Finding Aid for Clinton F. Nieweg Harp Music and Papers, 1912-1985 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Maia Perez

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection Historical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Personal Papers and The Fantasticks

Arranged by genre: personal papers, concert programs, scores, and figurine.

Box 1

Folder 1: Personal Papers, 1971-1985

Photograph, letter, and newpaper clippings

Folder 2: Programs, 1963-1985

Folder 3: The Fantasticks, vocal and piano score, 1960

Folder 4: The Fantasticks - harp score - original version, 1963

Folder 5: The Fantasticks - harp score, undated

Folder 6: The Amazing Story of The Fantasticks, 1991

Item 1: Harp figurine

Made by a metal worker at a Dutch/German Folk Festival in Kutztown, Pennsylvania for Clinton F. Nieweg (see letter in Control File, September 1, 2019).

Series 2: Pedagogical materials and harp sheet music

Arranged in alphabetical order by title.

Box 2

Folder 1: "Les Agneaux Dansent" - The Christmas Harpist, 1957-1985

Marcel Grandjany, "Les Agneaux Dansent" (New York: Pagani and Bro., Inc., 1971); Elena Polonska, ed., "Airs et Danses du moyen age" (Paris: Editions Transatlantiques, 1984); The American Harp Journal 10.1 (Summer 1985); "Angels We Have Heard on High" (undated); Ellis Roberts, "Ar hyd y nos" (undated); Peggy Schumanchee, "The Ash Grove" (undated); Edward Walsh, "At Early Dawn," arr. by Melissa Morgan (undated); Bach-Gounod, "Ave Maria," trans. by Edward Shippen Barnes (New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., undated), 2 copies; Charles Gounod, "Ave Maria" (Bryn Mawr, PA: Oliver Ditson Co., undated); Charles Gounod, "Ave Maria," eng. trans. by Alice Mattullath (New York: Carl Fischer Inc., undated); "Ave Maria," handwritten copies (undated); "Away in a Manger," arr. by Salli Terri (New York: Lawson-Gould Inc., 1957); A. Emmett Adams, "The Bells of St. Mary's," arr. by Dewey Owens (New York: Chappell and Co., 1964); "Brian Boru's March" (undated); Richard Wagner, "Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)," Folk Harp Journal No. 49 (June 1985); "Cantiga de Santa Maria," arr. by Jeannette Schwarz (undated); Joropo Llanero, "Los Caracoles" (undated); Dale Wood, "Carol from an Irish Cabin" (New York: Schmitt Music Center, Inc., 1970); Richard Purvis, "Carol of the Bamboo Flute" (Glen Rock, NJ: J. Fischer and Bro., 1965); Earl Klugh, "Carrie's Theme," arr. by Jorge Gurascier, Folk Harp Journal No. 45 (June 1984); Gottfried Wilhelm Fink, "Christmas" (undated); Pauline Pittenger, "Christmas Babe" (Oakland, CA: Institute of Celtic Studies, undated); Marilyn Marzuki, The Christmas Harpist (New York: Carl Fischer Inc., 1976).

Folder 2: "Clara" - "Greensleeves", 1934-1984

Leslie K. Johnson, "Clara" (1978); Marjorie Tayloe, "Cockles and Mussels" Folk Harp Journal No. 44 (March 1984); Carlos Salzedo, "Concert Variations on Good King Wenceslas" (New York: Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., 1956); "The Coventry Carol," arr. by Salli Terri (New York: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc., 1957); Richard Purvis, "A Cradle Carol" (New York: J. Fischer and Bro., 1965); Mary E. Caldwell, "The Crown" (New York: The H.W. Gray Co., Inc., 1961); Gordon Dale, "Descants for Christmas" (London: Universal Edition, 1968); Thomas L. LeCras, "Descants on Nine Christmas Carols" (New York: G. Schirmer Inc., 1934); "Difyrwch Ieuan y Telynor Dall," arr. by Telymores Maldeoyn (undated); Phil Wayne, "Echo" (1979); "Eleanor Plunkett," arr. by Kim Robertson, Folk Harp Journal No. 42 (September 1983); Martha Conn, "Ernil i Pheriannath" (undated); "Es Wird Scho Glei Dumpa," Folk Harp Journal No. 39 (December 1982); "Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen," Folk Harp Journal No. 39 (December 1982); Daniel Pinkham, "Evergreen" (Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1974); R. Vaughan Williams, "Fantasia on Greensleeves," arr. by David Stone (New York: Oxford University Press, 1966); R. Vaughan Wiliams," Fantasia on Greensleeves," arr. by Ralph Greaves (London Oxford University Press, 1934), with copies of parts; Bach-Gounod, "Father in Heaven," arr. by Wallingford Riegger (New York: Harold Flammer, Inc., 1940); Joyce Rosenfield, Favorite Fables (New York: Franco Colombo, Inc., 1967); "The First Nowell" (undated); Bonnie Hyndman, "For Louise" (1979); For Voices with Harp, arr. by Marilyn Marzuki (Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press Inc., 1976); Pietro A. Yon, "Gesu Bambino" (New York: J. Fischer and Bro., 1947), 4 copies; "Good King Wenceslas" (undated); Myles B. Foster, "Good-Night! and Christmas Prayer" (undated); "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (undated); "Greensleeves Variations for Flute and Harp," arr. by L. Fleury and Dewey Owens (New York: Lyra Music Co., 1976), 2 copies; "Greensleeves," arr. by Sophocles Papas (Washington, D.C.: Columbia Music Co., 1961); "Greensleeves," arr. by Heinrich Poos (New York: Schott Music Corp., 1970).

