Leo Smit Collection of Scores, Programs, and Clippings, 1947-1996

For more information about Leo Smit, including a list of his compositions, please see the online exhibit, Remembering Leo Smit (1921-1999)

I. Manuscript scores.

BOX 1.

ABA: for clarinet (Bb) and piano (1943)
Photocopies of holograph: 1 full and 1 reduced (8 1/2 x 11)

Academic Graffiti: for histrionic voice, clarinet, violoncello, piano and percussion (1962-82).
Quatrains by W. H. Auden.
Photocopy of holograph, with ms. annotations and insertions.

Academic Graffiti. No. 11: Mallarme
Holograph (pencil) with t.p. of whole set with instrumentation page on verso.

Alabaster Chambers: seven threnodies for string orchestra (1989).
"A transformation of some of my choruses and songs, inspired by the stupendous poetic visions of Emily Dickinson."

• Reduced mass reproduction of holograph.
• Two full photocopies of holograph, with minor annotations.

Alchemy of Love, or The Daemon Servant's Retribution: a comic opera in three acts.
Libretto by Fred Hoyle (1960).

• Act I.
  • Piano vocal score. Ozalid copy of holograph. Black cover. With ms. annotations.
  • Piano vocal score. Ozalid copy of holograph. Yellow cover. With ms. annotations (different from above).

BOX 2.

• Act II.
  • Piano vocal score. Ozalid copy of holograph. Yellow cover. With ms. annotations.
  • Piano vocal score. Ozalid copy of holograph. Yellow cover. With ms. annotations.
  • Piano vocal score. Ozalid copy of holograph. Black cover. With ms. annotations.
  • Full score. Ozalid copy of holograph. Black cover. With ms. annotations.

• Selections (?).
  Four Alchemy Marches: for orchestra (1972).
  Also called Four Kookaburra Marches.
  Ozalid copy of holograph.

Alone: for female viola/reciter (1988).
Poem by Emily Dickinson.
Computer generated score.

BOX 3.

Antiphonies (1993) : for solo violin
Holograph (pencil), incomplete.

At the Corner of the Sky: for chorus of men and boys (or women) with solo flute, oboe and speaker.
Photocopy of Fischer published score.

Attacca lo scherzo (1984) : for piano solo. First draft
Holograph (pencil).

[Birthday pieces]
Two Birthday Pieces (1994).

1. Happy Birthday Duo: for violin and cello.
2. Happy Birthday Chorale: for string quartet.

Caedmon. Piano vocal score.
Holograph (Pencil)

Canon : Super Namen Bach: for string quartet (1985).
Four ozalid copies of parts: 2 reduced (one of which is missing vln. 1 part); 2 large format.
One photocopy, with ms. corrections.

Canon Super Namen Bach: for saxophone quartet (1987).
Photocopy of holograph.

Canticle Prelude No. 5: for organ.
Two photocopies.

Capriccio: for string orchestra (1958).
Photocopy of holograph.

A Choir of Starlings: a serenata for four voices and ten instruments (1951).
Words by Anthony Hecht.

• Full score.
  Ozalid copy of holograph.

• Piano vocal score.
  • Photocopy of prepared score. Smit's Lenten is Come is inserted at p. 54.
  • Reduced photocopy of prepared score. Smit's Lenten is Come is inserted at p. 54.
  • Ms. vellum copy.

BOX 4.

[Christmas Tree Carols]
Three Christmas Tree Carols: for mixed chorus with eight instruments (1974).

• Piano vocal score. Photocopy of C. Fischer published score.
• Piano vocal score. Ozalid copy of holograph, with ms. annotations and alterations.

Cock Robin : for soprano, piccolo (or flute) and percussion (1979).
Ozalid copy of ms. copy by Nils Vigeland, with corrections in red.

Concerto for piano and orchestra (1968; revised 1980).

• Vellum ms. parts.
• Two piano reduction.
  Ozalid copy of holograph.
• Sketches for finale and 1st mvt piano solo,
  Holograph (pencil).

Copernicus: Narrative and Credo (1973).
Text by Fred Hoyle.
Ozalid copy of holograph.

Dance Card: for orchestra (1985?).
Photocopy of holograph.

Delaunay Pochoirs (Delaunay Stencils): trois morceaux pour violoncelle et piano (1980).

