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In this notebook, Kay kept track of the progress made on his last major work, the three-act opera "Frederick Douglass," also with a libretto by Donald Dorr. It was premiered by the New Jersey State Opera on April 14, 1991, with Kevin Maynor in the…

"Trip to U.S.S.R." Ulysses Kay's Music Diary, 1949-1990: years 1958-59 detail his trip to the U.S.S.R., as well as other places in the United States

In these two pages, Kay kept track of the progress of "Jubliee," his first three-act opera, based on a novel by Margaret Walker, with a libretto by Donald Dorr. It was premiered by Opera/South on November 19, 1977, Paul Freeman conducting.

Details trips to Long Beach, Davis California; Phoenix, Tempe Arizona; Evanston Illinois; Englewood New Jersey; New Haven, Connecticut; among other places in New York state, Atlanta, Chicago, etc. Also lists teaching position offers from various…

Printed score of Fantasy Variations by Ulysses Kay

Printed score of Fantasy Variations by Ulysses Kay

Printed score of Fantasy Variations by Ulysses Kay

Printed score of Fantasy Variations by Ulysses Kay

Printed score of Fantasy Variations by Ulysses Kay

Chorus score, for chorus (SATB), solo baritone, piano

Score for piano; Commissioned by Mrs. Eric Stein

Piano; Commissioned by Mrs. Eric Stein

Score for piano; Commissioned by Mrs. Eric Stein

Score for violin and piano; Commissioned by the McKim Fund in The Library of Congress

Score for Violin and Piano; matrix, 12-tone; Commissioned by the McKim Fund in The Library of Congress

Score for Violin and Piano; matrix, 12-tone; Commissioned by the McKim Fund in The Library of Congress

Score for violin and piano; Commissioned by the McKim Fund in The Library of Congress

Woodwind quintet

Woodwind quintet

Manuscript score of music for band; Commissioned by Broadcast Music for the United States Civil War Centennial Commission and the 100th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation