I. VOCAL MUSIC
A. Dramatic Works
1. Opera, operetta and other theatrical scores
[Alice in Wonderland]
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--Opening Act I. Ink, manuscript, 12 pages in 3 gatherings, unbound. Piano-vocal score. Incomplete.
--Opening chorus. Ink, manuscript, 4 pages in 1 gathering, unbound. Piano-vocal score. Incomplete.
--Finale Act I. Ink, manuscript, 4 pages in 1 gathering, unbound. Piano-vocal score. Incomplete.
--Hatter Song. Ink, manuscript, 1 sheet. Piano-vocal sketch.
--Hatter-You've heard people say. Ink, manuscript, 1 sheet. Piano-vocal sketch.
--Alice-Tiny-Duett. Ink, manuscript, 1 sheet. Piano-vocal sketch.
Bohemian Club. Christmas Jinks, 1909.
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[The Dragoon's Daughter]
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Overture
--Piano sketch. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages.
--Orchestral Parts (15): flute, oboe, 1st clarinet in Bb, bassoon, horns in F, cornets in Bb, trombone, drums/timpani/triangle, Violin I (two parts), Violin II, Viola, Cello, Bass
The Bey of Algiers, see item 151.
The Fall of Ug -- The eleventh good play of The Bohemian Club of San Francisco, Calif.
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--The World Hymn -- male chorus, also arranged for solo voice. Manuscript. Ink.-- arranged as a contralto solo.
--First sketches of the Fall of Ug. Manuscript. Pencil.
--Vocal score, incomplete. Manuscript. Ink with blue pencil performance markings.
Fiorella -- 4-act opera. Unbound. Full score. Signed: Fine del opera.
--New York. Oct. 8/94. Manuscript. Ink.
The Grand Vizier. Book by Edgar Smith, music by Herman Perlet. Manuscript. Ink.
The Little Bandit -- Opera Buffa in three acts. Book by Edgar Smith, music by Herman.
--Manuscript. Ink.
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My Wife's Mother -- [Opera in two acts]. Manuscript. Ink.
-- Vocal score.
Philopene -- An operetta in 1 act. Book and music by Herman Perlet. Composed for and sole property of Belle Thorne-Perlet. New York, March, 1905.
-- Libretto
--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 30 pages. Title pages specifies: An operetta in one act. Lists orchestration. Includes Introduction through Finale.
Primrose Seminary
-Full orchestral score. Ink (some red ink), manuscript. 22 gatherings, unbound. Includes No. 1 (Opening Act I) through No. 22 (The Lovesick Hottentot)
-Piano-vocal score. Pencil and ink, manuscript. 24 gatherings, unbound, in heavy paper folder. Includes Overture through Finale Act III. The inside of the front cover lists musical numbers, and includes several that do not appear in the score.
-Love's Soliloquy. Full Score. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages.
-Up to Date Girl (No. 9). Piano-vocal score (ink, manuscript, 4 pages) and 12 orchestra parts: flute, oboe, clarinets in A, bassoon, cornets in A, trombone, drums, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass.
-The Lovesick Hottentot (No. 22). Piano-vocal score (ink, manuscript, 4 pages) and 13 orchestra parts: Flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinets in A, bassoon, horns, cornets in A, trombone, drums, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass.
[A Prince for a Day]
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Vesta
Choral scores. Ink, manuscript. Includes parts for: Lucius (4 Pages), Omar (8 pages) and Quintus (8 pages). Also chorus parts for sopranos/altos (12 pages--30 copies) and tenors/basses (3 pages--20 copies). These chorus parts were reproduced by purple ditto, and are stapled individually.
TRANSCRIPTION:
Martha (Flotow)
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UNIDENTIFIED FRAGMENTS:
[Untitled]
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--No. 3. Ariette-Lucia. Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages, bound with tape.
--No. 3. Ariette-Lucia. Set of orchestra parts (11): flute, clarinets in A, horns in F, cornets in A, trombone, timpani/triangle/tambourine, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript. Enclosed within cardboard folder, which lists musical numbers from the work on the inside front cover.
[Unidentified] Overture.
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[Unidentified]
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--Finale Act III. Incomplete sketch in piano score. Ink, manuscript. 3 leaves.
--Incomplete orchestration. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages in two gatherings, mainly blank.
--Finale. Full Score. Incomplete. Ink, manuscript. 4 pages in 1 gathering.