• Score. Photocopy of holograph.
• Violoncello part. Two photocopies of holograph.

The Dwarf Heart: five songs for soprano and piano (1987).
Poems by Anne Sexton.
Photocopy of holograph.

BOX 5.

[Ecstatic Pilgrimage. Cycle 1. Childe Emilie.]
Childe Emilie: fourteen songs about memories and fantasies of childhood for mezzo-soprano (or soprano) and piano.
Poems by Emily Dickinson. (1996)
Computer generated score.

[Ecstatic Pilgrimage. Cycle 2. Celestial Thrush]
The Celestial Thrush (1988) : a cycle of twelve songs about music and birds, for soprano and piano.
Poems by Emily Dickinson.

• Computer generated score.
• Photocopy of holograph.

[Ecstatic Pilgrimage. Cycle 5. The Purple Diadem]
The Purple Diadem (The Poet Speaks): nine songs.
Poems by Emily Dickinson. (1989).
Photocopy of holograph.

Exequy: for string trio (1985).

• Full score. Photocopy of holograph.
• Parts. Photocopies of three sets of holograph parts.

Extol thee - could I? Then I will: for voice and piano (1989).
Poem by Emily Dickinson.
Version for baritone and guitar in Three Immortality Songs.

• Two photocopies of holograph.
• Three large photocopies of holograph.

The Flute of Wonder: three pieces for flute and piano (1983).
Photocopy of holograph.

I Dwell in Possibility: for baritone and guitar (1989/94).
Poem by Emily Dickinson.
Photocopy of holograph.

I Loved You Once: [song for medium voice and piano] (1952).
Photocopy of holograph.

I Reckon - When I Count at All: for baritone and guitar (1989/94).
Poem by Emily Dickinson.
Also in Ecstatic Pilgrimage. Cycle 5. for voice and piano.
Photocopy of holograph.

I Went to Heaven: [for voice and piano] (1991).
Poem #374 by Emily Dickinson.
Photocopy of holograph.

[Immortality Songs] Three Immortality Songs (1996) : for baritone and guitar.
Poems by Emily Dickinson.
Holograph (pencil).

In Woods: for oboe, harp and percussion (one player) (1978).

• Ozalid copy of holograph, with pencil annotations.
• Ozalid copy of ms.

The Last Hour: settings of five Emily Dickinson poems for mixed chorus a cappella (1988).
Two photocopies of holograph.

Lizzie in Wonderland: four characteristic pieces for harp solo (1974).
Ozalid copy of holograph.

BOX 6.

[Madrigals for a Roman Lady]
Four Madrigals for a Roman Lady : for mixed chorus a cappella (1955/65)
Ozalid copy of holograph, with ms. annotations.

Magic Water: a chamber opera in one act, six scenes (1978).
Libretto by Leo Smit.

• Full score. Ozalid copy of holograph, with ms. annotations.
• Piano vocal score. Ozalid copy of holograph. Typescript synopsis (4 leaves) inserted.

Martha Through the Looking Glass: three pieces for piano (1982).
Typescript notes (1 leaf) by composer inserted.

• Ozalid copy of holograph.
• Photocopy of holograph.

Memento '51: for vibraphone and bass (1995).
Photocopy of holograph.

A Mountain Eulogy: from Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen: for speaker and chamber orchestra (1979).
Ozalid copy of ms. by Nils Vigeland.

Petals of Amaranth: ten pieces for viola and piano (1995).
Free transcriptions of ten of Smit's Emily Dickinson songs.
Photocopy of holograph.

[Poems of M. Willieme]
Three Poems of M. Willieme: soprano and piano (1994).
Photocopy of holograph.

[Quartet, strings]
String Quartet (1938-1983).
Vellum ms. masters of parts.

Scena Cambiata: for trombone, viola, and violoncello (1980).

• Photocopy of holograph.
• Sketches
  Pencil holograph.

So well-that I can live without: [for voice and piano] .
Poem 456 by Emily Dickinson.
Two photocopies of holograph.

[Sonata, piano, one movement]
Sonata in One Movement (1951-55) : for piano solo.
Ozalid copy of holograph. "To Mr. Leo Smit for correction 7/6/66"--with ms.annotations.

[Sonata, piano 4-hands]
Piano Sonata Four Hands (1987).
Photocopy of ms., with p. 1-2 original ms.

