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Descriptive Summary Henry Leland Clarke Papers, 1929-1987, undated Clarke, Henry Leland JPB 06-28 10 linear feet; 24 boxes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Music Division.

New York, New York

The majority of the collection consists of Henry Leland Clarke’s scores from 1929 to 1978. There are several drafts of many of the compositions in the collection. There is also correspondence, clippings, programs and other professional records, including extensive documentation of Clarke's membership in the Unitarian Universalist Hymnbook Commission, including indexes, texts, scores, reports and memos. Subjects Personal Names {personal name entry} Organizations {organization/corporate name entry} Subjects {subject entry} Places Document Types {genreform entry} Occupations {occupation entry} Titles {title entry} Administration Information Access

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Preferred Citation

Henry Leland Clarke Papers, JPB 06-28. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography

Henry Leland Clarke, American composer and professor of music, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, on March 9, 1907. His studies at Harvard University (1924-29, 1931-32, and 1944-47) included a course in composition with Gustav Holst. He also studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (1929-31) and in New York and Bennington with Hans Weisse and Otto Luening (1932-38). He held several teaching posts, retiring from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1977 as professor emeritus. He afterwards moved to Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he died on March 30, 1992. In addition to his academic work, Clarke composed two full-length operas. The first, The Loafer and the Loaf, was completed in 1951 and concerns a debate over the morality of stealing a loaf of bread. The music is essentially tonal and makes apt use of musical quotation, with some experimentation with chromaticism and atonality. The vocal lines are rhythmically complex and feature the wide leaps that became characteristic of his later work in the genre. In 1972, Clarke finished his second opera, Lysistrata, based on the play by Aristophanes. The musical style is essentially atonal, with some use of speech-song in the vocal lines. The dramatic character of Lysistrata is portrayed by the wide range and leaps in her vocal lines, in vivid contrast to her comic foils, whose vocal parts are set in a more tonal idiom with frequent use of patter. This work shows the full development of Clarke's 'word tones', in which a specific pitch is assigned to each word of the text, that particular pitch being used at each occurrence of the same word. Clarke was also a member of the Composers' Collective of New York and wrote songs for the group under the pseudonym J. Fairbanks. The collective, which grew out of a seminar in writing songs for the masses in 1933, sought to make an American contribution to the international working-class music movement then flourishing in Europe.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains compositions of Henry Leland Clarke. It includes drafts, orchestral scores, parts and vocal scores of his opera Lysistrata. Among other works are The Loafer and the Loaf, and many scores for piano and vocal such as Alive and Well and Rolling Down the Valley, Blessed is the Man, Confitemini Domino, Let Peace Encircle All the World, The Time Shall Come and others. There are also professional papers which includes correspondence, clippings, programs, Clarke’s writings and notes, his school studies in harmony, papers related to Clarke’s activities in The Hymn Society in America, the International Society for Contemporary Music, the National Association for Composers and Conductors, the Society for Music in the Liberal Art College, and the Unitarian Universalist Hymnbook Commission.

Arrangement

Series I: Professional Papers, 1929-1984, undated Series II: Scores, 1930-1987, undated

Series Descriptions/Container List Series I: Professional Papers, 1929-1984, undated

Alphabetical

This Series includes correspondence, clippings, programs and other professional records. There is a extensive documentation of Clarke's work in the Unitarian Universalist Hymnbook Commission as a member, including indexes, texts, scores, reports and memos. There are also professional papers which include correspondence, clippings, programs, Clarke’s writings and notes, his school studies in harmony, papers related to Clarke’s activity in the The Hymn Society in America, the International Society for Contemporary Music, the National Association for Composers and Conductors, and the Society for Music in the Liberal Art College.

11 Cards File, undated

Box contains cards with titles of Clarke's compositions and word index for Lysistrata