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Miscellaneous parts, unidentified, including
--Piano-vocal score, with some words indicated. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages in 1 gathering, unbound.
--Sketch, No.1, with some pencilled comments. Ink and pencil, manuscript. 8 pages in 1gathering, unbound.
--No. 1. Piano-vocal score, with words written beneath the vocal line. Ink, manuscript. Incomplete. 12 pages in one gathering.
--No. 9. Valse. Flute, clarinet and Violin I parts only. Ink, manuscript. 3 unbound sheets.
--No. 10. Ah-Beppo. (Possibly The Singing Bandits?) Piano/vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 4 pages in one gathering, unbound. Words written in beneath vocal line.
2. Librettos and Lyrics
The Grans Vizier
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--Libretto No. 2. Carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 63 pages.
Lady Bess
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--Libretto in two parts: No.1 Act 1 (purpe ditto, bound with brass clips. 28 pages) and No. 1 Act 2 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 31 pages)
Louise (The Tomboy)
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--Libretto in two parts: No.1 Act 1 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 30 pages) and No.1 Act 2 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 36 pages).
--Libretto in two parts: No. 2 Act 1 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips, with some pages of purple ditto. 30 pages) and No. 2 Act 2 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 36 pages).
--Lyrics for Louise. Lined, bound notebook. Ink, handwritten. Includes some musical incipits. 8 leaves included which are not bound in.
The Mystical Island of Myth
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--Libretto No. 1. Purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 35 pages. Includes prefatory material.
--Libretto, unnumbered. Purple ditto, bound with brass clips. Incomplete: 27 pages. Many inked and pencilled changes.
--Libretto, unnumbered. Carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. Incomplete: 29 pages. Many inked and pecilled changes.
Philopene
--Part of the Count de Caux. Purple ditto, bound with brass clips. On the letterhead of Monsieur Noe J. LaVigne, dated January 24, 190?. 14 pages.
--Part of the Count de Caux. Blue ink typescript. 8 pages, bound with brass clips.
On the Connecticut
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--Libretto. Incomplete--Act I only. Purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 35 pages.
Painting the Town Evil Eye
--Lyrics. Bound notebook, handwritten in pencil with some musical incipits. 72 pages.
--Lyrics. Unbound typed carbon copies. Folder marked in pencil: Painting the Town original lyrics. 11 leaves.
Primrose Seminary
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--Libretto in three parts:
No. 1 Act 1 (purple ditto, underlined in red with many pencilled changes. 35 pages. Title page indicates (handwritten): Copyright 1903 by the author.) No. 1 Act 2 (purple ditto, underlined in red with many pencilled changes. 32 pages.)
No. 1 Act 3 (purple ditto, underlined with red ink, with many pencilled changes. 21 pages.)
--Libretto in three parts. Incorporates some of the pencilled revisions from above. Carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips.
No. 2 Act 1 (many pencilled changes. 33 pages.)
No. 2 Act 2 (many pencilled changes. 31 pages.)
No.2 Act 3 (many pencilled changes. 20 pages.)
--Fragments form libretto. 7 leaves of purple ditto.
--Lyrics. 52 unbound leaves of purple ditto, carbon copies of typescript and pencil notes.
A Prince for a Day
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--Libretto in three parts:
No. 1 Act 1 (typescript, bound with brass clips. 42 pages)
No. 1 Act 2 (typescript, bound with brass clips, pp. 43-77)
No. 1 Act 3 (typescript, bound with brass clips, pp. 78-97).
--Libretto in three parts:
No. 2 Act 1 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 42 pages)
No. 2 Act 2 (Carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. pp. 43-77)
No. 2 Act 3 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips, pp.78-97).
--Lyrics. One part bound with brass clips. Carbon copy of typescript, with changes made in ink. No. 2. 36 pages.
--Lyrics Princess Lola. One part, bound with brass clips. Purple ditto, with pencilled changes, including some musical incipits. 29 pages.
Vesta
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--Libretto No. 1, in one part bound with brass clips. Purple ditto, with underlining in red. 22 pages.
--Libretto No. 2, in one part bound with brass clips. Carbon copy of typescript, underlined in red. 22 pages.
When Reuben Comes to Town
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--Libretto in two parts: No. 2 Act 1 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips, with some changes indicated in ink and pencil. 36 pages) and No. 2 Act 2 (carbon copy of typescript, with some changes indicated in ink and pencil, bound with brass clips. 33 pages).