[Sonata, violoncello]
Sonata: for solo cello (1982).

• Photocopy of holograph, with pencil ms. annotations.
• Computer generated score.

BOX 7.

Songs and Refrains (1961)
Lyrics by Fred Hoyle.
Ozalid copy of holograph. Missing fourth of four songs.

Songs of Wonder: for high voice and piano (1976).
Poems by Beth Frost.

• Ozalid copy of holograph, with annotations.
• Photocopy (single-sided) of holograph.
• Two photocopies (double-sided) of holograph.

[Songs of Wonder; arr.]
The Flute of Wonder: three pieces for flute and piano (1983).

• Score. Photocopy of holograph with song text whited out.
• Flute part. Two photocopies of holograph.

Symphony no. 1 in Eb: for orchestra (1955).
Ozalid copy of holograph, with ms. annotations.

Symphony no. 2 in six movements (1965).
Ozalid copy of holograph.

Symphony of Dances and Songs: for orchestra (1981).
Holograph, with program notes (photocopy of 5 typescript leaves) by the composer inserted.

There's a Certain Slant of Light: [for voice and piano] (1990)
Poem by Emily Dickinson (poem 258).
Photocopy of holograph, with ms. annotations.

thinngs [sic] all over: for voice, oboe and piano (1983).
Poem by Carla Rodman (written at age 7).
Photocopy of holograph.

Thomas Jefferson (1988) : a narrative monodrama for baritone and piano.
Holograph (pencil).

Toccata: for solo piano (1984).
Two photocopies of holograph, black and red covers. The copy in red cover has ms. annotations, including a poem text superimposed on the music.

BOX 8.

A Transient View (1967) : five choruses : unison, two, three and four equal voices, unaccompanied.
Ozalid copy of holograph, with ms. annotations.

Trumpeter Swan: five songs for a little girl: voice and piano (1985).
Words by Leo Smit.
Vocal transformation of Smit's Five Pieces for Young People.

• C. Fischer Facsimile Edition score.
• Two copies of reduced C. Fischer score with ms. title page.
• Photocopy of holograph.

Tzadik (Maker of Miracles): for twelve players (four trios) (1983).
Photocopy of holograph, with ms. annotations.

Tzadik: for saxophone quartet (1983).
Holograph, with ms. annotations.

Tzadik : Maker of miracles : violin, violoncello, piano.
Carl Fischer Facsimile Edition, 1996 (copy of holograph), with ms. annotations.

Tzway: for voice [soprano] and piano (1935).
Poem by Mani Leib.
Two photocopies of holograph.

Under a Tender Moon: for soprano, French horn, viola and harp (1990).
Poem #663 by Emily Dickinson.
Photocopy of holograph, marked by harpist for performance.

Variations: for piano and orchestra (1981).
Vellum ms. masters of parts.

Virginia Sampler: a ballet for orchestra (1960).
Ozalid copy of holograph, with ms. annotations and alterations.

Virginia Sampler: a ballet: arranged for two pianos (1959).
Ozalid copy of holograph, with ms. annotations.

Yerma: a ballet, from the play by Garcia Lorca: for flute, bassoon, trumpet in Bb, and piano (1946).

• Two ozalid copies of holograph, with ms. annotations.
• Ozalid copies of flute, bassoon, and trumpet parts.
• Vellum ms. masters of flute, trumpet, and bassoon parts.

II. Arrangements and editions of works by other composers.

BOX 9.

Bernstein. Age of Anxiety : Symphony no. 2 for piano and orchestra.
Two-piano score. Schirmer, 1950.
Orchestra part arranged for 2nd piano by Leo Smit.

Bernstein. Age of Anxiety : Symphony no. 2 for piano and orchestra.
Two-piano score. Revised. Amberson, 1966.
Orchestra part arranged for 2nd piano by Leo Smit.

Bernstein. Four Movements from West Side Story.
Negative proof prints from Schirmer 46346, 1968.
Arranged for piano solo by Leo Smit.
Not from Leo Smit's personal collection.

Haieff, Alexei.
Unidentified work arranged for piano and solo instrument.
Two photocopies (1 leaf).

Kabalevsky. Concerto no. 2 in G minor for piano and orchestra.
Reduction for two pianos. Leeds Music, 1946.
Edited with special annotations by Leo Smit.

