Robert M. Beadell, Sheet Music
Title: Robert M. Beadell, Sheet
Music
Creator: Beadell,
Robert M., 1925-1994
Dates: circa
1940-1994
Quantity: 46
flat boxes
Collection Number: RG 13-08-25
Language: English
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Biography:
Robert M. Beadell taught and composed at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) for
36 years. His creative work included operas, symphonies, and works for band, chorus,
ensembles, piano, and voice. He produced works for the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and the
University of Nebraska–Lincoln along with the American Choral Directors Association,
Duke University, Kansas State University, Minnesota Orchestra, Nebraska Educational
Television, and Northwestern University. Beadell earned bachelor's and master's degrees in
composition from Northwestern University. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 1925
and passed away on June 11, 1994.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains scores, parts and sketches for a number of works by Robert Beadell.
Please note that the abbreviation "ms" denotes manuscript, and soprano, alto, tenor, bass
for choral is given the acronym "SATB." Another acronym, "TTBB," represents tenor, tenor,
bass, bass for choral. Some of the materials with similar titles are located in difference
boxes based on the size of the score. Occasionally there are performance notes and programs
included with a score.
Subjects:
Beadell, Robert M., 1925-1994
Orchestra music
Symphonies
Band music
Operas
Choral music
Songs
Big band music
Chamber orchestra music
Trios (Piano, clarinet, cello)
Flute ensembles
Woodwind quartets (Clarinets (4))
Brass trios (Horn, trombone, trumpet)
Woodwind trios (Bassoon, flute, oboe)
Percussion and organ music
Overtures
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. "Metamorphoses on Themes of Andrew Wyeth for
Band," masters of parts
Box 1. Folder 2. "Metamorphoses on Themes of Andrew Wyeth for
Band," multiple parts for winds
Box 1. Folder 3. "Metamorphoses on Themes of Andrew Wyeth for
Band," multiple parts for brass
Box 1. Folder 4. "Metamorphoses on Themes of Andrew Wyeth for
Band," parts in ms., for winds
Box 1. Folder 5. "Metamorphoses on Themes of Andrew Wyeth for
Band," parts in ms., for brass
Box 2. Folder 1. "Somewhere over the Rainbow," SATB, chorus and
piano, ms. score (2)
Box 2. Folder 2. "Arrangements," SATB, piano ms.
scoreCole Porter, "It's De-Lovely,""C'est Magnifique,""Do I Love You?""From this Moment On," TTBB/piano, ms score, "Carpenter's Medley," soprano solo, "Patriotic Medley," SATB chorus ms score, "Meet Us at the Fair,""Ca C'est l'Amour," one page, incomplete
Box 2. Folder 3. "Amazing Grace," congregation, brass and rhythm
combo, score
Box 2. Folder 4. "Elegy for the Duke" symphonic band,
score, 1974
Box 2. Folder 5. "Concerto for Duke," big band, parts in loose
sheets
Box 2. Folder 6-7. "Concerto for Duke," big band, parts in loose
sheets
Box 3. Folder 1. "America the Beautiful," arranged for
orchestra, parts, score
Box 3. Folder 2. "America the Beautiful," SATB and organ and/or
brass quintet, score
Box 3. Folder 3. "America the Beautiful," SATB, organ or brass
quintet, four scores, one ms score
Box 3. Folder 4. "America the Beautiful," SATB, organ, brass