--Libretto in one part. Purple ditto, stapled with heavier stock as covers. 42 pages plus 39 pages bound together. Opening appears to be very different from above copy.
PLAY:
[The Girl with the Yellow Feather]
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--Script in four parts:
No. 1 Act 1 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 27 pages)
No. 1 Act 2 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 17 pages)
No. 1 Act 3 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 22 pages)
No. 1 Act 4 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 14 pages plus [5] pages).
--Script in four parts:
No. 2 Act 1 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 27 pages)
No. 2 Act 2 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 17 pages)
No. 2 Act 3 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 22 pages)
No. 2 Act 4 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 14 pages plus [5] pages).
UNIDENTIFIED LIBRETTOS:
[Untitled]
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--Libretto in two parts:
No. 1 Act 1 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 38 pages),
No. 1 Act 2 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 36 pages).
--Libretto in two parts:
No. 2 Act 1 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 38 pages)
No. 2 Act 2 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 36 pages).
--Libretto in three parts:
No. 2 Act 1 (carbon copy of typescript, with underlining in red, bound with brass clips. 35 pages)
No. 2 Act 2 (carbon copy of typescript, with underlining in red, bound with brass clips. Pp. 36-79)
No. 2 Act 3 (carbon copy of typescript, with underlining in red and some inked changes, and bound with brass clips. Pp. 80-98).
--Sketchbook of lyrics. Ink and Pencil, handwritten, bound. 48 pages.
--Sketch of lyric and musical theme. One folded leaf.
[Untitled] "Doolittle"
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--Libretto in one part, bound with brass clips. Purple ditto. No. 1. 20 pages.
--Libretto No. 2 in one part, bound with brass clips. Carbon copy of typescript. 18 pages.
--Unbound copies of ditto pages and notes. 21 pages of purple ditto; 5 pages of handwritten, pencilled notes.
[Untitled]
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--Libretto in two parts:
No. 1 Act 1 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 34 pages)
No. 1 Act 2 (purple ditto, bound with brass clips. 30 pages).
--Libretto in two parts:
No. 2 Act 1 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 34 pages)
No. 2 Act 2 (carbon copy of typescript, bound with brass clips. 30 pages).
--Sheet (1), purple ditto, with note regarding Soliloquy, page three.
[Untitled]
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--Scenario, bound with brass clips, in purple ditto. 16 pages. Includes one handwritten page not bound in, and one clipping at end not bound in.
[Untitled]
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--Scenario in one part, bound with brass clips, in purple ditto with some inked underlining and changes. 20 pages.
[Untitled]
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--Scenario of Act 1 in one part, bound with brass clips, in purple ditto. 8 pages. First page is a list of charcters, handwritten in ink.
QUESTIONABLE LIBRETTOS (may not involve Perlet):
The Call
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--Typescript. 7 unbound pages.
A Picnic for Two
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--Typescript. Carbon copy, with some pencilled changes. Incomplete? 8 pages.
The Wedding Day
--Scenario. Typescript. 5 pages.
ADAPTATION:
Martha
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--Libretto in one part, bound with brass clips, in purple ditto with pencilled changes. Incomplete? 6 pages.
--Libretto in one part, bound with brass clips, in purple ditto with some inked changes. 8 pages.
LYRICS:
--Romance. Unbound leaves in marked folder. Includes handwritten, purple ditto and typed leaves, and copies of programs.
--Comic. Uncound leaves in marked folder. Includes handwritten, purple ditto and typed leaves, and copies of programs and newspaper clippings.
--Miscellany. 67 leaves of unbound and unidentified lyrics. Includes handwritten, purple ditto and typed leaves, plus some handwritten sketches and notes.
B. Choral Works
First Mass, Opus 5
--Piano-vocal score. Published Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1897. 71 pages. Note at bottom of first printed page of score: Orchestral parts may be had of the publishers.
--Piano-vocal score. An identical copy, except with back page missing. No marks or changes.
Second Mass. Kyrie
--Draft, manuscript, in ink and pencil. 4 pages. Brief notations of text; no indication of instrumentation.
The Festive Evening
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--Piano-vocal score. Published by The William Maxwell Co., New York, 1907. Poem by Jas. G. Percival. 5 pages.
--Piano-vocal score. An identical copy.
