Scans of Manuscripts, Johanna Beyer
LP
12/8/19

Note: These scans are not necessarily authoritative. They are copies of the original Beyer mss. at the NYPL. A few (some of the percussion pieces) are from the Northwestern University Cage archives. In some cases there are variants, alternative manuscripts, and/or clearer copies in those archives. This site is intended as an aid for performers to have easy access to the work. I usually post these only when someone requests a mss. from me.

• Horizons (percussion) (materials from Northwestern Archives)
• Movement for String Quartet (mss)
• Movement for String Quartet (alternate edition of score; see also Frog Peak Music Johanna Beyer Project #19)
  
• Music of the Spheres and Movement for String Quartet ("Dance") (combined in one pdf)
• Percussion Suite
• Prelude and Fugue for piano
• Piano Book.
  
• This is  large, so is archived in two files, parts 1-4, parts 5-7 (the mss. is contiguous, there is no significance to my division into "parts"). There are other materials relating to the Piano Book in the NYPL collection, not included here.
• Sonata for Clarinet Bb and Piano
• Sonatina for Piano
  
• Note: The "Coda" to this piece was not available until recently, and so a new copy of this file (with one-page Coda) was posted 10/7/16
  
• String Quartet #1, parts
• String Quartet #1 (score)
• String Quartet #2 (parts; not all movements)
  
• String Quartet #4
• Strive (percussion) (materials from Northwestern Archives)
• Suite for Piano (for Henry Cowell)
• (second version, larger original)
• Suite for Clarinet (first), IV movement
• Suite for Clarinet and Bassoon
• Suite for Bass Clarinet and Piano
• Trio for Woodwinds
  
• Three Songs (Sandburg Songs)
• Winter Ade (pedagogical piano piece)
• Four Pieces for Oboe and Bassoon (or "Suite...")
• Note: In the upcoming Frog Peak edition of this piece (as of 9/14/16), editors Amy Beal and Björn Nillsson note the following, which as far as we know, has not been noted before in other writings on Beyer:   
  

• There are several different copies of this piece, with varying titles: "Suite for Oboe and Bassoon"; "Four Pieces for Oboe and Bassoon"; "Oboe and Clarinet"; and "Duet for Oboe and Tuba." In the version titled "Oboe and Clarinet," the beginning of the piece has "Oboe" for the top line, under which is written "Piano," in between the two clefs, and "Viola or Clarinet B-flat or Engl Horn" next to the lower staff. In the version titled "Duet and Oboe and Tuba," next to the bass clef line, Beyer writes "Tuba F (or Trombone, Bassoon)". These substitutions are consistent with her note on the oboe-bassoon version: "or any other suitable instruments."

• Reverence
• Elation
• Sky Pieces (multiple mss.)
• March
• Robin in the Rain
• Fragment for Chamber Orchestra (copies vary in terms of reproduction quality)
• score (2 copies) 1 2
  
• parts (3 copies) 1 2 3
• Dance (for orchestra), from Status Quo
  
• Six Pieces for Oboe and Piano ("Six Movements...")
  
• Three Pieces for Oboe and Piano ("Three more pieces..."
• Movement for Woodwind Quintet
• Quintet for Woodwinds
• Cyrnab score (mss.); Cyrnab parts (mss)
• Cyrnab: score, parts, and notes
  
• engraved by Alexander Chadwell for performance in NYC by Mannes Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Hayes, 11/22/19, Tishman Auditorium, 
• concert also included Music of the Spheres
  
• IV, copy of the Fleisher Collection score