quintet, two ms scores, score pages, two scores, parts, unlabeled cassette
tape
Box 4. Folder 1. "Improvisation and Dance," piccolo
Box 4. Folder 2. "Improvisation and Dance,"flute 1
Box 4. Folder 3. "Improvisation and Dance," flute 2
Box 4. Folder 4. "Improvisation and Dance," oboe 1
Box 4. Folder 5. "Improvisation and Dance," oboe 2
Box 4. Folder 6. "Improvisation and Dance," clarinet
1
Box 4. Folder 7. "Improvisation and Dance," clarinet
2
Box 4. Folder 8. "Improvisation and Dance," bass
clarinet
Box 4. Folder 9. "Improvisation and Dance," bassoon
1
Box 4. Folder 10. "Improvisation and Dance," bassoon
2
Box 4. Folder 11. "Improvisation and Dance," trumpet
1
Box 4. Folder 12. "Improvisation and Dance," trumpet
2
Box 4. Folder 13. "Improvisation and Dance," trumpet
3
Box 4. Folder 14. "Improvisation and Dance," trumpet
4
Box 4. Folder 15. "Improvisation and Dance," horn 1
Box 4. Folder 16. "Improvisation and Dance," horn 2
Box 4. Folder 17. "Improvisation and Dance," horn 3
Box 4. Folder 18. "Improvisation and Dance," horn 4
Box 4. Folder 19. "Improvisation and Dance," trombone
1
Box 4. Folder 20. "Improvisation and Dance," trombone
2
Box 4. Folder 21. "Improvisation and Dance," trombone
3
Box 4. Folder 22. "Improvisation and Dance," tuba
Box 4. Folder 23-26. "Improvisation and Dance,"
percussion
Box 5. Folder 1. "Improvisation and Dance," parts for winds and
brass with copies, piccolo, flute 1 and 2, oboe 1 and 2, clarinet 1 and 2, bass
clarinet, bassoon 1 and 2, alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone 1-2, baritone saxophone,
trumpet 1-4, French horn 1-4, trombone 1-4, tuba, separate and different parts for
trumpet 1-4 and trombone 1-3
Box 5. Folder 2. "Improvisation and Dance," parts for rhythm
section, piano with copy, guitar with copy, bass and copy, percussion and copy, trap
set
Box 5. Folder 3. "Improvisation and Dance," parts for strings
with copies, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass
Box 6. Folder 1. "A Children's Zoo Fantasy," high string parts,
violin 1, violin 2
Box 6. Folder 2. "A Children's Zoo Fantasy," low string parts,
viola, cello, bass
Box 6. Folder 3. "A Children's Zoo Fantasy," wind parts,
piccolo, flute 1, flute 2, clarinet 1, clarinet 2, bass clarinet, bassoon 1-2, horn 1-2,
horn 3-4, typescript, "The Animal Fair" by Bill
Kloefkorn (2)
Box 6. Folder 4. "A Children's Zoo Fantasy," brass and
percussion parts, trumpet 1, trumpet 2-3, trombone 1-2, trombone 3, tuba, percussion, (5
parts), harp
Box 7. Folder 1. Variations on ""L'Homme Arme," for symphonic
band, ms parts
Box 7. Folder 2. Variations on ""L'Homme Arme," for symphonic
band, ms score
Box 7. Folder 3. Variations on ""L'Homme Arme," band parts
masters and copy, instrumentation typescripts
Box 7. Folder 4. Variations on ""L'Homme Arme," band parts
masters
Box 7. Folder 5. Variations on ""L'Homme Arme," originally
titled "The Mercenary," score
Box 7. Folder 6-9. Variations on ""L'Homme Arme," for symphonic
band, score
Box 8. Folder 1. "The Number of Fools," opera, commissioned by
Northwestern University, Opera Workshop, piano-vocal score, Act I, Scene 3, premiere
programs
Box 8. Folder 2-3. "The Number of Fools," opera, piano-vocal
score, Act I, Scene 3
Box 8. Folder 4. "The Number of Fools," opera, piano-vocal