Clarke, H.L., 1929-1984, undated 21 Lysistrata, 1984, undated

Notes

22 Music is a Liberal Art, 1954 23 Notes, 1929 24 Sound and Unsound, 1979 25 Clippings, 1963-1967, undated College Music Society, 1958-1972 26 Meetings, 1958-1965 27 Newsletters, 1959-1972 Correspondence, 1955-1972 28 A-E, 1955-1972 29 F-I, 1955-1964 210 K-R, 1957-1971 31 S-Z, 1955-1968 32 The Hymn Society of America, 1961 33 International Society for Contemporary Music, 1963-1964 34 McKinney, Howard D. Untitled Article, undated 35 Music Educators National Conference, 1960-1963 36 National Association for Composers and Conductors, 1959-1960 37 Programs, 1961-1964 School Papers, 1929-1931, undated Dubois, Theodore 38 Contrepoint, 1929 39 Traite D'Harmonie I, undated 310 Traite D'Harmonie II, 1930 311 Traite D'Harmonie III, 1930 41 Traite D'Harmonie IV, 1930 42 Traite D'Harmonie V, 1930 43 Traite DHarmonie VI, 1931 44 Traite D'Harmonie VII, 1931 45 Modulations, 1930 46 Society for Music in the Liberal Art College, 1949-1958 Unitarian Universalist Hymnbook Commission, 1951-1986, undated 51 Anthem materials reviewed, 1960 52 Committees, 1960 53 Hymns for the Celebration of Life, 1963 54 Index of composers, arrangeres, and sources, undated 55 Index of first lines of hymns, undated 56 Index of hymn's status, 1959 57 Liberal religious texts, 1961 58 Memos, 1961-1962 59 Metrical index of tunes, undated 510 Notes, 1959-1962, undated 511 Programs, 1957-1986 512 Questionnaire, undated 513 Rules, 1960-1962 514-15 Scores, undated 516 Songs of Freedom, undated 517 Texts, 1951-1962 518 Tune Annotations, undated 519 Tune Index, undated Series II: Scores (1930-1987, undated}, Series II: Scores (1930-1987, undated

Alphabetical

This Series includes scores of Clarke’s work from 1929 to 1978. It is includes drafts, orchestral scores, parts and vocal scores of his operas Lysistrata and The Loafer and the Loaf. Among other works are many scores for piano and vocal like Alive and Well and Rolling Down the Valley, Blessed is the Man, Confitemini Domino, Let Peace Encircle All the World, The Time Shall Come and others.

61 Above Our Western Earth, 1961

Paino, organ and vocal score. Transparency. Text by E.P.Gill.

62 All Things Are Double Fair, 1963

Piano or organ score. Transparency. Text by T.Gantier.

63 Alive and Well and Rolling Down the Valley, 1971, undated

Orchestral score, vocal score, parts. Transparency. Text by H.L.Clarke.

64 Autumn, 1979

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by E.D.Dickinson.

65 The Beatitudes, 1985

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text: Matthew 5: 3-10.

66 Beauty is Truth, 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by J.Keats.

67 Blessed is the Man, 1959

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Psalm 1:1, 2.

68 The Bounty of Athena, 1978

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. "Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek. On the Thirteen subjects. The Harvard Annex Offered in 1879".

69 Build Thou More Stately Mansions, 1976

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by O.W.Holmes.

610 Canons to Go By, 1975

Vocal score. Transparency. Texts from English Proverb, by R.Niebuhr, E.E.Hale, and R.W.Emerson.

611 Choose Life, 1983

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text: Moses (Deuteronomy 30: 19).

612 Concatenata. Quodlibet For Woodwind Quintet, 1969

Orchestral score, parts. Transparency.

613 Confitemini Domino, 1952

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text: Psalm 106 (107).

614 Covells Pelham Street, 1979

Organ score. Transparency.

615 Dance of the Mah Jongg Pieces, 1969

Piano score. Transparency.

616 Danga De La Vita, 1975

Piano and oboe score. Transparency.

617 Danza De La Muerte, 1952

Piano and oboe score. Transparency.

618 December, 1980

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by O.Herford.

619 Deering's Wood's, 1969

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by H.W.Longfellow.

620 Dialogue, 1955

Piano and clarinet score. Transparency.

621 Digression, 1960

Piano score. Transparency.

622 Dilemma, 1952

Piano score. Transparency.

623 Do and Live, 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by H.L.Clarke.

624 Dona Nobis Pacem, 1953

Piano and vocal score. Transparency.

625 Drastic Measures, 1982

Trombone score. Transparency.

71 The Earth Mourns, 1985

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text: Isaiah 24: 4-6.

72 Emily Dickinson Canons, 1965-1971

Cello and vocal score. Transparency. Text by E. Dickinson.

Encounter for Viola and Orchestra, 1960-1961, undated 73-4 Reproduction, 1961, undated

Orchestral score, parts.

75 Transparency, 1960

Parts.

