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Box 15

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Various Cards/Letters, 1939 - 1997

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Christmas card from Rayner and Barbara [1996], 3 copies Christmas card from the choir of Westwood Methodist [12/27/39] Letter to Rayner from Gordon C. Chapman, Westwood Community Church [11/09/39] Letter and notecard to Rayner from Gordon Chapman [no date] Letter and envelope "Froidevaux" [09/02/92] Christmas card from Barbara and Rayner [no date] (Merry, Merry, merry, Happy, happy) Christmas card from Marthella, Zachary, Barbara, Rayner [1966] Letter, envelope, and paper ("Follow this...
Dates: 1939 - 1997

Various Sheet Music, 1996

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Donald Johns' Magnificat Title page, Triptych by Rayner Brown Title page, Six Bergen Pieces by Rayner Brown [Sept. 1996] Bundle of pages: "Prelude, Scherzo, Pacato, Fantasy" Unlabeled sheet music, brass and string Unlabeled sheet music, for string quartet and organ (page 9) Sheet music labeled "2. Romanza" (1 page) Sheet music labeled "7. Intermezzo ‘In Dulci Jubilo'" (four pages)

Dates: 1996

Programs Including Music by Rayner Brown, 1989 - 1990

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Nord Johnson, organ [01/31/89], 2 copies Church bulletin: All Saints' Episcopal Church [01/08/89[ Keller Hall Series: Arlene deYound-Judd, organ [01/28/90] James Walker, organ [05/08/89], 8 copies Recital announcement: James Walker, organ [05/08/89] Laurie A. Chinn, organ [01/15/89] Church bulletin: United Methodist Church of Garden Grove [05/28/89] Classical Organ Concert: Mr. Rick Barnes [07/09/89] Organ and Instruments by Guild Members and Local Instrumentalists [11/13/89], 7 copies; 3...
Dates: 1989 - 1990

Programs, Including Compositions by Rayner Brown, 1955 - 1991

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Music for Organ and Harpsichord (Pasadena First Congregational Church) [11/04/79] Russell Stepan, piano [11/09/79], 2 copies UCLA Wind Ensemble, James Westbrook, conductor [11/18/79] AGO Far Western Regional Convention [1957], 2 copies Church bulletin: Lake Avenue Congregational Church [06/09/91] Concert Schedule, AGO Far West Regional Convention [June16-19, 1991], 20 copies Phil Dodson, organ- Bakersfield Christian Life Center [10/06/91], 4 copies Title page to Fioretti for Two Violins and...
Dates: 1955 - 1991

Various Recital Program/Announcements, 1937 - 1997

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents AGO Far West Padadena Regional Convention: Cherry Rhodes, organ [06/18/91] David Craighead, organ [01/12/97] Harold Daugherty Jr., organ [11/20/62] Concert calendar: USC Spring 1982 Recital announcement in The American Organist [June 1982] Biola University: Rayner Brown retirement concert [1977] Pasadena Presbyterian Church: 12th Summer Organ Festival [1981] "St. Cecilia Mass" at Westwood Community Methodist Church [11/05/39] "St. Cecilia Mass" at Westwood Community Methodist Church...
Dates: 1937 - 1997

Don Quixote, Drawing, undated

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Partial text in Spanish and English (7-12) Page of handwritten notes Barbara's sketch, with note on back

Dates: undated

Various Items from Box B, 1942 - 1997

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Catalog for music of Rayner Brown from Foothill Music Catalog for music of Rayner Brown, 6 pages (differences in charts) Original newspaper clipping and two copies Karson, Burton. "Dediction of 212-Rank Organ Held at Church" (unidentified publication) [1969] Schedule for the Tenth Annual Redlands Organ Festival [Jan. 18-22, 1997] Page from The Diapason- "New Publications for Organ" [08/01/42] Advertisement for Los Angeles Brass Society, Ladd Thomas Record; WIM Records Page from The...
Dates: 1942 - 1997

Unprocessed materials

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains the papers of American composer, organist, teacher, and USC alumnus Rayner Brown (1912-1999). Materials include music scores, manuscripts, and books. Brown composed over 200 pieces of music over his career. He also taught at Biola University and was the church organist for the Wilshire Presbyterian Church.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s