score, Act I, Scene 1, 2, 1966, revised 1976
Box 9. Folder 1. "The Number of Fools," opera, vocal score, for
part of Virginia
Box 9. Folder 2. "The Number of Fools," vocal score, for part of
Madam Baldeski
Box 9. Folder 3. "The Number of Fools," vocal score, Act I,
Scene 1
Box 9. Folder 4. "The Number of Fools," full score, Act I, Scene
1, full score
Box 10. Folder 1. "The Number of Fools," opera, wind parts,
piccolo, flute 1, flute 2, oboe 1, oboe 2, English horn, clarinet 1, clarinet 2, bass
clarinet, bassoon 1, bassoon 2
Box 10. Folder 2. "The Number of Fools," brass and percussion
parts, horn 2, horn 3, horn 4, trumpet 1, trumpet 2, trumpet 3, trombone 1, trombone 2,
trombone 3, tuba, harpsichord, piano, timpani, percussion
Box 11. Folder 1. "The Number of Fools," opera, full score, Act
I, Scene 2
Box 11. Folder 2. "The Number of Fools," full score, Act I, Scene
3
Box 11. Folder 3. "The Number of Fools," full score, Act II,
Scene 1
Box 11. Folder 4. "The Number of Fools," full score, Act II,
Scene 2
Box 11. Folder 5. "The Number of Fools," full score, Act II,
Scene 3
Box 12. Folder 1. "The Number of Fools," opera, vocal score to
page 135, plot outline
Box 12. Folder 2. "The Number of Fools," vocal score from page
136 to end
Box 13. Folder 1. "Variations for Jazz Trio," piano, C bass,
drums, flugelhorn and strings, parts
Box 13. Folder 2. Variations, parts
Box 13. Folder 3. Variations, two scores
Box 13. Folder 4. "Symphony No. 1" score, performance program,
Lincoln Symphony, 1980
Box 13. Folder 5. "Symphony No. 1," string orchestra parts with
copies
Box 14. Folder 1. "Chicago Dance No. 2," parts
Box 14. Folder 2. "Chicago Dance No. 2," parts copies
Box 14. Folder 3. "Chicago Dance No. 1," parts, condensed
conductor's score
Box 15. Folder 1. "A Bird Came Down the Walk," choral music,
SATB, piano, score, two ms scores (one with p. 1 lacking), ms lyrics page
Box 15. Folder 2. "Where is the Nightingale?" SATB, piano, ms
score (photocopy), Alliance Music Pub. score
Box 15. Folder 3. "Where is the Nightingale?" SATB, piano, two
scores
Box 15. Folder 4. "Wild Swans," SATB, two scores, ms
score
Box 15. Folder 5. "Bells," treble chorus, piano,
score
Box 15. Folder 6. "Tribute," SATB and piano, score, ms score,
permission letter
Box 15. Folder 7. "I Once Had a Cow," SATB and piano, ms score,
score photocopy
Box 15. Folder 8. "The Last Word of a Bluebird," SATB and piano,
two scores, performance program, University Madrigal Singers, 1976
Box 15. Folder 9. "Three Madrigals Most Fowl," stickers and
covers
Box 16. Folder 1. Choral music, bells, two-voice treble chorus and piano, two ms scores, eight
scores, poem photocopy
Box 16. Folder 2. "The Lamb," SSA and piano, two ms scores, eight
scores, one sample score page
Box 16. Folder 3. "Psalm 121," SATB and piano, two ms scores,
eight scores, two blank ms paper pages
Box 17. Folder 1. "London: July 1940," soprano and orchestra,
three vocal scores, two sets of parts for oboes 1-5, first violins 1-5, second violins
1-5, violas 1-5, cellos 1-5, bass
Box 17. Folder 2. "London: July 1940," four full scores
Box 18. Folder 1. Choral music, "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day,"
SATB, organ, brass, full ms score, full score copy, parts for trumpets 1-3 and trombones
1-3