Liszt, Franz.
Csárdás obstiné.
Originally for solo piano; arranged for woodwind quintet.

• Score. Photocopy of holograph. (1985)
• Photocopy of Liszt original inserted.

• Parts. Vellum ms. masters.

MacDowell, Edward.
Northern Songs. Brook (originally for mixed voices)
Woodland Sketches. To a Wild Rose and From Uncle Remus (originally for piano)

Three Pieces by Edward MacDowell: arranged for oboe and piano (1983)

• Photocopy of holograph.

Mendelssohn. Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in F Minor.
Transcription for small ensemble (1974).
Holograph (pencil).

Morton, Jelly Roll.
Big Foot Ham by Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton: arranged for string quartet (1984).

• Score.
  • Photocopy of holograph.

• Parts.
  • Vellum ms. masters
  • Ozalid copies of ms. parts.

BOX 10.

Porter, Cole.
Red, Hot and Cole: 8 Songs by Cole Porter: transcribed for voice, oboe/English horn, string orchestra and percussion (1987).

1. At Long Last Love
2. Find Me a Primitive Man
3. Cherry Pies Ought to Be You
4. Fresh as a Daisy
5. Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye
6. Where, Oh Where
7. You Don't Remind Me
8. Ridin' High

• Photocopy of holograph, with ms. annotations.
• Pencil holograph, preliminary draft, of Cherry Pies Ought to Be You and Find Me a Primitive Man.
• Photocopies of string parts for all songs except No. 3, Cherry Pies Ought to Be You.

Porter, Cole.
Love Songs Without Words, after Cole Porter: for woodwind quintet (1974).

1. At Long Last Love.
2. Find Me a Primitive Man.
3. Use Your Imagination.
4. Ridin' High.

Porter, Cole. Songs.
Arranged for small ensemble (197?)
Holograph (pencil).

Schumann, Robert. Romances for oboe and orchestra, op. 94.
Arranged for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings (1977).
Holograph (pencil).

Stravinsky, Igor.
Jeu de cartes. Finale

Finale: The Triumph of the Hearts from Jeu de Cartes by Igor Strawinsky: arranged for solo piano (1950).
Ozalid copy of holograph.

Stravinsky, Igor. Danse Sacrale, from Rite of Spring.
Arranged for solo piano.
Holograph (pencil).

III. Scores by other composers with markings by Leo Smit.

BOX 11.

Bartók. Sonata for two pianos and percussion.
Hawkes and Son, 1942. Two volumes.
Marked by Smit to reflect performance practices of Bartók. Smit turned pages for Bartók at concerts of the work.

Beethoven. Choral Fantasy, op. 80.
Breitkopf & Hartel Nr. 4483.
Marked for performance by Smit, with photocopied inserts and program from Brockport Keyboard Festival, 1978.

Beethoven. Various piano works.
Kalmus 3194.
Notes for a recital inserted, as are pages from Schirmer edition of Bagatelles.

Fauré. Elegy for cello and piano, op. 24.
International Music No. 806.
Piano part marked for performance.

Ravel. Histoires naturelles.
Durand, 1907.
Markings in voice part.

Rorem. Snake.
Peters, 1963.
Fingerings and pedal markings.

Stravinsky. Ragtime.
J. & W. Chester, 1920.
Markings and alterations.

Tchaikovsky. Sonata for solo piano, op. 37.
Jurgenson 3340.
Performance markings.

Weber. Concerto for piano and orchestra, op. 32. Two-piano version.
Steingraber Verlag 465.
Cadenza by Wenzel inserted; score marked.

IV. Scores by other composers inscribed to Leo Smit.

BOX 12.

Leo Smit, with Morton Feldman and Aaron Copland

Allanbrook, Douglas. Five New American Preludes (1990).
Copy of holograph.

Allanbrook, Douglas. Five Night Pieces.
Copy of holograph.

Bernstein, Leonard.
For Leo Smit: [solo piano].
Bound within a photocopied compilation of anniversary and birthday pieces by Bernstein. Included are an inscription and a ms. version of the piece dedicated to Smit.

Copland. The Promise of Living.
Boosey & Hawkes, 1954.
Inscribed 1945.

Copland. Sonata for violin and piano.
Boosey & Hawkes, 1944.
Inscribed 1981.

