Madalyn Akers Phillips musical compositions,
ca. 1930-ca. 1950
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Title: Madalyn Akers Phillips musical compositions
Collection number: PASC-M 67
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.5 linear ft.
(5 boxes)
Date: circa 1930-circa 1950
Abstract: Music composed by Madalyn Akers Phillips. Includes art songs, popular songs, choral works, and instrumental works.
creator:
Phillips, Madalyn Akers
Biography/History
Madalyn Akers Phillips (b. Maddalena Heryer, 1889) was a composer, organist, and music teacher. She studied at Knox College
and the American Conservatory and was an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota. In 1916 she married William Fred Akers and was
widowed in 1930. In 1934 she married William S. Phillips. Her compositions – for which she wrote the lyrics of many - often
were of a religious or patriotic nature. They were performed by Lawrence Tibbett, John Charles Thomas, Dusolina Gianninni
and others. She died in 1949 in San Diego, California.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of music composed by Madalyn Akers Phillips, and includes holograph and reproduction scores for art songs,
popular songs, choral works, and instrumental works. Box 1 contains material for The Great Promise. The remaining works are
arranged alphabetically by title.
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Madalyn Akers Phillips musical compositions (Collection PASC-M 67). Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Box 1, Folders 1-7
The Great Promise.
circa 1933, 1949.
Scope and Content Note
Includes holograph scripts and sheet music, typed scripts, and notes.
Box 2, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (narrator and piano).
Box 2, Folder 3
Because It Knows (spring song) from "The Goldenrod Song Cycle" (vocal solo).
Box 2, Folder 5
Big Silver Dollar and the Little Red Cent (musical reading).
Box 2, Folder 6
Canto De Alegre (Song of Joy), (Tango Fatale) (instrumental solo).
Box 2, Folder 11
Everywhere (I See You) (popular).
Box 2, Folder 12
Father, Forgive Them (voice).
Box 2, Folder 13
The Fiesta of the Moon (Chula Vista).
Box 2, Folder 16
From Courtly Scenes (instrumental).
Box 2, Folder 18
The Fulfillment (Postlude) (organ).
Box 2, Folder 19
Give Me Love (No Matter the Price Is) (popular).
Box 2, Folder 20
Go You Leathernecks (Pop, March).
Box 3, Folder 4
Help Us to Prove Our Faith (voice).
Box 3, Folder 5
Holdin' Yo' Hand (spiritual).
Box 3, Folder 7
I Am King...(voice and small orchestra).
Box 3, Folder 9
Invocation (song, poem by Mary Baker Eddy).
Box 3, Folder 13
Legend of the Sea (piano).
Box 3, Folder 14
Life's the Victory (song).
Box 3, Folder 15
The Little Country Road (song).
Box 3, Folder 16
The Lord's Prayer (voice).
Box 4, Folder 1
Love (song, poem by Mary Baker Eddy).
Box 4, Folder 2
The Loveliness of Love (instrumental).
Box 4, Folder 4
The Marshes of Glynn (song, poem by Sidney Lanier).
Box 4, Folder 6
Night Reverie (Melancholia) (song).
Box 4, Folder 8
One Little Smile, One Little Kiss (popular song).
Box 4, Folder 9
Organ Concerto (orchestral parts).
Box 5, Folder 1
Peace I Leave with You (song).
Box 5, Folder 2
Plaintive Song, A (piano).
Box 5, Folder 3
The Poodle and the Dane (humorous song).
Box 5, Folder 4
Postscript (song, poem by Don Blanding).
Box 5, Folder 6
The Prayer of Cyrus Brown (humorous song).
Box 5, Folder 9
Ephemera.
Scope and Content
Includes pamphlets titled "Compositions of Madalyn Akers Phillips" presented by the Committee for the Perpetuation of the
Madalyn Akers Phillips Catalogue. Also includes sheet music titled "Evening Primrose Yoi-machi gusa (serenade)." Words by
Mrs. T. Asabuki. Music by E. Asabuki.