Box 18. Folder 2. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," SATB and piano,
ms score, nine scores
Box 18. Folder 3. "The Snow Lies Thick," SATB, baritone and horn,
score
Box 18. Folder 4. "The Snow Lies Thick," two ms scores, seven
scores, one ditto score
Box 19. Folder 1. "Missa Brevis," SATB and piano, ms score, six
scores
Box 19. Folder 2. "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" SATB, organ and
brass quintet, ms score, five scores, parts for trumpet 1-2, French horn, trombone 1-2,
tuba, one cut and pasted score, cut-up score staves, publishing information and
cover
Box 19. Folder 3. "Evocations," mezzo-soprano and piano, ms
score, five scores, Ted Kooser poems
Box 19. Folder 4. "Night Songs," tenor and piano, ms score,
score, Greg Kuzma poems
Box 20. Folder 1. "Napoleon: an Opera Libretto in Two Acts,"
libretto by William G. Wallis
Box 20. Folder 2. "Napoleon," vocal score, Act I, Scene
1-4
Box 20. Folder 3. "Napoleon," vocal score, Act I, Scene 5-11, end
of Act I
Box 21. Folder 1. "Napoleon,"opera, ms score, Act I
Box 21. Folder 2. "Napoleon," ms score, Act II
Box 21. Folder 3. "Napoleon," Waterloo sequence, pictures,
notes
Box 22. Folder 1. "Napoleon," opera, wind parts, piccolo, flute
1-2, oboe 1-2, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon 1-2
Box 23. Folder 1. "Napoleon," opera, brass and percussion parts,
French horn 1-2, trumpet 1, trumpet 2-3, trombone 1-2, trombone 3, tuba
Box 23. Folder 2. "Napoleon," opera, brass and percussion parts,
harp, percussion
Box 24. Folder 1-2. "Napoleon," opera, high string parts, violin 1,
2
Box 25. Folder 1-2. "Napoleon," opera, low string parts, viola,
cello, contrabass
Box 26. Folder 1. "Song of Normandy," parts for band
(Belwin)
Box 26. Folder 2. "Elegy for a Dead Soldier," full ms score, two
pianos ms reduction, University Singers concert program, 1957, Apr. 11
Box 27. Folder 1. "Steven Crane Trilogy," two trumpet parts,
three horns, three trombones, tuba, timpani
Box 27. Folder 2. "Dialogue for Brass Ensemble," parts for three
trumpets, three horns, three trombones, baritone, tuba, full score
Box 28. Folder 1. "Willa Cather: Prairie Spring," orchestra and
chorus, ms score, parts
Box 29. Folder 1. "Theme and Variations, clarinet, cello, and
piano," ms score, four pages
Box 29. Folder 2. Spiral music books, ms scores, Program I, "The Face
of Courage," Program I, Program I, II, III, "Fruited
Plain"
Box 29. Folder 3. "Introduction and Allegro," brass ensemble and
timpani, two scores, programs
Box 29. Folder 4. Three Sketches, tuba quartet, score, parts, score (The Brass Press),
performance program, 1971
Box 30. Folder 1. "Toccata and Fugue," Ensemble, orchestra, solo
music, flute ensemble, score, ms score, parts; score with ms parts
Box 30. Folder 2. "Toccata and Fugue," flute ensemble, three
parts sets
Box 30. Folder 3. "Gemini," Ensemble, orchestra, solo music,
percussion soloist and concert band, score
Box 30. Folder 4. "Eclogue," chamber orchestra, three
scores
Box 30. Folder 5. "When Lilacs Last in the Door Yard Bloom'd,"
orchestra score
Box 30. Folder 6. Unidentified score, full orchestra
Box 30. Folder 7. "Sunpath," chorus, orchestra, score, ms
score
Box 30. Folder 8. "Lonesome City," soprano, piano,
scores
Box 31. Folder 1. "Timesweep," trumpet, horn and trombone, six