Del Tredici. Scherzo for piano, four hands.
Boosey & Hawkes, 1975.
Inscribed 1975.

Kolb. Appello : for piano.
Boosey & Hawkes, 1978.
Inscribed 1979.

Krenek. Echoes from Austria : for piano.
Rongwen Music, 1959.
Inscribed 1977.

Kubik. L'heure des adieux, ou mieux, d'au revoir.
Ozalid copy of holograph, 1968 (63?).

Shapero. Happy Birthday Mr. La Sol.
Photocopy of printed scores (for piano), 1987.

V. Works inscribed by Leo Smit.

BOX 12.

Vivaldi. Quattro concerti : autografi.
Accademia Musicale Chigiana, 1949.
Inscribed 1950.

VII. Miscellaneous scores.

BOX 13.

Bernstein. Lenny Memorial, 5/29/81, Los Angeles.
Collection of photocopies of Bernstein songs for a memorial concert.
Originally housed in notebook binder. Leaves removed for purpose of preservation.

Copland, Aaron.
Billy the Kid, arranged for two pianos (1938).
Two photocopies of Copland holograph.

Porter, Cole.
11 Songs.
Photocopies and ozalid copies.

1. Art
2. Pick me up and lay me down
3. What a fair thing is a woman
4. The perfume of love
5. Why should I trust you
6. The ragtime pipes of Pan
7. Slow sinks the sun
8. We're on the road to Athens
9. Midsummer night
10. Give me the land
11. Mysteriously

Raksin, David. Songs.
Sixteen photocopies of ms. and printed versions of songs by the composer of "Laura".
Mailed to Leo Smit in 1989.

BOX 14.

VIII. Personal documents

Vita (1980), including a list of compositions

Lists of compositions.

• Compositions. Photocopy (18 leaves).
• Works coming to BMI. Ms. list (2 leaves).
• Works remaining with ASCAP. Ms. list (1 leaf), with 2 photocopies.

IX. Correspondence

Approximately 100 photocopied letters from Aaron Copland to Smit.

X. Writings and Lectures

BOX 15.

Lectures (Folders, with related music).

• Crazy Quilt (2 folders)
• Porter, Laura, AC friends, Fine, Gershwin, Bernstein
• Liszt
• Liszt in Italy
• Projectors
• Tchaikovsky - Self Portrait

BOX 16.

XI. Programs and reviews.

Programs.
   1 folder

BOX 17.

XII. Photographs.

XIII. Received with collection but shelved with general collection

A. Scores by Leo Smit

Academic Graffiti : for histrionic voice, piano and percussion.
Carl Fischer, 1983.

At the Corner of the Sky : for chorus of men and boys (or women), with solo flute, oboe, and speaker.
Carl Fischer, 1981.

Dance Card : for piano.
Merion Music, 1986.

Flute of Wonder : for flute and piano.
T. Presser, 1991.

Martha Through the Looking-Glass : three pieces for piano solo.
Boosey & Hawkes, 1988.

Five Pieces for Young People : piano solo.
Carl Fischer, 1979.

Sonata in One Movement : for piano.
T. Presser, 1989.

B. Works by other composers

Nabokoff, Nicolai. Concerto per pianoforte in C : ad memoriam di Franz Liszt (1931).
Two-piano score.
Ozalid copy of holograph.

Tchaikovsky. Concerto no. 2 in G major for piano and orchestra.
Reduction for two pianos. Leeds Music, 1948.
Edited by Leo Smit.

Vigeland, Nils. All in Due Time : piano solo (1972).
Ozalid copy of holograph.

Vigeland, Nils. Octet (1978) : for string quartet, cl., piano and percussion.
Copy of holograph.

C. Sound recordings (all LPs)

Copland. Works for piano, 1926-1948.
New World NW 277.
Leo Smit, Piano.

A Crazy Quilt of American Piano Music.
Musicmasters MMD 20105W
Leo Smit, piano.

Haieff. Concerto for piano and orchestra.
Desto DST 6420.
Leo Smit, piano.

Haieff. Four Juke box pieces for piano ; Five piano pieces.
MGM Records E3243.
Leo Smit, piano.

Smit. At the Corner of the Sky ; Songs of Wonder.
CRI 370.
Album title: Other Voices.

July 1999 Music Library Staff musique@acsu.buffalo.edu http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/music/spcoll/lsinv.html