Arthur Shepherd papers, 1892-2010

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Shepherd, Arthur, 1880-1958
Title
Arthur Shepherd papers
Dates
1892-2010 (inclusive)
Quantity
35.5 linear feet, (62 boxes and 3 oversize folders)
Collection Number
MS 0103
Summary
The Arthur Shepherd papers (1892-2010) consist mainly of original composition manuscripts created by Shepherd (1880-1958), a music composer, conductor, and teacher. Also included in the collection are correspondence, awards, lecture notes, news clippings, biographical information, concert programs, and other materials.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Although born in Paris, Idaho, 125 miles north of Salt Lake City in the colorful Bear Lake Valley, Arthur Shepherd has always been claimed by Utah as one of its most distinguished sons.

The younger generation would not remember his tremendous contributions to our local culture; oldsters will never forget what he did. The past three and one-half decades of his life were spent largely in Cleveland, where he became the most influential moving force in that city's musical development--as music critic for the Cleveland Press, assistant conductor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, program annotator for the orchestra, concert pianist and chairman of Western Reserve University's first-rate music department.

In the latter post he exerted influence in the nation's national music organizations, particularly MTNA (Music Teachers National Assn.) and NASM (National Association of Schools of Music). And yet, it was in none of the aforementioned capacities that he made his most significant contributions--but rather, in the area of composition. He cut a tremendous swath, both nationally and internationally, as a composer. His works have been widely performed both in this country and abroad. Utah Symphony, under Maurice Abravanel, performed his "Horizons" during the 1952-53 season and his "Overture to a Drama" earlier.

Arthur Shepherd was cosmopolitan in outlook, a recognized figure in the music world; yet, at the same time, he loved his periodic visits to his "home" in Salt Lake City where his brothers Albert and Charles made such lasting contributions in the string and piano fields.

His "Overture to a Drama," composed in 1919, received four performances by the Cleveland Orchestra alone, the last being "illuminated by an impassioned performance under George Szell," according to the feature story in the April 1950 issue of Musical Quarterly.

Arthur Shepherd entered the New England Conservatory at the tender age of 12. There, for five years, he studied with Chadwick, Goetschius and others. Graduating from the conservatory with honors at 17, he returned to Salt Lake City where he remained during the next 11 years. Here he received his "boot" training as conductor of the old Salt Lake Theater Orchestra and the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra, "grandfather" of the present-day Utah Symphony. During these years, too, his star as composer began its ascent. An "Overture Joyeuse" earned for him the initial Paderewski prize of $1,000 in 1902--a good-sized sum by present-day inflation standards.

In 1920, at the age of 40, he moved to Cleveland, remaining there until his death last week.

His best known works, "Triptych," the Second Piano Sonata, and "Horizons," Foundation award in 1928, received performances following its composition by the major orchestras of this country and by others as far off as Paris, Prague and Warsaw.

Upon retiring from his Western Reserve post in 1948, he was immediately signed for guest teaching at Columbia University. In 1952-53, at the invitation of Dr. Leroy Robertson, he accepted a similar short-term situation at the University of Utah. Dr. Robertson has written of Shepherd:

"I feel a great personal loss in the passing of Arthur Shepherd. As a boy I held him in high esteem as a composer, although I knew of him only by reputation. After our meeting in later years we became close friends."

"With Cyrus E. Dallin and Mahonri Young, two other prominent Utah artists of his generation, Arthur Shepherd has brought widespread respect and renown to our state."

Arthur Shepherd was born in 1880 and died in 1958.

(This biograhy was taken from a 1958 Salt Lake Tribune article written by Lowell Durham.)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Arthur Shepherd was born on February 19, 1880 in Paris, Idaho, to Emily Mary Phipp and William Nathaniel Budge Shepherd. The Shepherds were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Arthur Shepherd was raised in the faith. William N.B. Shepherd composed the hymn "Give Us Room That We May Dwell," and the family supported Arthur Shepherd is musical pursuits as a child: he performed with the Paris Brass Band and the Bear Lake Stake Choir. At the age of twelve, Shepherd entered the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 1897. After graduating, Shepherd returned west, rejoining his family in Salt Lake City, Utah, where they had moved.

Between 1897 and 1909, Shepherd worked in various aspects of music in Utah. He served as conductor of the Salt Lake Theatre orchestra and played chamber music. Shepherd offered private lessons in music theory and piano. He also organized and conducted the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra, the forerunner of the Utah Symphony. During this time, Shepherd also began receiving recognition for his work as a composer: in 1905 he won the Paderewwski Prize for his composition Overture Joyeuse and in 1909 he received first prize in the National Federal of music Clubs for his Sonata for the Pianoforte.

In 1909, Shepherd returned to Boston, and in 1910 he began teaching at the New England Conservatory and served as conductor at the St. Cecilia Society. When the United States joined World War I, Shepherd enlisted and served as bandmaster of the 303rd Field Artillery. In 1920, Shepherd was recruited by Nikolai Sokoloff to serve as assistant conductor and program annotator for the Cleveland Orchestra. Shepherd also lectured at Cleveland College and in 1927 resigned from his position as assistant conductor to take a job teaching at Western Reserve University, where he was involved in the founding of the music department, which he chaired, and the development of its program in experimental opera. Shepherd retired from this position in 1950. Throughout his career, Shepherd composed over 100 works. In addition to his continuing work as annotator for the Cleveland Orchestra and his work as a composer, Shepherd served as the music critic for the Cleveland Press.

On March 5, 1903, Arthur Shepherd married Hattie Hooper Jennings; together, the couple had four children. Shepherd's experiences in World War I led him to distance himself from the Church of Jesis Christ of Latter-Day Saints and put pressure on his marriage, and Arthur and Hattie Shepherd divorced around 1920. On May 27, 1922 Arthur Shepherd married Grazella Puliver; together, they had one son.

Arthur Shepherd died on January 12, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in the following series: I. Compositions. II. Sketchbooks. III. Teaching materials. IV. Biography/personal. V. Composition miscellanea. VI. Music societies. VII. Subject files. VIII. Personal correspondence. IX. General correspondence. X. Miscellanea.; thereunder arranged alphabetically or by type of material.

Processing Note

Processed by Dorothy Van Stipriaan, Helen B. Folland, and others in 1977-1999.

Processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.

Separated Materials

Photographs (P0103) and audio-visual (A0103) materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

CompositionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Chamber Music
Box Folder
1 1
Divertissement
Original pen manuscript.
1 2
Divertissement
Original pen manuscript with separate parts.
1 3
Divertimento--Praeludium Salutorium
Composed for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the League of Composers and performed under the composer's direction in 1942. For flute, oboe, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, and cello. Original pen manuscript with separate parts.
1 4
Octet
Tempo di minuetto. For piano and winds. Pencil sketches only.
2 1
Quintet for Piano and Strings
Original pen manuscript.
2 2
Quintet for Piano and Strings
Original pen manuscript with revisions.
2 3
Quintet for Piano and Strings
Original pen manuscript with composer's notes.
2 4
Quintet for Piano and Strings
Bound copy marked "obsolete."
2 5
Quintet for Piano and Strings
Bound copy.
2 6
Quintet for Piano and Strings
String parts. Pen manuscript.
2 7
Quintet for Piano and Strings
String parts. Pen manuscript with composer's notes.
2 8
Quintet for Piano and Strings
String parts. Copy with composer's notes.
3 1
Quartet for Strings in G Minor
Score A, original pen manuscript (incomplete). Movements 2, 3, and 4. Parts A, original pen manuscript of parts.
1926
3 2
Quartet for Strings in G Minor
Score B, original pen manuscript (complete). Parts B, for movements 1, 2, and 3 for violins and viola, original pen manuscript. Parts B, for movements 1, 2, and 3 for cello, original pen manuscript.
1926
3 3
Quartet for Strings in E Minor
Original pencil sketches.
1934
3 4
Quartet for Strings in E Minor
Score, movements 1, 2, and 3 (complete). Original pen manuscript.
1934
3 5
Quartet for Strings in E Minor
Parts, violin 1 for movements 1 and 3; violin 2 for movement 3; viola for movements 1 and 3 (original pen manuscript); cello for movement 3.
1934
4 1
Quartet for Strings No. 2
Parts for violins, viola, and cello. Original pen manuscript.
4 2
Quartet for Strings No. 2
Score and parts. Pen copies of original manuscript.
4 3
Quartet for Strings No. 2
Score and parts. Bound copies, books 1-5.
5 1
Quartet for Strings No. 3
Original pencil sketch.
5 2
Quartet for Strings No. 3
Score. Original pen manuscript.
5 3
Quartet for Strings No. 3
Parts. Original pen manuscript with composer's notes.
5 4
Quartet for Strings No. 3
Parts. Original pen manuscript marked "old parts."
5 5
Quartet for Strings No. 3
Score D. Reduced copy.
5 6
Quartet for Strings No. 3
Score C. Negative copy.
5 7
Quartet for Stings No. 4
Score A. Original pen manuscript.
5 8
Quartet for Stings No. 4
Parts. Set "C." Original pen manuscript.
5 9
Quartet for Stings No. 4
Parts. Set "D." Originals and copies.
5 10
Quartet for Stings No. 4
Photocopy of complete score.
5 11
Quartet for Stings No. 4
Trio. Violin solo part.
6 1
Triptych
For high voice and string quartet. Words from "Gitanjali" by Rabindranath Tagore. Published by the Society for the Publication of American Music in 1927. Composer's original manuscript listed as Three Songs from "Gitanjali". Includes He It Is, The Day Is No More, and Light, My Light (two pen copies).
6 2
Triptych
Score for voice and piano. Original manuscript.
6 3
Triptych
Parts with notes from composer.
6 4
Triptych
Published reduction for piano and voice. First edition.
6 5
Triptych
Published piano and vocal score. Parts for each of the strings. Second edition.
7 1
Sonata for Piano and Violin
Score A. Original pen manuscript.
7 2
Sonata for Piano and Violin
Score B. Original pen manuscript.
7 3
Sonata for Piano and Violin
Published copy by Maurice Senart, Paris, France.
1927
Choral Works
Box Folder
8 1
A Ballad of Trees and the Master
Poem by Sidney Lanier. Original pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. SATB with rehearsal piano part.
8 2
Build Three More Stately Mansions
Poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Original pen manuscript on thin paper. Three original pen versions marked "no good." SATB with piano accompaniment.
8 3
The City in the Sea
Poem by Bliss Carman. "Poem for orchestra, chorus of mixed voices, and baritone solo." Vocal score only (chorus, solo, and piano reduction). Published by Boston Music Company.
1913
8 4
Comrades
Poem by Richard Hovey. Pencil sketches. Original pen manuscript. TB with rehearsal piano part.
8 5
Deck Thyself My Soul
Poem by Johann Frank. SATB with organ accompaniment. Published by Boston Music Company.
1921
8 6
Deo Gracias Anglia
Source of words not given. Original pen manuscript, SATB.
8 7
Drive On!
Poem by Gary Merit. SATB, baritone solo and full orchestra. Copies of violin 1 and 2, cello, and contrabass parts. Vocal score published by C. C. Birchard and Company.
1947
8 8
Glorious Forever
An arrangement by Shepherd of a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff with words by N. A. Nekrasof. Accompaniment published by the Boston Music Company.
1914
8 9
Grace for Gardens
Poem by Louise Driscoll. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript, S 1 and 2, ATB. Photocopy of corrected edition. Published copy by Arrow Music Press Inc.
1939
8 10
In the Cool of the Evening
Poem by Alfred Noyes. For male chorus. Four original pen manuscripts, some revisions. Copies of parts.
1941
8 11
O Jesu, Who Art Gone Before
Translated from the Latin by J. Chandler. SATB with organ accompaniment. Published by the Boston Music Company.
1921
9 1
Invitation to the Dance
Poem by Sidonius Apollinaris, fifth century B.C. Pencil sketches.
9 2
Invitation to the Dance
Score for chorus and full orchestra. Original pen manuscript.
9 3
Invitation to the Dance
Accompaniment arranged for two pianos. Original pen manuscript plus one copy.
9 4
Invitation to the Dance
Orchestra parts. Original pen manuscript.
9 5
Invitation to the Dance
SATB and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript.
9 6
Invitation to the Dance
Copy of original with composer's notes. Another copy added in 1981.
9 7
Invitation to the Dance
Mimeographed copy of vocal parts.
10 1
The Lord Hath Brought Again Zion
SATB, baritone, and orchestra. Original pen manuscript. Complete set of orchestral parts.
10 2
The Lord Shall Reign
From the oratorio, Israel in Egypt by G. F. Handel. Double chorus arranged for two male choruses. Published by the Oxford University Press, England.
1931
10 3
Ye Mariners of England
Words by Thomas Campbell. Male chorus (TTBB) with piano accompaniment. Original manuscript and copy. Orchestra parts, original pen manuscript. Two piano arrangements for accompaniment in original manuscript. Male chorus and orchestra in original manuscript. Published by Boosey Hawkes Belwin, New York.
1941
10 4
Planting a Tree
Words by Nancy Byrd Turner. SATB with piano accompaniment. Original manuscript. Copy of full score plus copy of vocal parts only.
10 5
A Prayer in Spring
Poem by Robert Frost. For mixed voices acappella. SATB with piano reduction. Original pen manuscript. Pencil manuscript for SSATTB. Pen manuscript revision including piano reduction (both 3 and 4 are unfinished). Copy of vocal parts.
10 6
Psalm 42
Original manuscript for mixed chorus and piano or organ.
10 7
Slowly, Silently Now the Moon
Poem by Walter de la Mare. Original manuscript on thin paper. For S 1 and 2 with piano accompaniment. Score for pianist with indications for sections of the accompaniment to be played by strings. Parts for violin 1 and 2, viola, and cello.
1941
10 8
Song of the Sea Wind
Poem by William Sharp. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript for ful orchestra and three part women's chorus. Complete set of parts. For SSA and piano accompaniment. Published by Arthur P. Schmidt, New York.
1915
10 9
The Word
Text by Eben Tourjee. SATB with organ accompaniment. Original pen manuscript. Published by C. C. Birchard and Company.
1951
11 1
A Psalm of the Mountains
Poem by Florence Ellinwood Allen for chorus and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript.
11 2
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Copy of original pen manuscript.
11 3
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Original pen manuscript with parts of accompaniment arranged for two pianos.
11 4
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Two copies of vocal score.
11 5
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and piano accompaniment. Bound copy of original.
11 6
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Pencil sketch.
11 7
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Original pen manuscript.
11 8
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Complete orchestra parts.
11 9
A Psalm of the Mountains
For chorus and orchestra. Bound copy of full score.
12 1
Song of the Pilgrims
Poem by Rupert Brooke. Cantata for chorus (SATB), tenor solo, and orchestra. Pen and pencil sketch.
12 2
Song of the Pilgrims
Original pen manuscript for chorus and piano.
12 3
Song of the Pilgrims
Score. Original pen manuscript.
12 4
Song of the Pilgrims
Parts. Complete set for orchestra and pianoforte.
12 5
Song of the Pilgrims
Score. For chorus and piano and vocal parts. Published by C. C. Birchard, Boston.
1937
Orchestral Works
Box Folder
13 1
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Score. Original pencil manuscript. Part of movement 1, all of movements 3 and 4.
13 2
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Score. Original pencil sketch of piano score of movement 4.
13 3
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen and pencil sketch of movements 2, 3, and 4.
13 4
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Bound copy of original pen manuscript of full score of movements 1 and 2.
13 5
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Bound copy of original pen manuscript of full score of movements 3 and 4.
14 1
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen manuscript for harps 1 and 2; celesta; flutes 1, 2, and 3; piccolo; oboes 1 and 2; and English horn.
14 2
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen manuscript for clarinets 1 and 2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1 and 2; contrabassoon; and horns 1-4.
14 3
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Original pen manuscript for trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; xylaphone; wood block; tambourine; snare drum; triangle; ancient cymbals; and timpani.
15 1
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Violin solo part. Original pen manuscript.
15 2
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Piano score. Original pen manuscript.
15 3
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Complete score. Original pen manuscript.
15 4
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Parts. Original pen manuscript for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; and bass.
15 5
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Parts. Original pen manuscript for piccolo, tuba, flutes, oboes, clarinets, adn bass clarinet.
15 6
Choreographic Suite on an Exotic Theme
Parts. Original pen manuscript for bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, timpani, and celesta.
16 1
Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Score. Original pencil manuscript for full orchestra.
16 2
Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Score. Original pen manuscript for full orchestra.
16 3
Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Pen copy of organ solo with optional vocal solo or unison chorus.
16 4
Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Two bound copies of revised versions for full orchestra with composer's notes. Copy of published score.
16 5
Fantasia on "The Garden Hymn"
Orchestra parts. Original pen manuscript. Single pen originals for harp; celesta; flutes 1 and 2; oboes 1 and 2; English horn; clarinets 1 and 2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1 and 2; contrabassoon; horns 1-4; trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; snare drum; cymbals; bells; gong; and glockenspiel.
16 6
Fantasia on a Southern Hymn
Added in 1981.
17 1
Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
For full orchestra. No copies of horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, English horn, or timpani. Score. Original pencil manuscript.
1946
17 2
Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Score. Original pen manuscript.
17 3
Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Score. Copy of manuscript with composer's notes.
17 4
Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Original pen manuscript of arrangement for piano, four hands.
17 5
Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Original pen manuscript of orchestra parts for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; and contrabass.
17 6
Fantasy Overture on Down East Spirituals
Copies of orchestra parts for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; contrabass; flute 1; oboe 1; clarinets 1 and 2; bassoon 1; horn 1; glockenspiel; snare drum; cymbal; and triangle.
18 1
Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Pencil sketches.
18 2
Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score A. Original pen manuscript of two-piano arrangement (listed as "Fantaisie Humoreske.")
18 3
Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score B. Original pen manuscript of solo piano part.
18 4
Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score C. Original pen manuscript, red cloth binding.
18 5
Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Score D. Original pen manuscript, green cloth binding.
18 6
Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Original pen parts with composer's notes for violins 1 and 2; viola; cello; contrabass; piccolo; flutes 1 and 2; oboes 1 and 2; clarinets 1 and 2; bassoons 1 and 2; horns 1-4; trumpets 1 and 2; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; triangle; and cymbals.
19 1
Horizons
Score. Published by the Julliard Musical Foundation. Program notes by George H. L. Smith.
1929
19 2
Horizons
Original pen manuscript of four-hands piano arrangement of movement 3 (Scherzo), "The Old Chisholm Trail."
19 3
Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 1, "Westward."
19 4
Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 2, "The Lone Prairie."
19 5
Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 3, "The Old Chisholm Trail."
19 6
Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript of string parts, movement 4, "Canyons."
19 7
Horizons
Copy of original pen manuscript.
20 1
Overture to a Drama
Original pen manuscript for two pianos.
20 2
Overture to a Drama
Original pen manuscript of full score.
20 3
Overture to a Drama
Scores. Published by C. C. Birchard and Company, with composer's notes.
1925
20 4
Overture to a Drama
Complete set of parts with composer's notes.
21 1
Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
Original pen and pencil manuscript, full score.
21 2
Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
Original pen manuscript with composer's notes and handwritten dedication to Betty and Dudley Blossom.
21 3
Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
Original pen manuscript. Complete set of parts with composer's notes.
22
Symphony in D Minor
Pencil sketches.
Volume
23 1-2
Symphony No. 2
Score in bound volumes. Each is original pen manuscript of full score with composer's notes.
Folder
23 1
Symphony No. 2
Original pen manuscript of composer's arrangement for four-hand piano.
24 1
Symphony No. 2
Original pen manuscript for all string parts.
24 2
Symphony No. 2
Original pen manuscript of parts for horns 1-4; trumpets 1-3; trombones 1-3; tuba; timpani; snare drum; cymbals; triangle; gong; glockenspiel; and xylophone.
24 3
Symphony No. 2
Original pen manuscript of parts for harp; flutes 1-3; piccolo; oboes 1-2; English horn; clarinets 1-2; bass clarinet; bassoons 1-2; and contrabassoon.
25 1
Theme and Variations
Pen and pencil sketches, bound and unbound copies.
25 2
Theme and Variations
Original pen manuscript of complete score.
1952
25 3-4
Theme and Variations
Original pen manuscripts of parts for violins 1-2, viola, cello, and contrabass.
25 5
Theme and Variations
Original pen manuscript of parts for flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons.
25 6
Theme and Variations
Original pen manuscripts of parts for horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, triangle, glockenspiel, xylophone, tambourine, cymbals, and wood block.
25 7
Theme and Variations
Bound copy of full score with composer's note and inserts.
Miscellaneous Orchestral Works
Box Folder
26 1
A Festival of Youth Overture
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript (bound copy).
26 2
Hilaritas
Overture for concert band. Score. Original pen manuscript.
26 3
A Joyful Overture Op. 3
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.
26 4
Marsyas
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.
26 5
Marche Pittoresque
For full orchestra. Score. Original pen manuscript.
26 6
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Original pen manuscript of parts for violins, viola, cello, contrabass, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. No full score.
Organ Works
Box Folder
27 1
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy with composer's notes and slight revisions. Original pen version of the fugue in the piano score (two staves).
1912
27 2
Prelude in E Minor
Original pen manuscript.
1923
27 3
Processional
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original. Negative copy.
27 4
Prelude for Organ
Piano Works
Box Folder
28 1
Autumn Fields
Original pencil manuscript. Published copy, Carl Fischer, New York.
1936
28 2
Badinage
Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. Thin paper copy. Negative and one copy.
28 3
Capriccio
Original pen manuscript.
1904
28 4
Capriccio No. 1
Original pen manuscripts and pen copy. Pen copy with revisions. Original pen manuscript, revised.
1938; 1941
28 5
Capriccio No. 2
Two copies of original pen manuscript, one marked "to be thoroughly revised" and one showing revisions. Two negative copies of origianl pen manuscripts. Photocopy of published version by G. Ricordi Company, New York.
1941; 1954
28 6
Capriccio No. 3
Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript.
1943
28 7
Dance Episode
Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original.
1948
28 8
Eclogue 1
Two photocopies of original pen manuscript. Negative copy.
28 9
Eclogue No. 2 Primavera
Three original pen manuscripts.
28 10
Eclogue No. 3
Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.
28 11
Eclogue No. 4 Summer Reverie
Original pen manuscript. Pen manuscript revised. Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Copy and negative of another revision.
28 12
Etude
Original pen manuscript.
1904
28 13
Exotic Dance No. 1
Published copy, Oxford University Press.
1930
28 14
Exotic Dance No. 2
Pen and pencil sketches. Two original pen manuscripts. Photocopy of original pen manuscript.
28 15
Exotic Dance No. 3
Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Negative copy.
1941
28 16
Fugue for Pianoforte in C Minor
Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original.
1922
28 17
Gay Promenade
Published copy, Carl Fischer, New York.
1936
28 18
Gigue Fantastique
Photocopy of original pen manuscript. Pen copy on thin paper. Photocopy.
28 19
Intermezzo
Original pen manuscript.
1903
28 20
Intermezzo
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original manuscript.
1938
29 1
Lento Amabile
Pencil sketch. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy with revisions.
1938
29 2
Mazurka Op. 2 No. 1
Published copy, Wa-Wan Press, Massachusetts. Published copy. Also published copy of Intermezzo by John Beach.
1905
29 3
Nocturne (B Minor)
Original pen manuscript.
1908
29 4
Nocturne No. 2 (F Minor)
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original on onionskin. Two photocopies.
1944
29 5
Nocturne (C Major)
Original pen manuscript.
1928
29 6
Pantomime Chinois
Original pen manuscript.
29 7
Prelude (B Flat Minor)
Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.
1931
29 8
Prelude (G Minor)
Original pen manuscript.
1932
29 9
Prelude Op. 2 No. 2 (F Minor)
Photocopy of publication by Wa-Wan Press.
29 10
Processionale Festivo
Original pen manuscript originall titled "Dance Episode." Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy of onionskin.
29 11
Rustic Ramble (in Mode Ostinato)
Two copies of original.
1945
29 12
Scherzino
Original pen manuscript. Negative and copy.
1943
29 13
Sonata Op. 4
Original pen manuscript. Published copy, Boston Music Company.
1911
29 14
Sonata No. 2 (F Minor)
Dedicated to Beryl Rubinstein. Photocopy of pen manuscript. Two published copies, both by Oxford University Press.
1930
29 15
Song
Original pen manuscript.
29 16
Souvenir
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original. Photocopy and negative.
1945
29 17
Theme and Variations
To Hattie Jennings. Original pen manuscript.
1900
29 18
Two-Step
Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy.
1939
29 19
Waltz
Original pen manuscript.
1900
29 20
Three Untitled Piano Pieces
Original pen manuscripts.
Solos
Box Folder
30 1
April
Words by Sara Teasdale. For medium voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.
1941
30 2
Bacchus
Words by Frank Dempster Sherman. A) for low voice and piano (Key of B)--original pen manuscript, two pen copies of original, photocopy. B) for high voice and piano (Key of D)--three pen copies, revised version of a copy, photocopy, negative copy. C) for medium voice (Key of C)--pen manuscript.
1932; 1941
30 3
The Chambered Nautilus
Words by Oliver Wendell Holmes. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Copy of original pen manuscript, revised. Photocopy of original.
30 4
The Charm
Words by Thomas Campion. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Copy of original pen manuscript, revised and second revision. Negative copy.
1943
30 5
Evening Song
Words by Goethe. Two pen manuscripts.
30 6
The Fiddlers
Words by Walter de la Mare. Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies. Original pen manuscript for pianist. Three pen copies on onionskin. Published copy. Negative copy.
30 7
Five Songs Op. 7
Words by James Russell Lowell. 1) Lift Up the Curtains of Thine Eyes. 2) Nocturn. 3) There is a Light in Thy Blue Eyes. 4) The Lost Child. 5) Rhapsody.
30 8
The Gentle Lady
Written for his sister, Josephine. Words by John Masefield. Original pen manuscript (Key of C). Pen copy on onionskin. Two photocopies of manuscript (Key of A), with revisions.
circa 1916
30 9
Golden Stockings
Original pen manuscript. Three pen copies of original. Photocopies, revised. Published copy.
1937; 1961
30 10
He Came All So Still
For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.
1950
30 11
Heart's Journey
Words by Siegfried Sassoon. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy revised. Photocopy. Negative copy.
30 12
I Dreamt of a Monarch's Daughter Fair
Words by Heinrich Heine. Original pen manuscript.
30 13
In the Scented Bud of the Morning
Words by James Stephens. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Two photocopies.
30 14
Jolly Wat (Canticum Nativitatis Christi)
For two high voices and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin.
1944
30 15
Lift Up the Curtains of Thine Eyes
Words by James Russell Lowell. For voice and piano. Original pen manuscript.
1907
30 16
The Little Stream
Words by Richard Shepherd. Two-part song. Original pen manuscript.
1921
30 17
The Lost Child
Poem by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript. Pen copies of original manuscript. Published copy.
1908-1909
30 18
Martin Song
Words by Thomas Heywood. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript (Score A). Three pen copies of original. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy. Negative copy.
1948
30 19
Morning Glory
Words by Siegfried Sassoon. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript (Score A). Pen copy of original. Photocopy. Published copy.
1951
30 20
Most Quietly at Times
From the German of Casar Flaischlen. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Two pen copies. Photocopy. Negative copy.
1943
30 21
Nocturn
Poem by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript.
31 1
Oh, Like a Queen's Her Happy Tread
Poem by William Watson. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketch. Original pen manuscript.
31 2
Oh, There's a King
Words by Heinrich Heine. Original pen manuscript.
1901
31 3
Reverie
Poem by Walter de la Mare. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketch. two original pen manuscripts. Two photocopies. Two negatives.
1932
31 4
Rhapsody
Poem by James Russell Lowell. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of manuscript with pen copy of The Lost Child.
1908
31 5
Sarasvati
Words by James Stephens. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy with notes.
1957
31 6
Serenade
Words by Sacheverell Sitwell. For high voice, viola, and piano. Pencil sketch and pen sketches. Compelte score for voice, viola, and piano. Complete score on onionskin for voice, viola, and piano. Original pen manuscript of viola part. Photocopy of complete score. Photocopy of compelte score marked "obsolete."
1949
31 7
Seven Songs
Bound copy. 1) The Trout. 2) The Fiddlers. 3) Bacchus. 4) Virgil. 5) Where Loveliness Keeps House. 6) In the Scented Bud of Morning. 7) The Gentle Lady.
31 8
Seven Songs
Published separately in folio. 1) Serenade. 2) Reverie. 3) Softly Along the Road of Evening. 4) Morning Glory. 5) To a Trout. 6) Virgil. 7) Golden Stockings.
31 9
Softly Along the Road of Evening
Pencil sketch in D flat. Original pen manuscript in D flat. Pen copy on onionskin. Photocopy marked "pianists copy." Negative copy.
1932
31 10
Solitude
Words by Harold Monro. For mezzo soprano adn piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Copy with composer's notes. Revised copy. Original pen manuscript with revisions.
31 11
Spinning Song
Words by Edith Sitwell. For high voice, viola, and piano. Original pen manuscript. Pen copies on onionskin. Pen copy of separate viola part. Pen copy of revised manuscript. Two copies of complete score.
1949
31 12
Spring Duet
Words by Rowena Bennett. For medium voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy of original.
31 13
The Starling Lake
Words by Sellmas O'Sullivan. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy on onionskin. Two negative copies. Published copy.
1944
31 14
Sunday Up the River
Poem by James Thomson. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy. Negative copy.
1944
31 15
Sun Down
Poem by William Ernest Henley. For voice and piano. Original pen manuscript. Photocopy.
31 16
There is a Light in Thy Blue Eyes
Words by James Russell Lowell. Original pen manuscript. Pen copy of original.
1907
31 17
To a Trout
Poem by Oliver St. John Gogarty. For high voice and piano. Three pen manuscript (Key of D). Two pen manuscripts (Key of C). Pen copy on onionskin (Key of C). Photocopies and negative copy.
1941
31 18
The Truants
Poem by Walter de la Mare. For high voice and piano. Pencil sketches. Original pen manuscripts. Pen copy with slight revisions. Photocopy.
31 19
Virgil
Original pen manuscript (high key). Pen copies of original manuscript. Photocopy of original pen manuscript for baritone and piano. Copy of original pen manuscript for baritone and piano, revised. Reduction and negative of manuscript for baritone and piano.
1941; 1955
31 20
When Rooks Fly Homeward
Words by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil. For high voice and piano. Pencil and pen sketches. Original pen manuscript with notes. Pen copy of original with revisions. Two photocopies.
31 21
Where Loveliness Keeps House
Words by Madison Cawein. For high voice and piano. Original pen manuscript with revisions. Pen copy of original manuscript with revisions. Pen copy of corrected manuscript on onionskin. Pianists copy with pencil and pen sketches. Three photocopies and a negative.
1931
31 22
Youth's Spring Tribute
Words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Original pencil manuscript.
1908
Songs, Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra
Box Folder
32 1
Bacchus
Words by Frank Dempster Sherman. For full orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, original pen manuscript (except solo voice).
32 2
The Fiddlers (Key of E)
Words by Walter de la Mare. For string orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, pen manuscript (except solo voice).
32 3
Softly Along the Road of Evening
Words by Walter de la Mare. For full orchestra and mezzo (in D flat). Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, pen manuscript (except solo voice).
32 4
Where Loveliness Keeps House
Words by Madison Cawein. For full orchestra and mezzo. Score, original pen manuscript. Parts, three copies for each string part and one copy for other instruments.

SketchbooksReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Volume
33 1-11
Fragmentary Sketches
33 11A
Sketchbook
Written by Shepherd while bandmaster of the 303rd Artillery Band in World War I. First sketch of Gentle Lady. Counterpoint exercises. Rules for writing a fugue. Exercises in chromatic harmony.
33 12
Miscellaneous Sketches
33 13
Sketchbook
Sketch for The City in the Sea. Orchestral sketches. Notes on composition. Miscellaneous sketches.
33 14
Miscellaneous Orchestral Sketches and Counterpoint Exercises
33 15-16
Miscellaneous Sketches
33 17
Sketchbook
Miscellaneous sketches of piano pieces and songs. Several counterpoint exercises.
33 18
Miscellaneous Sketches for String Quartet
33 19
Piano Sketches of Orchestral Variations
33 20
Miscellaneous Sketches and String Orchestral Arrangement for Chopin Prelude #21
33 21
Thematic Ideas
33 22
Symphonic Sketches and Other Ideas
33 23
Miscellaneous Sketches
Miscellaneous Sketches
Box Folder
34 1
Pencil Sketch for Piano in C Minor
34 2
Miscellaneous Pencil Sketches
34 3
Pencil Sketch for Orchestra, Theme and Variations in C Minor
34 4
Original Pen and Pencil Sketches for Orchestras and Piano
34 5
Original Pen and Pencil Sketches for Violin and Piano
34 6
Pencil Sketches for String Quartets and Other String Combinations
34 7
Pen and Pencil Sketches for Piano and Finished Piece
34 8
Pencil Sketch of Three Movements for String Quartet
34 9
Pencil Sketch for Chorus, Orchestra, Alto, and Baritone
34 10
Pen and Pencil Sketches
34 11
Miscellaneous Pencil Sketches
Miscellaneous
Box Folder
35 1
Examples of Compositional Devices
35 2
Original Manuscripts of Arrangements by Shepherd
35 3
Orchestral Sketches and Pen and Pencil Manuscripts
35 4
Pen and Pencil Manuscripts
35 5
Original Pencil Manuscripts of Chamber Works
35 6
Vocal Work Sketches and Pencil Manuscript
35 7
Two Piano Fragments
35 8
"Ein' feste Burg"
From Concert Fugue with Prelude for Organ by Percy Goetschius, with hand-written dedication to Shepherd.
35 9
Compositions by Frederick Ayres, Henry F. Gilbert, Elliot Griffes, and Charles T. Griffes