scores, two part sets, cassette tape
Box 31. Folder 2. "Divertimento," clarinet quartet, three scores,
ms score, parts, one envelope
Box 32. Folder 1. "Mirage Flats," orchestra parts
Box 32. Folder 2. "Mirage Flats," three chorus scores, unattached
pages
Box 32. Folder 3. "Mirage Flats," chorus score, ms vocal score
pages, correspondence
Box 33. Folder 1. "Mirage Flats," orchestra parts
Box 33. Folder 2. "Arcotor," for organ and percussionist, six
scores, five percussion parts
Box 33. Folder 3. "First Concerto in F Minor," Carl Maria von
Weber, transcribed for clarinet and band, one ms score
Box 33. Folder 4. Lyric piece, oboe and piano, ms score
Box 34. Folder 1. "Sonatina," flute, oboe and bassoon, two parts,
four scores; one ms score
Box 34. Folder 2. "Prairie Trilogy," SATB, piano scores (2), two
ms scores, copy
Box 34. Folder 3. "Prairie Trilogy," two vocal scores,
parts
Box 34. Folder 4. "Children's Stage: Irving the Extra Elf,"
Christmas choral skit, ms score, "Mythical Kingdom of
Caraway," ms score, interspersed with ditto libretto
Box 35. Folder 1. "Soul Thoughts," rough score, mixed scores and
parts
Box 35. Folder 2. Unidentified work, flute 1
Box 35. Folder 3. Unidentified work, flute 2
Box 35. Folder 4. Unidentified work, oboe 1
Box 35. Folder 5. Unidentified work, oboe 2
Box 35. Folder 6. Unidentified work, clarinet
Box 35. Folder 7. Unidentified work, bass clarinet
Box 35. Folder 8. Bassoon
Box 36. Folder 1. Horn 1
Box 36. Folder 2. Horn 2
Box 36. Folder 3. Trumpet 1
Box 36. Folder 4. Trumpet 2
Box 36. Folder 5. Trombone 1
Box 36. Folder 6. Trombone 2
Box 36. Folder 7. Percussion
Box 37. Folder 1. "Out to the Wind," vocal score, Virginia
Faulkner lyrics
Box 37. Folder 2. "Out to the Wind," mixed full score
(incomplete),libretto; parts of two vocal scores, title page, "Love is a Deep and a Dark and a Lonely"
Box 37. Folder 3. "The Sweetwater Affair," vocal score, premier
performance clippings, 1961
Box 37. Folder 4. "The Affair at Sweetwater," vocal
score
Box 37. Folder 5. "The Sweetwater Affair," unordered vocal
score
Box 37. Folder 6. "The Sweetwater Affair," full ms score, ms copy
of Prelude
Box 37. Folder 7. "The Sweetwater Affair," mixed pages of vocal
score
Box 37. Folder 8. "The Sweetwater Affair,"flute
Box 37. Folder 9. "The Sweetwater Affair,"oboe
Box 37. Folder 10. "The Sweetwater Affair,"clarinet
Box 37. Folder 11. "The Sweetwater Affair,"bassoon
Box 37. Folder 12. "The Sweetwater Affair,"horn 1
Box 37. Folder 13. "The Sweetwater Affair,"horn 2
Box 37. Folder 14. "The Sweetwater Affair,"trumpet 1
Box 37. Folder 15. "The Sweetwater Affair,"trumpet 2
Box 37. Folder 16. "The Sweetwater Affair,"trombone
Box 37. Folder 17. "The Sweetwater Affair,"percussion
Box 38. Folder 1. "The Sweetwater Affair,"violin 1 (two
copies)
Box 38. Folder 2. "The Sweetwater Affair," violin 2 (two
copies)
Box 38. Folder 3. "The Sweetwater Affair," viola
Box 38. Folder 4. "The Sweetwater Affair," cello
Box 38. Folder 5. "The Sweetwater Affair," contra-bass, (two
copies)
Box 38. Folder 6. "The Sweetwater Affair," violin 1 (three
copies)
Box 38. Folder 7. "The Sweetwater Affair," violin 2 (three
copies)
Box 38. Folder 8. "The Sweetwater Affair," viola (two
copies)
Box 38. Folder 9. "The Sweetwater Affair," cello (two
copies)
Box 38. Folder 10. "The Sweetwater Affair," bass
