only (chorus, solo, and piano reduction). Published by Boston Music Company.

Poem by Richard Hovey. Pencil sketches. Original pen manuscript. TB with rehearsal piano part.

Poem by Johann Frank. SATB with organ accompaniment. Published by Boston Music Company.

Source of words not given. Original pen manuscript, SATB.

Poem by Gary Merit. SATB, baritone solo and full orchestra. Copies of violin 1 and 2, cello, and contrabass parts. Vocal score published by C. C. Birchard and Company.

An arrangement by Shepherd of a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff with words by N. A. Nekrasof. Accompaniment published by the Boston Music Company.

Poem by Louise Driscoll. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript, S 1 and 2, ATB. Photocopy of corrected edition. Published copy by Arrow Music Press Inc.

Poem by Alfred Noyes. For male chorus. Four original pen manuscripts, some revisions. Copies of parts.

Translated from the Latin by J. Chandler. SATB with organ accompaniment. Published by the Boston Music Company.

Poem by Sidonius Apollinaris, fifth century B.C. Pencil sketches.

Score for chorus and full orchestra. Original pen manuscript.

Accompaniment arranged for two pianos. Original pen manuscript plus one copy.

Orchestra parts. Original pen manuscript.

SATB and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript.

Copy of original with composer's notes. Another copy added in 1981.

Mimeographed copy of vocal parts.

SATB, baritone, and orchestra. Original pen manuscript. Complete set of orchestral parts.

From the oratorio, Israel in Egypt by G. F. Handel. Double chorus arranged for two male choruses. Published by the Oxford University Press, England.

Words by Thomas Campbell. Male chorus (TTBB) with piano accompaniment. Original manuscript and copy. Orchestra parts, original pen manuscript. Two piano arrangements for accompaniment in original manuscript. Male chorus and orchestra in original manuscript. Published by Boosey Hawkes Belwin, New York.

Words by Nancy Byrd Turner. SATB with piano accompaniment. Original manuscript. Copy of full score plus copy of vocal parts only.

Poem by Robert Frost. For mixed voices acappella. SATB with piano reduction. Original pen manuscript. Pencil manuscript for SSATTB. Pen manuscript revision including piano reduction (both 3 and 4 are unfinished). Copy of vocal parts.

Original manuscript for mixed chorus and piano or organ.

Poem by Walter de la Mare. Original manuscript on thin paper. For S 1 and 2 with piano accompaniment. Score for pianist with indications for sections of the accompaniment to be played by strings. Parts for violin 1 and 2, viola, and cello.

Poem by William Sharp. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript for ful orchestra and three part women's chorus. Complete set of parts. For SSA and piano accompaniment. Published by Arthur P. Schmidt, New York.

Text by Eben Tourjee. SATB with organ accompaniment. Original pen manuscript. Published by C. C. Birchard and Company.

Poem by Florence Ellinwood Allen for chorus and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript.

For chorus and piano accompaniment. Copy of original pen manuscript.

For chorus and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript with parts of accompaniment arranged for two pianos.

For chorus and piano accompaniment. Two copies of vocal score.

For chorus and piano accompaniment. Bound copy of original.

For chorus and orchestra. Pencil sketch.

For chorus and orchestra. Original pen manuscript.

For chorus and orchestra. Complete orchestra parts.

For chorus and orchestra. Bound copy of full score.

Poem by Rupert Brooke. Cantata for chorus (SATB), tenor solo, and orchestra. Pen and pencil sketch.

Original pen manuscript for chorus and piano.

Score. Original pen manuscript.

Parts. Complete set for orchestra and pianoforte.

Score. For chorus and piano and vocal parts. Published by C. C. Birchard, Boston.

Score. Original pencil manuscript. Part of movement 1, all of movements 3 and 4.

Score. Original pencil sketch of piano score of movement 4.

Original pen and pencil sketch of movements 2, 3, and 4.

Bound copy of original pen manuscript of full score of movements 1 and 2.

Bound copy of original pen manuscript of full score of movements 3 and 4.

Original pen manuscript for harps 1 and 2; celesta; flutes 1, 2, and 3; piccolo; oboes 1 and 2; and English horn.

Original pen manuscript for clarinets 1 and 2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1 and 2; contrabassoon; and horns 1-4.

Original pen manuscript for trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; xylaphone; wood block; tambourine; snare drum; triangle; ancient cymbals; and timpani.

Violin solo part. Original pen manuscript.

