The Finding Aid of the Garth Baxter Collection of Music
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LeAnne Arnold
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
March 2019
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu 90263-4786
specialcollections@pepperdine.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Garth Baxter Collection of Music
Identifier/Call Number: 0165
Physical Description:
.84 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1986-2018
Abstract: This collection contains published and
unpublished materials by modern traditionalist composer and Pepperdine University alumnus
Garth Baxter. Within the collection, Baxter's works range between 1986-2018.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Garth Baxter Collection of Music was given to Pepperdine University by Garth Baxter and
his wife, Katherine, upon their visit to Pepperdine in October 2018.
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], Garth Baxter Collection of Music, Collection no. 0165, Special
Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Biographical
Garth Baxter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946. An accomplished modern
traditionalist composer, Baxter earned his music degrees from Pepperdine University and
California State University, Northridge. His works include an opera and music composed for
choral, orchestral, and symphonic bands, as well as pieces written for piano, organ, voice,
flute, and guitar.
Baxter's music has been performed throughout the world and has aired on radio and streamed
online. He has won awards, commissions, and honors for his pieces, and his music has been
discussed in a doctoral dissertation. Presently, in addition to writing music, Baxter also
teaches and mentors arising composers.
Arrangement
Materials in the collection are arranged into series of published and unpublished
compositions.They are alphabetically within each series. The collection is arranged into two
series: Series 1: Published Musical Compositions 2: Unpublished Musical Compositions.
Scope and Contents
This collection conists of materials produced by composer Garth Baxter, along with some
written reviews of his pieces. Materials include published and unpublished pieces and is
comprised of sheet music and compact discs. The collection's contents span from
1986-2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers -- United States
Sheet music
Orchestral music
Series 1:
Published Musical Compositions
1986-2018
Scope and Content
The series contains published musical compositions and CDs of Garth Baxter and ranges
from 1986-2018.
box 1, folder 3
Des Larmes Encadrees
2017
box 1, folder 5
Five Renaissance Pieces
2013
box 1, folder 6
The Four Songs from Twelfth Night
2013
box 1, folder 7
From the Heart: Three American Women, Vols. 1-3
1986-1994
box 1, folder 8
Grandmother, Think Not I Forget
2006
box 1, folder 11
Shenandoah: A Fantasy
1997
box 1, folder 16
Two Songs of Reflection; Grandmother, Think Not I Forget
2017
box 1, folder 17
Two Songs of Reflexion
2005
box 1, folder 18
Variations on The Willow Tree
2007
box 1, folder 19
When Light Begins to Show
2018
Series 2:
Unpublished Musical Compositions
1986-2018
Scope and Content
The series contains unpublished musical compositions and reviews of Garth Baxter and
ranges from 1986-2018.
box 1, folder 21
The Arias From Lily
2009-2013
box 1, folder 22
Ballade for a Princess
1997
box 1, folder 23
The Battle Cry (A Tragedy)
1993
box 1, folder 24
Could You Dream What I Dream
2010
box 1, folder 25
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
2004-2005
box 1, folder 26
Foetal, Miscarriage and Dream
2018
box 1, folder 27
Four Views of Love
1988-1994
box 2, folder 1
From the Headwaters
1996-2009
box 2, folder 4
The Journey to Ithaca
2002
box 2, folder 6
Let's End With A Waltz
2015
box 2, folder 7
Lily: An American Opera - Lily
2010
box 2, folder 8
Lily: An American Opera - Lily, Act 2
2011
box 2, folder 12
Nights Without Sleep
2014
box 2, folder 13
Resistance
1993
Scope and Content
This folder contains the unpublished composition "Resistance" and reviews.
box 2, folder 14
Romance Without Words
2009
box 2, folder 16
Still Falls the Rain
2007
box 2, folder 17
Three Madrigals
1994-2005
box 2, folder 18
Three Poems by Linda Pastan
1995
box 2, folder 19
Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay
2015
box 2, folder 20
Three Songs in Gaelic from Irish Poets
2018
box 2, folder 21
Two Hymn Fantasies
1991-2006
