The Finding Aid of the Joseph Wagner Papers 0029
Jamie Henricks, Melanie Greer, Rachel White, and Katie Richardson
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
March 2013
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA, 90263-4786
kelsey.knox@pepperdine.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Joseph Wagner Papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0029
Physical Description:
15.29 Linear Feet
(21 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1923-1974
Abstract: The collection contains materials created by, collected by, and about conductor and composer Joseph Wagner. Materials include
music scores; symphony orchestra sheet music; loose music manuscripts; vinyl records; audio and video recordings; subject
and correspondence files; photographs; Wagner's publications; and colorful sheet music covers. Items range in date from approximately
the 1923 to the 1974.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Joseph Wagner Papers, Collection no. 0029, Special Collections and University Archives, University
Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Biographical note
Joseph Frederick Wagner was born on January 9, 1900, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was a composer, conductor, and author.
He started piano lessons at the age of 8. Wagner graduated from Technical High School in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1918,
then served in the United States Army from 1918 to 1919. After leaving the army, he studied piano full-time with Felix Fox
and studied organ with Louis Whilemann. He attended the New England Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1923 and receiving
the Encidott Prize in composition. In 1924, he was appointed Assistant Director of Music in Boston Public Schools, then founded
the Boston Civic Symphony in 1925. He served as the conductor for the Boston Civic Symphony for eighteen years.
Beginning in 1929, Wagner held a teaching position at Boston University (as an instructor for orchestration and band scoring)
and simultaneously studied to earn his Mus.B. degree in composition, which he received in 1932. In the 1930s and 1940s, Wagner
traveled making guest conducting appearances and studying. He studied in Paris from 1934 to 1935, under Nadia Boulanger and
Alfredo Casella for composition, and under Pierre Monteux and Felix Weingartner for conducting. He also wrote ballets while
abroad, including the
Dance Divertissement and
Hudson River Legend. In 1945, Wagner was made Special Instructor at Hunter College, and in 1946 became an assistant professor at Brooklyn College
in New York.
Wagner served as the resident conductor of the Duluth Symphony from 1947 to 1950, and then spent approximately a decade writing
and conducting around the world. From 1950 to 1954, he lived in Costa Rica serving as the Musical Director of the Oquesta
Sinfonica Nacional de Costa Rica -- he was recognized with an honorary doctorate degree in 1953 because he was the first American
to be a permanent conductor of a Latin American orchestra. Wagner conducted at appearances in Cuba, Canada, Chile, Finland,
Panama, Sweden, and other countries. He was also the first native-born American to conduct as a guest director of the Orquesta
Filharmonica De Habana in 1949, presenting the first American program performed in the Cuban capital.
Wagner published two music books,
Orchestration: A Practical Handbook and
Band Scoring, as well as two accompanying workbooks. He moved to California in 1959 after receiving a grant from the Huntington Hartford
Foundation, and was appointed head of the Theory Department of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music in 1960. In 1963, he
was appointed Composer-in-Residence of Pepperdine University, and stayed there for a decade. Wagner died in Los Angeles,
California on October 12, 1974.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: 1. Subject Files; 2. Audio Reels; 3. Film Reels; 4. Symphony Parts;
and 5. Record Albums. Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content
The collection contains materials created by, collected by, and about conductor and composer Joseph Wagner. Materials include
music scores composed by Wagner and collections of scores by others; bundles of symphony orchestra sheet music parts for musicians;
loose sheets of music manuscripts (like drafts, or with notes); vinyl record albums of Wagner's work and other music; recordings
of Wagner's compositions on magnetic audio reels; video reel recordings from Wagner's travels; subject files and unorganized
papers including programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publicity, and other items; photographs and photograph albums
of pictures of Wagner's and also groups of photographs of other musicians with personal inscriptions given to Wagner; workbooks
and books written by Wagner; and a small collection of colorful sheet music. Items range in date from approximately the 1923
to the 1974.