Piano score. Original pen manuscript.

Complete score. Original pen manuscript.

Parts. Original pen manuscript for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; and bass.

Parts. Original pen manuscript for piccolo, tuba, flutes, oboes, clarinets, adn bass clarinet.

Parts. Original pen manuscript for bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, timpani, and celesta.

Score. Original pencil manuscript for full orchestra.

Score. Original pen manuscript for full orchestra.

Pen copy of organ solo with optional vocal solo or unison chorus.

Two bound copies of revised versions for full orchestra with composer's notes. Copy of published score.

Orchestra parts. Original pen manuscript. Single pen originals for harp; celesta; flutes 1 and 2; oboes 1 and 2; English horn; clarinets 1 and 2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1 and 2; contrabassoon; horns 1-4; trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; snare drum; cymbals; bells; gong; and glockenspiel.

Added in 1981.

For full orchestra. No copies of horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, English horn, or timpani. Score. Original pencil manuscript.

Score. Original pen manuscript.

Score. Copy of manuscript with composer's notes.

Original pen manuscript of arrangement for piano, four hands.

Original pen manuscript of orchestra parts for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; and contrabass.

Copies of orchestra parts for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; contrabass; flute 1; oboe 1; clarinets 1 and 2; bassoon 1; horn 1; glockenspiel; snare drum; cymbal; and triangle.

Pencil sketches.

Score A. Original pen manuscript of two-piano arrangement (listed as "Fantaisie Humoreske.")

Score B. Original pen manuscript of solo piano part.

Score C. Original pen manuscript, red cloth binding.

Score D. Original pen manuscript, green cloth binding.

Original pen parts with composer's notes for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; contrabass; piccolo; flutes 1 and 2; oboes 1 and 2; clarinets 1 and 2; bassoons 1 and 2; horns 1-4; trumpets 1 and 2; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; triangle; and cymbals.

Score. Published by the Julliard Musical Foundation. Program notes by George H. L. Smith.

Original pen manuscript of four-hands piano arrangement of movement 3 (Scherzo), "The Old Chisholm Trail."

Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 1, "Westward."

Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 2, "The Lone Prairie."

Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 3, "The Old Chisholm Trail."

Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 4, "Canyons."

Copy of original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript for two pianos.

Original pen manuscript of full score.

Scores. Published by C. C. Birchard and Company, with composer's notes.

Complete set of parts with composer's notes.

Original pen and pencil manuscript, full score.

Original pen manuscript with composer's notes and handwritten dedication to Betty and Dudley Blossom.

Original pen manuscript. Complete set of parts with composer's notes.

Pencil sketches.

Score in bound volumes. Each is original pen manuscript of full score with composer's notes.

Original pen manuscript of composer's arrangement for four-hand piano.

Original pen manuscript for all string parts.

Original pen manuscript of parts for horns 1-4; trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; snare drum; cymbals; triangle; gong; glockenspiel; and xylophone.

Original pen manuscript of parts for harp; flutes 1-3; piccolo; oboes 1-2; English horn; clarinets 1-2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1-2; and contrabassoon.

Pen and pencil sketches, bound and unbound copies.

Original pen manuscript of complete score.

Original pen manuscripts of parts for violins 1-2, viola, cello, and contrabass.

Original pen manuscript of parts for flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons.

Original pen manuscripts of parts for horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, triangle, glockenspiel, xylophone, tambourine, cymbals, and wood block.

Bound copy of full score with composer's note and inserts.

For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript (bound copy).

Overture for concert band. Score. Original pen manuscript.

For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.

For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.

For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript of parts for violins, viola, cello, contrabass, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. No full score.

Original pen manuscript. Pen copy with composer's notes and slight revisions. Original pen version of the fugue in the piano score (two staves).

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original. Negative copy.

Original pencil manuscript. Published copy, Carl Fischer, New York.

Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. Thin paper copy. Negative and one copy.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscripts and pen copy. Pen copy with revisions. Original pen manuscript, revised.

Two copies of original pen manuscript, one marked "to be thoroughly revised" and one showing revisions. Two negative copies of origianl pen manuscripts. Photocopy of published version by G. Ricordi Company, New York.

Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original.

Two photocopies of original pen manuscript. Negative copy.

Three original pen manuscripts.

Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.

Original pen manuscript. Pen manuscript revised. Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Copy and negative of another revision.

Original pen manuscript.

Published copy, Oxford University Press.

