John Beckwith fonds

Inventory list
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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
001 Four conceits : for piano File 1945-1948, 1972
002 Eau-forte : for voice and piano File 1945
003 Two songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth night : set for solo voice and unaccompanied chorus File 1946
004 Vitae summa brevis : for soprano and string quartet or piano File 1946
005 Old cat care : for voice and piano File 1946
006 March : for piano File 1946
007 Five lyrics of the T'ang dynasty : for voice and piano File 1947-1949
008 Music for dancing : seven pieces for piano duet File 1948, 1959, 1972
009 Four songs to poems by Edith Sitwell : for high voice and piano File 1949
010 The Great Lakes suite : for soprano, baritone, clarinet, violoncello, and piano File 1949, 1972
011 Serenade : for high voice and piano File 1949, 1950, 1972
012 The formal garden of the heart : for high voice and piano File 1950, 1972
013 Four songs to poems by e.e. cummings : for soprano and piano File 1950, 1972
014 Four pieces : for two bassoons File 1951, 1972
015 Five pieces for flute duet File 1951
016 Rhapsody for piano File 1951
017 Five pieces for brass trio : for trumpet, horn, and trombone File 1951, 1972
018 Suite for solo violin File 1951
019 The music room : for piano File 1951
021 Quartet for woodwind instruments : oboe, flute, English horn, and bassoon File 1951, 1972
022 Montage : for orchestra File 1953
023 Night blooming cereus : chamber opera File 1953-1958
024 Three studies for string trio : violin, viola, and violoncello File 1955-1956
025 Fall scene and fair dance : for violin, clarinet, and string orchestra File 1956
026 Concerto fantasy : for piano and orchestra File 1958-1959
027 Six mobiles : for piano File 1959-1961
028 A message to Winnipeg : for three speakers, piano/celeste/bells, clarinet, violin, and percussion File 1960
029 Four songs from Jonson's Volpone : for baritone and guitar File 1961-1962
030 The Killdeer : [incidental music] File 1961
031 12 letters to a small town : poetry/music collage for radio File 1961, 2002
032 Flower variations and wheels : for orchestra or piano, four hands File 1962
033 What's the matter, Albert, can't you count? : three quantitative studies for young pianists File 1962
034 Suite on old tunes : for young pianists File 1962
035 Interval studies : for piano File 1962
036 A Chaucer suite : for contralto, tenor, and baritone File 1962, 1972
037 Concertino : for horn and orchestra File 1963
038 Jonah : chamber cantata for chorus, four soloists, and instruments File 1963
039 Wednesday's child File 1963
040 Ten English rhymes : set to music for young voices File 1963
041 The trumpets of summer File 1964
042 Peacock and gull File 1965
043 Canada dash, Canada dot : The line across File 1965
044 Canada dash, Canada dot : The line up and down File 1966
045 Canada dash, Canada dot : Canada dot File 1967
046 Sharon fragments : for mixed chorus unaccompanied (SATB) File 1966
047 Place of meeting : for mixed chorus, full orchestra, and three soloists File 1966-1967, 1972
048 The shivaree : opera in two acts File 1966-1982
049 Circle, with tangents : for harpsichord and 13 solo strings File 1967
050 Three blessings : for SATB chorus with rehearsal piano File 1968
051 The sun dance File 1968