Inventory of the Albert Israel Elkus Papers, 1893-1993
Collection number: ARCHIVES ELKUS 1
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SERIES 1: MUSIC COMPOSITIONS
SUBSERIES A: WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
Funeral March, for orchestra. Full score, incomplete.
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Impressions from a Greek Tragedy, for orchestra:
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I. Prelude Sostenuto
Impressions from a Greek Tragedy, arranged for two pianos, four hands.
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Impressions from a Greek Tragedy,
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II. Allegretto grazioso
III. Finale, Andante maestoso.
Impressions from a Greek Tragedy, various sketches, completed score for orchestra.
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On a Merry Folk Tune, for small orchestra (1924). Complete scores, arrangement for two pianos, photostats, parts.
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Symphony in C Minor . Full score, incomplete.
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Prelude to "G---------", for orchestra. Lento con dolore.
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Symphonie in E Major. Full score, incomplete.
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SUBSERIES B: CHAMBER MUSIC
String Quartet in Bb Major. Movement III from an unidentified string quartet. Scherzo - allegro.
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String Quartet in C Major:
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I. Allegro, ma non troppo
IV. Allegro, a lo Zingares.
String Quartet in C Minor:
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I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro poco vigoroso.
String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor:
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Quintet for Klavier and Strings:
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I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Allegro.
Scène du Ballet for String Quartet.
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Serenade for Quartet of Strings in G Major. 1921. Allegro ben moderato.
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Major.
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor.
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Violin Sonata in F-sharp Minor:
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I. No tempo indication
II. Andante
III. Allegretto con moto.
Piano Trio in F Minor ("Eschscholtzia."):
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I. Allegro moderat
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace.
SUBSERIES C: PIANO MUSIC (SOLO)
Notebook (contains 14 piano compositions, dating 1893, 1894, 1896, and 1897):
I. Jueline Gallop. Allegro. Signed: Dedicated to the horse Jueline. March-April, 1896. Opis (sic) 3 no. 2. Since the Jueline Gallop has been written, it has been played by a band. It was necessary to add an introduction. [ms-I; pp. 1-5 in notebook].
II. Santa Claus Dream. Tempo di Waltz. Signed: Opis (sic) 1. December, 1893. [ms-I; pp.6-11].
III. Lied. Adagio. Signed: August, 1896. [ms-I; pp. 11-13].
IV. The Two Mysteries Song. Words by Mary M. Dodge. Vocal part, but no text. Signed: Composed September, 1896. [ms- I; pp. 13-17].
V. Ghost Walk. Andante. Signed: Opis (sic) 2, November 1894. [ms-I; p.18].
VI. Romanze (Love's Dream). Largo. Signed: To my Mother. August, 1896. [ms-I; p.22 in notebook].
VI. Suite. Signed: To Aunty Lettie.[ms-I; pp. 25-34]
Confession (Christmas Day, 1896) Lament (November, 1896)
Anger (November, 1896)
Evening (December, 1896)
Morning (January, 1897)
Presto (Supplication) (January, 1897)
Finale (December, 1896)
VII. Minuet. Andante. Signed: November, 1896. [ms-I; page 35].
VIII. Demons Dance. Signed: March, 1897. The first movement in major is an introduction to the dance. It is then followed by a furious dance. It ends with the major movement. [ms-I; pp. 35-36].
IX. 2 Preludium. One in F major, one in F minor. Signed: April, 1897. [ms-I; p.37-45] Slumber Song. Signed: Composed April 30th,1897. [ms-I; pp. 46-51].
X. Funeral March No. 2. (from Symphony in C Minor). Signed: Composed May, 1897. [ms-I; p.52-55].
XI. Funeral March No. 3. Signed: Composed May, 1897. [ms-I; p.56-57].
XII. Mazurka. [ms-I; pp.58-61].
XIII. Funeral March, No. 1 (from "Julius Caesar"). [ms-I; p.62-65].
XIV. Etude. [ms-I; pp.66-67].
Notebook (contains 3 piano compositions, dating 1896 & 1898). Signed: Compositions of Albert I. Elkus. Merry Xmas to Mrs. Mansfeldt From Albert I Elkus. [5 leaves].
I. Mazurka in B Minor. Signed: May, 1898. [ms-I; p.1-9].
II. Suite: Signed: Christmas Day, 1896. [ms-I; pp.9-26].
Confession
Lament
Anger
Morning
Evening
Presto
Adagio
Largo
Finale
III. Funeral March No. 4. Signed: June, 1898. [ms-I; p.27-32].
Notebook containing 5 piano compositions, Dating 1896, 1897 & 1898. Signed: Master Elkus. Compositions of Albert I. Elkus 1208/ 10th [Street, Sacramento, California. [Bound notebook, 33 pages].
I. Concerto in F-sharp Minor, arranged for two pianos. Adagio. Signed: First piano composed December, 1896; second piano composed January, 1897. [ms-I; pp.1-21].
II. Wedding March(incomplete). Signed: To Aunty Lettie and Uncle Simon. March 29, 1898. [ms-I; p.22-23].
III. Mazurka in B Minor. Signed April, 1898. [ms-I; p.24-27].
IV. Adagio(from Suite for Piano). [ms-I; p.28-31 in notebook].
V. Largo [from Suite for Piano]. [ms-I; pp. 32-33].
Notebook containing 5 piano compositions, dating 1898. [Bound; 25 pages].
I. Difficilis Scribere. Signed: December 16, 1898. Hard to write, because of its departing from the original key so much. [ms-I; pp. 1-4].
II. Scribebatur in Schola. Signed: Was written in school. [ms-I; p.5-8].
III. Nocturne. [ms-I; pp. 9-15].
IV. Sailors Song. [ms-I; p. 16-21].
V. Mazurka. [ms-I; pp. 22-25].
Notebook (contains 7 piano compositions, dating 1898, 1899 & 1900). Signed: 1512 Main Street, Sacramento [Bound notebook; 56 pages].
I. Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor, [ms-I; pp. 1-16 in notebook].
i. Begun February 10, 1898; finished on March 8
ii. Begun March 15; finished April 2
iii. Finale, Begun and finished April 5, 1898.
II. Suite No. 1 for Piano: Signed: Composed April 30th, 1899. [ms- I; p. 17-27].
1. Confession
2. Lament
3. Anger
4. Evening
5. Morning
6. Presto
III. Nocturne No. 2 in G Minor. Signed: Composed April 30th, 1899. [ms-I; p.27-2].
IV. Piece without title (incomplete). [ms-I; pp. 33-39].
V. Piece without title. Signed: Composed January 6, 1900. [ms-I pp. 40-46 in notebook].
VI. Piece without title, for piano. [ms-I; p.47 in notebook].
VII. Fugue (incomplete). [ms-I pp. 48-49 in notebook].
VII. Spring Song, for Two Pianos. Signed: Composed March 5, 1898. [ms-I pp. 50-56]
Piece without title, for piano. Grave.
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Piece without title, for piano. [ms-I; 9 pages].
Piece without title, for piano.
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Piece without title, for piano.
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Ballet, for piano (incomplete).
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Caprice, for piano.
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Choral Fantasie and Fugue ((Ach Gott von Himmel, sieh' darein) for Piano. Andante sostenuto. Con moto.
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Choral Prelude (Was Gott thut, das ist wohlgethan), in E Minor for piano. Pensieroso. Three drafts.
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Danse Caractéristique, for piano. Moderato.
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Fughetta on a Theme of Oscar Weil, for piano. Andante.
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Fugue on Bach Choral Theme, for piano.
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Fugue on Bach Theme, for piano.
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Fugue on a Theme of Robert Fuchs, for piano.
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Humoreske, for piano.
