WAUWoodCarlPaigeUA0909.xmlGuide to the Carl Paige Wood Papers approximately 1920-1940Wood (Carl Paige) PapersSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2013 (Last modified: 12/1/2021)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections0909Wood, Carl Paige, 1885-1947Carl Wood papersapproximately 1920-1940approximately 4 cubic feet (4 boxes plus 3 vertical files)Collection materials are in English.Music manuscripts, notes for textbook and miscellaneous notes of composer and UW professor of music

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.

Organized into 4 accessions.

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

Music manuscripts, notes for textbook, miscellaneous notes.

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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.

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Accession No. 0909-001: Carl Paige Wood papers, circa 1920-19404 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.

Series 1Biographical Features1/10909-001Biographical FeaturesSeries 2Speeches and Writings1/20909-001The Texture of Music1931

Scope and Content: Proofs of harmony text. The Gorham Press. Boston.

1/30909-001The Texture of Music1931

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.

1/40909-001The 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.

1/50909-001Harmonic Ear Testsundated

Scope and Content: Ear text training in manuscript.

General Notes: See next entry.

1/60909-001Ear Tests in Harmony1936

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.

1/70909-001Program Notes

Scope and Content: These are notes on various music programs.

General Notes: See above entry.

1/80909-001Program Notes1/9A0909-001Articles in manuscripts

Scope and Content: Several articles on music pedagogy and one on the organs of Seattle

1/9B0909-001The Physical Basis of Harmony

Scope and Content: Published text

Series 3Miscellany1/100909-001Music programs1/110909-001Poems1/120909-001Miscellaneous materialsSeries 4CompositionsSubseries 1Compositions: Vocal Works2/10909-001"Abide With Me"1916

Scope and Content: Mixed voices and organ. Oliver Ditson Co. Boston

2/20909-001"American the Beautiful"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Probably for chorus or perhaps voice and piano?

2/20909-001"A Shout in De Wilde'ness"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Medium voice with piano. Key of Ab. Arranged by Wood

2/20909-001"A Shout in De Wilde'ness"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Same entry as above except this version is in the key of Bb,

2/20909-001"A Shout in De Wilde'ness"

Scope and Content: Blue slip of paper with melody and lyrics from R.M. Garrett to Wood

2/30909-001"At Her Window"Manuscripts, 4 copies

Scope and Content: Chorus. Lyrics from a poem by Tennyson

2/30909-001"Autumn"Manuscript, 2 copies

Scope and Content: Solo voice--high range--and piano. Lyrics by Perrin Holmes Lowry

2/30909-001"Baby Louise"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano.

2/30909-001"Bells of Washington"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Chorus?

2/40909-001"Dead in the Steerage"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by Nancy Byrd Turner

2/40909-001"A Domestic Pirate"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by C. F. Lester

2/50909-001"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

2/60909-001"Evening Hymn"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Mixed voices, violin and piano. Two scores with one violin part and one chorus part.

2/70909-001"The Exchange"19082 copies

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. W.H. Willis and Co.

2/80909-001"The Half-Ring Moon"Manuscripts, 4 copies

Scope and Content: Mixed chorus and piano. Lyrics by John Banister Tabb

2/90909-001"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.

2/100909-001"I Gave My Heart"1908

Scope and Content: Solo voice--low range--and piano. H.W. Willis and Co.

2/100909-001"Kentucky Melody"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Arranged by Wood

2/110909-001"The Lads of Liege"1916

Scope and Content: Men's chorus and piano. H.W. Gray Co. Lyrics by Percy McKaye

2/120909-001"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

2/130909-001"The Little Pigs"Manuscripts, 4 copies of score, 1 copy of chorus part

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano.

2/130909-001"The Lord is my Shepherd"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Chorus and organ.

2/130909-001"Love and Death"19082 copies

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. W. H. Willis and Co.

2/140909-001"Madrigal"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Women's chorus. Manuscripts. Three copies. Lyrics by Sir Philip Sidney

2/150909-001"Masque of Summer"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Altor, tenor and piano. Also a typewritten sheet of lyrics. Lyrics by Glenn Hughs

2/150909-001"My Help Cometh from the Lord"

Scope and Content: Mixed chorus or quartet and organ.

