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Frank Lewin Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Frank Lewin was born March 27, 1925, in Breslau, Germany. He and his family escaped from Germany in 1939, spent a year in Cuba, and came to New York in 1940. Lewin studied composition with Felix Deyo at the Baldwin Conservatory (Long Island, New York); with Jack Frederick Kilpatrick and Hans David at Southern Methodist University; with Roy Harris in Logan, Utah; and with Richard Donovan and Paul Hindemith at the Yale School of Music, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1951.
Lewin composed and edited music for feature, documentary, and television films, including dozens of original scores for The Defenders and The Nurses. He wrote incidental music for plays from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams, and composed scores for historical outdoor dramas. His cantata Music for the White House was performed in 1965 at a state dinner hosted by President Lyndon B. Johnson. His Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy (Mass for the Dead, in English) was first performed in 1969, in the Princeton University Chapel, a year after Kennedy's death. Among Lewin's other concert compositions are the opera Burning Bright, based on the novel and play of the same name by John Steinbeck; plus song cycles, choral music, and instrumental works.
Lewin was a professor at the Yale School of Music from 1971 to 1992, teaching composition for film; and at the Columbia University School of the Arts from 1975 to 1989, where he taught the course "Music in Modern Media." He received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and two from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, including a Distinguished Artist Award. He was a member of BMI, the American Composers Alliance, and the Composers Guild of New Jersey. Lewin lived in Princeton, New Jersey, from 1951 until his death on January 18, 2008.
The collection consists of papers related to Frank Lewin's career as a composer, including sheet music, sound and video recordings, research notes, publicity and programs, correspondence, and digital files.
The collection is arranged into the following series, reflecting the arrangement scheme of the materials as they arrived at the library. Gaps in series and subseries enumeration reflect the arrangement scheme imposed by the donor. Materials listed in the donor inventories that reside at other institutions are not represented in this finding aid; as a result, there is no Series 3.
Gift of the Frank Lewin Estate in 2014 and 2016 (AM 2014-109).
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
Consult staff for access to recordings and digital files. Due to technology considerations for providing access, advance notice is required.
This collection was arranged and described by Miriam Lewin, Literary Executor, and Eva Lewin Radding, prior to donation to Princeton University. All materials were rehoused by Fiona Bell '18 and Rachel Dubin '17 in 2016. A finding aid, based on inventories provided by Miriam Lewin and Eva Lewin Radding, was produced by Kelly Bolding in 2016, with assistance from Fiona Bell '18 and Rachel Dubin '17. While intellectual arrangement and series and subseries enumeration from donor inventories were maintained during 2016 processing, materials were physically rehoused based on size.
No materials were separated from the collection during 2016 processing.
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- Composition (Music) -- United States -- 20th century
- Television music -- United States -- 20th century
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- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Kelly Bolding
- Finding Aid Date
- 2016
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The collection is open for research.
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The following information has been supplied by the Frank Lewin Estate: Publication and Duplication: Researchers may make single copies for scholarly use. Copies for use in performance and recording are permitted under Performance and Recording guidelines below. Recorded sound and video may be used for study and educational purposes. Excerpts may be used in audio/visual presentations of a documentary nature. Performance and Recording: Subito Music/Notevole is the publisher of three works: Burning Bright, Concerto on Silesian Tunes, and Concerto Harmonico (Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra); they should be contacted for performance and recording rights. Rights to two collections of recorded cues, the Demeter Music Library and Demeter Production Music Library, were sold in 2007 and 2008, respectively, to Carlin Recorded Music Library Limited (England). Music composed for The Defenders and The Nurses television series, also referred to as the DN Library, may be performed and recorded, but existing recordings may only be used as indicated above under Publication and Duplication. For all other works, including works published by Demeter Music, Inc., and Parga, Lewin's own companies, contact Miriam Lewin, Literary Executor for Frank Lewin, or her successor. In the event a good faith effort to make contact is not successful, permission is granted for performance and recording of these works.
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
Collection Inventory
Arranged into subseries by genre. In accordance with the donor's arrangement scheme, there is no Subseries 1I. While materials are arranged according to their intellectual content in the finding aid, they have been boxed by size.
Consists of manuscripts, scores, parts, reproduction masters, and some sketches and source notes for Frank Lewin's music. Many musical manuscripts and related materials are undated; in these cases, approximate dates have been supplied based on production, performance, or publication dates (when known).
Physical Description41 boxes
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Consists of scores, notebooks, manuscripts, and scripts for Frank Lewin's outdoor dramas, which are site-specific works relating to the history of a particular place. Lewin's scores combine existing source material with original music.