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Idylls for Pianoforte on Tennyson's "Dream of Fair Women."
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I. Helen of Troy, June 28, 1903
II. Iphigenia
III. Cleopatra, July, 1903
IV. Jephthan's Daughter, August, 1903
V. Rosamond
VI. Joan of Arc
Imprisoned Marguerite,A Dramatic Lyric, for piano. Original copy with pencil corrections.
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Invention, for piano. Allegro.
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Klavierstücke, op. 1. 8 Klavierstücke von Albert I. Elkus. Op. 1. Berlin, Verlag von Ries & Erler, no date.
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Mazurka, for piano.
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Meditation, for piano. [ms-I; 2 pages].
Pieces Characteristic, a Piano Suite.
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I. Bach (Invention), Allegro moderato [p. 1-3]
II. Mozart, Allegretto [p. 4-8]
III. Schumann, Allegro agitato [p. 9-17, p. 18 blank]
IV. Mendelssohn, Incomplete [p. 19-22]
V. Greig, No music
VI. Tschaikowsky, No music
Pieces for Piano, Intermediate Grade:
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I. Lament, To Helen [2 pp.]
II. Prelude on a Choral, TO O.W. [1 pp.]
III. Night Song [4 pp.]
IV. Gavotte, To Cora W. Jenkins. [5 pp.]
Pieces for Pianoforte (Not Difficult)
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I. Prelude [1.5 pp.]
II. Scherziono [1.5 pp.]
III. Plaint [1 pp.]
IV. Like a March [1.5 pp.]
V. Meditation [1 pp.]
VI. Ballet Serieux [2.5 pp.]
Pieces in Folk Tune for Piano:
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I. Molto andante
II. Un poco agitato
III. Andante con moto
IV. Allegretto
Scène de Ballet (Bagatelle), for piano. Con grazia. [ms-I; 4 leaves].
Scène de Ballet(Bagatelle) for Piano. Allegretto (Grazioso).
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Serenade "Don Juan" for piano.
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Slumber Song for Piano. Andante simplice. [ms-I; 3 leaves].
Piano Sonata:
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I. Andante con moto
II. Moderato
III. Vivace
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Major. One movement, no tempo indications. Draft and sketches.
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Piano Sonata in G Minor (The Fantasy Sonata):
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I. Tempo rubato quasi una fantasia.
II. Adagio maestoso - intermezzo prestissimo - adagio maestoso.
III. Allegro con fuoco.
Notebook containing two piano compositions, dating 1901 and 1902.
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I. Piano Sonata No. 3: Signed: Begun May, 1901. [ms-I; pp.1-24 in notebook].
i. No tempo indications
ii. Andante con sentimento
iii. No tempo indications
iv. No music
II. Piece for piano (sketch). Appassionata. Signed: Composed December 10, 1902. [ms-I] [copied into notebook on last page].
Piano Sonata. Incomplete draft.
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Song without Words (Barcarolle) for piano. Semplice.
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Theme for a Rondo, for Piano. No tempo indications.
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Waltz, for piano. (Incomplete). Tempo di Waltz.
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Waltz Caprice, for piano. Vivace et molto rubato.
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Lament, for piano. "Given to Joan Cast and T.A. for him in Music 27 A-B, 1939-"
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SUBSERIES D: CHORAL AND DRAMATIC MUSIC
Ave Maria, for chorus of women's voices.
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Faust. Margaret's Mad Song (Scene XXV), "My Mother the Harlot." Voice part only.
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Francesca. Lines of Francesca (From the Fifth Canto of the Inferno of Dante for Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra). Moderato.
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Guinevere. Prelude to Act III of an Opera.
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Hamlet. Incidental music.
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I Am the Reaper, for men's choir and piano.
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Life and Death of Julius Caesar, Overture and Act I (Incomplete) of an Opera.
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Lady of Shalott. Incidental music for a Melodrame. Andante con moto. Ink drafts with pencilled corrections and additions.
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Sir Patrick Spens. Chorus for men's voices and pianoforte. Vigorously in moderate tempo.
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Synagogue Service. Portions of a Service for the Synagogue, for solo voices, chorus, and organ.
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I. Micho Mocho (Moderato)
II. Sh'ema Yizrael (Ben moderato)
III. Adonoi Zimlach (Energico)
Traveled Roads: An Appreciation. Incidental music .
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I. Andante ben sostenuto
II. Flowing and rhapsodical
III. Andante sostenuto
IV. Andante
Vanity of Vanities, for chorus SATB and piano. Largo.
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SUBSERIES E: SONGS WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT
Song notebook containing 10 songs, dating 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901 & 1902.
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I . I saw thee weep. Words by Byron. Signed: Dedicated to Miss Nourse. April, 1899. [ms-I pp.1-5 in notebook].
II. Serenade, The crescent moon in the western sky." Words by Laura Porter. Signed: Dedicated to Miss Nourse. April, 1899. [ms-I; p.6-7].
III. Night Song, Shade and silence in the valley." Words by Clarence Urmy. Signed: Composed February, 1899. [ms-I; p.8-10].
IV . Coronach from Lady of the Lake, He is gone on the mountain," by Scott. Signed: Dedicated to Miss Herrick. Composed December, 1898. [ms-I; p.11-14].
V. Goodnight, The lark is silent in his nest." Words by Paul Umbar (?). Signed: Composed October, 1899. [ms-I; p.15-18].
VI. I Know Not Why (No. 1), "I lift mine eyes up to the sky." Words by Morris Rosenfeld. Signed: Composed January, 1900. [ms-I; p.19-22].
VII. I Know Not Why (No. 2), "I lift mine eyes up to the sky." Words by Morris Rosenfeld. Signed: Composed January, 1900. [ms-I; p.23-26].
VIII. In the convent garden (No. 1), "A little space the Padre walks apart." For tenor and piano. Signed: Dedicated to Miss Longbottom. Dedicated to Miss Grace Ewing. May 13, 1900. [ms-I; p.27-32].
IX. In the convent garden (No. 2), "A little space the Padre walks apart." Signed: Dedicated to Miss Grace Ewing. [ms-I; p. 33-36].
X. I Know Not Why (No. 3), "I lift mine eyes up to the sky." Words by Morris Rosenfeld. Signed: Dedicated to Miss Grace Ewing. [ms-I; p. 37-40].
XI. Ode to Spring, Thou'rt welcome lovely spring." Words by Schiller. Signed: November 7, 1900. [ms-I; p.40-42].
XII. Home they brought her warrior dead. Words by Tennyson. Signed: Composed March 17, 1901. [ms-I; p.43-48].
XIII. Haroun al Raschid, One Day Haroun al Raschid read a book." Words by Longfellow. Signed: Composed March, 1902. [ms-I; p.49-60].
Song notebook containing 5 songs, dating from 1910. [ms-p; 16 leaves, pages 13-16 blank].
I. Piece Without Title, for Piano (Invention). [ms-p; pp. 1-2]
II. "The moonlight falls upon thee with weird mystery." Signed: 22 May 1910. Old Ruin at Monterey. [Words by] Josephine Blanch. [ms-p; pp.3-6].
III. A Wood Song for a Child, Now one and all, you Rose." Words by Ralph Hudson, Literary Digest, 8 January 1910. Incomplete sketch. [ms-p; p.7].
IV. Unwritten, Hark, how the rain is falling." [Words by] Helen Hudson, Literary Digest, 26 February 1910. [ms-p; pp. 8-9].
V. I Ne'er Shall Write, I long with the pain and fever." [ms-p; pp. 10-12].
Two songs (sketches). [3 leaves total]
I. " Cuckoo, flowers, and daisies," for soprano, alto, and klavier. Incomplete sketch. No place, no date. [ms-p].
II. "I like a dying lady," for voice and piano. Incomplete sketch. No place, no date. [ms- p].
"And where is the green who milled whilere," for piano and two voices.