Related Archival Materials
Collections with materials related to music include the Pepperdine University Performing and Fine Arts collection 0081 and
the Blanche Ebert and Frank R. Seaver papers 0008 (Blanche Seaver was a pianist and composer).
Processing Information note
The finding aid was created by Jamie Henricks in March, 2013. The collection was further arranged and described by Melanie
Greer and Rachel White in February, 2015, under the supervision of Katie Richardson.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Programs
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
Conductors (Music) -- United States
Sheet music
Composers -- United States
Orchestral music
Photograph albums
Photographs
Correspondence
Fliers (Printed matter)
Brochures
Clippings
Advertisements
Articles
Wagner, Joseph
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine College
box 1-4, 20
Series 1:
Subject Files
1923-1974
box 1, folder 1
Academic Papers
1961-1964
box 1, folder 2
America's Music- A Half Hour Radio Show with the Music of America as the Basis for Continuity
undated
box 1, folder 3
American Music Center Newsletter vol. 14- vol. 16
1972-1974
Physical Description: (3 issues)
box 1, folder 4
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers- Correspondence, Reports, and Notes
1961-1963; 1973
box 1, folder 5
Announcements and Invitations for Wagner Performances
1964-1970
box 1, folder 6
Articles Written by Wagner
1949-1970
box 4, folder 2
Band Scoring
1960
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 1, folder 7
Band Scoring/Orchestration- Advertisements
1960
box 1, folder 8
Band Scoring- Signed Citation Releases for Wagner Book
1959-1960
box 1, folder 9
Biographical Articles
1933-1974
box 1, folder 11
Bulletins-
National Association for American Composers and Conductors
1959-1970
box 1, folder 12
California Institute of the Arts (Los Angeles Conservatory of Music)- Correspondence and Programs
1961-1964
box 1, folder 13
Cardiogram Results for Wagner
1960-1961
box 1, folder 14
Catalogs- Wagner
1971-1973
box 1, folder 15
Certificates- Commanders of the Torrid Zone
1949
box 1, folder 16, box 20
Collages- Wagner
1925-1969
box 1, folder 17
Composers of the Americas vol. 12
1966
box 1, folder 18
Contempo Westwood- Event Calendar
1973
box 1, folder 19
Correspondence- Wagner
1943-1972
box 1, folder 20
Diploma- New England Conservatory of Music
1923 June 2
box 1, folder 21
Duluth National Symphony- Publicity
1949
box 1, folder 22
Duluth Symphony Orchestra- Programs and Publicity
1948-1950
box 1, folder 24
Excursions with Music: A New Kind of Radio Program that has Continuity- Script
undated
box 1, folder 25
First Congressional Church- Programs and Publicity
1972-1973
box 1, folder 26
Index Cards- Scores Loaned to the American Music Center
1940-1950
box 1, folder 27
Latin America- Publicity and Notes
1951-1954
box 1, folder 28
McGraw Hill- Correspondence
1961-1963
box 4, folder 3
Music Books Inscribed to Wagner
1934-1959
box 1, folder 29
Music for Soloists with Orchestra by Wagner
1967
box 1, folder 30
Music of the Americas
1953 March 1
box 1, folder 31
New England Sampler Based on the Chekov Play
The Marriage Proposal- Script
1963
box 1, folder 32
New England Sampler- UCLA Premiere- Programs
1974
box 1, folder 33
Newspaper Articles- World War II
1944-1945
box 1, folder 34
Newspaper Clippings- Wagner
1937-1974
box 1, folder 35
Notebooks and Calender- Personal
1969
box 1, folder 36
Notes on Lecturing from Helen Kess
undated
box 1, folder 37
Notes to the Conductor/Performer- Wagner
undated
box 4, folder 4
Orchestration
1959
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 1, folder 38
Orchestration- Correspondence
undated
box 1, folder 39-40
Orchestration- Feedback
1959-1961
box 1, folder 41
Orchestration- Signed Citation Releases
1955-1958
box 1, folder 42
Organ Music by Wagner
1974
box 1, folder 43
Pepperdine University- Correspondence
1962-1965
box 1, folder 44
Pepperdine University-
Graphic Articles
1967-1968
box 1, folder 45
Periodicals that Mention Wagner
1968-1974
box 1, folder 46, box 19, object 23
box 1, folder 47
Photograph-[N. Slomemsky] at the Hollywood Bowl
undated
box 1, folder 48
Photographs of a Performance at Bill Banowsky "Shrine" Auditorium
1964
box 1, folder 49
Photograph- Gene Lyle
undated
box 1, folder 51, box 2, folder 1
Photographs- Musicians Inscribed to Wagner
1932-1966
box 2, folder 2
Photographs- Performances and Performers
box 2, folder 4
Press Releases- Wagner
undated
box 2, folder 5
Press Reviews-
A Fugal Triptych
circa 1954
box 2, folder 6
Press Reviews-
Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
undated
box 2, folder 7
Press Reviews-
Concerto in Three Movements
box 2, folder 8
Press Reviews-
Hudson River Legend
1946
box 2, folder 9
Press Reviews-
Northland Evocation
1965
box 2, folder 10
Press Reviews-
Sinfonietta No. 1 and 2
undated
box 2, folder 11
Press Reviews-
Symphony No. 1 and 2
1944-1963
box 2, folder 12
Press Reviews-
Symphony No. 2
1963
box 2, folder 13
Programs- Boston City Orchestra
1943-1944
box 2, folder 14
Programs- Boston Civic Society Orchestra
1927-1944
box 2, folder 15
Programs- Boston Public Library
1936
box 2, folder 16
Programs- Boston, Various Locations
1934-1937
box 2, folder 17
Programs- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
1945
box 2, folder 18
