Finding Aid for the Alvin Irving Levin Music Manuscripts PASC-M.0179
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Title: Alvin Irving Levin music manuscripts
Creator:
Levin, Alvin Irving
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0179
Physical Description:
6.5 Linear Feet
(13 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1950-1997
Abstract: This collection consists of manuscript music scores and photocopies of compositions of Alvin Irving Levin
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Alvin Irving Levin; gift; 1999.
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Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
Levin graduated Ed.D. from UCLA in 1968; studied composition privately with Roy Harris for three years; served on Psychology
faculty at Californian State University, Northridge; local performances have included Song of the Earth (1950), Venu Te Deum
(1955), Confirmation Cantata (1959), Symphony for Strings (1984), and Hymn to the United Nations (1991).
Scope and Content
Manuscript music scores and photocopies of compositions of Alvin Irving Levin. Includes dramatic works, choral works, symphonic
music, and chamber music.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Dramatic works
- Choral works
- Symphonic music
- Chamber music and songs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers -- Archives.
Music -- Manuscripts.
Levin, Alvin Irving, 1921- --Archives.
box 1, folder 1
My Ivory Tower. Act 1. Manuscript full score, pencil masters.
box 1, folder 2
My Ivory Tower. Act 2. Manuscript full score, pencil masters.
box 1, folder 3
My Ivory Tower. Cantata: Song of Praise. Manuscript full score, pencil masters.
box 1, folder 4
My Ivory Tower. Act 3, Part 1. Manuscript full score, pencil masters.
box 1, folder 5
My Ivory Tower. Act 3, Part 2. Manuscript full score, pencil masters.
box 2, folder 1
My Ivory Tower. Act 1. Full score, photocopy of ms. masters.
Scope and Contents note
My Ivory Tower, a Modern Greek Epic Drama in Three Acts, for Narrator, Orchestra and Chorus (1995-1998). Full score, spiral
bound, with introductory essay ("General Comments and Program Notes"). Subtitle also given as "a Multimedia Extravaganza in
Three Acts". Subtitle of Act Two: Bacchanalian Orgy. Also: Cantata: Song of Praise, for Chorus, Organ and Orchestra, to be
performed between Acts Two and Three. 6 spiral bound volumes.
box 2, folder 2
My Ivory Tower. Act 2, Part 1. Full score, photocopy of ms. masters.
box 2, folder 3
My Ivory Tower. Act 2, Part 2. Full score, photocopy of ms. masters.
box 2, folder 4
My Ivory Tower. Cantata: Song of Praise. Full score, photocopy of ms. masters.
box 2, folder 5
My Ivory Tower. Act 3, Part 1. Full score, photocopy of ms. masters.
box 2, folder 6
My Ivory Tower. Act 3, Part 2. Full score, photocopy of ms. masters.
box 5, folder 2
My Ivory Tower. Sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 11, folder 1
My Ivory Tower. Part 1. Sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 11, folder 2
My Ivory Tower. Ballet, Part 2. Sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 12, folder 1
My Ivory Tower. Act 3, Part 1. Sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 12, folder 2
My Ivory Tower. Act 3, Part 2. Sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 12, folder 3
My Ivory Tower. Song of Praise. Sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 12, folder 4
My Ivory Tower (published text). By Alvin Irving Levin. Los Angeles: House-Warven, 1950.
Scope and Contents note
Publisher's edition. Copy no. 997 of 1000.
box 8, folder 1
Happy Land (Musical). Full score. Photocopy of ms., 2 spiral bound volumes.
box 9, folder 1
Happy Land. Piano vocal score. Ms., pencil.
box 9, folder 2
A Tale of Two Planets (Musical). Act One, Part 1. Photocopy of ms. full score.
box 10, folder 1
A Tale of Two Planets. Act One, Part 2. Photocopy of ms. full score.
box 10, folder 2
A Tale of Two Planets. Act Two, Part 1. Photocopy of ms. full score.
box 10, folder 3
A Tale of Two Planets. Act Two, Part 2. Photocopy of ms. full score.
box 4, folder 1
The Song of Hiawatha (1993-1994). Photocopy of ms., spiral bound.
Scope and Contents note
"Symphonic Fantasy Ballet in Five Movements for Orchestra and Chorus."
box 13, folder 5
The Song of Hiawatha (1993-94), symphonic fantasy ballet in five movements. Full score. Ms., pencil.
Scope and Contents note
For orchestra and chorus.
box 4, folder 3
Beat! Beat! Drums! Tone Poem for male chorus and brass (1984). Full score, ink, spiral bound.
box 7, folder 1
Beat! Beat! Drums! (Drum Taps, text by Walt Whitman). Full score. Ms., pencil.
Hymn to the United Nations
box 7, folder 2
Hymn to the United Nations (1991). Full score. Ms., pencil.
Scope and Contents note
For chorus and orchestra.
box 7, folder 3
Hymn to the United Nations (1991). Full score. Photocopy of the above, spiral bound.
Scope and Contents note
For chorus and orchestra.
box 13, folder 4
Confirmation Cantata (1959). Ms., pencil.
box 3, folder 1
Introspection, for Symphony Orchestra (1997). Ms. full score, pencil masters.
box 3, folder 2
Introspection, for Symphony Orchestra (1997). Spiral bound photocopy of the above.
box 3, folder 3
Introspection, for Symphony Orchestra (1997). Ms. short score (sketches), pencil.
box 3, folder 4
Concerto in A Minor, for Violin and Orchestra (1997). Ms. full score, pencil masters.
box 3, folder 5
Concerto in A Minor, for Violin and Orchestra (1997). Spiral bound photocopy of the above.
Scope and Contents note
"To Itzhak Perlman."
box 3, folder 6
Concerto in A Minor, for Violin and Orchestra (1997). Final sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 4, folder 2
Song of the Earth: a psychological tone poem. Full score, ink, bound.
box 13, folder 3
Song of the Earth, a psychological tone poem (1950). Short score. Ms., pencil.
North Hollywood: Metamorphosis
box 4, folder 4
North Hollywood: Metamorphosis; a symphonic suite for orchestra (1996). Photocopy of ms., spiral bound.
box 5, folder 1
North Hollywood: Metamorphosis; a symphonic suite for orchestra (1996). Draft of full score, pencil.
box 6, folder 1
Symphony for Strings (1965). Sketches. Ms., pencil.
box 6, folder 2
Symphony for Strings (1965). Full score. Ozalid, spiral bound.
box 13, folder 1
We are not alone. Music, research, files, clippings.
box 13, folder 2
Venu Te Deum, for violin and piano (1951). Score and part. Ms., ink.