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"As clouds from yonder sun receive," for voice and piano.
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Ballade of Old Time Ladies,"Tell me in what land of shade," for voice and piano.
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La belle dame sans merci,"O what can ail the Knight-at-Arms," for piano and voice.
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Cathlin's Song, a song cycle for voice and piano.
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I. Cathlin's song
II. Fingal's song
III. Oscars' song
IV. Sailor's song
V. Bard's invitation to battle
VI. Ossian's battle song
VII. Oscar to Cathlin
VIII. Finale
Coronach from Lady of the Lake, He is gone on the mountain."
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A Dream,"In visions of the dark night." For voice and piano.
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Dream-Child,"The dying firelight pales and glows," for voice and piano.
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The Dream Ship,"The dreamship rides on the moonlight," for voice and piano.
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Entreaty (A Geisha Song),"In vain thy cloak do I hide," for mezzo soprano and piano.
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"Fades the rose, the year grows old," for voice and piano.
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Ferry Hinksey,"Beyond the ferry water," for voice and piano.
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Geisha Song, "In vain thy cloak do I hide,"for voice and piano. Tempo giusto. (moderato).
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God's great goodness is visible... in this garden Santa Cruz, for voice and piano.
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Haroun al Raschid,"One day Haround al Raschid read a book," for voice and piano. Andante.
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Home they brought her warrior dead, for voice and piano.
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I know not why, for voice and piano.
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I saw thee smile, the sapphires blaze, for voice and piano.
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I saw the weep, for voice and piano.
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I will lift up mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help(Psalm 121), for voice and piano. Andante sostenuto. Four drafts.
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In the Convent Garden,"A little space the padre walks apart," for voice and piano.
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In Thule there lived a monarch, for voice and piano.
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Lines from a Sonnet,"Bright as the golden lily," for soprano and piano; also scored for soprano, flute, and piano.
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Lines of Andromache,"Art thou Hector," for voice and piano. From Shiller's The Robbers.
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The Merry Bee,"A golden bee acometh," for voice and piano. Poem of John Skipsey.
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Midges Dance,"Al, the midges dance aboon the burn," for voice and piano.
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Night,"Night is a palace whose shady halls," for voice and piano.
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Night Song,"Shade and silence in the valley," for voice and piano.
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Ode to Spring, "Thou'rt welcome lovely spring," for voice and piano.
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Serenade,"The crescent moon in the western sky," for voice and piano.
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Soft the morning lightens, for voice and piano. Poem of L.H. (Miss Louis R. Heller).
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Song of Saul before His Last Battle, "Warriors and chiefs, should the shaft or the sword," for voice and piano. Poem by Byron.
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Spinning Song - Forsaken,"Mother, I cannot mind my wheel," for voice and piano. Poem of Walter Savage Lander. Two scores.
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Thin Roots are deep in an ancient soil, Cedars of Lebanon, for bass voice and piano. Maestoso.
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Thus mellow'ed to that tender light, for voice and piano. No tempo indications.
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To the Moon, "Art thou pale for weariness," for piano and voice. Words by Shelly.
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To the Night, "Swiftly walk over the western wave" for voice and piano. Andante tranquillo.
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What profit hath a man of all his labour, (Ecclesiastes I), for voice and piano. Molto Sostenuto.
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When along the light ripple, for voice and piano.
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When I See You, for voice and piano. Con moto.
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Who is Johnnie, No tempo. May 1904. No place.
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You ask how I would like to die, for voice and piano. 13 Feb. 1908 &-09. No place.
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SUBSERIES F: MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC
American songs. "Deep River," arr. for chorus of men and piano by Elkus. "Apache Chief"
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Concertino after the third Sonata of Attilio Ariosti. For violoncello and piano.
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Concertino after the third Sonata of Attilio Ariosti. For violoncello, string orchestra, and timpani.
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Concertino after the third Sonata of Attilio Ariosti. For violoncello, string orchestra, and timpani.
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Concertino after the third Sonata of Attilio Ariosti. For violoncello, string orchestra, and timpani.
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Concertino after the third Sonata of Attilio Ariosti. Cadenza for violoncello.
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Concertino after the third Sonata of Attilio Ariostosi. Arranged for violoncello and piano.
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Bach, J.S. " Mein Liebster Jesus" (cantata 154), arranged for alto, tenor, bass, violin (I&II), viola, organ, and continuto.
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Bach, J.S. " Mein Liebster Jesus" (cantata 154), arranged for alto, tenor, bass, violin (I&II), viola, organ, and continuto.
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Bach, J.S. Sonata in E-flat for violoncello, arranged for piano and cello.
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Bingham, Harold, All Hail! Blue and Gold, by choral and orchestral arr., harmonized and orchestrated by Elkus.
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Guten Morgan, Liebes Lieserl, adaptation for mixed chorus by Elkus of the German Volkslied.
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Schubert-Tausig, Military March, Arranged. Theater orchestra accompaniment for piano, by Elkus.
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Songs of California, Ed. By Roschelle Paul & Albert I. Elkus (1944).
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Three Christmas Folksongs, Arranged. For women's chorus by Elkus. Songs: "Zum- namenstage Jesu," "Weinacht," "Weinachtslied."
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Three Hundred Pipers, Scotch folk song. Arranged. For men's choir by Elkus.
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Unidentified fragments and sketches from the compositions of Albert Elkus.
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Unidentified piece arr. for orchestra.
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Vaughan-Williams, Ralph. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Orchestrated for commencement Feb. 7, 1943 by Elkus.
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Vivaldi, Antonio. Intermezzo, from Concerto Grosso in D minor, transcribed for pianoforte by Elkus.
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Wagner, Richard. Fanfare from Lohengrin, arrangement by Elkus for orchestra.
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Miscellany:
I. Three related pieces by E. Bacon [V. Song (of the Exposition) for alto solo and male chorus, "Long and long has the grass been growing...;" VI. Recitative for baritone solo, "Had I the Choice (to tally greatest bards);" VII. Song for chorus, "The Commonplace (I sing How cheap is health)"].[ms-I; 11 leaves].
II. The Dream of the Rood, by Howard Ferguson. For soprano (or tenor) solo, chorus, and orchestra. Dedicated to Myra Hess. [bound ms-I; 38 leaves].
III. Music from St. Patrick of Tara, by Wallace A. Sabin. Pieces: "Fire-Music," "No.8, Entrance of Revellers," "No.9, Drinking Song," "No.11, Song of Erin," "Song of Ulster," "Song of Connaught," "Fight-Music," "Apparition Music." Conductor's sheet. [ms-I; 19 leaves].
IV. Song of the Night, for voice and piano. From the "Family Farm" Play of 1927. Music by Uda Waldrop, words by Waldemar Young. Published copy 1927, Sherman, Clay, & Co. [3 leaves].
V. Unidentified piece by Arthur Lewis. [ms-p; 1 leaf].
SERIES 2: MATERIAL PERTAINING TO OTHERS
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Abraham, Paul.Re--ist Du -ie liebe? For voice and piano,[ms-I; 2 leaves].
Bacon, Ernest. "A Tree on the Plains." Text by Paul Hogan, notes and libretto. [typescript on onionskin; 92 leaves bound].
Barrymore, Lionel.Johnny, Dear. For piano and voice. Poem by Dailey Paskman. [ozolid; 4 leaves in a folder].
Britain, Radie. Songs.
I. Lasso Time (The End of The Trail), for male chorus. Tempo moderato, words by Alice McKenzie. Pub: Kjos Musi c 1940, 4 leaves.
