Carl Wood papers, approximately 1920-1940

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Wood, Carl Paige, 1885-1947
Title
Carl Wood papers
Dates
approximately 1920-1940 (inclusive)
Quantity
approximately 4 cubic feet (4 boxes plus 3 vertical files)
Collection Number
0909
Summary
Music manuscripts, notes for textbook and miscellaneous notes of composer and UW professor of music
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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No restrictions on access.

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Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Carl Paige Wood was born in 1885 in Taunton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in music and started teaching as an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Washington in 1920. During this time he wrote and published several books on music titled The Texture of Music: a Manual of Elementary Harmony (1931), Ear Tests in Harmony (1936) and The Physical Basis of Harmony. He became the Director of the School of Music at the University of Washington in 1939 and remained there until his death in 1947.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Music manuscripts, notes for textbook, miscellaneous notes.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arrangement

Organized into 4 accessions.

  • Accession No. 0909-001, Carl Paige Wood papers, circa 1920-1940
  • Accession No. 0909-002, Carl Paige Wood music manuscript, undated
  • Accession No. 0909-003, Carl Paige Wood music scores, 1933
  • Accession No. 0909-004, Carl Paige Wood music manuscript, undated

Acquisition Information

Accession 0909-001 transferred from University of Washington School of Music, 1968. Accession 0909-002 gift of Walter Eichinger, 1984. Accession 0909-003 gift of John Gibbs, 1992. Accession 0909-004 transferred from University of Washington Music Library after it was received as a gift from Maureen Llort, 2009.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 0909-001: Carl Paige Wood papers, circa 1920-1940Return to Top