Programs- Church Performances
1964-1974
box 2, folder 19
Programs- Colonial Little Symphony Society
1960
box 2, folder 20
Programs- Croton Friends of Music
1959-1960
box 2, folder 21
Programs- High School Performances
1948-1968
box 2, folder 22
Programs- La Orquesta Sinfonita Nacional
1950-1953
box 2, folder 23
Programs- Los Angeles
1961-1973
box 2, folder 24
Programs- New Music Concerts
undated
box 2, folder 25
Programs- New York
1959-1961
box 3, folder 1
Programs- Orquesta Filarmonica de la Harbona
1949
box 4, folder 5
Programs- Oversize
1960-1973
box 3, folder 2
Programs- Pasadena
1962-1971
box 3, folder 3
Programs- Pepperdine University
1965-1974
box 3, folder 4
Programs- Rhode Island, Various Locations
1937, 1962-1963
box 3, folder 5
Programs- Saint Paul
1947-1949
box 3, folder 6
Programs- San Jose State College
1961-1963
box 3, folder 7
Programs- Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra
1962
box 3, folder 8
Programs- Trenton Symphony Orchestra
1961
box 3, folder 9
Programs- Various Universities
1946-1972
box 3, folder 10
Programs- Wilmington
1960
box 3, folder 11
Program Notes-
A Fugal Triptych
circa 1954
box 3, folder 12
Program Notes-
Concert Piece
circa 1967
box 3, folder 13
Program Notes-
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra
circa 1963
box 3, folder 14
Program Notes-
Fantasy in Technicolor
circa 1954-1963
box 3, folder 15
Program Notes-
Hudson River Legend
circa 1943
box 3, folder 16
Program Notes-
Impromptu Fantasy for Flute, Clarinet and Piano
circa 1958
box 3, folder 17
Program Notes-
Merlin and Sir Boss
undated
box 3, folder 18
Program Notes-
Northern Saga
circa 1953
box 3, folder 19
Program Notes-
Pastoral Costarricense
circa 1961
box 3, folder 20
Program Notes/Press Review-
Two Moments Musical for String Quartet
1937
box 3, folder 21
Program Notes-
Symphony No. 3
circa 1951
box 3, folder 22
Program Notes-
Twelve Concert Preludes for Organ
circa 1970
box 4, folder 5
Programs- Oversize
1960-1973
box 3, folder 24
Reference Letters about Wagner
1934-1950
box 3, folder 25
Report on Confidential Market, Market Survey
circa 1960s
box 3, folder 26
Robert B. Brown Music Co.- Publicity and Announcements
1963-1967
box 3, folder 27
Script-
Hudson River Legend
undated
box 3, folder 28
The Composer and the Conductor: The Bulletin of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors, No. 16 and No. 19
1972-1973
box 20
The New York Times Magazine
1945-1946
box 4, folder 1
Two Workbooks Written by Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 4, folder 1
Workbooks Written by Wagner-
Band Scoring and
Orchestration
undated
box 4-9
Series 2:
Audio Reels
1934-1974
box 4-7
Sub-series 2.1:
Large Audio Reels
1934-1974
box 5-7
Works Written or Conducted by Wagner
1944-1974
box 5
American Jubilee: Overture; Concerto Grosso
circa 1950s
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 5
An Anatomy of a Symphony
1969 October 30
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Chico State College Auditorium
1972 May 12
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Concert of Chamber Music
1970
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
1949 March
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Concertino for Harp and Orchestra; Sonata No. 2
1948; 1953
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Concerto Grosso for Symphony Band; American Jubilee Overture
1953; 1960 June 24
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Dance Divertissent
1949
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Dance Divertissent; Festival Processions
1944; 1958
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Dance Divertissement; Symphony No. 1
undated
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Fantasy and Fugue
1971
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Fantasy in Technicolor For Piano, Winds and Percussion
1963
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
Scope and Content
This audio reel also includes Water Music Suit, by George Frideric Handel, Overture in C Major for Wind Band, by Felix Mendelssohn,
Symphony in B Flat for Wind Band, by Paul Fauchet, and Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 7, by Richard Strauss.
box 5
Festival Processions; Radio City Snapshots; Rhapsody
1945; 1947
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Gloria in Excelsis; Two Romantic Legends
1956 December; 1961 December 9, 1961
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 5
Hudson River Legend
1944 May
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 5
Impromptu Fantasy; Fantasy Sonata
1964
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Introduction and Sherzo for Bassoon and String Orchestra; Pastoral Costarricense
1958 February 2; 1960 January 24
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Litany for Peace; Introduction and Sherzo for Bassoon and Strings; Pastoral Costarricense
1958; 1960; 1963
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Master Ishe of Litargy
undated
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
Merlin and Sir Boss
1967 February 12
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 5
Missa Sacra
1964 May 17
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 5
Musical Program
undated
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 5
New England Sampler
1974 May 25