II. Lasso Time (The End of the Trail), for voice and piano. Pub: Kjos Music, 1940, 3 leaves.
III. From Far Away, for voice and piano. Tempo mysterioso, words by Katherine Bainbridge. [photocopy, 4 leaves--actually 8 glued back to back].
IV. Little Man, for voice and piano. Tempo allegro moderato, words by Mabel Wilton. [photocopy; 2 leaves--actually 4 glued back to back].
V. The Chalice, for voice and piano. Tempo maestoso, words by Alma M. Halff. [photocopy; 3 leaves--6 glued back to back].
VI. Be Not Too Bold, for voice and piano. Tempo adagio, words by Ada Greenfield. [photocopy; 3 leaves].
VII. Stillness, for medium voice and piano. Tempo andante espressivo, words by Lester Luther. Pub: 1943, Stockton Studios, [photocopy; 2 leaves].
VIII. Miles, for voice and piano. Tempo moderato, words by Joseph Wagner. [photocopy; 2 leaves].
IX. In the Spell of the Moon, for voice and piano. Tempo di tango, words by Melton(?). [photocopy; 4 leaves].
X. God Bless My Son Across the Sea, for voice and piano. Tempo moderato, words by Alice Howard. [photocopy with pasted corrections; 3 leaves].
XI. Elegy, for voice and piano. Tempo andante, words by Lester Luther. [photocopy with ink corrections; 2 leaves].
XII. Eternal Cycles, for voice and piano. Tempo allegro, words by Aita Turk Everett. [ms-I; 2 leaves, bound].
XIII. Love Me Today, for voice and piano. Tempo maestoso, words by Isabelle DeWitte. [photocopy; 5 leaves].
XIV. Stillness, for voice and piano. Tempo andante espressivo, words by Lester Luther. [ms-I; 1 leaf, bound].
XV. I'm a Poor Old Hobo Boy, for voice and piano. Tempo adagio espressivo, words by Alice Howard. [photocopy; 2 leaves].
XVI. When We Shall Part, for voice and piano. Tempo moderato e espressivo, words by Mary Stephens Hartley. [photocopy; 2 leaves].
XVII. Serenade, for voice and piano. Tempo adagio, words by Ysabel DeWitte. [photocopy; 3 leaves].
XVIII. The Sunken City, for voice and piano. Tempo andante e tres espressione. [photocopy; 2 leaves].
XIV. Eternal Cycles, for voice and piano. No tempo, words by Alta Turk Everett. [photocopy; 3 leaves].
Dello Joio, Norman. Libretto for Blood Moon, A Lyric Drama in Three Acts. Libretto by Gale Hoffman. [typescript; 60 leaves, bound].
Edmunds, John.The Conclusion, for voice and piano. Tempo slow, words by W. Raleigh. [photocopy; 1 leaf].
Getty, Gordon.Plump Jack.
I. Incomplete score. [photocopy; 18 leaves].
II. Review of premiere from the San Francisco Examiner. Thursday, March 14, 1985.
III. Complete score [photocopy; 95 leaves].
Getty, Gordon.
I. Three Diatonic Waltzes: "Waltz no. 1" (tempo gemachlich), "Ewig Du" (tempo langsam), and "Ehemals" (tempo lustig), for piano. [photocopy; 5 leaves].
II. With Rue My Heart Is Laden, for a cappella 2-part chorus, tempo allegretto. Words by A. E. Housman. [photocopy; 1 leaf].
III. Along the Field As We Came By, for a cappella male choir, tempo allegretto. Words by A. E. Housman. [Photocopy; 2 leaves].
Getty, Gordon.The White Election: A cycle of songs for soprano and piano; 32 songs to poems by Emily Dickenson. Arranged in 4 categories:"The Pensive Spring," "So We Must Meet Apart," "Almost Peace," and "My Feet Slip Nearer." 3 page typescript introduction, 4 pages typescript poems' text, and 73 pages of 32 songs.
Getty, Gordon.The White Election: A Cycle of 32 Songs for Soprano and Piano, Poems by Emily Dickenson and Music by Gordon Getty. Includes note from Getty's secretary, Anna- Marie Fulton, to Maestro Kurt Herbert Adler, dated 27 November, 1981.
Holt, Henry.Arie des Etheokles: Aus Der Opera "Antigone" von R. Strauss (text von Hoffmannsthal). For orchestra and solo male voice. Signed: "Meinen lieben Freund, Kurt Herbert Soller fur grosses Orchester zur Erimmerung an alte Zeiten. 3. April, 1960 Henry Holt." [ms-I; 8 leaves].
Kohs, Ellis.Concerto for Orchestra. Composer's manuscript copy with pasted-in and pencilled-in corrections. [bound photocopy; 39 leaves].
Lenn, Robert. Songs.
I. Endymion, for voice and piano. Words by Oscar Wilde. [photocopy includes ink cor- rections, 3 leaves].
II. I Will Sing in the Night, for voice and piano. Words by Lenn. [photocopy; 4 leaves].
III. A Peasant Woman's Song, for voice and piano. Tempo "sustained," words by Dion Boucicault. [photocopy; 4 leaves].
IV. Epitaph, for voice and piano. Tempo moderato. [photocopy; 2 leaves].
Loeb, Amy Kahn. Places I have visited. Scrapbook containing pasted-in programs from various operatic, symphonic, and recital performances attended by Amy Loeb Kahn (A.I.E.'s first cousin and a 1906 graduate of UC Berkeley) on the European continent between 1906 and 1908. [Hardbound, 223 pp. Notes by Amy Loeb Kahn (?) in ink]
Music Department. Compositions by music department staff presented to A.I.E. On his 70th birthday. [ink; 33 pages, 3 blank]
I. Cushing, Charles. What Are Years? For chorus of mixed voices a cappella, date: 1954.
II. Lawton, Ed. A Sonnet of Enzo Rae, for mixed voices, a cappella, date: 30.IV.54.
III. Shifrin, Seymour. A Mediaeval Latin Lyric, for mixed voices a cappella, date: Berkeley, Jan. 30, 1954.
IV. Howe, Winifred. Felix Dies Natalis, for SAT chorus, a cappella, no date.
V. Sparks, Edgar. Vocal Fanfare on Happy Birthday, for mixed chorus, a cappella, April 30th, 1954.
Presser, William. " "Spiritual" Suite for orchestra. "Each movement is based on one of the three spirituals below which are quoted as they appear in the book White And Negro Spirituals by George Pullen Jackson; published by J.J. Augustin, N.Y., copyright 1943 by G.P. Jackson. The spirituals are used with the permission of the author." Songs: "Weeping Mary," "Hebrew Children," and "Judgement Day." [photocopy; 40 leaves].
Reti, Rudolph. Songs.
I. Sing My Heart..., for voice and piano. Photocopy with notes in pen. [photocopy; 3 leaves].
II. Sing My Heart, for voice and piano. Bound copy of ms, [photocopy; 2 leaves].
III. Two Songs, for voice and piano. "O Flowering Heath" and "Though Fades the Golden Dream." Bound copy [2 leaves].
IV. The Big Elephant, for voice and piano. [photocopy; 3 leaves].
Turner, Mildred. Songs.
I. Geisha, for voice and piano. Pub: Broadcast Music, In c. 1941. Lyrics by Don Blanding, [4 leaves].
II. Dalmatian Lullaby: Sleep, Babe, Sleep, for voice and piano. Pub: Galaxy Music Corporation, 1941. [3 leaves].
III. Gossamer, for voice and piano. Tempo allegretto scherzando, words by Don Blanding. [photocopy; 3 leaves].
IV. Bright Ecstasy, for voice and piano. Tempo valse lente a le viennoise, lyrics by Don Blanding. [photocopy; 3 leaves].