The Maiden's Lament
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--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: M. Witmark and Sons, 1906. Poem by Schiller. Dedicated to Mrs. Paul Steindorff. 13 pages. (See "Solo arias and songs for voice and orchestra" for another arrangement.)
Sing a Song of Gladness (Madrigal)
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--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: The William Maxwell Music Co., 1910. 11 pages. Dedicated to Mrs. Julian Edwards. (See "Songs for voice and keyboard" for another arrangement.)
--Piano-vocal score. Four identical copies, making a total of 5 copies.
ARRANGEMENTS:
Mine is a Song
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--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: The William Maxwell Co., 1909. 6 pages. Both Spanish and English texts printed.
--Piano-vocal score. An identical copy, with no marks or changes.
Two Kisses
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--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: The William Maxwell Co., 1909. 7 pages. Both Spanish and English texts printed.
C. Solo Arias and Songs for Voice and Orchcstra
Ave Maria
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I Love Him. Valse de Concert
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The Maiden's Lament, Opus 17
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--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript, bound with thread. 18 pages.
--Full orchestral score. Voice lines included but no words. Ink, manuscript. Dedicated "To Mrs. Paul Steindorff." Listed as Opus 17. At end: San Francisco, Calif. November 19, 1911. 36 pages.
--Set of 31 orchestra parts: piccolo, flute I, flute II, oboe I, oboe II, clarinet I in A, clarinet II in A, bassoon I, bassoon II, horn I in F, horn II in F, horn III in F, horn IV, in F, cornet I in Bb, cornet II in Bb, trombone I, trombone II, bass trombone, tuba, harp, violin I (1st stand), violin II (2 parts), viola (2 parts), cello (2 parts), bass (2 parts). Ink,manuscript.
May and July
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If Only in thy Heart I Dwell. Romanza
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Romanza
--Short score. Ink, manuscript. 2 leaves.
--Set of 12 orchestra parts: flute, oboe, clarinets in Bb, bassoon, horns in F, violin I (2 parts), violin II, viola (2 parts, one in a different hand on different paper), cello, bass. Ink, with some pencilled marking of the parts. Manuscript.
Rosalie
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Rowena. Morceau Characteristique.
--Full score. Ink, manuscript. 11 pages.
--Set of 23 orchestra parts: flute, piccolo, oboes, clarinet in A, clarinet II in A, bassoons, horns in F (1-2), horns in F (3-4), cornets in A, bass trombone, violin I (4 parts), violin II (3 parts), viola (2 parts), cello (2 parts), bass (2 parts). Published Cincinnati: The John Church Co. No date. Dedicated to Mrs. E. P. Heald.
St. Anthony's Sermons
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--Full score. Ink, manuscript. Unbound. 4 leaves. Dated at end: San Francisco, 7.24.10.
--Set of 25 orchestra parts: flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoon I, bassoon II, horns 1-2, horns 3-4 (ad lib), cornets 1-2 in Bb, trombone 1-2 ad lib, trombone 3, timpani violin I (4 parts), violin II (3 parts), viola (3 parts), cello (2 parts), bass (2 parts). Ink, manuscript.
Sweetheart I Love None But You
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The "Te He He" Girl
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--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. Unbound. 4 pages.
--Set of 11 orchestra parts: flute, clarinet in Bb, horns in F ad lib, cornets in Bb, trombone, drums, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript.
Thou Hast a Heart
Set of 10 orchestra parts: flute, oboe, clarinet I in Bb, horns in F, violin I (2 parts), violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript.
Valse Ariette from "The B??"
Set of 13 orchestra parts: flute, oboe, clarinets in A, bassoon, horns in F, cornets in A, trombone, timpani, violin I (second copy in another hand), 1st violin, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript.
QUESTIONABLE SONGS:
If the Girl That You Love, Loves You. Valse
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--Set of 16 orchestra parts: flute, clarinets in Bb, horns in F, cornets in Bb, trombone, violin I (3 parts), violin II (2 parts), viola (2 parts), cello (2 parts), bass (2 parts). Ink, manuscript.
Love's Dilemma
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--Set of 13 orchestra parts: flute, oboe, clarinets in A, bassoon, horns in F, cornets, trombone, timpani, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript.
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[Untitled]
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Set of 13 orchestra parts: flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, bassoon, horns in F, cornets in Bb, trombone, drums/triangle/duck call, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript.