Pen and pencil sketches. Two original pen manuscripts. Photocopy of original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Negative copy.

Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original.

Published copy, Carl Fischer, New York.

Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Pen copy on thin paper. Photocopy.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original manuscript.

Pencil sketch. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy with revisions.

Published copy, Wa-Wan Press, Massachusetts. Published copy. Also published copy of Intermezzo by John Beach.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original on onionskin. Two photocopies.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.

Original pen manuscript.

Photocopy of publication by Wa-Wan Press.

Original pen manuscript originall titled "Dance Episode." Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy of onionskin.

Two copies of original.

Original pen manuscript. Negative and copy.

Original pen manuscript. Published copy, Boston Music Company.

Dedicated to Beryl Rubinstein. Photocopy of pen manuscript. Two published copies, both by Oxford University Press.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original. Photocopy and negative.

To Hattie Jennings. Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy.

Original pen manuscript.

Original pen manuscripts.

Words by Sara Teasdale. For medium voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.

Words by Frank Dempster Sherman. A) for low voice and piano (Key of B)--original pen manuscript, two pen copies of original, photocopy. B) for high voice and piano (Key of D)--three pen copies, revised version of a copy, photocopy, negative copy. C) for medium voice (Key of C)--pen manuscript.

Words by Oliver Wendell Holmes. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Copy of original pen manuscript, revised. Photocopy of original.

Words by Thomas Campion. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Copy of original pen manuscript, revised and second revision. Negative copy.

Words by Goethe. Two pen manuscripts.

Words by Walter de la Mare. Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies. Original pen manuscript for pianist. Three pen copies on onionskin. Published copy. Negative copy.

Words by James Russell Lowell. 1) Lift Up the Curtains of Thine Eyes. 2) Nocturn. 3) There is a Light in Thy Blue Eyes. 4) The Lost Child. 5) Rhapsody.

Written for his sister, Josephine. Words by John Masefield. Original pen manuscript (Key of C). Pen copy on onionskin. Two photocopies of manuscript (Key of A), with revisions.

Original pen manuscript. Three pen copies of original. Photocopies, revised. Published copy.

For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.

Words by Siegfried Sassoon. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy revised. Photocopy. Negative copy.

Words by Heinrich Heine. Original pen manuscript.

Words by James Stephens. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Two photocopies.

For two high voices and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin.

Words by James Russell Lowell. For voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.

Words by Richard Shepherd. Two-part song. Original pen manuscript.

Poem by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript. Pen copies of original manuscript. Published copy.

Words by Thomas Heywood. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript (Score A). Three pen copies of original. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy. Negative copy.

Words by Siegfried Sassoon. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript (Score A). Pen copy of original. Photocopy. Published copy.

From the German of Casar Flaischlen. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies. Photocopy. Negative copy.

Poem by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript.

Poem by William Watson. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript.

Words by Heinrich Heine. Original pen manuscript.

Poem by Walter de la Mare. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketch. two original pen manuscripts. Two photocopies. Two negatives.

Poem by James Russell Lowell. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of manuscript with pen copy of The Lost Child.

Words by James Stephens. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy with notes.

Words by Sacheverell Sitwell. For high voice, viola, and piano. Pencil sketch and pen sketches. Compelte score for voice, viola, and piano. Complete score on onionskin for voice, viola, and piano. Original pen manuscript of viola part. Photocopy of complete score. Photocopy of compelte score marked "obsolete."

Bound copy. 1) The Trout. 2) The Fiddlers. 3) Bacchus. 4) Virgil. 5) Where Loveliness Keeps House. 6) In the Scented Bud of Morning. 7) The Gentle Lady.

Published separately in folio. 1) Serenade. 2) Reverie. 3) Softly Along the Road of Evening. 4) Morning Glory. 5) To a Trout. 6) Virgil. 7) Golden Stockings.

Pencil sketch in D flat. Original pen manuscript in D flat. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy marked "pianists copy." Negative copy.

Words by Harold Monro. For mezzo soprano adn piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Copy with composer's notes. Revised copy. Original pen manuscript with revisions.

Words by Edith Sitwell. For high voice, viola, and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copies on onionskin. Pen copy of separate viola part. Pen copy of revised manuscript. Two copies of complete score.

Words by Rowena Bennett. For medium voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original.

Words by Sellmas O'Sullivan. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Two negative copies. Published copy.

Poem by James Thomson. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy. Negative copy.

Poem by William Ernest Henley. For voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.