Zeisl, Eric. Compositions.
I. The 92nd Psalm, for SATB choir and organ. German text. [ bound photocopy, 18 leaves].
II. "Children's Songs" one sheet of typed words to "Maybelle," "Song of Triumph," and "Cradle-Song."
III. 17 Piano pieces for Children, [photocopy; 18 leaves].
IV. Little Symphony, full score with handwritten dedication on inside cover and personal correspondence to Kurt H. Neller(?). Pub: Universal Edition, 1953.
Zeisl, Eric. Compositions.
I. Prayer, for soprano and organ. Original signed: March '45. [photocopy; 6 leaves].
II. Children's Songs, for voice and piano. Text in English and German. [photocopy; 5 leaves].
III. Scherzo und Fugue fur Streichorchester. Pub: Universal Edition, 1937. Signed: 2. VIII. 37.
IV. Requiem Ebraico: The 92nd Psalm, for soli, mixed chorus and organ (or orchestra), vocal score. Hebrew and English text, adaptation by J. Freudenthal. Pub: Transcontinental Music Corporation, 1946. Signed: June 21. 1946 Hollywood.[30 leaves]
V. Prayer, song for high voice with piano or organ accompaniment. Pub: Mills Music, 1950. Signed: 1950, Hollywood. [7 leaves]
VI. Kinder Lieder, for voice and piano. Pub: Capriccio-Verlag, 1933. [10 pages]
VII. Two copies of Sechs Lieder fur Mittlere Stimme und Klavierbegleitung. Pub: Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky), 1935. One photocopy signed: 16.IV.35. [15 leaves]
VIII. Sieben Lieder fur Sopran mit Klavierbegleitung. Pub: Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky), 1936. Signed: June 1936. [15 leaves]
SERIES 3: PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES) AND PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS
Note
"Architectonic Feeling In Music" -the Motet develops into the Fugue. 1 leaf of notes in pencil.
Articles.
I. The Idea of Civilization by George P. Adams ( University of California Publications in Philosophy, v. 23, 1942).
II. "Prelleur, Geminiani, and Just Intonation" by David D. Boyden ( The Journal of the American Musicological Society, v. IV, No. 3, Fall 1951).
III. "Orpheus and the Neoclassic Vision of Opera," by Joseph Kerman ( The Hudson Review, v IX, No. 2, Summer 1956).
IV. "A Bostonian Remembers," by Arthur ( The Musical Quarterly, v. XXIII, No. 4, January 1937).
V. "Music & Literature In England in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," by James E. Phillips and Bertrand H. Bronson (Papers delivered at the Second Clark Library Seminar, 24 October 1953. Pub. by William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA).
VI. California Monthly March 1958, "New Focus on Music."
VII. University of California article, and letter from editor ( Fortune;June 1946).
"The Art of Counterpoint." 35 leaves of notes in pencil and typescript with pencil corrections.
"Art of Interpretation." [typescript; 10 leaves, with corrections in I&p].
"The Art of Interpretation." Drafts and notes [typescript, p; 16 leaves].
"Bach and Palestrina." 1 leaf of notes in pencil.
Beethoven Research. One small spiral-bound notebook containing "Beethoven sketches."
"Beethoven's last quartet." Writings and notes, signed: Albert Elkus, 1209 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 9. [ms-p&I; 22 leaves].
Brahms (Notes and Exam on Brahms.) Music 118B: Brahms, Fall 1943; notes, exam, and grade sheet. Music 2: Harmony, Spring 1947; students exams. Manuscripts.
"Changing Values in Interpretation." typescript with corrections and addendum (Forum: Problems of Interpretation in Music. "Changing Values in Interpretation" (Three artists more or less creative...) [typescript, 7 pp.]. Header: "Forum: Problems of Interpretation in Music U.C.S.A. Sept. 1944."[p & typescript; 14 leaves].
"Changing Values in the Interpretation of Music." Typescript draft with pen and pencil corrections [8 leaves].
"Changing Values in Interpretation (Identity in Music)." Typecript essay with corrections, [10 leaves].
"Changing Values in Piano Playing." [manu- script-I; 10 leaves] discussion of differences in modern and historical piano playing.
Chopin (AIE). Notes and miscellaneous for Chopin seminar class, fall 1948. [typescript, I;3 leaves].
Chopin Centennial.
I. Invitation to the Chopin Centennial National Committee's All-Chopin Concert, Oct. 17, 1949, Arthur Rubinstein, pianist.
II. Letter from Elkus to the Kosciuszko Foundation (Sept. 19, 1949).
III. The Kosciuszko Foundation Monthly Newsletter; June, 1949.
IV. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, an Address by Colonel Robert R. McCormick (April 16, 1949).
V. Advertising poster for the "Four Anniversaries" lecture series presented under the auspices of the Department of Slavic Languages. (March-May, 1949).
Counterpoint examples. Dittos of work by Palestrina and Lassus [5 leaves].
Course Resume. [3 leaves].
Courses. Miscellaneous [14 leaves].
Documents for various courses. "Comparative Study of Forms," and "A Survey of Musical Style from the Gregorian Chant." [typescript; 4 leaves].
Drafts of Three Essays by Elkus.
I. "Three artists more or less creative participate in the complete, well- rounded impression of a musical composition...." [manuscript; 14 leaves].
II. "I wish the barrier between compositions and the performance of music, on the one hand, and, on the other, the research into its history, literature and processes could be broken down...." [typescript; 6 leaves].
III. "That the communal theory of folk song origin should have persisted over a hundred years is to any practical composer evidence of the complacency of ballad authorities...." [typescript; 9 leaves].
Elkus Papers. 2 drafts of A Review of Tentative Discussions in the Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley, on the Place of Applied Music in Graduate Study [typescript; 9 leaves], 1 draft of "Changing Values in the Interpretation of Music" [typescript; 8 leaves].
Elkus' "Ring" Seminar (protocols). Student seminar notes from Music 221: Wagner [32 leaves].
Elkus' suggestions for music program at UCB. 9 typescript copies of "A Review of Tentative Discussion in the Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley, on the Place of Applied Music in Graduate Study," 3 leaves each. 2 printed copies of "The Teaching of Counterpoint From a Contemporary Point of View." 1 leaf notes in pencil.
Exam questions, Music 27 A&B. Dec. 1938 and May 1939 exams. [typescript; 3 leaves].
Note cards. 2 sets of handwritten (3x5) note cards: "Motives of the Wagner Ring."
Form: Brahms Quartet op. 34. Handwritten notes. [3 leaves].
Form in Music. List of form lectures, notes for lectures, bibliography. [typescript; 7 leaves].
Form in Music (The Forms) Univ. Extension 1933. 8 leaves of notes in ink.
Forum: Problems of Interpretation in Music. [typescript; 5 leaves]
Fybate Lecture notes. From Music 27A, Aug. 28, 1941 -Feb. 15, 1945. [typescript; 51 leaves].
Gregorian Modes, notes. [1 leaf].
History of Music, lecture series (1911), notes. [ink notes; 67 leaves].
Imitation in Melodic Design and the Fugue Method, notes. [1 leaf].
The Interweaving of Melodic Designs and the Beginning of Counterpoint, notes. [2 leaves].
"Introductory Remarks to Records," Falstaff. Arts Club, March 1943 [p&I; 8 leaves].
The Italian Church School of the 16th & 17th Cent. & the English Madrigal. 1 leaf of notes in pencil.
Kurth. Report on Ernest Kurth's "Foundations of Linear Counterpoint and Romantic Harmony" [typescript; 11 leaves].
Lecture and other notes. Divided into 4 sections:
I."Minimum Essentials for the College Reference Shelf on Music," and notes, [typescript copy,notes-p; 12 leaves].
