http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf809nb537 No online items Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus musical arrangements and papers Finding aid prepared by UCLA Library Special Collections staff, revised by Doug Johnson, 2015; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575 (310) 825-4988 [email protected] Finding aid last updated 17 May 2016. Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus PASC-M 99 1 musical arrangements and papers Title: Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus musical arrangements and papers Collection number: PASC-M 99 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 12.2 linear ft.(17.5 document boxes, 2 oversize flat boxes, 1 custom box, 1 map folder) Date (inclusive): 1872-2000 Abstract: The Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus was one of the most enduring choral societies in the United States, and played a significant role in Los Angeles culture from the founding of the Ellis Club in 1888 until its dissolution in 2000. The collection consists primarily of the group's sheet music, mostly arranged for four-part men's voices. Also present are programs for most of the group's concerts, membership and financial records, and some photographs. Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus Musical Arrangements and Papers (Collection PASC-M 99). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Biography/History The Ellis Club was founded by Charles J. Ellis in 1888 as a men's chorus providing entertainment to the burgeoning city of Los Angeles. The club was in such demand that Joseph P. Dupuy saw fit to found the similar Orpheus Club in 1905. Both groups thrived in the early part of the century, but their memberships declined throughout the Great Depression and in 1939 they merged to form the Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus. After the war, the club shifted its focus from downtown Los Angeles to the South Bay, performing the majority of its concerts in El Segundo, Torrance, and Palos Verdes. In the ensuing decades, its membership would shrink even further, and they encountered great difficulty attracting younger members. Ultimately, the group decided to disband after its concert on April 30, 2000. Scope and Content The collection consists primarily of the group's sheet music, mostly arranged for four-part men's voices. Also present are programs for most of the group's concerts, membership and financial records, and some photographs. Organization and Arrangement This collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1. Sheet music Series 2. Programs Series 3. Administrative records Series 4. Photographs UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232978 Subjects and Indexing Terms Choruses (Men's voices). Music--California--Los Angeles--Societies, etc. Series 1. Sheet music. 1872-1981. Scope and Content Contains published octavo scores of music arranged, for the most part, for quartets of male voices. Titles are in order of numbers stamped on front covers [1/2 numbers usually indicate photocopies]. Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus PASC-M 99 2 musical arrangements and papers Series 1. Sheet music. 1872-1981. Box 1, Folder 1 Annie Laurie (arr. Dudley Buck). 1 1910. Box 1, Folder 1 Spread Your Wings (Albert Hay Malotte). 2 1943. Box 1, Folder 1 Coronation Scene, from "Boris Godunov" (Modest Mussorsgky, arr. G.W.W.). 3 1927. Box 1, Folder 1 The Boy and the Owl (G.W. Chadwick). 4 1886. Box 1, Folder 1 The Comrade's Song of Hope (Adolphe Adam, J.S. Stallybrass). 5 undated. Box 1, Folder 1 Arabian Song (B. Godard, arr. Frank J. Smith). 6 1903. Box 1, Folder 1 Break, break, break (John Hyatt Brewer, words Alfred Tennyson). 7 1903. Box 1, Folder 1 Italian Street Song, from "Naughty Marietta" (Music Victor Herbert, Lyrics Rida Johnson-Young). 8 1915. Box 1, Folder 1 You'll Never Walk Alone, from "Carousel" (Music Richard Rodgers, Words Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, arr. Roy Ringwald). 9 1955. Box 1, Folder 1 A Tragic Tale (J. Bertram Fox, William Makepeace Thackeray). 10 1919. Box 1, Folder 2 Cindy (arr. Harry Robert Wilson). 11 1948. Box 1, Folder 2 The Peasant and His Oxen (Yugoslav folk song, arr. Raymond Allyn Smith, Walter Aschenbrenner). 12 1936. Box 1, Folder 2 Wonderful Copenhagen from "Hans Christian Andersen" (Frank Loesser, arr. Hawley Ades). 