Teaching MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Class Notebooks
Box Volume
36 1
Notebook
1. Counterpoint. Sixteenth century through twelve-tone practices. 2. Notes for advanced harmony class. Twelve-tone melodies with choral settings. 3. Examples of various harmonic and polyphonic practices from Shepherd's own works. 4. Settings of songs (1942). 5. List of projects for immediate future. Sketches for some of these.
1942
36 2
Notebook
1. Harmony class notes through secondary seventh, extended alterations, plagal method, parallel fifth and seventh. 2. Materials for analysis. 3. References to Hindemith text.
36 3
Notebook
1. Plan for four-movement Symphonic Suite. 2. Piano sketches. 3. Polyphonic settings of model melodies.
36 4
Notebook
1. Elementary harmony class notes (1943) progressing to somewhat more advanced material than that in Book 2. 2. Harmonizations of several chorale melodies. 3. Double counterpoint at the octave, tenth, and twelfth. 4. Examples in small form design. 5. Fugue subjects and answers by Arthur Shepherd.
1943
36 5
Notebook
1. Counterpoint. More detailed and extensive than Book 1. 2. Counterpoint for a beginning class, 1948. 3. Materials for elementary counterpoint class at Longy School, 1950. Somewhat different approach from the 1948 course.
1948
36 6
Notebook
1. Twenty-four texts for musical settings. Personnel indicated for most. 2. Outline of counterpoint course, 1949-50. First semester, strict counterpoint. Second semester, Bach-type counterpoint.
1949-1950
36 7
Notebook
1. Examples of triple counterpoint. 2. Examples of motivic development. 3. Notes for course in small musical forms. 4. Counterpoint in 2, 3 and 4 voices. Fugue subjects and answers.
36 8
Notebook
1. Course in small forms for the Longy School, 1950. Similar to course in Book 7. More detailed as far as it goes but less comprehensive.
1950
37 9
Notebook
1. Music history, 1927-28. Lectures 7 through 10 are missing. Ancient music through the twentieth century. 31 lectures. 2. Materials for seminar in musical composition, 1931-32.
1927-1932
37 10
Notebook
1. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College. 2. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College, 1931-32. 3. Music appreciation course for Cleveland College, 1932-33.
1931-1933
37 11
Notebook
1. "Ruminations Before a Symphony." 2. Course in church music, Summer 1944.
1944
37 12
Notes on Music History
1. Ancient Greek through the Troubadours and Troveres. 2. General history of the seventeenth century (emphasis on England and Germany). 3. Second semester history course, 1932 (seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries); 1937 (eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries). 4. Two examinations, one for a master's degree.
1932; 1937
37 13
Missing
37 14
Music History
1. Incomplete notes on first semester course (mostly fourteenth and fifteenth centuries). 2. Detailed lectures on a two-year course (ancient music through the sixteenth century).
38 15
Notebook
1. Continuation of Book 14 (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries). 2. Course from 1931-32 inserted in April lectures.
1931-1932
38 16
Notebook
1. "Progressive stages of structural design in Musical Composition." Detailed course in musical forms. Materials from 1936-45. 2. Harmonic analysis course, 1946-47. 3. Form analysis course, 1948. 4. Notes for composition course, 1948-49. 5. Inside back flap--notes from article on "Tonality," by Vincent d'Indy.
1936-1949
38 17
Notebook
1. Course in music appreciation for Columbia University, Summer 1947. 2. Course in twentieth century music, 1900-ca. 1930 (background from 1860).
1947
Lectures and Lecture Notes
Box Folder
39 1-2
"Adventures in Music Analysis"
1927-1928
39 3
"American Music"
39 4
"American Music: The Traditionalists"
39 5
"Church Music"
1944
39 6-7
"History of Music"
39 8
"Music as a Vocation"
1931
39 9
"Music in Higher Education"
1937
39 10
"Music in My Time" and "Fifty Years of American Orchestral Music"
1950s
39 11
Musicians--"Franz Schubert"
39 12
Musicians--"Hector Berlioz"
39 13
Musicians--"Henry Purcell"
39 14
Musicians--"Joseph Haydn"
39 15
Musicians--"Mozart"
39 16
Musicians--"Robert Schumann"
39 17
"Wit in Music"
39 18
"Wit, Humour and Sentiment in Music"
1954
39 19
"Attitudes and Responses: Ruminations and Reflections of an Old Timer"
39 20
Commencement Address--Longy School of Music
1950
39 21
Research Notes and Article on Cleveland, Ohio
1952
39 22
Miscellaneous

