Bauer Compositions, 1912-1953
1 folio box (5 linear in.)
Collection number: MS 0039
Collection number: MS 0039
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Consultation unrestricted; performance requires payment of ASCAP fee.
Marion Eugenie Bauer was born in Walla Walla, Washington on Aug. 15, 1882. She taught at New York University, 1926-1951, and was affiliated with the Juilliard School of Music, 1940-1955. She was a founding member of the American Music Guild, the Society of American Women Composers, and the American Composers Alliance. Initially she wrote songs and music for piano solos, but later she branched out and wrote orchestral and chamber music. She died in South Hadley, Massachusetts Aug. 9, 1955.
This collection consists of over 50 published and unpublished compositions in a variety of forms including songs with pianoforte accompaniment, sonatinas, fugues and a symphonic poem. Most of the manuscript scores are not duplicated in the published scores.
This collection is organized into two series:
Consultation unrestricted; performance requires payment of ASCAP fee.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Marion Bauer Compositions, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, MA.
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1912-1950
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17 folders
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Holograph scores of songs, chamber music and orchestral pieces, most notable is the symphonic poem "Sun Splendor" (1946). Included are Bauer's compositions to Lewis Caroll's "Alice in Wonderland," and her arrangement of George Handel's "Six Little Fugues." Most of these works are not duplicated in the collection of published works. |
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1914-1947
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1 folder
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Published scores of Bauer's songs, chiefly with pianoforte accompaniment. |
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Manuscript Scores
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1912-1950
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17 folders
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A Foreigner Comes to Earth on Boston Common, Op. 49
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ca. 1953
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Box 1: folder 1
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How Doth the Little Crocodile,
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1928
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Box 1: folder 2
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Jabberwocky,
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ca. 1928
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Box 1: folder 3
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The Lobster Quadrille,
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ca. 1928
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Box 1: folder 4
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Pan and Syrinx: A Choreographic Sketch, Op. 28
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Box 1: folder 5
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Pig and Pepper,
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ca. 1928
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Box 1: folder 6
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Prelude and Fugue for Flute and Strings (Flute score is missing)
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Box 1: folder 7
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Quintet for Woodwinds
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Box 1: folder 8
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Six Little Fugues by George Frederick Handel, arranged by Bauer
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Box 1: folder 9
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Sonatina for Oboe and Piano, Op. 32a,
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ca. 1938
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Box 1: folder 10
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Songs,
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ca. 1912-1953
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Box 1: folder 11
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Sun splendor: symphonic poem for orchestra (Missing),
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1946
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Box 1: folder 12
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String Quartet, Op. 20,
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ca. 1952
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Box 1: folder 13
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Symphonic Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 33
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Box 1: folder 14
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Symphony No.1
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Box 1: folder 15
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Trio Sonata for Flute, Violincello and Piano, Op. 40
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Box 1: folder 16
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You Are Old, Father William, Op. 26,
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ca. 1928
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Box 1: folder 17
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Published Scores,
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1914-1947
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1 folder
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Published Scores,
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1914-1947
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Box 1: folder 18
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