Words by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original.

Poem by Oliver St. John Gogarty. For high voice and piano. Three pen manuscript (Key of D). Two pen manuscripts (Key of C). Pen copy on onionskin (Key of C). Photocopies and negative copy.

Poem by Walter de la Mare. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketches. Original pen manuscripts. Pen copy with slight revisions. Photocopy.

Original pen manuscript (high key). Pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript for baritone and piano. Copy of original pen manuscript for baritone and piano, revised. Reduction and negative of manuscript for baritone and piano.

Words by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil. For high voice and piano. Pencil and pen sketches. Original pen manuscript with notes. Pen copy of original with revisions. Two photocopies.

Words by Madison Cawein. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript with revisions. Pen copy of original manuscript with revisions. Pen copy of corrected manuscript on onionskin. Pianists copy with pencil and pen sketches. Three photocopies and a negative.

Words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Original pencil manuscript.

Words by Frank Dempster Sherman. For full orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, original pen manuscript (except solo voice).

Words by Walter de la Mare. For string orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, pen manuscript (except solo voice).

Words by Walter de la Mare. For full orchestra and mezzo (in D flat). Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, pen manuscript (except solo voice).

Words by Madison Cawein. For full orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, three copies for each string part and one copy for other instruments.

From Concert Fugue with Prelude for Organ by Percy Goetschius, with hand-written dedication to Shepherd.

1. Counterpoint. Sixteenth century through twelve-tone practices. 2. Notes for advanced harmony class. Twelve-tone melodies with choral settings. 3. Examples of various harmonic and polyphonic practices from Shepherd's own works. 4. Settings of songs (1942). 5. List of projects for immediate future. Sketches for some of these.

1. Harmony class notes through secondary seventh, extended alterations, plagal method, parallel fifth and seventh. 2. Materials for analysis. 3. References to Hindemith text.

1. Plan for four-movement Symphonic Suite. 2. Piano sketches. 3. Polyphonic settings of model melodies.

1. Elementary harmony class notes (1943) progressing to somewhat more advanced material than that in Book 2. 2. Harmonizations of several chorale melodies. 3. Double counterpoint at the octave, tenth, and twelfth. 4. Examples in small form design. 5. Fugue subjects and answers by Arthur Shepherd.

1. Counterpoint. More detailed and extensive than Book 1. 2. Counterpoint for a beginning class, 1948. 3. Materials for elementary counterpoint class at Longy School, 1950. Somewhat different approach from the 1948 course.

1. Twenty-four texts for musical settings. Personnel indicated for most. 2. Outline of counterpoint course, 1949-50. First semester, strict counterpoint. Second semester, Bach-type counterpoint.

1. Examples of triple counterpoint. 2. Examples of motivic development. 3. Notes for course in small musical forms. 4. Counterpoint in 2, 3 and 4 voices. Fugue subjects and answers.

1. Course in small forms for the Longy School, 1950. Similar to course in Book 7. More detailed as far as it goes but less comprehensive.

1. Music history, 1927-28. Lectures 7 through 10 are missing.

Ancient music through the twentieth century. 31 lectures. 2. Materials for seminar in musical composition, 1931-32.

1. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College. 2. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College, 1931-32. 3. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College, 1932-33.

1. "Ruminations Before a Symphony." 2. Course in church music, Summer 1944.

1. Ancient Greek through the Troubadours and Troveres. 2. General history of the seventeenth century (emphasis on England and Germany). 3. Second semester history course, 1932 (seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries); 1937 (eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries). 4. Two examinations, one for a master's degree.

1. Incomplete notes on first semester course (mostly fourteenth and fifteenth centuries). 2. Detailed lectures on a two-year course (ancient music through the sixteenth century).

1. Continuation of Book 14 (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries). 2. Course from 1931-32 inserted in April lectures.

1. "Progressive stages of structural design in Musical Composition."

Detailed course in musical forms. Materials from 1936-45. 2. Harmonic analysis course, 1946-47. 3. Form analysis course, 1948. 4. Notes for composition course, 1948-49. 5. Inside back flap--notes from article on "Tonality," by Vincent d'Indy.

1. Course in music appreciation for Columbia University, Summer 1947. 2. Course in twentieth century music, 1900-ca. 1930 (background from 1860).

Also a typed copy of a letter from Arthur Shepherd to Arthur, Jr.

At deaths of William N. B. Shepherd and Emily Mary Phipp Shepherd.