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 5
Northland Evocation
1949
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Ode to Friendship; Outdoor Overtures; Spirituals
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
One Hour Program Music
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Orquesta Filarmonica de Havana
undated
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Overture; American Jubilee; Sinfonietta No. 2
1949
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Pastoral; Sonata
1961 April 2
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Pastorals
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Patterns of Contrast for 2 Flutes and 2 Clarinets, First Performance: San Jose State College, 1961 May, Festival of American Music ;
Impromptu Fantasy for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (revised version-1960) L.A. County Museum series, 1964 February 23;
Theme and Variations for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Violoncello, First Performance: NAAC Concert, New York 1946
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Preludes and Toccata for Violin, Cello and Harp
1968 September
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Psalm of Faith for Soprano and Orchestra
1962 October 21
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 6
Retrospective Concert of Music
1934-1964; 1973
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Sonata with Differences for 2 Pianos
1964 February 23
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 6
Souvenir Sonatina; Cortege; Nocturne; Village Music
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Symphonic Transitions for Concert Band; A Festive Fanfare for Brass and Percussion
1971
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Symphony No. 1 for Large Orchestra in Three Movements
1945 October 19
Physical Description: (5 Copies)
box 6
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
1960 March 1
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Symphony No. 2 in Four Movements for Orchestra
1963 February 12
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
box 6
Symphony No. 34
1961 April 25
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Theme and Variations for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Violoncello, 1961 April 24;
Serenade for Oboe, Violin and Violincello, 1961 April 2
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
The Story of a Princess
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 6
Three Browning Love Songs 1964;
Two Songs 1958
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Two Excerpts for Band
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Two Moments Musical for String Quartet 1935; Sonata of Sonnets for Voice and Piano 1961
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Two Silhouettes, Duos for Violin and Piano, 1955; Sonata No. 2 in C Minor for Violin and Piano
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
UCLA Fanfare
undated
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Wagner Rhapsody, January 30
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
World Premier of
New England Sampler, An Opera in One Act Based on the Chekhov Play, The Proposal
1965 February 26
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Works by Others
1960s-1970s
box 7
Barber-Piano Concerto; John Browning- B.B.O.
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Britten War Requiem [?]
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Dave Skates Recital
1971 April 3
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Junior College Honor Bandestern Division; Canzona; Soliloquy and Dance; Symphony for Band; Tundra; Ann Arbor, Michigan
1967 February 11
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
L.A. County Museum Concert, 1958 February 2;
Trio in D Minor by Charles Haubiel
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
New Music for Concert Band by Caesar Giovannini;
Rock for All Ages; Sounds for Flutes
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Northern California High School Honor Band
1968 February 10
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Sinfonietta by Alexander Tansman
1961 April 25
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Vachel's Bridge Mae Crane, 1960 March 5;
Ballad of Brotherhood Alfred Kremborg;
Col. L.P. by Morman Choir; First Performance: First Sacred Song, Mormon Choir 1961 May 14
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7-9
Sub-series 2.2:
Small Audio Reels
1934-1972
box 7
American Ballad Set by Joseph Wagner, Performed 1968 April 15, The Pepperdine College Chorus
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Ballad of Brotherhood Poem Read by Alfred Kreymborg, Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Concert Piece for Violin and Cello
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Concertino for Harp and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner; Susann McDonald, Harpist; Mahli Mehta, Conductor; American Youth Symphony, L.A. 1972 October 22
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Concertino for Harp and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner; Meyer, Harpist; National Symphony; Howard Mitchell, Conductor; 1949 February
