Music -- Manuscripts
Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:
Folder 35: "Improvisation" Op. 13, No. 1 / composed for pianoforte by John Huxford. Holograph, September 17, 1949
For pianoforte. Handwritten in pencil. Contains date and signature.
Folder 36: "Three Short Waltzes After Chopin (1949)" Op. 7 (Written upon the Centennial of Chopin's Death) / composed for pianoforte by John Huxford. Holograph, October 10, 1949
For pianoforte. Handwritten in pencil. Contains date and signature.
Folder 37: "Mazurka" (On celebration of my twentieth birthday) / composed for pianoforte by John Huxford. Holograph, February 3, 1951
For pianoforte. Handwritten in pencil. Contains date and signature. Written on celebration of Huxford's own twentieth birthday.
Folder 38: [Autumn Leaves] / music by Joseph Kosma ; original lyrics by Jacques Prévert ; English lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; arranged by John Huxford. Holograph, Fall 1955
Seemingly for band. Handwritten in pencil. Condensed score only. Unfinished. Instrumentation is not fully indicated. Manuscript contained within a Carl Fischer Filing Envelope with the following information:
Title: Autumn Leaves
Character: Slow - Med. - Popular
Arranger: John Huxford
Written Note in Huxfor'ds handwriting: Arranged and Used - Fall '55
Folder 39: [Condensed Score] / composed for band by John Huxford. Holograph, August 1956 - November 1956
Seeminlgy for band. Handwritten in pencil. Contains signature. Condensed score. Instrumentation indicated. Contains a note from Huxford:
"Begun Port St. Lucie, FL Aug '56
Completed Homerville Thanksgiving '56"
Folder 40: "Ensembles: [Allegro Marziale] and [Andante Maestoso] / composed by John Huxford. Holograph, November 1, 1956
Allegro Marzial ; For brass quintet. Handwritten in pencil and pen. Contains date and signature. Condensed score and parts. Instrumentation indicated. Includes incompleted sketch of condensed score for Allegro Marziale.
Andanta Maestoso ; For brass quartet. Handwritten in pencil. Does not contain title, date, or signature. Music in condensced score matches the accompanying parts. Condensed score and parts. Instrumentation indicated.
Folder 41: "Gavotte" / composed for brass quartet by John Huxford. Holograph , October 30, 1956
For Brass quartet. Handwritten in pencil. Contains date. Reduced score only. Instrumentation indicated.
Folder 42: "Gigue for Brass" / composed for brass quartet by John Huxford. Holograph, October 29, 1956
For brass quartet. Handwritten in pencil. Contains date. Condensed score and parts. Instrumentation indicated. Items contained within an Embur Filing Envelope.
Folder 43: "The Major" or "The Major's Delight" (Dedicated to Major W.T. Verran of Cairo, Georgia) / composed by John Huxford. Holograph, January 25, 1956
For band. Handwritten in pencil and pen. Contains date and signature. Condensed score and parts.
Folder 44: "Bars" from "Suite in Four" / composed by John Huxford. Holograph , [n.d.]
For band. Handwritten in pencil. Contains signature. Full score and Parts. "Bars" is the third movements of Huxford's "Suite in Four" for band. Full score and parts contained within an Embur Filing Envelope.
Folder 45: "String Quartet: I. Theme and Variations ; II. Scherzo" / composed by John Huxford. Holograph, 1957
For String Quartet. Handwritten in pencil. Contains year and signature. Two movements: Theme and Variations ; Scherzo. No full score. Parts only.
Series 1: Popular Sheet Music
John C. Huxford (1931-2008) was a professor with the College of Fine Arts at Valdosta State University. He donated vintage sheet music booklets dating from 1882-1964. Also inculded are numerous discographies, his thesis and research, and correspondence. He was also a c omposer and we have numerous compositions, which are at present unprocessed. Other of his compositions appear in the collection Campus Memorebelia in Archon.