Folder 3: "Gruss an mei Muatterl" - "Lullaby, Sweet Jesus", 1921-1983

Hubert Pfluger, "Gruss an mei Muatterl," Folk Harp Journal No. 39 (December 1982); Grace Matthews, "Habanera por una Bandida Pequena," Folk Harp Journal No. 41 (June 1983); "Happy Holidays!" Folk Harp Journal No. 38 (September 1982); Marcel Tournier, The Harp (Paris: Henry Lemoine et Cie, 1959); G.E. Matthews, "Harping on Cloud 9," Folk Harp Journal No. 40 (March 1983); "The Harp that Once Thro Tara's Hall," arr. by Marjorie Tayloe (1983); Hubert Pfluger, "Der Hochzeitslader," Folk Harp Journal No. 39 (December 1982); "Holy Night," arr. by G.I. Robinson (undated); "I Love my Love," arr. by Samuel O. Pratt (undated); "Im Bo Gus Um Bo" (undated); "I wonder as I wander," arr. by John Jacop Nibles and Lewis Henry Horton (New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1944), 2 copies; "In Dulci Jubilo," arr. by Eric Roseberry (New York: G. Schirmer, 1966); Charles Black, "In the Sky, a Wondrous Star" (New York: The H.W. Gray Co., Inc., 1965); "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (undated); Gilbert M. Martin, "The Jesus Gift" (Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music Inc., 1977); J. Pierpont, "Jingle Bells" (undated); "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" (undated); G. E. Matthews, "Journey of the Two Spanish Fleas," Folk Harp Journal No. 40 (March 1983); "Joy to the World" (undated), 2 copies; Rosemary E.M. Harding, "Latvian Lullaby" (undated); "Lauda," arr. by Jeannette Schwarz (undated); Pauline Pittenger, "The Light from Calvary" (undated); Gustav Holst, "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," arr. by Vally Lasker (New York: Galaxy Music Corp., 1921), 2 copies; "The Linden Harp," arr. by Nancy Thym-Hochrein, Folk Harp Journal No. 39 (December 1982); Marcel Grandjany, Little Harp Book (New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., 1966); "Llwyn On" (undated); "Lo, How a Rose is Growing" (undated); Londonderry Aire," arr. by Majorie Tayloe (1983); "Lullaby, Sweet Jesus," arr. by Rose Polski Anderson (undated).

Box 3

Folder 1: "A Lute Caroll" - "O little town of Bethlehem", 1934-1984

Mary E. Caldwell, "A Lute Caroll" (New York: The W.H. Gray Co., Inc., 1963); Dale Wood, "A Manger Carol" (Dayton, OH: The Sacred Music Press, 1979); "Maurice O'Conner," arr. by Joseph Graucock, Folk Harp Journal No. 39 (December 1982); "Maurice O'Conner," arr. by Shirley Myers (undated); Andrew Lloyd Webber, "Memory" (undated); "Menuet," Folk Harp Journal No. 40 (March 1983); "The Minstrel Boy," arr. by Jack Bourdess (undated); "The Minstrel Boy," arr. by Marjorie Tayloe (undated); John Thomas, "The Minstrel's Adieu to this Native Land (New York: Lyra Music Co., undated); John Parry, "Minuet" (undated); Gustave Ferrari, "The Mirror" (New York: Edward B. Marks Music Corp., 1943); Burk Thumoth, "Molly St. George" (undated); "Morning Has Broken," Folk Harp Journal No. 45 (June 1984); Pauline Pittenger, "Mother's Day," Folk Harp Journal No. 40 (March 1983); Gilbert M. Martin, "No Golden Carriage, No Bright Toy" (Dayton, OH: The Heritage Music Press, 1970), 2 copies; "Nos Galan" (undated); "Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful" (undated), 3 copies; Adolphe Adam, "O Holy Night," arr. by Robert Wetzler (Minneapolis, MN: Schmitt Muisc Center, Inc., 1967), 2 copies; Adolphe Adam, "O Holy Night," arr. by Mark Andrews (New York: The H.W. Gray Co., Inc., 1937); Adolphe Adam, "O Holy Night," Folk Harp Journal No. 43 (December 1983); Adolphe Adam, "O Holy Night" (Bryn Mawr, PA: Oliver Ditson Co., 1950," violin and voice, voice in Db, voice in C, and vocal duet versions; "O Holy Night" (undated), 4 copies; Mildred Dilling, "Old Tunes for New Harpists" (Bryn Mawr, PA: Oliver Ditson Co., 1934); "O little town of Bethlehem" (undated), 2 copies.