4 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Music manuscripts, notes for textbook, miscellaneous notes.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Biographical Features
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 0909-001
Biographical Features
Series 2: Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder Accession
1/2 0909-001
The Texture of Music
Scope and Content: Proofs of harmony text. The Gorham Press. Boston.
 1931
1/3 0909-001
The Texture of Music
Scope and Content: Proofs of harmony text. The Gorham Press. Boston.
General Notes: Same text as above. Manuscript in two parts. The first part is in this folder. The second part is in the black ring binder.
 1931
1/4 0909-001
The Harmonic Texture of Music
Scope and Content: This manuscript seems to be a preliminary draft of the text called The Texture of Music.
General Notes: See above entries.
1/5 0909-001
Harmonic Ear Tests
Scope and Content: Ear text training in manuscript.
General Notes: See next entry.
 undated
1/6 0909-001
Ear Tests in Harmony
Scope and Content: Test Record Sheets for "Ear Tests in Harmony". Test sheetsin booklet form for the book called "Harmonic Ear Tests."in the above entry. American Book Co.
1936
1/7 0909-001
Program Notes
Scope and Content: These are notes on various music programs.
General Notes: See above entry.
1/8 0909-001
Program Notes
1/9A 0909-001
Articles in manuscripts
Scope and Content: Several articles on music pedagogy and one on the organs of Seattle
1/9B 0909-001
The Physical Basis of Harmony
Scope and Content: Published text
Series 3: Miscellany
Box/Folder Accession
1/10 0909-001
Music programs
1/11 0909-001
Poems
1/12 0909-001
Miscellaneous materials
Series 4: Compositions
Subseries 1: Compositions: Vocal Works
Box/Folder Accession
2/1 0909-001
"Abide With Me"
Scope and Content: Mixed voices and organ. Oliver Ditson Co. Boston
 1916
2/2 0909-001
"American the Beautiful"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Probably for chorus or perhaps voice and piano?
2/2 0909-001
"A Shout in De Wilde'ness"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Medium voice with piano. Key of Ab. Arranged by Wood
2/2 0909-001
"A Shout in De Wilde'ness"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Same entry as above except this version is in the key of Bb,
2/2 0909-001
"A Shout in De Wilde'ness"
Scope and Content: Blue slip of paper with melody and lyrics from R.M. Garrett to Wood
2/3 0909-001
"At Her Window"
Manuscripts, 4 copies
Scope and Content: Chorus. Lyrics from a poem by Tennyson
2/3 0909-001
"Autumn"
Manuscript, 2 copies
Scope and Content: Solo voice--high range--and piano. Lyrics by Perrin Holmes Lowry
2/3 0909-001
"Baby Louise"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano.
2/3 0909-001
"Bells of Washington"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Chorus?
2/4 0909-001
"Dead in the Steerage"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by Nancy Byrd Turner
2/4 0909-001
"A Domestic Pirate"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by C. F. Lester
2/5 0909-001
"Elfin Song"
Manuscripts, 10 copies
Scope and Content: Women's voices and piano. Ten scores plus various parts (no first soprano parts). Lyrics by Alfred Rodman Drake
2/6 0909-001
"Evening Hymn"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Mixed voices, violin and piano. Two scores with one violin part and one chorus part.
2/7 0909-001
"The Exchange"
2 copies
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. W.H. Willis and Co.
1908
2/8 0909-001
"The Half-Ring Moon"
Manuscripts, 4 copies
Scope and Content: Mixed chorus and piano. Lyrics by John Banister Tabb
2/9 0909-001
"The Holy Week"
Scope and Content: Several compositions for chorus and organ . Lyrics by H.H. Gowenmaking up an Easter program. Apparently these pieces werefirst performed at a 1937 pre-Easter concert, and thenwith slight emendation given the title "The Holy Week"and presented as a unified all-Wood program in 1940.In the folder in this order are the following: 1. Programfor 1937 pre-Easter concert. 2. Two copies of verse text( one is incomplete) 3. Three copies of the score.4. One group of parts - loose leaf. 5. One set of parts forchorus. and 6. Miscellaneous pages.
2/10 0909-001
"I Gave My Heart"
Scope and Content: Solo voice--low range--and piano. H.W. Willis and Co.
 1908
2/10 0909-001
"Kentucky Melody"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Arranged by Wood
2/11 0909-001
"The Lads of Liege"
Scope and Content: Men's chorus and piano. H.W. Gray Co. Lyrics by Percy McKaye
 1916
2/12 0909-001
"Let It Be April"
Manuscripts, 4 copies of score, 1 copy of chorus part
Scope and Content: Women's chorus and pian. Lyrics by B.Y. Williams
2/13 0909-001
"The Little Pigs"
Manuscripts, 4 copies of score, 1 copy of chorus part
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano.
2/13 0909-001
"The Lord is my Shepherd"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Chorus and organ.
2/13 0909-001
"Love and Death"
2 copies
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. W. H. Willis and Co.
 1908
2/14 0909-001
"Madrigal"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Women's chorus. Manuscripts. Three copies. Lyrics by Sir Philip Sidney
2/15 0909-001
"Masque of Summer"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Altor, tenor and piano. Also a typewritten sheet of lyrics. Lyrics by Glenn Hughs
2/15 0909-001
"My Help Cometh from the Lord"
Scope and Content: Mixed chorus or quartet and organ.
2/16 0909-001
"New Love"
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Carl Fischer. Lyrics by Sewall Phelps
 1911
2/16 0909-001
"Nocturne"
Manuscripts, 2 copies
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by Adeline Rubin
 1926
3/1 0909-001
"Ostinata"
Manuscripts, 18 copies
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano.
3/2 0909-001