Biography and Personal FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
40 1
Biographical Sketches and Notes
University of Utah Friends of the Libraries Keepsake No. 4.
40 2
Published Biography
1958
40 3
Correspondence Relating to Biography
1958
40 4
Tape Transcript
By Grazella Shepherd for Richard Loucks giving interesting details of people she and Arthur knew and entertained in their home, people mainly from the music world. She reminiscences about their early years, their home and friends. The tape was made after the death of Arthur Shepherd and appears to be a source of the personal life of Shepherd for a biography which Loucks was writing and hoped to publish. Loucks's dissertation was completed in 1960.
40 5
Paderewski Prize Notice
1905
40 6
World War I Records
1916-1919
40 7
Appointments of Instruction, Western Reserve University and Columbia University
1928-1930
40 8
Ohio State University Records
1932-1933
40 9
Gift Notice to Western Reserve and Columbia Universities
1948
40 10
Retirement Papers
1954-1955
40 11
Honorary Degree from Western Reserve University
1957
40 12
Grazella Shepherd Letter
40 13-16
Arthur Shepherd Death
Memorials, letters, etc.
1958
40 17
Emily May Phipp Shepherd
Death and funeral services.
1953
40 18
William N. B. Shepherd
Funeral services.
1945
40 19
Richard Jennings Shepherd
Birth certificate.
40 20
William Arthur Shepherd
Birth certificate.
New England Conservatory of Music
Box Folder
41 1
Student Materials, Books 1, 2, and 3
41 2
Student Materials, Books 4, 5, and 6
41 3
Correspondence
1892-1896
41 4
Programs, Recitals, and Graduation List
1896-1897
41 5
Graduation Speech
1897
41 6
Mason and Hamlin Award Citation
1912
41 7
"Alumni Opus"
1951
41 8
"Alumni Quarterly"
1940
42
Date and Address Books
1923-1957

CompositionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Materials
Box Folder
43 1
Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest
1960-1967
43 2
Choral Works, Text Sources
43 3
Composition Comments
43 4
Composition Graphs
43 5
Notes and Reviews on The Lone Prairie
43 6
Notes on Horizons
1952
43 7-8
Composition Lists
43 9
Composition Publication and Copyright
43 10
Article on Psalm XLII
43 11
Correspondence on Seven Songs
43 12
Notes on Sinfonia Domestica di Famiglia Blossom
43 13
Letters Regarding Symphony No. 2
1940
43 14
Notes on Triptych
43 15
Thesis Prospectus
1960

Music Societies and OrganizaitonsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
44 1
American Composer's Alliance, American Music Society, American Musicological Society
1905-1947
44 2
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
44 3
Music Teachers National Association
44 4
Musical Art Club
1915
44 5
National Institute of Arts and Letters
44 6
Honorary Music Societies

Subject MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
45 1
Christmas Materials
45 2
Cleveland Music School Settlement
45 3
Cleveland Orchestra Controversy
1943
45 4
Home Life and Music Study
45 5
Library of Congress
45 6
Longy School of Music
45 7-9
Richard Loucks
45 10-11
Poetry
45 12
Vivien Harvey Slater
45 13
State Anthems
45 14
Utah Songs
Articles
Box Folder
46 1
Goetschius, Percy, "Four Times Twenty Musical Years," Etude
1934
46 2
Koch, Fred, "Tribute to Arthur Shepherd," Fine Arts, A Weekly Guide
1962
46 3
Leedy, Denoe, "American Composers XV: Arthur Shepherd," Modern Music, A Quarterly Review
1939
46 4
Newman, William S., "Arthur Shepherd," The Musical Quarterly
1950
46 5
Newman, William S., "What is Musical Form?"
46 6
Silva, Giulio, "Early Medieval Music"
1937
46 7
Slater, Joseph, "Music at Col. Grangerford's: A Footnote to Huckleberry Finn," American Literature; "A Literary Life of John Braham," Modern Language Quarterly; "Byron's Hebrew Melodies," Studies in Philology
1949; 1952
46 8
Woodruff, James Lloyd, The Restoration, Oratorical Lyrics; "The Golden Key"
1936

