Roland Parry Manuscripts 
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Box 1: A Child is Born (working copies)
Fd 1 Intermezzo Fd 2 Prophecy Fd 3 Silent Night Prelude Fd 4 Silent Night Prelude - Piano Part Fd 5 May Thy Saving Grace be Upon the World Fd 6 Hear O Ye Earth Fd 7 For Unto Us a Child is Born Fd 8 Bow Down Worship Baal Fd 9 Golden God of Babylon Fd 10 The Prophet's Rebuke Fd 11 The Zeal of the Lord Fd 12 It is Not Far to Bethlehem Fd 13 Song of the Wisemen Fd 14 Then Let the Angels Sing Fd 15 Ring Out the Bells Fd 16 Let Joy Resound in Song Fd 17 And His Name Shall be Called Wonderful Fd 18 A Child is Born (incomplete version) Fd 19 A Child is Born (complete version) Fd 20 A Child is Born (complete score)
Box 2: A Child is Born (working copies)
Fd 1 A Child is Born (complete score) Fd 2 A Child is Born (complete score) Fd 3 Songs from A Child is Born (published booklet) Fd 4 A Child is Born (published booklet) Fd 5 Award from Weber State College A Cappella A Child is Born 1975 Fd 6 Miscellaneous Materials - includes programs, notes and ephemera
Box 3: All Faces West
Fd 1 Orchestration - Bass Fd 2 Orchestration - Bassoon I Fd 3 Orchestration - Bassoon II Fd 4 Orchestration - Cello Fd 5 Orchestration - Cello Fd 6 Orchestration - Clarinet I Fd 7 Orchestration - Clarinet II Fd 8 Orchestration - Flute I Fd 9 Orchestration - Flute II Fd 10 Orchestration - Horn I Fd 11 Orchestration - Horn II Fd 12 Orchestration - Horn III Fd 13 Orchestration - Horn IV
Box 4: All Faces West
Fd 1 Orchestration - Oboe I Fd 2 Orchestration - Oboe II Fd 3 Orchestration - Trombone I Fd 4 Orchestration - Trombone II Fd 5 Orchestration - Trombone III Fd 6 Orchestration - Trumpet I Fd 7 Orchestration - Trumpet II Fd 8 Orchestration - Trumpet III Fd 9 Orchestration - Timpani and Percussion Fd 10 Orchestration - Tuba
Box 5: All Faces West
Fd 1 Orchestration - Viola Fd 2 Orchestration - Viola Fd 3 Orchestration - Violin I Fd 4 Orchestration - Violin I Fd 5 Orchestration - Violin I Fd 6 Orchestration - Violin II Fd 7 Orchestration - Violin II Fd 8 Orchestration - Violin II Fd 9 Then Shall the Desert Blossom as the Rose , Jay Welch arrangement Fd 10 Songs from All Faces West - published booklet Fd 11 Miscellaneous Materials from All Faces West Fd 12 Programs - All Faces West
Box 6: Oversize
All Faces West - working copies (Volume I)
Box 7: Oversize
All Faces West - working copies (Volume II)
Box 8: Oversize
All Faces West - working copies (Volume III)
Box 9: Polynesia Maori Suite (Oversize)
Fd 1 Bound copy of entire score Fd 2 Printed copy of entire score Fd 3 Manuscript copy of finale
Box 10: Tone Poem Orchestrations
Fd 1 Orchestration - Bassoon Fd 2 Orchestration - Cello Fd 3 Orchestration - Clarinet I Fd 4 Orchestration - Clarinet II Fd 5 Orchestration - Flute I Fd 6 Orchestration - Flute II Fd 7 Orchestration - Horn I Fd 8 Orchestration - Horn II Fd 9 Orchestration - Horn III Fd 10 Orchestration - Horn IV Fd 11 Orchestration - Oboe Fd 12 Orchestration - Percussion and Timpani Fd 13 Orchestration - Trombone I Fd 14 Orchestration - Trombone II Fd 15 Orchestration - Trombone III Fd 16 Orchestration - Trumpet I Fd 17 Orchestration - Trumpet II Fd 18 Orchestration - Trumpet III Fd 19 Orchestration - Tuba Fd 20 Orchestration - Viola Fd 21 Orchestration - Violin I Fd 22 Orchestration - Violin II
Box 11: Te Haka (A Maori War Dance)
Fd 1 (Manuscript copy of orchestration) Fd 2 (Duplicated copy of orchestration) Fd 3 Orchestration - Baritone Fd 4 Orchestration - Bassoon I and II Fd 5 Orchestration - Clarinet I Fd 6 Orchestration - Clarinet II Fd 7 Orchestration - Clarinet III Fd 8 Orchestration - Alto Clarinet Fd 9 Orchestration - Bass Clarinet Fd 10 Orchestration - Cornets I and II Fd 11 Orchestration - Flute Fd 12 Orchestration - English Horn Fd 13 Orchestration - Horns Fd 14 Orchestration - Oboe I and II Fd 15 Orchestration - Percussion Fd 16 Orchestration - Alto Sax I Fd 17 Orchestration - Alto Sax II Fd 18 Orchestration - Baritone Sax Fd 19 Orchestration - Tenor Sax Fd 20 Orchestration - Timpani Fd 21 Orchestration - Trombone I Fd 22 Orchestration - Trombone II Fd 23 Orchestration - Trombone III Fd 24 Orchestration - Trumpet I and II Fd 25 Orchestration - Tuba Fd 26 Cadenza for brass soloists
