Vincent Persichetti Collection, LU.121

Correspondence, Interviews, and Articles

Correspondence between Rudy Shackelford and Others about Vincent Persichetti

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Correspondence between Rudy Shackelford and Others Concerning the Publication of his book Vincent Persichetti

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Booklets about Vincent Persichetti

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Information about Vincent Persichetti's Music

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Articles about Vincent Persichetti

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Interview with Vincent Persichetti by Katy Matheson

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Correspondence between Shackelford and Persichetti

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Correspondence between Walter Simmons and Rudy Shackelford

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Vincent Persichetti, chronology

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Conversation with Vincent Persichetti (by Rudy Shackelford)

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Conversation with Vincent Persichetti (by Rudy Shackelford), photocopy

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Articles by, or with reference to Vincent Persichetti

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Awards, Commissions, and Honorary Degrees

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News Items and 1947 yearbook for the Philadelphia Music Conservatory

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The Split Fifth or Procrustes is Deaf: A Plea for the Wholistic [sic] Analysis of Music, by Hugh Aitken

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Information on his (Persichetti) Performance of "String Quartets Nos. 1-4" at Arizona State University

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Organ Composition Information

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Shackelford's "Modal Harmonic Analysis of the Hymn "Drop, Drop, Slow Tears"

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Shackelford's Analysis of the Chorale Prelude of Persichetti's "Drop, Drop, Slow Tears"

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Shackelford's Analysis of Persichetti's "Sonata for Organ" and "Sonatine for Organ, Pedals Alone"

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Program from 1965 Performance of Organist Joan Lippincott at Westminster Choir College and Scores and Analysis of Persichetti's "Sonata for Organ"

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Information on Persichetti's "Shimah B'Koli (Psalm 130)"

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Photocopied Scores

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Program for the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists

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Information on Persichetti's "Auden Variations"

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Persichetti's "Shima B'Koli," arranged for Orchestra by Rudy Shackelford

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Correspondence between Rudy Shackelford and David Craighead

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Correspondence between Rudy Shackelford and The Diapason

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Correspondence between Rudy Shackelford and Robert Anderson

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Monographs and Dissertations

Vincent Persichetti's Music: A Monograph (photocopy)

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Vincent Persichetti's Music: A Monograph, pgs. 1-101

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Vincent Persichetti's Music: A Monograph, pgs. 102-222

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The Chorale Music of Vincent Persichetti, DMA Dissertation by Theodore Ishizawa and Melange of Dissertations in Music, microfilm catalog

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Music Scores/Theordore Presser Co.

Listing of scores donated by the Theodore Presser Company

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Organ Prelude and Fugue in A Minor

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Flower Songs - Cantata No. 6

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Four Arabesques

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Little Mirror Book

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Second Piano Sonata

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2nd Harpsichord Sonata

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3rd Harpsichord Sonata

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4th Harpsichord Sonata

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5th Harpsichord Sonata

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6th Harpsichord Sonata

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7th Harpsichord Sonata

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8th Harpsichord Sonata

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9th Harpsichord Sonata

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The Little Harpsichord Book

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Serenade No. 15 for Harpsichord

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Chorale Prelude: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

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Chorale Prelude: Give Peace, O' God

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Sonatine for Organ, Pedals Alone

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Song of David

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Sonata for Organ

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Serenade No. 4 for Violin and Piano

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Love - S.S.A.A., A Cappella

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Parable XXIII for Violin, Cello, and Piano

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Persichetti - Scores for Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, and Vocal Composition

Listing of Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, and Vocal Compositions

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Piano, "Appalachian Christmas Carols"

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Piano, "Little Piano Book"

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Piano, "Mirror Etudes"

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Piano, "Parable XIX for Piano"

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Piano, "Parades"

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Piano, "Poems for Piano, Volume I"

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Piano, "Poems for Piano, Volume II"

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Piano, "Poems for Piano, Volume III"

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Piano, "Reflective Keyboard Studies"

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Piano, "Serenade No. 2"

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Piano, "Serenade No. 7"

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Piano, "Serenade No. 8"

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Piano, "Sonata for Two Pianos"

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Piano, "First Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Third Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Fourth Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Fifth Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Sixth Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Seventh Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Eighth Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Ninth Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Tenth Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Eleventh Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Twelfth Piano Sonata"

