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US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.158-8
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Grinnell Choral Compositions
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Scope and content
Five copies each of four different Grinnell-relevant scores.
- Pamphlets of four Grinnell songs: "The Grinnell Alumni Song", words by W. B. Otis 1901, music by W. B. Olds. "Here Come the Pioneers!" by H. W. Matlack for the Henry York Steiner Memorial, 1920. "Sons of Old Grinnell", words and music by James Norman Hall 1910. "The Grinnell Hymn" words by Robert Kerr 1912, music by Mabel Woodworth 1912 for The Henry York Steiner Memorial, 1912.
- "The Lord Star: A cantata for mixed chorus, baritone, organ, and winds" words by Walt Whitman, music by Ernst Bacon, who taught at Grinnell from 1947-1948.
- "A Book of Madrigals, opus 64 (1975) (For unaccompanied mixed chorus)" by Alan Leichtling, for James Fudge and the Grinnell Singers.
- "Many Ways to Look at a Woman (a cantata for a cappella choir)" January 1963 by James D. Yannatos, who taught at Grinnell at least 1961-1963.