76 Eternal Spirit of Truth and Love, 1953

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by S.H.Fritchman.

81 Fantasia, 1960

Piano score. Transparency.

82 A Fierce Unrest, 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by D.Marquis.

83 Fifty Pieces for the States, 1959

Piano score. Transparency.

84 The Fire Bringer, 1958

Piano or organ and vocal score. Transparency. Text by S.H.Fritchman.

85 Four Elements for Soprano and Cello, 1962

Cello and vocal score. Transparency. Texts by R.W.Emerson, G.Taggard, C.Sandburg, and W.Whitman.

86 Four Songs for a Young Lady, 1961

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Texts by A.Crapsey.

87 Freedom, 1952

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by J.Barbour.

88 Fugue in G Minor, 1931

Piano (?) score. Music manuscript.

89 Give All to Love, 1981

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.W.Emerson.

810 Give and Take, 1977

Piano score. Transparency.

811 Give and Take Three, 1979

Score for two pianos. Transparency.

Gloria, 1955, undated 812 Reproduction, undated

Parts.

813-14 Transparency, 1955

Orchestral score, parts.

815 The Hope of the World, 1956-1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by F.M.Eliot.

91 I Am Only One, 1976

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by E.E.Hale.

92 I Call That Mind Free, 1979

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by W.E.Channing.

93 I His Partridge, 1983

Piano and vocal score. Reproduction. Text by C.Mather.

94 In Praise of Peace, 1970

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by pupils of the Lincoln School, New York.

95 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, 1965

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by E.H.Sears.

96 Kyrie From the Mass For All Men, 1971

Organ and vocal score. Transparency.

97 La Musa (Musetta Variation), 1955

Orchestral score, parts. Transparency.

98 Lend a Hand, 1985

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by E.E.Hale.

99 Let Me Go, 1976

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.W.Emerson.

910 Let Peace Encircle All the World, 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text "From an Old Greeting Card".

911 Life Has Loveliness to Sell, 1970

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by S.Teasdale.

912 Life In Ghana, 1966

Flute and vocal score. Transparency. Text by M.Markwei.

913 Listen to Me, 1980

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Epitaph of S.Allen.

914 Lo, the Winter Is Past, 1955

Organ and vocal score. Transparency. Texts: Song of Songs, 2:11, 12; Isaiah, 55:12 and 61:11.

The Loafer and the Loaf, 1957, undated 915 Reproduction, 1957, undated

Parts.

916-17 Transparency, 1957

Orchestral and vocal score, parts.

101 The Lord Is My Shepherd, 1972-1974

Clarinet, flute and vocal score. Transparency. Text: Psalm 23.

102 Lullaby For a Reluctant Sleeper, 1952-1955

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by H.L.Clarke.

Lyric Sonata For Strings, 1960-1961 103 Photocopy, 1960

Parts.

104-5 Reproduction, 1961

Orchestral score, parts.

106 Transparency, 1960

Parts.

Lysistrata, 1964, undated 111-3 Drafts, undated

Music manuscript.

114 Libretto, 1964, undated

Music manuscript, typescript.

121 Orchestral Score, undated

Transparency.

122-4 Parts, undated

Reproduction.

131-4 Parts, undated

Reproduction, transparency.

141-3 Vocal Score, undated

Reproduction.

Vocal Score, undated 151 Copy #2, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

152 Copy #3, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

153 Copy #4, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

161 Copy #5, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

162 Copy #6, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

163 Copy #7, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

171 Copy #8, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

172 Copy #9, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

173 Copy #12, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

181 Copy #13, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

182 Copy #16, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

183 Copy #18, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

191 Copy #19, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

192 Copy #20, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

193 Copy #21, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

201 Copy #22, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

202 Copy #23, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

203 Copy #25, undated

Reproduction. Notes.

211 Lysistrata Singing, 1968, undated

Synopsis of the opera. Reproduction, transparency, typescript.

212 Mason's Hamburg, 1980

Piano score. Transparency.

213 May Creatures All Around, 1959

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text from the Sutta Nipata.

214 Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, 1972

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by W.Blake.

215 Monograph For Orchestra, 1955

Orchestral parts. Transparency.

216 The Mountain and the Squirrel, 1976

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.W.Emerson.

217 The New Land, 1957

Piano, organ and vocal score. Transparency. Text by J.R.Lowell.