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Piano, "Sonatinas 1-6"

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Piano, "Three Toccatinas"

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Piano, "Variations for an Album"

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Organ, "Auden Variations"

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Organ, "Chorale Prelude: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears"

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Organ, "Do Not Go Gentle"

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Organ, "Dryden Liturgical Suite"

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Organ, "Parable for Organ"

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Organ, "Shima B'Koli"

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Harpsichord, "1st Harpsichord Sonata"

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Vocal, "Hilaire Belloc Songs," "Thou Child So Wise," "The Microbe"

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Vocal, "Emily Dickinson Songs"

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Vocal, "Harmonium"

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Vocal, "James Joyce Songs"

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Vocal, "A Net of Fireflies"

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Vocal, "Two Chinese Songs"

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Persichetti, Scores for Choral, Chamber and Solo Intrument, Orchestra, Band

Listing of Choral, Chamber, Orchestra, and Band Compositions

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Choral, "Three Canons for Voices"

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Choral, "Celebrations"

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Choral, "The Creation"

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Choral, ee cummings Choruses, "sam was a man," and "this is the garden"

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Choral, ee cummings Choruses, "dominic has a doll," "maggie and milly and molly and may," "uncles," and "nouns to nouns"

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Choral, "Glad and Very"

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Choral, "Hymns and Responses"

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Choral, "Magnificat and Nune Dimittis"

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Choral, "Mass"

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Choral, "The Pleiades"

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Choral, "Proverb"

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Choral, "Seek the Highest"

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Choral, "Song of Peace"

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Choral, "Spring Cantata"

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Choral, "Stabat Mater"

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Choral, "Te Deum"

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Choral, "Winter Cantata"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "The Hollow Man"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Infanta Marina"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "King Lear"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Little Recorder Book"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Masques"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Flute"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Brass Quintet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Oboe"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Bassoon"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Carillon"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Harp"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Horn"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable XI for Solo Alto Saxophone"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable XII for Solo Piccolo"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Clarinet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Trumpet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo English Horn"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable XVI for Solo Viola"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Double Bass"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Trombone"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Guitar"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Parable for Solo Tuba"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Pastoral for Woodwind Quintet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "1st String Quartet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "2nd String Quartet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "3rd String Quartet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "4th Strung Quartet"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 1"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 3"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 6"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 9"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 10"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 12"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Serenade No. 13"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Sonata for Solo Cello"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Sonata for Solo Violin"

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Chamber and Solo Instrument, "Vocalise"

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Orchestra, "Concertino for Piano and Orchestra" 2 pianos, 4 hands

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Orchestra, "Concerto for English Horn and String"

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Orchestra, "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra"

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Orchestra, "Dance Overture"

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Orchestra, "Introit for Strings"

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Orchestra, "A Lincoln Address"

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Orchestra, "Night Dances"

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Orchestra, "Sinfonia: Janiculum"

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Orchestra, "4th Symphony"

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Orchestra, "Symphony for Strings"

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Orchestra, "7th Symphony"

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Orchestra, "Symphony No. 8"

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Band, "Bagatella"

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Band, "Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen"

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Band, "Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star"

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Band, "Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face"

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Band, "Divertimento for Band"

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Band, "A Lincoln Address"

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Band, "Masquerade"

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Band, "O Cool is the Valley"

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Band, "Pageant"

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Band, "Parable No. 9"

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Band, "Psalm for Band"

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Band, "Serenade No. 11"

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Band, "Symphony for Band"

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Reel to Reel Audio

01 of 08:

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- Auden Variations for Organ
  
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02 of 08:

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- The Creation
  
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03 of 08:

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- Side I: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
  
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- Side II: "The Pleiades"
  
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- (interview with Persichetti after Philadelphia Orchestra performance of Piano Concerto)
  
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- Side I: Persichetti, Symphony No. 7, Arizona State University Orchestra
  
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- Persichetti, Night Dance
  
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- Side II: Celebrations
  
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- Te Deum
  
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- Stabat Mater
  
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- Side I: Symphony No. 3 (Alabama)
  
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- Fables
  
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- Mirror Etudas, Lawton
  
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- Parable VIII for Horn (Thomas Bacon)
  
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- Piano Sonata No. 9 (Keith Smith)
  