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Concerto for Organ, Brass and Percussion, L.A. Brass Society, 1964 April 20
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 7
Dance Divertissements, Five Abstractions with a Prologue by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Eulogy for Concert Band by Joseph Wagner, 1961 April 24;
Symphonic Transitions for Concert Band 1961 May 26
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 7
Fantasy in Technicolor for Piano, Winds and Percussion by Joseph Wagner, 1966 September
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 7
Fantasy in Technicolor for Piano, Winds and Percussion by Joseph Wagner; Carnegie Hall, NY, 1966 May 10
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Fantasy in Technicolor for Piano, Winds and Percussion by Joseph Wagner; L.A., 1963 January 17
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 7
Gloria in Excelsis, A Short Christmas Cantata
1956 December
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Holdberg Suite for Strings, Grieg
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Impromptu Fantasy for Flute, Clarinet and Piano by Joseph Wagner, L.A. County Museum Concert
1964 February 23
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Intro and Scherzo for Bassoon and String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
1958 February 2
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Litany for Peace for String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner, 1963 January 20- Audience Concert; 1963 February 3-Mutual Network
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
box 8
Merlin and Sir Boss, A Symphonic Tale after The Connecticut Yankee by Mark Twain, for Concert Band, by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Northland Evocations for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner; N.B.C. Symphony
1953 April 4
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Northland Evocations for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner, Stockholm Philharmonic
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Overture American Jubilee for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
1949
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Pastoral Costarricense by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Pastoral Costarricense for Chamber Orchestra by Joseph Wagner; First Performance: Oklahoma City Symphony
1960 January 24
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 8
Pastoral Costarricense for Chamber Orchestra by Joseph Wagner; Symposium of Contemporary American Music
1961
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Pastoral Costarricense for Small Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Patterns of Contrast for 2 Flutes and 2 Clarinets by Joseph Wagner, Two Movements
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 8
Piece Heroique; First Performance: Chico State College Concert Band
1970 May 23
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 8
Psalm of Faith for Soprano and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
1962 October 14
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 8
Serenade for Oboe, Violin and Violincello; 1934, rev. 1959
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 9
Sinfonietta No. 2 for String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner; Stockholm Radio Orchestra
1949 August
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 9
Song of All Seas, All Ships by Joseph Wagner; Pepperdine College Chorus and Orchestra
1966 December 3
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 9
Symphonic Transitions for Concert Band by Joseph Wagner; First Performance: University of Wisconsin Concert Band
1961 March 26
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 9
Three Charades by Joseph Wagner; Brass Quintet, composed for the Los Angeles Brass Society
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 9
Trio Concertante in One Movement for Piano, Violin and Violincello, by Joseph Wagner
1970 March 20; 1970 October 11
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
box 9
Two Moments Musical for String Quartet or String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 9
Two Silhouettes, Duos for Violin and Piano; Premiere: L.A. County Museum Chamber Music Series
1960 April 2
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 9
Barboro Harbor [?]
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 9
Birgen and Visby [?]
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 9
Boat Amsterdam
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 9
Boston Football
Physical Description: (2 Reels)
box 9
Canyon/ California
Physical Description: (2 Reels)
box 9
Catalina/ Yosemite/ San Francisco
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 9
Central America
Physical Description: (4 Reels)
box 10
Chicago/ Oklahoma/ Texas
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Chile
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Havana
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Havana July 4
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Innsbruck/ Munich/ Strassburg
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
MacDowell Colony
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Montevalo H.H. Foundation
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