"O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Mixed chorus or quartet.
3/3 0909-001
"O Western Wind"
Manuscripts, 6 copies; 5 printed copies
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by W.E. Henley
3/4 0909-001
"Pack Clouds Away"
Scope and Content: Mixed chorus and piano. Two scores and one part for chorus. Manuscripts. Lyrics by Thomas Heywood
3/5 0909-001
"Pierrot at War"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo voice--high range--and piano.Lyrics by Maynell Struthers Bunt
3/6 0909-001
"Reveille"
Manuscripts, 4 copies
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Four manuscript copies and five printed copies without copyright date or publisher. There is also a typewritten page of the lyrics. Lyrics by W.P. Lawson
3/7 0909-001
"Serenade"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Women's chorus.
3/7 0909-001
"The Star"
Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. W.H. Willis and Co.
 1908
3/8 0909-001
"Tennyson's Bugle Song"
Manuscripts, 5 copies
Scope and Content: Male quartet. Lyrics presumably by A.L. Tennyson
3/9 0909-001
"To Celia"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Chorus. Woods by Ben Jonson
3/10 0909-001
"The Trumpet"
Scope and Content: Chorus and piano. Score and three of four parts--sans alto Manuscripts. Also two copies of the poem by Tagore. Essentially the same material conception as above. The only difference seems to be that this version has a trumpet part. Lyrics by R. Tagore
3/11 0909-001
"The Way of It"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo voice with piano. Words by Mary Hormile
3/12 0909-001
"Winter Winds"
Manuscript, 2 copies
Scope and Content: Womens voices and piano. Lyrics by Katherine Robinson
3/12 0909-001
"Winter Winds"
Scope and Content: Womens voices and piano-four hands. Different arrangement from above
3/12 0909-001
"Winter Winds"
Scope and Content: Chorus part.
3/12 0909-001
"Winter Winds"
Scope and Content: Parts for violin and tympani. The parts for these instruments were not included in any of the above scores.
Subseries 2: Compositions: Organ
Box/Folder Accession
3/13 0909-001
"Academic Processional for Organ"
Manuscript
 1931?
3/13 0909-001
"Andantino in A"
Manuscript
3/13 0909-001
"Andantino in D"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Opus 6. No. 1
3/14 0909-001
"Canzonetta"
Scope and Content: In "The American Organ Quarterly" for October, 1926. No. 4 The H.W. Gray Co. New York.
 1926
3/14 0909-001
"Canzonetta"
Scope and Content: In "The American Organ Quarterly" for October, 1926. No. 4 The H.W. Gray Co. New York.
 1926
3/14 0909-001
"Canzonetta"
Scope and Content: In "The American Organ Quarterly" for October, 1926. No. 4 The H.W. Gray Co. New York.
 1926
3/15 0909-001
"Prelude (in E major)"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: In "The Organist's Journal", pages 75-77. W.E. Ashmall and Co. Arlington, New Jersey..
 undated
3/15 0909-001
"Prelude in E Major"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: In "The Organist's Journal", pages 75-77. W.E. Ashmall and Co. Arlington, New Jersey..
 undated
3/16 0909-001
"Postlude in C"
Scope and Content: Opus 6. No. 2. Oliver Ditson Co. Boston
 1913
3/16 0909-001
"Prologue--Tableau II"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: From "Boris Goudinoff" by Moussorgsky. Arranged by Wood. Untitled manuscript.
Subseries 3: Compositions: Piano
Box/Folder Accession
3/17 0909-001
"At Sea"
Manuscript
General Notes: See "Scherzetto" in this section for what is probably an earllier arrangement of this piece.
3/17 0909-001
"Canon" and "Theme and Variations"
Manuscript
General Notes: These seem to be separate works, but they are written on the same piece of paper.
3/17 0909-001
"Minuet" and "Epilogue"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: These seem to be parts of a suite as the word "suite" in parenthesis follows the above two titles.
3/18 0909-001
"Melody"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: This piece looks incomplete. Perhaps a portion has been lost.
3/18 0909-001
"Mountain"
Manuscript
3/18 0909-001
"Novellette"
Manuscript
3/19 0909-001
"Romance"
3/19 0909-001
"Serenade"
Scope and Content: The Boston Music Co. Boston
 1924
3/19 0909-001
"Serenade"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: See above as this is the manuscript version of the above.
3/20 0909-001
"Scherzetto"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: There are two manuscripts for this work.One is in pencil and the other is in pen. The one inpencil is probably the earlier version and is on thesame piece of paper with an arrangement of "At Sea",another Wood piano piece. See "At Sea" in this section.
3/20 0909-001
"Sonata"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: This piece is incomplete.
3/21 0909-001
"Song"
Manuscript
3/22 0909-001
Untitled manuscript
Subseries 4: Compositions: Instrumental Ensembles
Box/Folder Accession
3/23 0909-001
"Canzonetta"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Violin and cell. One score in Db. Two sets of parts, one in Db and one in D natural.
3/24 0909-001
"Chorale"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Brass quartet and organ.There is a church program incuded with this entry and according to the program, this composition is for brass quartet and organ, however there is no organ part, only the four brass parts.
3/25 0909-001
"From the Bleachers"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: There are two manuscripts for this work. One is in pencil and the other is in pen. The one in pencil is probably the earlier version and is on the same piece of paper with an arrangement of "At Sea", another Wood piano piece. See "At Sea" in this section. Manuscripts.
3/26 0909-001
"Fugue"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: String quartet. Two scores.
3/27 0909-001