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- Piano Sonatina No. 3 (Brenda Beck)
  
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- Side II: Persichetti
  
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- Dance Overture
  
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- Piano Sonatina No. 1
  
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- Concertina for Piano and Orchestra
  
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- Eastman Rochester Orchestra
  
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- Howard Hanson, conductor
  
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- Vincent Persichetti, piano
  
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07 of 08:

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- Piano Sonata No. 11
  
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08 of 08:

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- Side I: King Lear
  
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- Side II: Serenade No. 5 for Orchestra - Ormandy
  
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Persichetti, Original Music Scores, Working Manuscripts

Listing of Original Music Scores

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Persichetti, Sonata and Sonatine, working manuscript

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"Sonatine for Organ, Pedals Alone," score with handwritten notations

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"Parable for Organ," score with handwritten notations

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"Serenade No. 4 for Violin and Piano," score

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"Sonata for Organ," score with handwritten notations

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"Quintet," score

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"Concerto for Piano, Four Hands," score

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Holographs

Listing of Holographs

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Holograph, "2nd Piano Sonata"

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Holograph, "1st Piano Sonata"

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Holograph, Vocal, "Sara Teasdale Songs, Op. 72, No. 1"

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Holograph, Organ, "Auden Variations"

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Holograph, Orchestra, "Fables for Narrator and Orchestra"

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Holograph, Vocal, "Carl Sandburg Songs, Op. 73"

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Holograph, Vocal, "ee cummings Songs, Op. 26"

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Holograph, Vocal, "Robert Frost Songs, Op. 49, Dust of Snow"

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Holograph, "English Songs, Op. 49"

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Holograph, "Poems for Piano, Vol. III"

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Ephemera, Chronology, and Oversized Scores

Vincent Persichetti 1915-1987, booklet

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Vincent Persichetti, chronology

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A Conversation with Vincent Persichetti, by Rudy Shackelford (working copy)

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Scores donated by Dr. Pat Lust, Longwood College, Dept. of Music

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LPs

Piano Quintet, performed by the New Art String Quartet and Vincent Persichetti and Harmonium, performed by Darleen Kliener and Lois McLeod

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Thomas Stacy, English Horn

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Vincent Persichetti, Concerto for Piano, 4 Hands Op. 56 and Paul Creston, Sonata for Saxophone and Piano, Op. 19

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Vincent Persichetti, Four String Quartets, performed by the New Art String Quartet

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Brian Minor play with the Chicago Symphony String Quartet and Lawson Lunde, piano

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Vincent Persichetti, Parable XI for Solo Alto Saxophone

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Lawson Lunde, Sonata No. 1 for Alto Saxophone and Piano

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Leon Stein, Quintet for Saxophone and String Quartet

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New York Brass Quintet

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Jan Bach, Laudes

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Michel Leclere, Par Monts et Par Vaux

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Vincent Persichetti, Parable for Brass Quintet

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University of Kansas Symphonic Band, Robert E. Foster, conductor

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The Compositions of Vincent Persichetti

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Ralph Sauer Plays Music for Trombone by Milhand, Persichetti, Bassett, and Pergolesi with Alan deVeritch, viola, Ronald Leonard, cello, and Paul Pitman, piano

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Ithaca High School Band, Frank Battisti, conductor (includes Persichetti's "Serenade for Band"

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The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor William Schuman, Symphony No. 9

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Vincent Persichetti, Sinfonia: Janiculum

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Temple University Trio

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Vincent Persichetti, Serenade for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 17

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Walter Piston, Trio

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Wallingford Riegger, Trio, Op. 1

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Contemporary Music for Trumpet and Organ

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Anthony Plog, trumpet

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Madalyn Swearington, organ

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Barbara Bing, soprano

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The Dallas Brass Quintet, performs the music of Persichetti, Hovhaness, Reynolds, and Childs

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John Barrows-horn, Bernie Leighton and Tait Sanford-piano, Harvey Phillips-tuba (includes Persichetti's "Serenade No. 12 for tuba)

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New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

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Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat

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Persichetti, Symphony No. 6

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Oboist Peter Christ with the Crystal Chamber Soloists (includes Persichetti's "Parable for Solo Oboe")

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Vincent Persichetti CollectionLU.121

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