2/160909-001"New Love"1911

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Carl Fischer. Lyrics by Sewall Phelps

2/160909-001"Nocturne"1926Manuscripts, 2 copies

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by Adeline Rubin

3/10909-001"Ostinata"Manuscripts, 18 copies

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano.

3/20909-001"O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Mixed chorus or quartet.

3/30909-001"O Western Wind"Manuscripts, 6 copies; 5 printed copies

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. Lyrics by W.E. Henley

3/40909-001"Pack Clouds Away"

Scope and Content: Mixed chorus and piano. Two scores and one part for chorus. Manuscripts. Lyrics by Thomas Heywood

3/50909-001"Pierrot at War"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo voice--high range--and piano.Lyrics by Maynell Struthers Bunt

3/60909-001"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

3/70909-001"Serenade"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Women's chorus.

3/70909-001"The Star"1908

Scope and Content: Solo voice and piano. W.H. Willis and Co.

3/80909-001"Tennyson's Bugle Song"Manuscripts, 5 copies

Scope and Content: Male quartet. Lyrics presumably by A.L. Tennyson

3/90909-001"To Celia"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Chorus. Woods by Ben Jonson

3/100909-001"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

3/110909-001"The Way of It"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo voice with piano. Words by Mary Hormile

3/120909-001"Winter Winds"Manuscript, 2 copies

Scope and Content: Womens voices and piano. Lyrics by Katherine Robinson

3/120909-001"Winter Winds"

Scope and Content: Womens voices and piano-four hands. Different arrangement from above

3/120909-001"Winter Winds"

Scope and Content: Chorus part.

3/120909-001"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 2Compositions: Organ3/130909-001"Academic Processional for Organ"1931?Manuscript3/130909-001"Andantino in A"Manuscript3/130909-001"Andantino in D"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Opus 6. No. 1

3/140909-001"Canzonetta"1926

Scope and Content: In "The American Organ Quarterly" for October, 1926. No. 4 The H.W. Gray Co. New York.

3/140909-001"Canzonetta"1926

Scope and Content: In "The American Organ Quarterly" for October, 1926. No. 4 The H.W. Gray Co. New York.

3/140909-001"Canzonetta"1926

Scope and Content: In "The American Organ Quarterly" for October, 1926. No. 4 The H.W. Gray Co. New York.

3/150909-001"Prelude (in E major)"undatedManuscript

Scope and Content: In "The Organist's Journal", pages 75-77. W.E. Ashmall and Co. Arlington, New Jersey..

3/150909-001"Prelude in E Major"undatedManuscript

Scope and Content: In "The Organist's Journal", pages 75-77. W.E. Ashmall and Co. Arlington, New Jersey..

3/160909-001"Postlude in C"1913

Scope and Content: Opus 6. No. 2. Oliver Ditson Co. Boston

3/160909-001"Prologue--Tableau II"Manuscript

Scope and Content: From "Boris Goudinoff" by Moussorgsky. Arranged by Wood. Untitled manuscript.

Subseries 3Compositions: Piano3/170909-001"At Sea"Manuscript

General Notes: See "Scherzetto" in this section for what is probably an earllier arrangement of this piece.

3/170909-001"Canon" and "Theme and Variations"Manuscript

General Notes: These seem to be separate works, but they are written on the same piece of paper.

3/170909-001"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.

3/180909-001"Melody"Manuscript

Scope and Content: This piece looks incomplete. Perhaps a portion has been lost.

3/180909-001"Mountain"Manuscript3/180909-001"Novellette"Manuscript3/190909-001"Romance"3/190909-001"Serenade"1924

Scope and Content: The Boston Music Co. Boston

3/190909-001"Serenade"Manuscript

Scope and Content: See above as this is the manuscript version of the above.

3/200909-001"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.

3/200909-001"Sonata"Manuscript

Scope and Content: This piece is incomplete.