II."5a" (?), notes for Music 27 A&B [notes-I; 17 leaves].
III."Melody," more notes for Music 27 [I; 16 leaves].
IV."Journal Memo" notes [p, I; 5 leaves].
V. Notes on student apts. and assignment dates [I; 2 leaves].
Lecture and other notes. Untitled notes on yellow paper [ms-p&I; 44 leaves]. Outline and notes on Lectures on The Development of style and Form in Music beginning June 30, 1921 [typescript; 31 leaves].
Lecture on the music of Henry VIII, Roxburgh Club (3/3/1933). [ms-p; 2 leaves].
Lecture series on the Development of Style and Form in Music. Newspaper clipping (Observer: Sun., Nov. 15, 1931) and series advertisement. [newsprint; 4 leaves].
Lectures. Notes on various lectures [9 leaves].
Lectures: SF Conservatory of Musi c 1933 Outstanding Music Compositions. 15 leaves of notes in pencil.
Lectures, Summer Session SF Cons 1939, Subject Harmonic Analysis. Transcripts of the lectures, from June 19 -July 21 [typescript; 45 leaves].
Lecture: The Nature of Melody--Santa Barbara College, summer 1950. Handwritten lecture notes [ms-I&p; 5 leaves].
Lesson Plans for a course at Mills College, summer 1933. [typescript with pencil notes; 8 leaves].
The Mass of the Pope Marcellus. Notes and Bibliography. [typescript with pencil notes; 5 leaves].
Midterms, Music 27. (Dec. 8, 1949) 9 copies of the 4-leaf midterm, and a grade sheet for Music 133: The String Quartets of Beethoven, Aug. 1942).
Miscellaneous notes on rhythm, harmony, and (a)esthetics. [typescript, ms-p&I; 199 leaves].
Music 27 A&B Outline. 1935-36 [typescript; 4 leaves].
Music 27, Fybate Notes. [typescript; 164 leaves].
Music 27. Various exams (originals and completed) for Music 27, between the years of 1941 and 1949. Also, Music S123 midterm (June 29,1951) and Music 117 C final, Sp. 1948. [typescript; 102 leaves].
Music 111 & 142. Brief bibliographies [typescript; 3 leaves].
Music 202. Notes from class taken by Elkus and students, [typescript, I; 90 leaves].
Music as an Emotional Expression and as Rhythmic Design. [typescript, pencil; 22 leaves].
"Music as an Emotional Expression and as Rhythmic Design." [manuscript, 21 leaves]
Kosmos. The extant records of the Kosmos Club, partial compilation. [ditto; 9 leaves].
The Nature of Melody. Read at the Kosmos Club Apr. 7. 1947. [ms-I; 46 leaves].
Notes. On modes, etc. [ms-p; 7 leaves, ms-I; 1 leaf].
Notes for lecture on Bloch (SF Conservatory?) [ms-p; 4leaves].
Notes (for papers?) [ms-I; 37 leaves].
Notes for music. [ms-p&i; 6 leaves].
Notes on Chopin and Modality. Handwritten [ms-I; 9 leaves], and typescript [2 note cards].
Notes on class meetings of Music 221: Studies in Classic and Romantic Music. [ms-I & typescript; 32 leaves].
Notes on intervallic relationships and notes on Beethoven. [sketch tablet, and 121 loose leaves; mostly ms-p (some typescript).]
Oculos non videt, by Orlando di Lasso. Copied on music staff (by Elkus) in black and red ink.
Papers on Tonal Centers. 2 drafts of Tonal Centers and Central Tonalities, 1 copy of a rough, and 3 of a final draft. One letter dated July 29, 1949 from Theodore M. Finney of the Music Teachers National Association to Elkus. [typescript; 25 leaves].
Piano Course, Primary I. [typescript; 20 leaves].
Prall, Margaret C. First Exercises in Sight- Singing.
Resume. Original copy of Albert Elkus's resume. [typescript,1 leaf, 2 leaves of notes in pencil.]
The Rise of Instrumental Method and the Influence on Music of Various Poetic and Verse Forms. 2 leaves of notes in pencil. [ms-p; 2 leaves].
The Rise of Opera and the Harmonic Point of View. Notes [ms-p; 2 leaves].
Rondo. Notes [typescript; 3 leaves, ms-I&p; 2 leaves].
R.W.(?) SF Conservatory lecture Dec. 5, 1940. Lecture notes [typescript, with notes in p&I; 8 leaves]. Also includes 2 leaf typescript document on Wagner resembling a letter: "Most Honoured Sir, A deceased person is approaching you..."
San Fran. Cons. Preparatory Studies Piano Course, 5th Edition. [typescript; 79 leaves].
Scherzo. 3 leaves of notes in pencil and pen.
Speech, commencement 1947. "Address to the Graduating Class by Dr. Monroe E. Deutsch..." [typescript; 5 leaves].
Stanford University. Suggestions for form lectures; hand-written letter to M. Lee.
Several copies of Elkus' resume. [typescript, (with carbon copy), I, p; 11 leaves].
Stanford University Lectures. Notes [I and typescript; 10 leaves].
Structural Feeling in Music and the Motet. 2 leaves of notes in pencil.
Student Paper: Barryte, Maurice (1939). "Analysis and Comments: Movements 1, 2 and 3 of the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven." [typescript; 42 leaves, bound in a folder].
Student paper: Glenn Matthews. "A Study of Chromatic Scale Notation." [typescript; 15 leaves].
Student paper: Margaret Cartwright summary with examples. [typescript I; 6 leaves].
Student Paper: Wagner, Russel Wm. (Aug. 8, 1940). "Some Harmonic Aspects of Chinese Music including A Study of the Tonal Centers and Scale Structures of 50 Chinese Religious, Patriotic, Folk, and Theatrical Melodies." [I; 24 leaves, bound in folder].
Student Paper: Wheeler, Helen. "A Report on Gregorian Chant and the Development of the Major and Minor Scales." [typescript; 17 leaves bound in a folder].
Theory of Harmony. 3 drafts of "Harmony Values in Music" (Theory of Harmony), [typescript, 13 leaves].
Thirty Piano Lessons for the Beginner by Lillian K. Hodghead. Unbound copy. [105 leaves]. Also, SF Conservatory of Music schedule and calendar 1955-56. [typescript; 4 leaves].
Tonal Centers and Central Tonalities.[photocopy; 5 leaves].
Tonal Centers and Central Tonalities. (Read at the Harmony Section M.T.N.A., S. 7/1949) [photocopy; 6 leaves].
Tonal Centers and Tonality. 2 typescript papers with definitions of musical terms. 2 photocopies with ink corrections, same terms, and expanded discussion of harmony.
Tributes by AIE, (Edmond O'Neill, Ansley Salz). [typescript; 2 leaves].
U. C. 1931-2 Orchestration Music 298 A-B. Very brief course description, and grade sheets for both semesters. [typescript; 4 leaves].
University Extension course standard symphony extension programs, Jan-May 1933. A 26-leaf packet entitled "The Technique of Using Radio Music Courses in the Classroom." Printed "(Fifth Annual)Standard School Broadcast" programs for 1932-1933. Handwritten notes for University Extension course. [typescript, I, p; 15 loose leaves].
Variants in Bach Chorales. Student work [I& typescript; 11 leaves].
Varieties of Tonal Feeling in Music. Draft of essay with corrections, and notes on topic. [typescript with corrections in ink; 10 leaves].
Verdi. [5 leaves of notes, and 4 note cards in pencil.]