Box 39. Folder 1. "New Frontier Overture," full score, orchestra
parts
Box 39. Folder 2. "Symphony No. 2," vocal ms score, vocal score
copy, title page copy
Box 39. Folder 3. "Symphony No. 2," string parts
Box 39. Folder 4. "Symphony No. 2," wind parts
Box 39. Folder 5. "Symphony No. 2," brass parts
Box 39. Folder 6. "Symphony No. 2," percussion and harp
parts
Box 40. Folder 1. "Five Poems of Amy Lowell," orchestra
parts
Box 40. Folder 2. "Five Poems of Amy Lowell," original
score, 1983
Box 40. Folder 3. "Five Poems of Amy Lowell," full score
Box 40. Folder 4. "Five Poems of Amy Lowell," orchestra
parts
Box 40. Folder 5. "Five Poems of Amy Lowell," ten vocal scores,
UNL composer concert program, Nebraska Chamber Orchestra performance programs,
clippings, 1982, 1983
Box 41. Folder 1. "Adagio," full score
Box 41. Folder 2. "Adagio," full score, ms parts
Box 41. Folder 3. "Adagio," two part sets
Box 41. Folder 4. "Symphony No. 1," parts
Box 41. Folder 5. Symphony No. 1, full score
Box 41. Folder 6. Piano accompaniment, "They Call the Wind Maria," Mens Glee Club
Box 42, oversize. Folder 1. "Mirage Flats: Homage to Sandoz," full
score
Box 42, oversize. Folder 2. "Symphony No. 2," full score
Box 42, oversize. Folder 3. "Love is a Deed," for mezzo-soprano, piano and
cello, full ms score
Box 42, oversize. Folder 4. Score I, unidentified full ms score
Box 42, oversize. Folder 5. Score II, unidentified full ms score
Box 42, oversize. Folder 6. Score III, unidentified full ms score
Box 42, oversize. Folder 7. Unidentified full ms score
Box 43, oversize. Folder 1. "The Animal Fair (A Children's Zoo Fair)," full
score
Box 43, oversize. Folder 2. "The Animal Fair," full ms score
Box 43, oversize. Folder 3. "Improvisation and Dance," full score,
Minnesota orchestra, Tucson Symphony performance information, clippings, 1974, 1978
Box 43, oversize. Folder 4. "Improvisation and Dance," full ms
score
Box 43, oversize. Folder 5. "Metamorphoses on Themes of Andrew Wyeth,"
symphonic band, full ms score
Box 43, oversize. Folder 6-9. "Metamorphoses on Themes of Andrew Wyeth," full
score
Box 44, oversize. Folder 1. "Medley for Jay McShann," full ms
score
Box 44, oversize. Folder 2. "America the Beautiful," full score
Box 44, oversize. Folder 3. "Concerto Grosso (Concerto for Duke)" full ms
score, College Music Society conference performance program, 1977
Box 45, oversize. Folder 1. "Chicago Dance No. 2," full score
Box 45, oversize. Folder 2. "Chicago Dance No. 2," full score
Box 45, oversize. Folder 3. "Chicago Dance No. 2," full score, UNL
Symphonic Band performance program, College Band Directors National Association
conference, 1985
Box 45, oversize. Folder 4. Variations for jazz trio, trumpet and strings, full score, Lincoln Symphony
Orchestra concert program, 1976
Box 45, oversize. Folder 5. Variations, ms score
Box 45, oversize. Folder 6. "Chicago Dance No. 1," full ms
score
Box 46, oversize. Folder 1. "Mayflower," first part, full ms score, loose
sheets
Box 46, oversize. Folder 2. "Mayflower," second part, full ms
score
Box 46, oversize. Folder 3. "Napoleon: An Opera in Two Acts" full ms score,
UNL performance program, clippings, 1972
Box 46, oversize. Folder 4. "Napoleon," oversize pictures
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