Box 12: Instrumental Masters
Fd 1 Instrumental Masters: Minuet for Woodwinds Petit Scherzo for Woodwind Quintet I'd Rather Have Fingers Than Toes The Purple Cow Sentimental Brass Satan Sends the Wicked Winds Encore for Viola Fd 2 Duplicate copy of works contained in folder Fd 3 Duets and Solos: Piano Duet #1 Duet for Vilincello and Piano Encore for Viola Fd 4 Instrumental Masters: Cantabile #1-5 Terpischore When Spring is in the Air (Cantabile #9) Fd 5 Instrumental Masters: Sentimental Brass Satan Sends the Wicked Winds Fd 6 Printed copies of songs by Roland Parry - Series 1 Fd 7 Printed copies of songs by Roland Parry, All Faces West - Series 2 Fd 8 New songs by Roland Parry - Series 3 (includes working copies) Fd 9 Songs by Roland Parry, A Child is Born , Series 4 Fd 10 Bound Scores: Moonlight and Mountains When Spring is in the Air Canyon Home For Now You're Home So Small is He Where Loveliness has Gone A Wonderful Evening for Singing The Twenty Third Psalm Whaka ropi ropi ai Seasons Greetings Fiery Run Fd 11 Manuscript book containing working copies of World War II era songs Fd 12 Printed copy of MIA Songs and Sociability Songs , including the following by Roland Parry: Oh it's Joy to be a Junior Girl Junior Roses Song of Joy
Box 13: Song Masters
Fd 1 A Parting Guest Fd 2 A Song Keeps Singing Fd 3 A Wonderful Evening for Singing Fd 4 All Faces West Fd 5 Ballad of the Griesly Wife Fd 6 Beyond Fd 7 Campus Pep Songs Fd 8 Cantabile Fd 9 Cantabile 1 Fd 10 Cantabile 2 Fd 11 Cantabile 3 Fd 12 Cantabile 4 Fd 13 Cantabile 5 Fd 14 Cantabile 6 Fd 15 Cantabile 7 Fd 16 Cantabile 8 Fd 17 Cantabile 9 Fd 18 Cantabile 10 Fd 19 Cantabile 11 Fd 20 Cantabile 12 Fd 21 Come Join the Dancing Fd 22 Duet for Violin, Cello, and Piano Fd 23 Ee Te Tau (Let's Name the Wedding Day ) Fd 24 Encore for Viola Fd 25 Finale of Polynesia Fd 26 Finale of Polynesia Maori Fd 27 Finale of the Prophecy Fd 28 Fiery Run Fd 29 Fluttering of a Thousand Wings Fd 30 Fly Lower Birds Fd 31 For Now You're Home Fd 32 For We too are a Driven People Fd 33 Go Weber State, Go Fd 34 Golden God of Babylon Fd 35 He Restoreth My Soul Fd 36 He Waiata Maori Fd 37 Helen Fd 38 Hoe Down Fd 39 Honolulu Blues Fd 40 How Can Such a Strong Man be Weak in the Knees
Box 14: Song Masters
Fd 1 I Shall Come Running Fd 2 I Shall Feel Quite Forlorn When It's Gone Fd 3 I'll Walk the Way with Beauty Fd 4 Invocation Fd 5 It is not Far to Bethlehem Fd 6 It's a Pleasure to be Here Fd 7 Keep Me the Country Fd 8 Kin Peiai Te Pouri Fd 9 Let Me Grow Lovely Growing Old Fd 10 Life is a Gift Fd 11 Living is Giving Fd 12 May the Saving Grace be Upon You Fd 13 Me Waiata Kia Ora Ai Te Aroha Fd 14 Mercy for Us Fd 15 Moonlight and Mountains Fd 16 Moving On Fd 17 My Canyon Home Fd 18 Piano Duet #1 Fd 19 Red Noses Fd 20 Scum of the Earth Fd 21 Sentimental Brass Fd 22 So Small is He Fd 23 Song for Home Fd 24 Song of the Wisemen Fd 25 String Fantasy in Minature Fd 26 Surely We Can't Stay Here
Box 15: Song Masters
Fd 1 Terpsichore Fd 2 That Purple Cow Fd 3 The Faltering Cow Fd 4 The Little Black Boy Fd 5 The Little Brown Boy Fd 6 The Lord is my Shepherd Fd 7 The Lord's Prayer Fd 8 The Twenty Third Psalm Fd 9 The Zeal of the Lord Fd 10 Then Let the Angels Sing
Box 16: Song Masters
Fd 1 Then Ring Out the Bells Fd 2 Then Shall the Desert Blossom Fd 3 Things Will be Lovely in the Spring Fd 4 Those Wicked Winds Fd 5 Tone Poem for Violin Soloist and String Ensemble Fd 6 Tribute to a Quiet Man Fd 7 Victory Bell Fd 8 Wan Kei Yin Fd 9 War Against the White Man Fd 10 We're Young and We're Strong Fd 11 Whaka ropi ropi ai Fd 12 When Loveliness Goes By Fd 13 When Spring is in the Air Fd 14 Where are the Flowers I've Dreamed About Fd 15 Where E'er You Are Fd 16 Where Loveliness Has Gone
Box 17: Song Masters (Oversize)
Fd 1 And His Name Shall be Called Wonderful Fd 2 Good Morning Brother Brigham Fd 3 Hear Oh Ye Earth Fd 4 Intermezzo Fd 5 Let Joy Resound in Song Fd 6 Moving On Fd 7 Shades of Priestcraft Fd 8 Silent Night Prelude Fd 9 The Rebuke Fd 10 The Slender Feet of Music Fd 11 This is the Place