SERIES 4: CORRESPONDENCE
Acquisitions
SUBSERIES A: PERSONAL AND CORPORATE CORRESPONDENCE
Adams, George [1 leaf]
Adler, Charles [22 leaves]
Adomain, Lan [3 leaves, 1 notecard]
American Indian Music Education--collection of letters [10 leaves]
Anghin (Hull), Margaret [8 leaves]
Bacon, Ernest [42 leaves, 10 pamphlets, 3 photos]
Bacon, Madi [14 leaves]
Bauer, Harold [6 leaves]
Binyon, Laurence [4 leaves]
Birmingham, Mrs. (Letter to) [1 leaf]
Bliss, Arthur and Trudy. Negative microfilm of correspondence between Arthur and Trudy Bliss and Albert and Elizabeth Elkus. Originals at University Library, Cambridge. [Negative microfilm; 23 items--see small box containing address books in box 18].
Bloch, Suzanne and Marguerite [2 leaves]
Bloch, Ernest [3 leaves]
Blom, Eric [3 leaves]
Bradsky, Vera [2 leaves]
Bronson, Bertrand [4 leaves]
Bukofzer, Manfred [1 leaf]
Caen, Estelle [2 leaves]
Campbell, David [1 leaf]
Clarke, Eric T. [1 leaf]
Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague [19 leaves]
Cushing, Charles [7 leaves]
Davison, Archibald [12 leaves]
Deane, William T.[2 leaves]
Denny, William [13 leaves]
Dent, Edward [1 leaf]
Deutsch, Monroe E. [4 leaves]
Dominican College [6 leaves]
Elman, Mischa [1 leaf]
Elston, Arnold [26 leaves, 1 photo]
Fallows, Eden [4 leaves]
Firestone, Nathan [2 leaves]
Foote, Arthur [27 leaves]
Franko, Sam [1 leaf]
Fried, Alexander [3 leaves]
Gabrilowitsch,Ossip [3 leaves, 1 photo]
Goldmark, Rubin [7 leaves]
Green, Ray [94 leaves]
Griller, Sydney [6 leaves]
Haas, Walter A. [5 leaves]
Hadley, Chalmers [4 leaves]
Haydon, Glen [2 leaves]
Hertz, Lilly [1 leaf]
Hess, Myra [74 leaves]
Hildebrand, Joel [1 leaf]
Hutcheson, Ernest [1 leaf]
Jackson, Alice Jean [50 leaves]
Jacobi, Frederick & Irene (1928-49) [112 leaves]
Jacobi, Frederick & Irene (1950-69) [112 leaves]
Jewish Community Center [8 leaves]
Jorda, Enrique [8 leaves]
Kahn, Ivan [8 leaves]
Knox, Edith [7 leaves]
Knuth, William [2 leaves]
Kojevnikoff, N. [7 leaves]
Korn, Richard [6 leaves]
Kovalenko, Oleg [4 leaves]
Krehbiel, Bertha [3 leaves]
Krone, Max [37 leaves]
Leather Medal Society [3 leaves]
Leplin, Emanuel [3 leaves]
Lewis, Arthur [4 leaves]
Lifeschey, Samuel [4 leaves]
Lipman, Mrs. [1 leaf]
Loeb, Joseph [1 leaf]
Lubin, Simon [3 leaves]
Mansfeldt, Hugo [12 leaves]
Mason, Daniel Gregory [5 leaves]
Menuhin, Moshe [15 leaves]
Merola, Gaetano [2 leaves]
McManus, George [11 leaves]
Milhaud, Darius [2 leaves]
Mills College [21 leaves]
Monteaux, Pierre [6 leaves]
Moore, Douglas [4 leaves]
Mozarteum [4 leaves]
Mukle, May [36 leaves]
M.T.A. General [21 leaves]
NAMESU [38 leaves]
N.Y. Public Library [1 leaf]
Nin-Culmell, Joaquin [3 leaves]
Pendleton, Emmet [9 leaves]
Petray, Marjorie Gear [3 leaves]
Pollak, Robert [4 leaves]
Popper, Jan [4 leaves]
Prentice Hall [1 leaf]
Ringer, Alexander [3 leaves]
Roth, Feri [1 leaf]
St. Mary's College [1 leaf]
Salz, Ansley--violin collector [6 leaves]
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [19 leaves]
Saminsky, Lazare [3 leaves]
Seidel, Toscha [5 leaves]
Sessions, Roger [34 leaves]
Silva, Giulio [1 leaf]
Simmons, Calvin [12 leaves, 1 magazine]
Slencznska, Ruth [1 leaf]
Stanford University [1 leaf]
Stoessel, Albert [1 leaf]
Stricklen, Edward G. [31 leaves]
Students (various) [42 leaves]
Thompson, Meredith [2 leaves]
Thompson, Randall [19 leaves]
Tovey, Sir Donald & Lady Clara [1 leaf]
Uhl, Betty Jane [4 leaves]
Unidentified Correspondence [1 leaf]
Wagner, Oscar [3 leaves]
Wendt, Theophil [1 leaf]
Woodfill, Walter [2 leaves]
Woods, Baldwin [2 leaves]
W.P.A. [4 leaves]
Y.M.C.A.--Berkeley [4 leaves]
Zimmerman, Dorothy [8 leaves]
SUBSERIES B: CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO PUBLISHING
Associated Music Publishers, Inc. [6 leaves]
Birchard & Co. [2 leaves]
J. Fischer & Bro. file [45 leaves]
H.G. Gray Co. file [2 leaves]
Kalmus folder [13 leaves]
Ries & Erler folder [11 leaves]
Papers related to G. Schirmer [10 leaves]
Universal Editions [24 leaves]
Publishing papers related to "A Merry Folk Tune" [5 leaves]
Publishing papers related to various songs [5 leaves]
Publishing [20 leaves]
SUBSERIES C: CORRESPONDENCE TO ELKUS' WIFE
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : A [15 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : B [59 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : C [37 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : D [24 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : E [36 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : F [22 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : G [30 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : H [48 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : I [3 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : J [13 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : K [28 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : L [40 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : M [50 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : N [6 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : O [4 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : P [29 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : R [26 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : S [64 pp]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : T [22 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : U/V [12 pp.]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : W [27 leaves]
Letters to Elizabeth Elkus : X/Y/Z [6 leaves]
SERIES 5: LIBRETTI, OPERA PROGRAMS, AND MISCELLANY
A - Fidelio
La Fille du regiment-Lohengrin
Louise-Il Sant' Alessio
Semiramide-Die Zauberflote
Miscellaneous articles
SERIES 6: SCRAPBOOKS
Aug. 1896 -Mar. 1909
Mar. 1896 -Feb. 1909?
Nov. 1893 -Feb. 1903
May 1898 -Apr. 1903
Apr. 1896 -Jan. 1902
Dec. 1908 -Jan. 1910
Feb. 1914 -Sept. 1916
Nov. 1916 -Dec. 1925
Feb. 1954 -Jan. 1962
Loose clippings, etc.
Address book c. 1930
SERIES 7: PHOTOGRAPHS
Bertha Elkus (and others). Date unknown, Yosemite, CA.
Franz Liszt. Date unknown.
Franz Schalk. Date unknown.
Georg Schumann. Date unknown.
Pacific Electric Railway; "Ye Alpine Tavern..." Identities, date unknown.
Hugo Mansfeldt. Estimated date: early 1890's.
Albert Elkus. "Evening Song Without Words," 1898.
Edward MacDowell. January 3, 1903.
Arthur Foote. 1908.
Hugo Kaun. 1908.
Robert Fuchs. April, 1914.
Arthur Foote. August, 1929.
Albert Elkus. 1931 at Moro Rock.
Arthur Foote and daughter (Katherine). 1931.
Albert Elkus. 1935. Location unknown.
Arthur Foote and Rosalie Houseman. May 29, 1936.