"Gavotte"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Cello and piano. Two scores with two cello parts.
3/27 0909-001
"Nocturne"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Violoncello and piano. Score and cello part.
3/28 0909-001
"Romance No. 2"
Scope and Content: Violin and piano. Two scores and one part for violin. Manuscripts.
3/28 0909-001
"Romance No. 3"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Violin and piano. One score and one violin part.
4/1 0909-001
"Sonata"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Score and violin part. Manuscripts, in ink. This piece is in common time.
4/1 0909-001
"Sonata"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Violin and piano. Score. Manuscript, in pencil. This piece is in waltz time.
4/1 0909-001
"Sonata II: Romance"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Violin part. See "Romance No. 2" in the Orchestral works section for related music. The violin part of "Romance No. 2" has some slight differences.
4/2 0909-001
"Suite"
Manuscripts, 2 copies
Scope and Content: Two pianos. Scores. Two copies.
4/2 0909-001
Untitled work.
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Violin and piano. Score.
Subseries 5: Compositions: Orchestral Works
Box/Folder Accession
4/3 0909-001
"Ave Maria"
Scope and Content: Bach-Gounod. Arranged by C.P. Wood for string orchestra. Score and parts. Manuscripts. Also included is a one parge printed violin and cello part from the Charles Gounod version. There is no indication of publisher. This extraneous page has been put last in this folder.
4/3 0909-001
"Country Dance"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Act II, scene 1 (??). Orchestra. Various parts--clarinet and strings, no score.
4/3A 0909-001
"Intermezzo"
Scope and Content: Brahms. Opus 117, no. 1. Arranged by Wood. Orchestral Score. Manuscript.
General Notes: Added August 6, 1987.
4/4 0909-001
"Kleiner Morgenwanderer"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: R. Schumann. Arranged by Wood. Orchestral score.
4/4 0909-001
"Love Scene" and "Drunken Scene"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Orchestral parts. No score.
4/5 0909-001
"Overture to Kathrerine and Petruchio"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Orchestral parts. No score.
4/6 0909-001
"Reverie"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Orchestra. Two scores and parts.
4/7 0909-001
"Romance No. 1"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo violin and orchestra. Score.
4/7 0909-001
"Romance"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: (No. 2?) Solo violin and orchestra. Score and parts.
4/8 0909-001
"Romance No. 3"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Solo violin and orchestra. Score.
4/8 0909-001
"Rundgesang"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: R. Schumann. Opus 68, no. 22. Arranged for small orchestra by Wood. Score.
4/9 0909-001
"Saga"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Orchestra. Score and parts.
5/1 0909-001
"Suite for String Orchestra"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Score and parts for violins. See entry below.
5/2 0909-001
"Suite for String Orchestra"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: "Parts for viola, cello, and bass. See above.
5/3 0909-001
"Theme and Variations"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: Orchestra. Score.
5/4 0909-001
"Three Miniatures"
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: String orchestra. Two scores and parts.
5/5 0909-001
Miscellany
Manuscripts
Scope and Content: Miscellaneous manuscripts which could not be identified or clarified.
Subseries 6: Compositions: Works of Other Composers
Scope and Content: These works were found in the collection and what relation Wood may have had with them, if any, is unknown.
Box/Folder Accession
5/6 0909-001
"Suite for Strings"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: by Cecil Effinger. String orchestra.
5/6 0909-001
"Andante"
Scope and Content: from "First Piano Sonata" by Glazounoff. Opus 74. Possibly arranged for orchestra by "W.R.S.", whose identity is unknown.
5/7 0909-001
"If So Be It Your Wish"
Scope and Content: by Myron Jacobson. Solo voice and piano. Oliver Ditson Co., Boston
 1927
5/7 0909-001
"Sundown"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: by Maurits Kesnar. Small orchestra.
5/7 0909-001
"The Bugle of the Blood"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: by W.R.S. Solo voice and piano.
5/7 0909-001
"Matin Song"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: by W.R.S. Men's voices. A typewritten sheet of lyrics accompanies the manuscript.
5/7 0909-001
"Seal Lullaby"
Manuscript
Scope and Content: by W.R.S. Solo voice and piano.

Accession No. 0909-002: Carl Paige Wood music manuscript, undatedReturn to Top

1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Music manuscript, "Serenade," n.d. Written by Carl Paige Wood. Transcribed for organ by Harold Heeremans.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Accession No. 0909-003: Carl Paige Wood music scores, 1933Return to Top

1 oversize vertical file

Scope and Content: Music scores, 1933. Scores for "Winter Winds." Lyrics by Katharina Robinson.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Accession No. 0909-004: Carl Paige Wood music manuscript, undatedReturn to Top

1 oversized vertical file

Scope and Content: Original manuscript (undated) to "Love and Death (Elaine's Song)" by Wood, for tenor and piano, lyrics from Tennyson's "Lancelot and Elaine." Inscribed "Louis B. Walker, Compliments of the Composer."

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Wood, Carl Paige, 1885-1947--Archives (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • University of Washington. University Archives


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