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Consists of manuscripts, notes, instrumental parts, scripts, and photocopies of scores for Frank Lewin's theater music. Lewin's theater music from the 1950s was composed mostly for productions by The University Players at Princeton University's Murray Theatre. Original scores are located in Subseries 1M.
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Arranged alphabetically by title.
Consists of scores, parts, sketches, notes, and source materials for Frank Lewin's choral music.
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Consists of scores, notes, parts, manuscripts, and source materials for Frank Lewin's solo vocal music.
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Consists of scores, parts, manuscripts, sketches, and notes for Frank Lewin's instrumental music.
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Arranged by Frank Lewin.
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Consists of a script, score, manuscript, sketches and notes, and program for Gulliver, an opera in two acts, with some sections composed by Easley Blackwood and Elliot Kaplan (1975).
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Consists of manuscripts, scores, notes, sketches, and some correspondence related to Frank Lewin's work on various film, television, and other commercial projects.
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Arranged alphabetically by title.
Consists of manuscripts, scores, parts, and other materials related to concert music by Frank Lewin that was unpublished at the time of his death.
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Note on the piece says: "'Butzi' was Frank Lewin's nickname for his oldest daughter, Naomi, born 1953. She says he wrote the piece to try to get her to practice the piano. (Didn't work.)"
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Arranged alphabetically by title.
Consists of manuscripts, sketches, scores, and other materials related to the composition of Burning Bright, Frank Lewin's opera based on the novel and play by John Steinbeck. Lewin's research and production materials for the opera are located in Series 6.
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This libretto was made earlier than Noterole's.
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Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Includes miscellaneous sketches and parts. Many are undated.
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Contains "Virgin of the Secret Service" (1968) as well as other music possibly not written by Lewin (it is in a different handwriting).
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Consists of original film and television scores by Frank Lewin, previously on loan to Yale University Library. Original folder titles make use of the following abbreviations: D= The Defenders, N= The Nurses.
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Consists of original theater scores by Frank Lewin, previously on loan to Yale University Library.
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Includes "The Trojan War Shall Not Take Place," "Taming of the Shrew," "The Grass Harp," "Thieves' Carnival," "Twelfth Night", "Knight of the Burning Pestle", "As You Like It", "Blood Wedding", "Summer and Smoke," "Theatre of the Soul", "Measure for Measure."
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Arranged into subseries by type of material.
Contains study reproductions of scores, DVDs of television and film programs, and cue sheets for The Nurses and The Defenders. Originals of scores, previously on loan to Yale University, are included in Subseries 1L and 1M.
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Scores are grouped by type.
Consists of study reproductions of original scores in Subseries 1L and 1M. Folder titles make use of the following abbreviations: D= The Defenders, N= The Nurses.
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Texaco "Six Kids"; Kodak "Easter"; AT&T "Satellite", "Telephone"; Chiffon; Chevrolet; IBM "Flag Film", "E-Beam", Logo, "Printing Technology"; Bell Telephone Hour Billboards; CCF Logo; Festival '72 logo (NJ, Trenton Museum); N. J. Public Broadcasting logo; Sears logo; NBC Movies logo; Impact; Schenck House.
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Materials are grouped by project or project type.
Consists of DVD video recordings of television show episodes, documentaries, and art films featuring scores by Frank Lewin.
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33 DVDs containing episodes with music composed by Frank Lewin (Seasons 3 and 4).
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46 DVDs containing episodes with music composed by Frank Lewin (Seasons 2 and 3).
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Includes copies of films on 3 DVDs, including The Artist's Eye (16 short films, early 1960s); Pixillation (art film short from 1969); and selected documentary films Anatomy of a Leader (1974), Brookhaven Spectrum (1966), Exxon R & D, IBM Special Report 1 and 2, Micro (1969), Microworld (1980?), and Texaco (Six Kids).
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Arranged by project.
Consists of original cue sheets for 1960s television shows The Defenders and The Nurses, along with some related contextual materials from the 2000s.
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Arranged into subseries by institution.
Lewin was a professor at the Yale School of Music from 1971 to 1992, teaching composition for film; and at the Columbia University School of the Arts from 1975 to 1989, where he taught the course "Music in Modern Media." Materials include course outlines, lecture notes, and correspondence.
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Consists of course outlines, lecture notes, exercises and examples, and correspondence regarding Frank Lewin's teaching at Yale University.
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Arranged chronologically.
Consists of correspondence and related materials regarding Frank Lewin's work at Yale University outside of teaching.
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Consists of course handouts and outlines, correspondence, and other materials related to Frank Lewin's teaching at Columbia University.
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Arranged chronologically.
Consists of correspondence, lecture outlines and drafts, handouts, notes, and other materials related to Frank Lewin's teaching beyond his courses at Yale University and Columbia University.
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In Washington, D.C.