Albert Elkus and Mischa Ellman. 1937.
Alfred and Lily Hertz. Mid to late 1930's.
Albert Elkus. 1943. 4540 Harbor View, Oakland CA. Signed black and white print taken by Imogen Cunningham.
Albert Elkus, 1948. Two black and white prints, taken by Imogen Cunningham.
Ada Clement, Albert Elkus, and Ernest Bloch. July, 1951.
Charles Cushing, Albert Elkus, and others. July 4, 1952.
Albert Elkus. Late 1950's.
Albert Elkus. Lecture at Ted Benner's house, Spring, 1957.
Albert Elkus. 1958. "Man Listening to Music" signed, black and white print taken by Dorothea Lange,magazine reprint with caption: "Albert Elkus on stage at the opening of Hertz Hall."
Albert and Elizabeth Elkus (and others). UC Berkeley Charter Day, March, 1959. Awarding of Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree. [18 photographs (color prints), 1 color slide, negatives].
Albert Elkus and Clark Kerr. UC Berkeley charter day, March 1959. Awarding of Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree.
Elizabeth Elkus. Mid 1960's.
Elizabeth Elkus, Helen Farnsworth, and Dale Graff. 1991 or 1992.
Elizabeth Elkus and Ethel Britton Mattison. 1993 or 1994.
SERIES 8: PROGRAMS AND REVIEWS
Programs, 1900-1905. 13 items.
Programs, 1906-1907. 17 items.
Programs, 1906-1907, University of California, Berkeley. 3 items.
Programs, 1908-1910. 23 items.
Programs, 1908-1910,Berkeley Orchestral Society, 3 items.
Programs, 1911-1913 (February), Abroad. 13 items.
Programs, 1913 (March to April), Abroad. 12 items.
Programs, 1913 (May to October), Abroad. 9 items.
Programs, 1913 (November to December), Abroad. 11 items.
Programs, 1914-1915, Abroad. 11 items.
Programs, 1911-1915, Domestic. 11 items.
Programs, 1916. 10 items.
Programs, 1917. 3 items.
Programs, 1918-1919. 0 items. [Empty as of 3/98]
Programs, 1920-1922. 6 items.
Programs, 1923 (January to June). 6 items.
Programs, 1923 (July to December). 11 items.
Programs, 1924-1925. 6 items.
Programs, 1920-1925, University of California, Berkeley. 1 item.
Programs, 1926-1929. 1 item.
Programs, 1926-1929, University of California, Berkeley. 1 item.
Programs, 1930-1934. 6 items.
Programs, 1930-1934, University of California, Berkeley. 3 items.
Programs, 1930-1934, University of California, Symphony Orchestra. 12 items.
Programs, 1935-1939. 7 items.
Programs, 1935-1939, University of California, Berkeley. 11 items.
Programs, 1935-1939. University of California Symphony Orchestra. 23 items.
Programs, 1940-1944. 7 items.
Programs, 1940-1944, University of California, Berkeley. 14 items.
Programs, 1940-1944, University of California, Symphony Orchestra. 13 items.
Programs, 1945-1947. 4 items.
Programs, 1948-1949. 6 items.
Programs, 1945-1949, University of California, Berkeley. 5 items.
Programs, 1945-1949, University of California Symphony Orchestra. 14 items.
Programs, 1950-1953. 5 items.
Programs, 1954-1955. 4 items.
Programs, 1950-1954, University of California, Berkeley. 5 items.
Programs, 1950-1954, University of California Symphony Orchestra. 4 items.
Programs, 1955-1957. 5 items.
Programs, 1958-1959. 4 items.
Programs, 1955-1959, University of California, Berkeley. 6 items.
Programs, 1960-1962. 7 items.
Programs, 1963-1964. 3 items.
Programs, 1960-1964, University of California. 2 items.
Programs, 1965-1969. 5 items.
Programs, 1965-1969. 2 items.
Programs, 1970-1974. 24 items.
Programs, 1970-1974, University of California, Berkeley. 2 items.
Programs, 1975-1979. 11 items.
Programs, 1975-1979, University of California, Berkeley. 2 items.
Programs, 1980-1981. 4 items.
Programs, 1982-1984. 11 items.
Programs, 1980-1984, University of California, Berkeley. 4 items.
Programs, 1985. 7 items.
Programs, 1986-1989. 6 items.
Programs, 1990-1994. 8 items.
Programs, 1990-1994, University of California, Berkeley. 6 items.
Programs, undated. 20 items.
Programs, undated, University of California, Berkeley. 1 item.
Printed Announcements concerning AIE (such as lecture flyers, etc.) 19 items.
Reviews (general). 3 items.
Reviews by Albert Elkus. 10 items (clippings, etc.).
Reviews of Albert Elkus, 2 items.
SERIES 9: HONORS AND AWARDS
American Society of Composers and Publishers certificate of membership. 1946.
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, 1959.
Three original certificates in large separate folders (awarded by UC Regents).
SERIES 10: CATALOGUE ALBERT ELKUS'S LIBRARY
Catalogue of Albert Elkus's Library. [typescript with pencil corrections, 118 leaves, bound.]
Catalogue of Albert Elkus's Library. Earlier version without corrections. [typescript, 118 leaves, bound.]
SERIES 11: SOUND RECORDINGS
Bliss, Sir Arthur. Cassette tape recording of The Olympians, parts 1&3, dir. Bryan Fairfax.
Collection of works (on magnetic tape)
Impressions of a Greek Tragedy, performed by S.F. Symphony (magnetic tape, vinyl)
Songs, Memorial Concert, HAMLET Music (8 LPs, recordings in bound container)
SERIES 12: BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SUBSERIES A: BIO-BOBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORDS
Address book, c. 1933
Biography, 1918-1981. Non-personal biographical records (some submitted to various publications, surveys, etc. [typescript with some corrections in pencil and ink; 24 items].
Comittees, 1930-1953. [typescript; 25 leaves]
University Publications, 1931-1956. [typescript; 10 leaves]
San Francisco State Teacher's College, 1933. [typescript; 12 leaves]
Summer Sessions, 1936-1951. [printed with typescript; 24 leaves]
Music Department, 1937-1954. [114 leaves]
Personal artifacts, 1938. Mementos and records from travel in 1938 [10 items]
Recommendations for Department Chair, 1945-1957. [6 leaves]
Academic Committee Reports, 1947-1952. [44 leaves]
Griller Quartet, 1947-1957. [18 leaves]
UC Extension, 1947-1958. [33 leaves]
Loyalty Oath, 1949-1950. [7 leaves]
Bio-Bibliographical submissions to UC Berkeley, 1951. [typescript with ink corrections; 5 leaves]
May T. Morrison Music Building Planning Committee, 1952. [typescript; 73 leaves]
Antiphonal Gift, 1957. [typescript; 3 leaves]
Miscellaneous personal artifacts. Mementos, records of other travel [16 items].
SUBSERIES B: FINANCIAL RECORDS
1930-1958. Retirement, Emeritus. [Printed, with typescript; 104 leaves]
1936-1950. Various records concerning IRS, retirement plans, etc. [Typescript; 36 leaves]
1937-1947. Financial records concerning sabaticals.[3 leaves]
Appointments and salaries, 1952-1960. [27 leaves]
Estate Papers, 1962-1964. Records of distribution of AIE's estate [typescript; 62 leaves]
Pension, 1973-1991. [5 leaves]
SUBSERIES C: IN MEMORIAM
Obituaries and various personal memoria, 1962. [28 items]
Drafts of Elkus brochures for the memorial service [Pencil and ink drafts; 12 leaves, printed programs; 10 items]
Elkus Fund/Elkus Prize, 1962-1993. [16 items]