218 No Great, No Small, 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.W.Emerson.

219 No Man Is an Island, 1948

Orchestral score, parts, vocal score. Sheet music.

2110 Nocturne For Viola and Piano, 1956

Parts. Transparency.

2111 Now Abideth Faith, Hope, Love, 1961

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text from I Corinthians 13;13.

2112 O Wild West Wind, 1962

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by P.B.Shelley.

2113 One Step Forward and Two Steps Back, 1976

Vocal score. Transparency. Text by F.Newman.

2114 Open Our Eyes, 1979

Vocal score. Transparency. Text by V.Silliman.

2115 Opposites, 1973

Vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.Wilbur.

2116 Out of the Stars, 1978

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.T.Weston.

2117 Over Heard, 1955

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.Hillyer.

2118 Patriot Primer, 1974-1975

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text from The New England Primer (1727).

2119 Peace Means, 1980

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by pupils of the Lincoln School, New York.

2120 Plowshares, 1981

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text from Micah 4:3.

2121 Plymouth Rock Procession, 1970-1982

Piano score. Transparency.

221-4 Points West, 1960, undated

Orchestral score, parts. Reproduction, transparency.

231 Pray For Peace, 1981

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by C.D'Orleans.

232 Prelude to Life Has Lovileness to Sell, 1970

Piano score. Transparency.

233-5 Primavera, 1955

Orchestral score, parts. Reproduction, transparency

236 The Quality of Mercy, 1972

Flute, oboe, pecussion and vocal score. Transparency. Text from Merchant of Venice.

237 Restore Our Eyes, 1957

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by J.H.Lathrop.

238 Revelation is Not Sealed, 1977

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by J.Robinson.

239 Rondeau Redouble, 1955

Clarinet, bassoon, violoncello and vocal score. Transparency. Text by D.Parker.

2310 Rondo, 1955

Violin and piano score. Transparency.

2311 Salute to Holland Weeks, 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency.

2312-14 Saraband For the Golden Goose, 1957

Orchestral score, parts. Reproduction, transparency.

2315 Six Characters For Piano, 1955

Piano score. Transparency.

2316 Sketches, 1930-1987

Music manuscript, reproduction.

241 Sleep On, My Friend, 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Epitaph of R.B.Smith.

242 The Soliloquy, 1972

Quartet score, parts, vocal score. Transparency.

243 Song To a Young Pianist, 1960

Flute and vocal score. Transparency. text by E.M.Hartwich.

244 Spirit of Delight, 1954

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by P.B.Shelley.

245-7 String Quartet #2, 1956

Orchestral score, parts. Reproduction, transparency.

248 String Quartet #3, 1989, undated

Parts. Reproduction.

249 Swan's China, 1978

Piano and organ score. Transparency.

2410 Terza Rima, 1978

Piano score. Transparency.

2411 These Are the Times That Try Men's Soul, 1976

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by T.Paine.

2412 These Things Shall Be, 1952

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by J.A.Symonds.

2413 Three From Foster, 1980

Flute, viola and trombone score. Transparency.

2414 Three Madrigals For Four Mixed Voices, 1957

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by H.L.Clarke.

2415 Three Numbers From the Early Twenties, 1976

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by Longfellow.

2416 The Time Shall Come, 1963

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by A.Pope.

2417 To Everything a Season, 1978

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text from Ecclesiates, 3: 1-8.

2418 To See the Earth, 1973

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by A.McLeish.

2419 Twentieth Century, 1933-1955

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. text by R.Hillyer.

2420 Two Wedding Voluntaries For Organ, 1987

Organ score. Transparency.

2421 Variecation, 1961

Orchestral score. Transparency.

2422 Voluntary On the Hussite Hymn, 1967

Organ score. Transparency.

2423 What Doth the Lord Require of Thee? Global Amen, 1978

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Tune John Te Winkel.

2424 What Shall Endure?, 1960

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by E.M.Hartwich.

2425 Where I So Tall.., 1982

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by I.Watts.

2426 William Penn Fruits of Solitude, 1972

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text adopted from the Maxims of William Penn by D.P.Mesler.

2427-28 Winter Is a Cold Thing, 1955-1979

Piano or organ and vocal score. Transparency. Text by B.Dunhan.

2429 The World-Tree, undated

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by R.Torrence.

2430 The Young Dead Soldiers, 1970

Piano and vocal score. Transparency. Text by A.MacLeish.