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Arranged into subseries by topic. In accordance with the donor's arrangement scheme, there is no Subseries 5B or 5I.
Consists of business files relating to composition and other projects of Frank Lewin. Contracts (originally Subseries 5B within the donor's arrangement scheme) were retained by Lewin's literary executor and are therefore not present in the collection.
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Consists of general business files, including correspondence, agreements and payment inquiries, grant files, resumes, and other materials related to Lewin's work.
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Includes typescript of "Selbstdarstellung" (Autobiography) for book.
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"Captain Kangaroo."
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Libretto by Daniel Lang, Music by Robert Ward.
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Fellowship in 1982-1983, Distinguished Artist Fellowship in 1987-1988.
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Arranged alphabetically.
Consists of project files regarding Frank Lewin's work not related to films.
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Includes original letters of thanks from Lady Bird Johnson.
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Arranged alphabetically.
Consists of project files related to Frank Lewin's work for various films.
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"Faces of Israel."
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The Medici Foundation, for the Renaissance Television Series.
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Arranged by material type.
Consists of correspondence, clippings, membership lists, newsletters, and music related to Frank Lewin's work with the Catgut Acoustical Society.
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Arranged alphabetically.
Consists of music, clippings, and writings by others that Frank Lewin collected as study materials.
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Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Consists of correspondence, reports, translation drafts and reference sources, interviews, and other materials.
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Concering the German translation by Josef Heinzelmann.
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Arranged in rough chronological order.
Consists of correspondence and press materials related to Frank Lewin's published recordings.
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Includes Opera News review and correspondence.
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Extensive correspondence with Christine Hoffman (Publicist) and Robert Goldfarb (Agent for Burning Bright).
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Consists of correspondence and printed materials related to the Libraries of Recorded Music.
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Arranged into subseries by topic. In accordance with the donor's arrangement scheme, there is no Subseries 6I.
Consists of materials related to composition, fundraising, and productions of Burning Bright, an opera based on the novel and play by John Steinbeck. In 1950, Lewin--then a composition student at Yale--saw Steinbeck's play Burning Bright at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. In 1967, Lewin took out an option to turn the play into an opera. Over the next ten years, in the time available from his work in film and television, Lewin did research and worked on the libretto. In 1977, he began composing the music; he completed the score in 1989. The opera had its premiere at Yale University in 1993. It was staged again in 2000 by the Opera Festival of New Jersey. Scores and manuscript materials for the opera are located in Subseries 1J.
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Consists of notes, research materials, music, and libretto drafts.
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Consists of production notes regarding music and staging.
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Consists of correspondence, notes, and related files regarding recordings and performances of the opera. Materials related to Yale University performances are located in Subseries 6G-6J.
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Includes materials related to score and part preparation.
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Consists of correspondence and legal files regarding the opera.
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Includes correspondence and other files related to production opportunities for the opera.
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Consists of various files related to the 1993 Yale University production of the opera.
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Consists of files regarding external funding for the 1993 Yale University production of the opera.
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Patricia Weiner, Roger Hall, Harriet McCormick, Corinne Black, etc.
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Consists of files regarding Yale-related funding for the 1993 Yale University production of the opera.
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Consists of correspondence and related materials regarding a Japanese translation of the Burning Bright libretto.
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Consists of materials related to events, awards, programs, and publicity about Frank Lewin and performances of his music.
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Consists of materials related to birthday tributes and awards honoring Frank Lewin.
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Consists of programs and publicity about Frank Lewin and performances of his music.
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Consists of resumes, biographies, articles, books, and other materials regarding Frank Lewin and his work.
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Consists of publicity photographs of Frank Lewin and recordings of his lectures and interviews on CDs.
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CDs, with inventory.
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Includes published and unpublished articles and essays, autobiographical documents, and other writing. Major pieces include the series "The Soundtrack in Nontheatrical Motion Pictures," (Journal of the SMPTE, Vol. 68, Nos. 3, 6, 7, 1959) and monographs Genesis of an Opera (Lyrica Society, 1985) and Reflecting on Wagner (2008).
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Textual Highlights in the Music Dramas of Richard Wagner.
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Correspondence is arranged primarily according to Lewin's original filing system: alphabetically by correspondent within a year or range of years (Subseries 9A). For selected individuals and topics, letters are grouped by correspondent or subject (Subseries 9B and 9C).
Consists of Frank Lewin's extensive correspondence with colleagues, friends, students, and family, including copies of Lewin's own letters along with letters received.
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Arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by correspondent.
