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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Scores (documents for music)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Original and entire drafts or transcripts of musical compositions or arrangements. Typically having the parts of all the different instruments or voices written on staffs one above another, so that they can be read at a glance.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Missale Romanum frisket fragment

 Collection — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box S 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16225
Scope and Contents A portion of a manuscript on vellum. It was originally a leaf from a liturgical manuscript, likely written in France in the 15th century. The leaf was re-used in an edition of the Missale Romanum, liklely in France after 1582, which used red and black ink. The sheet (of which this is not the entire part) was used to mask the part of the former, which had been inked red, but which were not intended to be...
Dates: approximately 1582

Theodore G. Twitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16423
Scope and Contents Note

The Theodore G. Twitchell papers (1965-1994; 0.96 cubic feet) document Twitchell's activity as a composer. Musical materials include original orchestral scores, individual instrument parts, photocopies, and piano reductions of works such as Tidewater, The Gettysburg Address, and The Pride of Monticello. The collection also includes correspondence and print materials documenting the performance of The Gettysburg Address for Abraham Lincoln's birthday in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1965 - 1994