13 1951. Box 1, Folder 2 Friendship (Walter H. Lewis). 14 1916. Box 1, Folder 2 Serenade (Music Sigmund Rothberg, Words Dorothy Donnelly, arr. Earl Lawrence). 15 1939. Box 1, Folder 2 The Northmen (Music Edvard Grieg, Words Björnson, arr. Gerald Grey). 16 1917. Box 1, Folder 2 Forsaken (Kosohat). 17 undated. Box 1, Folder 2 Dreamworld (Henri Duparc). 18 1915. Box 1, Folder 2 In Tiefen Keller (Old German drinking song, arr. Henry Schoenefeld). 19 undated. Box 1, Folder 2 Pilgrim's Song (Peter Tchaikowsky, arr. Wallingsord Riegger). 20 1935. Box 1, Folder 3 Lullaby: Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo (Henry Campbell). 21 1957. Box 1, Folder 3 Fare-Well (Max Vogrich). 22 1887. Box 1, Folder 3 Lullaby of the Christ Child (Old French carol, arr. Tom Scott). 23 1947. Box 1, Folder 3 Song of the Toreador (Georges Bizet, arr. Clarence Robinson). 24 1915. Box 1, Folder 3 Heinz von Stein (Arthur W. Thayer, after Richard Wagner). 25 1887. Box 1, Folder 3 Hymn (Franz Schubert). 26 undated. Box 1, Folder 3 Heidelberg (Stein Song) from "Prince of Pilsen" (Music Gustav Luders, Lyric Frank Pixley). 27 1925. Box 1, Folder 3 America - Our Heritage (Helen Steele, arr. Hawley Ades). 28 1943. Box 1, Folder 3 I Love Thee (C. Isenmann). 29 1886. Box 1, Folder 3 Serenade (Josef Haydn, arr. Wilhelm Handweig) [2 copies]. 30 1910. Box 1, Folder 4 Dark Water (Will James). 31 1952. Box 1, Folder 4 Far Off in the Wast of Desert Sand (Homer N. Bartlett, Alaric Bertrand Start). 32 1912. Box 1, Folder 4 Carribean Carol (The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy) (arr. Roy Ringwald).. 32.5 1945. Box 1, Folder 4 Serenade (Franz Schubert). 33 1889. Box 1, Folder 4 The Long Day Closes (Sir Arthur Sullivan, Henry F. Chorley). 34 undated. Box 1, Folder 4 Lullaby (Johannes Brahms). 35 undated. Box 1, Folder 4 Love and Wine (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy). 36 undated. Box 1, Folder 4 Murmuring Zephyrs (Adolf Jensen, arr John Hyatt Brewer). 37 1921. Box 1, Folder 4 Battle Hymn of the Republic (Julia Ward Howe). 38 1944. Box 1, Folder 4 More and More (Music Seifert, Words L.C. Elson). 39 1925. Box 1, Folder 4 Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark (Music Sir Henry Bishop, Words William Shakespeare). 40 1941. Box 1, Folder 5 Maiden With the Lips So Rosy (Jan Gall). 41 1886. Box 1, Folder 5 A la Nanita Nana (arr. Norman Luboff). 41.5 1960. Box 1, Folder 5 The Happy Wanderer (Music Friederich Moller, Words Antonia Ridge). 42 1954. Box 1, Folder 5 Dearest, Farewell! (arr. Hugo Juengst). 43 1903. Box 1, Folder 5 On the Road to Mandalay (Oley Speaks, arr. Lucien G. Chaffin). 44 1914. Box 1, Folder 5 The Swazi Warrior (Thomas Wood). 45 1937. Box 1, Folder 5 Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair (arr. Stuart Churchill). 46 1949. Ellis-Orpheus Men's Chorus PASC-M 99 3 musical arrangements and papers Series 1. Sheet music. 1872-1981. Box 1, Folder 5 The Sword of Ferrara (Music Frederic Field Bullard, Words William McLennan). 47 1898. Box 1, Folder 5 The Asra (Homer B. Hatch, Heinrich Heine). 48 1909. Box 1, Folder 5 Arabesque (Franz C. Bornschein, Henry L. Mencken). 49 1919. Box 1, Folder 5 The Gypsy Trail (Tod B. Galloway, Rudyard Kipling). 50 1911. Box 1, Folder 6 Schubert Serenade (arr. C. Kuntze). 51 1925. Box 1, Folder 6 Exultate Deo (Alessandro Scarlatti, arr. Gerhard Track). 51.5 1971. Box 1, Folder 6 Suomi's Song (Franz Mair). 52 1886. Box 1, Folder 6 Gloria in Excelsis from "Gloria" (Antonio Vivaldi, edited Mason Maitens). 52.5 1963. Box 1, Folder 6 Sweet and Low (Barnby). 53 undated. Box 1, Folder 6 Steersman, Leave the Watch! from "The Flying Dutchman" (Richard Wagner). 54 undated. Box 1, Folder 6 Watchman! What of the Night? (Sarjeant, arr. Sumner Salter). 55 1915. Box 1, Folder 6 Huzza! (Wine Song) (Dudley Buck). 56 1901. Box 1, Folder 6 The Heavens are Telling (Music Ludwig van Beethoven, Words from Psalm 19). 57 1934. Box 1, Folder 6 The Vagabond (Oley Speaks, Robert Louis Stevenson, arr. Samuel R. Gaines). 58 1922. Box 1, Folder 6 Reveries (A.M. Storch). 59 1885. Box 1, Folder 6 Morning (F. Brueschweiler). 60 1898. Box 1, Folder 7 O Jesus, Tender Shephard, Hear (German folk song, harmonized by Johannes Brahms, arr. Archibald T. Davidson). 61 1930. Box 1, Folder 7 Were I a King! (Oley Speaks, Frederick H.