Consists of Frank Lewin's correspondence with various colleagues, friends, students, and family. Frequent correspondents include Laura Newell, Dorothy Fabian, Jose Serebrier, John Sebastian, Munroe Wade, Kurt Stone, Lori Laitman Rosenblum, Amy Rubin, Merritt Ierley, Laura Kaminsky, Hiro Takamura, Mark Sumner, Reginald Hill, Arthur Lithgow, Carleen Hutchins, and Kermit Hunter.
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Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Consists of Frank Lewin's correspondence with selected individuals and students.
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Includes correspondence with Daniel Asia, Bob Baker, Bruce Campbell, Bob Cuckson, Raymond Harvey, Berndt Heller, David Kurtz, Lori Laitman, Nelson Montalvo, Jerold Ordansky, Amy Rubin, George Simonson, and Rachel Van Voorhees.
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Consists of correspondence regarding an effort to save the Princeton Playhouse, a local movie theater.
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Consists of materials documenting Frank Lewin's early work and education, including compositions, classwork, and diplomas.
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In German and English.
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Includes diplomas from Albert Leonard High School, New Rochelle, 1942; Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 1945; Yale University, B.Mus. 1951.
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Arranged into subseries by format and recording type.
Consists of commercially released CDs of concert music and outdoor dramas; miscellaneous other audio recordings on CDs; DVD recordings of the Burning Bright premiere and recording sessions with interviews; plus selected films.
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Consists of commercially released CDs of concert music and outdoor dramas by Frank Lewin.
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Albany Records, TROY 469-71 (2001) Libretto and Music by Frank Lewin Based on the Novel and Play by John Steinbeck.
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Albany Records, TROY 528 (2003) Variations of Greek Themes (Edwin Arlington Robinson) Innocence and Experience (William Blake) A Musical Nashery (Ogden Nash) Includes a separate CD with spoken liner notes and text for sight-impaired listeners.
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Albany Records, TROY 719 (2005) Settings of folk and popular music from various traditions.
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Albany Records, TROY 769 (2005) Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy (Mass for the Dead, in English) Lord's Prayer from Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy Psalm 148 Psalm 121 Behold, How Good (Psalms 133 and 134) Psalm 137 Four Hymn Tunes for Organ.
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Albany Records, TROY 866/67 (2006) CD 1: Dramatic CD 2: Documentary Excerpts from film scores joined into continuous suites.
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Albany Records, TROY 983 (2007) Concerto on Silesian Tunes Concerto Armonico Evocation.
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The New Violin Family Association, NVFA-2004-2 (Item #5104 )(2004) Music performed on the New Family of Violins--eight instruments designed and built by Carleen M. Hutchins.
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Demeter Music, "Music for America's Past" Volume 1, Demeter 111 Music c. 1984 by Frank Lewin, Recording c. 1998 by Demeter Music, Inc.
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Demeter Music, "Music for America's Past" Volume 2, Demeter 112 Music c. 1997 by Frank Lewin, Recording c. 1998 by Demeter Music, Inc.
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Demeter Music, "Music for America's Past" Volume 3, Demeter 113 Music c. 1976 by Frank Lewin, Recording c. 1998 by Demeter Music, Inc.
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Demeter Music, "Music for America's Past" Volume 4, Demeter 114 Music c. 1976 by Frank Lewin, Recording c. 2003 by Demeter Music, Inc.
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Demeter Music, "Music for America's Past" Volume 5, Demeter 115 Music c. 1976 by Frank Lewin, Recording c. 2003 by Demeter Music, Inc.
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Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Consists of miscellaneous audio recordings on CDs of music by Frank Lewin.
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Service includes Mass for the Dead. DVD audio.
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Proposed CD. As completed 1/17/2008.
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Consists of a box of DVDs.
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Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Consists of DVD recordings of the Burning Bright premiere and recording sessions with interviews; and other selected films.
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Frank Lewin, composer; Russell Collins, Musical Assistant; Paul Harris, special bass player.
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Recording - Sherry Overholt, Lee Velta; Interview - Sherry Overholt, Lee Velta (part 1).
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Frank Lewin, composer; Interview - Lee Velta (conclusion); editing soprano part; Interview - Frank Lewin.
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Digital files were arranged by Miriam Lewin and Eva Lewin Radding prior to the collection's arrival at Princeton University Library.
Consists of a group of digital audio, video, and textual files that were assembled on an external 1TB hard drive by Miriam Lewin and Eva Lewin Radding. Files include master documents that serve as guides to the Frank Lewin collection; sound and video files as indicated in the spreadsheet FrankLewinWorks; production sound and video elements, plus production information for the opera Burning Bright; other sound and video files, such as original recordings, films, and interviews; selected photographs; selected documents and clippings; scans of selected scores and parts, which may be used as reproduction masters; and scans of copyrights for music for film, television, plays, and outdoor dramas. Also includes contracts, personal photographs, and eulogies not found elsewhere in the collection.
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