Box 18: Song Masters (Oversize)
Fd 1 Then Shall the Desert Blossom as the Rose (Bob Bruner arrangement) Fd 2 Then Shall the Desert Blossom as the Rose (working copy) Fd 3 Then Shall the Desert Blossom as the Rose (working copy)
Box 19: Photographs
Fd 1 All Faces West (3) - Roland Parry and Igor Gorin Fd 2 All Faces West (2) - cast Fd 3 All Faces West (7) - cast and scenes Fd 4 All Faces West (2) - cast and scenes Fd 5 All Faces West (1) - David O. McKay and star of play
Box 20: News clippings, 1951-1959
News clippings, 1951-1959
Box 21: Miscellaneous materials
Miscellaneous materials of Roland Parry and Igor Gorin
Box 22: Recording
Disc of All Faces West
Box 23: Recording
All Faces West Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-Roland Parry, musician and composer of a wide variety of music forms and professor of music at Weber State College, was born in 1897 in Ogden, Utah. After a year of college at the University of Utah, he spent four years in New Zealand as an L.D.S. missionary. While he was there, the urge to create and arrange new music became very strong, and that urge never left him. Several of his songs are still sung in New Zealand. He and James Elkington translated the first L.D.S. songs into the Maori language. Returning home he met and married Helen Talmage, daughter of James E. Talmage. In 1935 he obtained a Master of Arts degree at Brigham Young University. He already had become a teacher at Weber College before receiving this degree. There was no music department at Weber College when he joined the faculty in 1930. Roland Parry pioneered the development of a music department at Weber. As the College expanded, and when several other capable musicians joined the faculty, Mr. Parry decided to put his full energy into his teaching, leaving the administrative demands of the Music Department in the hands of someone else. He felt that by so doing he could do more composing in his off-campus hours. Such planning proved to be the best thing for him and the College. His oratorio, A Child is Born, began to take shape in those earliest years. It was a different texture of music—seven choirs placed distantly apart from the stage, from the balcony, from the sides of the auditorium and from the orchestra pit, each unit singing its different arrangement in monophonic, polyphonic or homophonic texture. The Assembly Hall on Temple Square proved to be the perfect place for this novel type of production when the Weber State singers and community choirs performed it as one of the Centennial Celebration offerings for four performances in 1946. At this time it was called antiphonal singing for want of a more truly correct name. The new word stereophonic comes closer to this new texture. It has, in the near past, been called directional music. Mr. Parry coined the word stereophony—perhaps for this texture of music. The W.S.C. Fine Arts Building with its magnificent auditorium was dedicated at Christmas time, 1964. A major production of A Child is Born was chosen for that dedicatory occasion. A year of intensive study was spent at the University of Southern California. Then, two years of special post-graduate work at Columbia University and civic achievement in musical composition earned Mr. Parry the rank of full professor in 1960. Membership in the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers came in that same year. There has been a consistent flow of composition throughout the years—more than one hundred songs of wide variety, three musical comedies, two cantatas, two overtures, one symphony, and the two major compositions: A Child is Born has been presented more than fifty times throughout northern Utah. All Faces West has been presented forty-seven times in Utah and nine times in New Zealand with a New Zealand cast and directed by the composer. This became a traditional annual event in Ogden commemorating the Twenty-fourth of July, with three or four performances each year, and continuing for eighteen years. Igor Gorin, one of the great singers of