D. Songs for Voice and Keyboard
Autumn
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--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. Unbound, 4 pages. Words under vocal line.
--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. Unbound, 4 pages. No words. At end: San Francisco. October 18, 1913. "Written to order for Miss Thero."
Ave Maria (Stand I Before Thee)
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: M. Witmark and Sons, 1910. 3 pages. Text given in Latin and English on the first page and throughout. Dedicated to Genevieve Pyne.
The Beggar Maid
--Piano-vocal score. Published Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1893. 5 pages. Poetry by Alfred Tennyson. Dedicated to and sung by Miss Theresa Vaughgn.
--Piano-vocal score. A second identical copy.
The Brave Days of Old
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: Edward Schuberth and Co., 1900. 7 pages. Words by Chas. N. Douglass. Dedicated to Mr. H. Lempriere Pringle.
Come Unto Me and I Will Refresh You
--Piano-vocal score. Published Tornoto: A. and S. Nordheimer, copyright 1881 by P. Lawson. 5 pages. Dedicated to Mme. Adelina Motte.
Darling, I Love You!
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: N. Weinstein, 1895. 5 pages. Part of the series: Herman Perlet's Favorite Songs. Words by Shorn Cliffe.
I Ask Not. Sacred Song
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: M. Witmark and Sons, 1910. 3 pages. Dedicated to Mrs. Agnes M. Jones.
--Piano-vocal score. A second identical copy.
I Doubt It
--Piano-vocal score. Published Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1894. 5 pages. dedicated "to Belle."
If King Were Clown and Clown Were King
--Piano-vocal score. published New York: Herbert H. Taylor, 1908. Copyright 1897 by Howley Haviland and Co. 7 pages. Part of the Taylor series: Elite Edition-Standard Vocal Compositions. Words by Edgar Smith.
--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages in 1 gathering, unbound. Poetry by Edgar Smith.
If Only in Thy Heart I Dwell
--Piano-vocal score. Published Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1897. 5 pages. Words by Edgar Smith.
I Love Him, Cantabile Waltz
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: G. Shirmer, 1891. 7 pages. Poetry by M. G. Hall. Written for and sung by Miss Elsie Warren.
I Sat at my Latticed Window
--Piano-vocal score. Published Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1895. 7 pages. Words by Miss Mae Duryea. Composed for and dedicated to Miss Lillian Russell.
It Needs But That. Romanza
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: N. Weinstein, 1897. 7 pages. Back cover advertisement features list of songs by Herman Perlet with thematic references. Words by Shorn Cliffe. Dedicated to Mr. Robert A. Keiser.
--Piano-vocal score. A second identical copy.
I Wonder. Romanza
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: N. Weinstein, 1894. 7 pages. Part of the series: Favorite Songs by Herman Perlet. Poetry by Paul Barnes.
Love, Sweet Love. Waltz Song
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: N. Weinstein, 1895. 7 pages. Part of the series: Herman Perlet's Favorite Songs. Portrait on cover.Words by Shorn Cliffe.
My Little Star, or, Twinkling, blinking, always winking, little star
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: N. Weinstein and Co., 1893. 5 pages. Words by Shorn Clife. "Sung with immense success by Richard Harlow in '1492.'"
The Old Dream
--Piano-vocal score. Published Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1896. Incomplete: 2 pages. Words by Samuel Minturn Peck. Dedicated to Miss Gertrude May Stein.
A Question: Is Love A Dream?
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: The William Maxwell Music Co., 1913. 6 pages.
--Piano-vocal score. A second identical copy.
Sing a Song of Gladness. Madrigal
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: The William Maxwell Music Co., 1910. 7 pages. Dedicated to Mrs. Julian Edwards.
--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 6 pages, unbound. Incomplete. One vocal line with words underneath, plus piano part.
Spring
--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. Incomplete: 1 sheet. Some pencil chnges. Words by Rufus Steele?
Susie Smith from Troy
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: Howley Haviland and Co., 1897. 5 pages. From: The Isle of Gold, a musical comedy in three acts. Book by C. A. Byrne. Other Songs from Isle of Gold listed on cover. Words by Henry Norman.
Thou Hast a Heart, I Know!
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: N. Weinstein, 1894. 7 pages. Part of the series: Favorite Songs by Herman Perlet. Back cover advertisement lists seven songs by Perlet with incipits. Words by Matt C. Woodward.
--Piano-vocal score. A second identical copy. No marks or changes.