3/210909-001"Song"Manuscript3/220909-001Untitled manuscriptSubseries 4Compositions: Instrumental Ensembles3/230909-001"Canzonetta"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Violin and cell. One score in Db. Two sets of parts, one in Db and one in D natural.

3/240909-001"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.

3/250909-001"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.

3/260909-001"Fugue"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: String quartet. Two scores.

3/270909-001"Gavotte"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Cello and piano. Two scores with two cello parts.

3/270909-001"Nocturne"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Violoncello and piano. Score and cello part.

3/280909-001"Romance No. 2"

Scope and Content: Violin and piano. Two scores and one part for violin. Manuscripts.

3/280909-001"Romance No. 3"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Violin and piano. One score and one violin part.

4/10909-001"Sonata"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Score and violin part. Manuscripts, in ink. This piece is in common time.

4/10909-001"Sonata"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Violin and piano. Score. Manuscript, in pencil. This piece is in waltz time.

4/10909-001"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.

4/20909-001"Suite"Manuscripts, 2 copies

Scope and Content: Two pianos. Scores. Two copies.

4/20909-001Untitled work.Manuscript

Scope and Content: Violin and piano. Score.

Subseries 5Compositions: Orchestral Works4/30909-001"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.

4/30909-001"Country Dance"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Act II, scene 1 (??). Orchestra. Various parts--clarinet and strings, no score.

4/3A0909-001"Intermezzo"

Scope and Content: Brahms. Opus 117, no. 1. Arranged by Wood. Orchestral Score. Manuscript.

General Notes: Added August 6, 1987.

4/40909-001"Kleiner Morgenwanderer"Manuscript

Scope and Content: R. Schumann. Arranged by Wood. Orchestral score.

4/40909-001"Love Scene" and "Drunken Scene"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Orchestral parts. No score.

4/50909-001"Overture to Kathrerine and Petruchio"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Orchestral parts. No score.

4/60909-001"Reverie"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Orchestra. Two scores and parts.

4/70909-001"Romance No. 1"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo violin and orchestra. Score.

4/70909-001"Romance"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: (No. 2?) Solo violin and orchestra. Score and parts.

4/80909-001"Romance No. 3"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Solo violin and orchestra. Score.

4/80909-001"Rundgesang"Manuscript

Scope and Content: R. Schumann. Opus 68, no. 22. Arranged for small orchestra by Wood. Score.

4/90909-001"Saga"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Orchestra. Score and parts.

5/10909-001"Suite for String Orchestra"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: Score and parts for violins. See entry below.

5/20909-001"Suite for String Orchestra"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: "Parts for viola, cello, and bass. See above.

5/30909-001"Theme and Variations"Manuscript

Scope and Content: Orchestra. Score.

5/40909-001"Three Miniatures"Manuscripts

Scope and Content: String orchestra. Two scores and parts.

5/50909-001MiscellanyManuscripts

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous manuscripts which could not be identified or clarified.

Subseries 6Compositions: 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.

5/60909-001"Suite for Strings"Manuscript

Scope and Content: by Cecil Effinger. String orchestra.

5/60909-001"Andante"

Scope and Content: from "First Piano Sonata" by Glazounoff. Opus 74. Possibly arranged for orchestra by "W.R.S.", whose identity is unknown.

5/70909-001"If So Be It Your Wish"1927

Scope and Content: by Myron Jacobson. Solo voice and piano. Oliver Ditson Co., Boston

5/70909-001"Sundown"Manuscript

Scope and Content: by Maurits Kesnar. Small orchestra.

5/70909-001"The Bugle of the Blood"Manuscript

Scope and Content: by W.R.S. Solo voice and piano.

5/70909-001"Matin Song"Manuscript

Scope and Content: by W.R.S. Men's voices. A typewritten sheet of lyrics accompanies the manuscript.

5/70909-001"Seal Lullaby"Manuscript

Scope and Content: by W.R.S. Solo voice and piano.

Accession No. 0909-002: Carl Paige Wood music manuscript, undated1 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, 19331 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, undated1 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.