the world, has sung the Parry songs year after year all over the globe in concert, on record, on radio, and on television. On the Telephone Hour broadcast with Mr. Gorin and the Symphony Orchestra, fifteen minutes was devoted to All Faces West. Wallace McGill, producer of the Telephone Hour has this to say: “I have the album of All Faces West, and I can’t count the times I’ve played the Prayer. This music has always impressed me as having a certain spiritual quality which I find difficult to describe, but I know it touches people emotionally. We are happy that the reaction to our Telephone Hour Presentation was so favorable.” The Miracle of the Gulls was performed in Town Hall, New York, by the New York University Choir and Symphony Orchestra in 1951, Dr. Kurtzveil conducting. It was performed in the San Diego Bowl Festival in 1960 by the California Mormon Choir with Frederic Davis conducting. The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, The United States Army Band, The California Mormon Choir in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Hall, Voice of America—all of these have performed this music which is so indigenous to Utah. Professor Parry, feeling the racial injustice in the world today, completed two numbers reflecting this feeling—one is the ten-minute art song, The Little Black Boy, the poem by William Blake, and the other a cantata realistically titled Scum of the Earth. Helen Talmage Parry, Roland’s wife, has written inspirational lyrics for many of his best compositions. “The Book of Golden Deeds” of the National Exchange Club honored the Parrys in 1953 for their achievement, All Faces West. In 1964 Governor Clyde of Utah presented the Distinguished Citizens Citation to the Parrys because of the national and international recognition that has come to Utah through their musical achievements. After his retirement in 1965, Roland Parry continued to compose prolifically. During this period his beautiful Art Songs were written, as were of a group of “Cantabiles”, especially for the piano. Lyrical and melodious, they are considered to be among his best loved compositions although they have not been widely performed. A monumental creation, The Polynesian Symphony, came forth and was completed shortly before his death. It has never been performed in its entirety. Roland Parry died on October 18, 1977 in Ogden, Utah, still actively engaged in composition. Content Description +/-Roland Parry’s original music manuscripts are the major part of this collection. Many of these manuscripts show the progression of his compositions from first melody sketches to the completed works. A collection of recordings (discs) of All Faces West, “A Song Saga of Western Pioneers On The March,” is included. Photographs, concert programs, newspaper clippings; in which are published articles by, or about Roland parry and his compositions and musical performances, are part of the collection. Gloria Parry Walter gives this explanation of the absence of correspondence in the Parry papers: Letters are non-existent in my father’s files because most of his business and communication with performers and admirers of his work was by telephone. Collection Use +/-Restrictions on Access: Permission to publish or perform any of the musical scores or lyrics must be obtained from Helen Talmage Parry, Gloria Parry Walter, or their heirs. Administrative Information +/-Arrangement: This collection is arranged by composition. PROVENANCE Most of the Parry papers are musical scores composed in the course of his career as a teacher and composer of music. Acquisition Information: Donated Processing Note: Process date unknown Creator: Parry, Roland Language: Material in English Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Quantity: 23 boxes Language of the Finding Aid: Finding aid encoded in English Author of the Finding Aid: Sarah Langsdon EAD Creation Date: 2011 Standard: Finding aid based on DACS Subjects +/-Subject Terms: All Faces West Personal Names: Parry, Roland Geographical Names: Ogden, Utah |
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