Folder 2: "Once in Royal David's City" - "Slumber, O Holy Jesus", 1940-1983

Henry J. Gauntlett, "Once in Royal David's City" (undated); Pauline Pittenger, "Our Spelling Lesson for Today" (undated); "Pant Corlan yr Wyn," arr. by Telymores Maldeoyn (undated); "Pasaje Mirandino" (undated), 2 copies; "Pastoral," arr. by Dale Wood (Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press Inc., 1972); George Weigand, "Pavan for Triple Harp" (1982); Georges Bizet, "The Pearl Fishers Melody," arr. by P. Jaeger, Folk Harp Journal No. 40 (March 1983); Arthur Windsor, "Pedals" (1950); B. Silvetti, "Piano," arr. by Jorge Gurascier, Folk Harp Journal No. 42 (September 1983); Pieces classiques, ed. by Gerard Billaudot (Paris: Gerard Billaduot, 1980), vol. 1 and 2; "Planxty Irwin," arr. by Sue Richards (undated); Pauline Pittenger, "A Prayer of Thanksgiving," Folk Harp Journal No. 38 (September 1982); Phil Wayne, "Robinson's Fancy" (undated); Lucien Thomson, Romantic Music for the Harp (New York: O. Pagani and Bro., Inc., 1970); Simon and Garfunkel, "Scarborough Fair," arr. by Bonnie Hyndman (undated); Heinrich Reimann, "Shepherds' Christmas Song," arr. by Clarence Dickinson (New York: H.W. Gray Co. Inc., 1940), 2 copies; Franz Gruber, "Silent Night," arr. by Richard Wagner (New York: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers Inc., 1957); Franz Gruber, "Silent Night," with descant by Edward Prookhart (undated); Franz Gruber, "Silent Night," arr. by Kalman Halasz (undated); Franz Gruber, "Silent Night" (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House: 1966); Franz Gruber, "Silent Night" (undated), 2 copies; John Jacob Niles, "The Silent Stars" (New York: Carl Fischer Inc., 1948); "Sleep, My Jesus, Sleep," arr. by CLarence Dickinson (New York: The H.W. Gray Co., 1955), 3 copies; Wood, "Slumber, O Holy Jesus" (undated).

Folder 3: "Song of Christmas" - "What Child Is This?", 1934-1969

Roy B. Nagle, "Song of Christmas" (Reading, PA: Nagle Studio of Music, 1941); Norman Luboff, "Still, Still, Still" (New York: Walton Music Corportion, 1960); Robert Mac Gimsy, "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (New York: Carl Fischer Inc., 1934); Robert Wetzler, "Sweet was the Song" (New York: Schmitt, Hall and McCreary Co., 1964); "The Sussex Carol," arr. by Roderick Biss (New York: Faber Music Ltd., 1966); Pauline Pittenger, "Take Thou My Hand" (undated); Lucien Thomson, Ten Christmas Carols (New York: O. Pagani and Bro., 1969); Mildred Dilling, Thirty Little Classics (Bryn Mawr, PA: Oliver Ditson Co., 1938); Carlos Salzedo, Tiny Tales for Harpist Beginners (Philadelphia, PA: Elkan-Vogel Co., Inc., 1936); Walton's Irish Airs for the Harp, arr. by Eamonn O Gallagher (Dublin: Walton's Musical Instrument Galleries, 1968); "We Three Kings of Orient" (undated); "What Child Is This?" (undated), 2 copies 1 handwritten copy; "What Child Is This?" arr. by Arthur Frackenpohl (Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press Inc., 1957).