New York
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Paris
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Petersboro Gathers- Color [?]
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Pikes Peak
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Sports
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Stockholm/ Oslo
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Winter Sports
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
World's Fair
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Versailles
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Vienna/ Sazburg
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 10
Unidentified
Physical Description: (1 Reel)
box 21, box 11
A Fugal Triptych; for Piano, Percussion and Strings, by Joseph Wagner; Reduction for Two Pianos by the Composer
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
box 11
A Psalm of Faith; for Voice and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (5 Copies)
box 11
American Jubilee, A Concert Overture for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 11
Concert Piece No. 1; for Violin, Violincello and Harp by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
box 11
Concertino; for Harp and Orchestra
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
box 11
Concerto; for Organ, Brass and Percussion by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 11
Concerto Grosso by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
box 12
Concerto in C Minor; for Violin and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
box 12
Concerto in G Minor; for Piano and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 12
Contrasts; for Cello and Piano by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 12
Dance Divertissement; Five Abstractions with Prologue for Piano (Also for Small or Large Orchestra) by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
box 12
David Jazz; A Jazz Epic for Baritone and Piano, Small Jazz Band Words by Edwin Meade Robinson, Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
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Fantasy and Fugue; for Wind Quartet
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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Fantasy in Technicolor; for Piano, Winds and Percussion by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (5 Copies)
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Fantasy Sonata in One Movement; for Harp by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (6 Copies)
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Festival Processions; A Choreographic Episode for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Four Miniatures; for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Four Old Dances; for Two Violins with Piano Accompaniment by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Hidden; A Song for Low Voice and Piano by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Hudson River Legend; Pupils' Romp Dance by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
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Introduction and Rondo; for Trumpet and Ochestra
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Introduction and Scherzo; for Bassoon and String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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Litany for Peace; for String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Look to the Lightning; Song for High Voice and Piano by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Merlin and Sir Boss; A Symphonic Tale
Based on an Episode in The Connecticut Yankee
by Mark Twain, for Concert Band by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Monologue; for Alto Saxophone by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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New England Sampler; An Opera in One Act Based on the Chekhov Play, The Marriage Proposal, for Soprano, Tenor and Baritone
and Small Orchestra
Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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Northland Evocation; A Landscape for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Northwest Passage by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Organ Prelude by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Panorama; From the Ballet Hudson River Legend by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Pastoral Hymn; A Poetic Paraphrase of Psalm 23, for Mixed Chorus and Piano (or Organ) Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Pattern of Contrasts; for Two Flutes and Two Clarinets by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Phantoms by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Piano Score; Ballet, Hudson River Legend; Prologue-Two Scenes and Epilogues Scenario by Jan Veen, Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Piece Heroique by Cesar Franck, Transcribed for Symphony Band, by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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Prelude and Fugue in D Minor by Edward MacDowell, Orchestral Transcription by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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Preludes and Toccata; for Violin, Violincelle and Harp by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