Personal CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Family Correspondence
Box Folder
47 1-10
Shepherd, Arthur and Grazella, to Peter Shepherd
1944-1948
47 11-19
Shepherd, Arthur and Grazella
1920s
47 20
Shepherd, Peter, to Grazella Shepherd
1964
48 1
Shepherd, Arthur, to Emily Phipp Shepherd (mother), and William N. B. Shepherd (father)
1896; 1921
48 2-10
Shepherd, Arthur, and Harry Shepherd
1919-1958
48 11
Shepherd, Arthur, to Dorothy Shepherd Van Stipriaan
1953
48 12
Shepherd, Arthur P. (son), to Arthur Shepherd
Also a typed copy of a letter from Arthur Shepherd to Arthur, Jr.
1933-1956
48 13-16
Shepherd, Arthur P., to Harry Shepherd
1943-1962
48 17
Shepherd, Charles, to Arthur Shepherd
1930
48 18
Shepherd, Derek, to Arthur Shepherd
1930-1955
48 19
Shepherd, Emily Phipp to Arthur Shepherd
1926
48 20
Shepherd, Grazella, to Emily Phipp Shepherd
48 21
Shepherd, Grazella, to Harry Shepherd
1958-1965
48 22
Shepherd, M. A. (grandmother of Arthur Shepherd)
1905; 1911
48 23
Shepherd, Richard J., and Harry Shepherd
1959-1963
48 24
Shepherd, William N. B., to Arthur Shepherd
1909-1934
48 25
Odell, Anne Shepherd, to Arthur Shepherd
1930
48 26
Shepherd, Arthur, from Relatives in England During WWII
48 27
Family Correspondence
48 28
Condolence Letters
At deaths of William N. B. Shepherd and Emily Mary Phipp Shepherd.
1945; 1953

General CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
49
Correspondence, A-E
50
Correspondence, F-H
51
Correspondence, J-R
52
Correspondence, S-Z

Miscellaneous MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Volume
53 1
Scrapbook
Contains programs, news clippings, articles, a certificate, and other items.
Folder
53 1
Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music
1897
Programs
Box Folder
54 1
Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest
54 2
Arthur Shepherd Memorial Programs
54 3
Boston, Massachusetts
1912-1950
54 4
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1951-1958
54 5
Carnegie Hall
1906-1961
54 6
Chamber Music Society
1920-1953
54 7-8
Cleveland Institute of Music
1925-1975
54 9
Cleveland Composers
1927-1962
54 10
Cleveland Choral
1931; 1942
54 11
Clevelend, Miscellaneous
1918-1966
54 12
Cleveland Museum of Art
1938-1972
54 13-14
Cleveland Orchestra
1922-1968
54 15
Cleveland Western Reserve University (Fine Arts Series)
1938-1972
54 16
Cleveland Western Reserve University (Miscellaneous)
1932-1956
54 17
Cleveland Women's Orchestra
1954
54 18
Dayton Philharmonic
1955
54 19
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
1946
54 20
Falls Village, Connecticut, Gordon String Quartet
1931; 1934
55 1
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
1938-1955
55 2
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
1938-1947
55 3
Minneapolis and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
1948-1956
55 4
New England Conservatory of Music
1893-1951
55 5
Paris, France
1928; 1932
55 6
Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta
1930
55 7
Provo, Utah--Brigham Young University Music Festival
1941
55 8
Salt Lake City, Utah
1910
55 9
Salt Lake City, Utah--ZCMI Choral Society
55 10
University of Utah
1948-1974
55 11
Utah Symphony Orchestra
1950-1958
55 12
Miscellaneous Program Notes
1938-1948
55 13-16
Miscellaneous
1915-1961
55 17
National Music Organizations (Shepherd notes)
1913-1965
55 18
Universtiy of Utah (Memorial Concert)
1974
General Materials
Box
56
Newspaper Clippings
Includes articles on the Cleveland Orchestra, music critiques by Shepherd, and Grazella Shepherd's "Livingroom Learning Courses," among other articles.
1900-1976
57
Richard Loucks, "Arthur Shepherd"
Copy of unpublished biography.
1975
Correspondence
Box Folder
58 1
Dorothy Van Stipriaan and Richard N. Loucks
Discussion, among other things, of the transfer of the Arthur Shepherd Papers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, to the University of Utah, and the publication of his biography of Arthur Shepherd.
1971-1975
58 2
Dorothy Van Stipriaan and Roger L. Miller
Relating to a grant requested by Miller to index the Arthur Shepherd collection and the transfer of the collection to the University of Utah. Other correspondence by Dorothy Van Stipriaan requesting copies of letters from several people with whom Arthur Shepherd corresponded.
1972-1976
58 3
Bicentennial
Correspondence beginning in January 1975 initiated by Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) J. Comstock of the Idaho Federation of Music Clubs proposing Arthur Shepherd be honored as the composer from Idaho as part of the Bicentennial Parade of America Music. Correspondence continues through March 15, 1976, with plans for the plaque honoring Shepherd in Idaho and inclusion of a Shepherd selection for the Bicentennial American Music Broadcast.
1975
Box
59
Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest
The Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest was established by the Cuyahoga Section of Ohio Music Teachers Association. As chairman of the Association, Frieda K. Schumacher assumed the responsibility of organizing and carrying out the proposal for the memorial to Arthur Shepherd. The material relating to this contest, which continued for ten years, includes a history of the Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest, organizational information, and correspondence and lists of contestants and winners for the ten-year period, 1960-1969.
60
Arthur Shepherd Composition Contest
Business and financial records, contributions, mailing lists, concert programs, and newspaper clippings and publications featuring news of the contest are part of the collection. Also included are three tapes of six prize-winning compositions performed at the Tenth Anniversary Concert, May 4, 1969. A biography of Joseph R. Shepherd is also included.
61
Correspondence, Loucks and Shepherd
1953-1957
Miscellaneous
Box Folder
62 1
Frederick Koch, Reflections on Composing, Four American Composers: Elwell, Shepherd, Rogers, Cowell
62 2
Program and Booklet
1926; 1975
62 3
News Clippings
1982 July
Sheet Music
map-case-folder
1
Prelude for Organ
2010
2
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor for Organ
2010
3
Processional
2010

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Composers--United States--20th century
  • Composers--Utah--Archives
  • Music--Manuscripts
  • Music--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Musicians--Correspondence

Personal Names

  • Shepherd, Arthur, 1880-1958--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Notated music
  • Programs (Publications)
  • Sheet music