BYU Library - Special Collections

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This series contains materials that Gordon Childs collected and compiled on an opera called “In The Pasha’s Garden” by John Laurence Seymour which has a viola d’amore solo during one of the acts. It includes musical scores and correspondence related to Childs' research. Dated 1934-1986.

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This series contains materials Gordon Childs collected and received from several prominent contemporary viola d'amore players and composers. The collection includes a rare piece of music given to him by the well-known composer, Vaclav Nelhybel, to perform. Dated 1782-2014 with the bulk being from 1900-2014.

Scope and Contents This subseries contains musical scores from Daniel Thomason’s personal music library that he gave to Childs. These scores are in the form of printed music, photocopies of original manuscripts and include Thomason’s own arrangements. The collection also contains a piece written for the very first viola congress that Childs performed with Thomason and Myron Rosenblum in June 1982. A couple of the musical scores also contain correspondence from Thomason to Childs in the form of handwritten...

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This subseries includes programs, newspaper articles, biographies, and other reviews written about Muradian by Gordon Childs, members of the Viola d’amore Society of America, one of Muradian’s teachers, and other well-known musicians. The sub-series also includes quartets, concertos, and sonatas written by Muradian. These are in the form of photocopied handwritten manuscripts and printed musical scores. Some contain personal annotations and markings by Childs. Dated 1955-1998.

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Piece arranged for SATB chorus, brass, percussion and organ, or organ. Correspondence with Oxford University Press.

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Piece arranged for treble voices, two flutes, harp, piano, and glockenspiel; treble voices, two flutes, glockenspiel, celeste, harp, and strings; upper voices and chamber orchestra; upper voices flute, harp, piano, cello. Correspondence with Oxford University Press.

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Piece arranged for SATB chorus, brass, percussion and organ; SATB and orchestra. Correspondence with the Oxford University Press.

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Piece arranged for SATB chorus, brass, percussion and organ, or organ; SATB orchestra and organ. For the Chancel Choir of John Knox Presbyterian Church, Greenville, South Carolina, William Thomas, director. Correspondence with the Oxford University Press.