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Preludium and Postludium; from Missa Sacra, for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Quartet in C Minor by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (6 Copies)
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Radio City Snapshots; A Very Short Tour for Very Busy People, A Suite for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Rhapsody; Two Themes with Variations, for Clarinet, Piano and String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Searching; A Song for Middle Voice by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Sinfonietta No. 2; for String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Sonata of Sonnets; for Soprano and Piano, Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Sonata with Differences; for Two Pianos by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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Sonatina; for Piano by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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Song of All Seas, All Ships; for Chorus, Baritone Solo and Orchestra, Poem from "Sea Drift" by Walt Whitman Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Symphonic Transitions; for Concert Band by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Symphony No. 2 in Four Movements; for Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Symphony No. 3 in One Movement by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
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The League of Nations; March by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 copies)
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The Story of a Princess; A Musical Fable for Children of all Ages, for Narrator, Chorus and Orchestra, Lyrics by Theresa Larkin by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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The Voice of the Lord; For Men's Chorus and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Three Bagatelles; For String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Three Browning Love Songs; For High Voice and Piano, Poems by Robert Browning, Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Three Charades; For Brass Quintet by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
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Three Part Songs; For Children with Piano, Words by Theresa Larkin, Music by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Tribute to America; A Choral Symphony in Three Parts with Two Instrumental Interludes for Chorus, Soprano Solo, Narrator and
Orchestra
by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Trio Concertante in One Movement; For Violin, Violincello and Piano by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (6 Copies)
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Twelve Concert Preludes; For Organ by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Two Excerpts from "The Story of a Princess"; I. Dance of the Dwarf, II. Entrance of the Infanta, for Concert Band by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Two Moments Musical; For String Quartet or String Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 copies)
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Two Piano Transcription of Symphony No. 1 by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Two Romantic Legends; For Treble Voices, Flute, Clarinet and Piano by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Two Silhouettes; Duos for Violin and Piano by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Variations of an Old Form; For Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (8 Copies)
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Whom Shall I Fear?; A Psalm of Faith for Voice and Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (40 copies)
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A Fugal Tryptich by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (4 Copies)
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American Jubilee by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Concertino by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Concerto Grosso by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Concerto Grosso, A Festive Fanfare, Symphonic Transitions, Merlin and Sir Boss by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Four Miniatures: For Orchestra by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Hudson River Legend by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Northern Saga by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (3 Copies)
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Northland Evocation by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Prelude and Fugue
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Radio City Snapshots by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Sinfonietta No. 2 by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (2 Copies)
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Sonata of Sonnets, Preludes and Toccata by Joseph Wagner
Physical Description: (1 Copy)
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Spring Concert 1962
Physical Description: (1 Copy)