--Piano-vocal score. A third identical copy, except incomplete Missing last page.
--Fragment of another edition. Page (numbered #5) perhaps from a Weinstein edition.
Waltz Song
--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 12 pages. Includes words under the vocal line.
--Sketch. Ink and Pencil, manuscript. 4 pages. Unbound.
When Baby Boy's Ship Comes In
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: N. Weinstein, 1896. 5 pages. Poetry by Edgar Smith. Back cover advertisement lists seven songs thematically by Perlet.
You'll Never Know
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: Edward Schubert and Co., 1900. 6 pages. Words by Chas. N. Douglass. Dedicated to Miss Alice Neilsen.
COLLECTIONS:
Vocal Gems from The Dragoon's Daughter
Scope and Content Note
--Piano-vocal score. Published Boston: Bates and Bendix Publishers, 1895. 20 pages. Contents: Letter Song, It is Too Bad, Duet: Oh Tell My Love, Prize Song: The Kings. Dragoon, Scandal Song, I am the Smartest Lad.
UNIDENTIFIED:
[Untitled] [Mildred and May?]
--Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages. Lyrics by Clyde F. Mohler. Text underneath vocal line.
II. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
A. Orchestral Music
Allein. Reverie fur Orchester
--Full score. Ink, with pencilled additions, in manuscript. 11 pages, bound with thread. At end: San Francisco, Calif., August 1912.
La Soiree des Enfants
--Set of 13 orchestra parts: flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, bassoon, horns in F, cornets in Bb, trombone, drums/bells/triangle, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript, collected in paper folder; cover mentions Entr'acte with a list of the instrumentation.
--Sketch in short score form. Ink, with pencilled changes. Manuscript, 2 leaves.
Mt. Tamalpais. Symphonic Tone Picture for Grand Orchestra
--Full Score. Ink, manuscript, bound with cardboard covers. 69 pages. Dated at end of the score: San Francisco, Calif., June 20, 1910. "To my good friend Frederick Stock Esq. this work is respectfully dedicated." Pasted inside the front cover is a "Strophe (Accompanying the Tone Picture-Tamalpais)" by Allan Dunn. Also pasted inside the front cover is an indicaton of the first performance: August 9, 1910 at Van Ness Theater, San Francisco, at the Annual Concert of the Bohemian Club.
--Set of 36 orchestra parts: flute I/II, piccolo, Oboe I/II and english horn, clarinets I/II, bassoon I, bassoon II, horns I/II, horns III/IV, cornets I/II, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, tuba, timpani, bass drum/cymbals/triangle, harp, solo violin, violin I (5 parts), violin II (5 parts), viola (3 parts), cello (3 parts), bass (3 parts). Ink, manuscript.
Parmelia. Galop Fantastic for Orchestra
--Set of 14 orchestra parts: piccolo, oboe, clarinet I in Bb, bassoon, horns in F, cornets in Bb, trombone, drums, violin I (2 Parts), violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, but well-marked with pencil. Manuscript.
Regrets, Opus 10
--Full score. Ink, manuscript. 16 manuscript. 16 pages in one gathering, unbound.
Serenade for String Orchestra, Opus 9
--Full score. Ink, manuscript, 6 leaves. Dated at end: April 15, 1910. Dedicated "To Mildred."
--Full Score. Ink, manuscript, 6 leaves, but incomplete (da capo not fully written out).
--Set of 20 orchestra parts: violin I (6 parts), violin II (4 parts), viola (4 parts), cello (3 parts), bass (3 parts). Ink, manuscript.
Suite de Ballet, Opus 6
--Short score. Ink, manuscript. 11 leaves. Opus 6 is pencilled in.
--Set of 40 orchestra parts: piccolo, flute I, oboe I, oboe II, clarinet I, clarinet II, bassoon I, bassoon II, horns I/II, horn III/IV, cornets in Bb, trombone I/II, trombone III, tuba, timpani, bass drum/cymbals/triangle, harp, violin I (6 parts), violin II (5 parts), viola (4 parts), cello (4 parts), bass (4 parts). Ink, manuscript.
Tone der Liebe. Meditation
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--Full score. Ink, manuscript. 8 leaves, unbound.
--Set of 15 orchestra parts: flute II, oboe I, oboe II, horn I in F, horn II in F, horn III in F, horn IV in F, cornet I in Bb, cornet II in Bb, trombone I, trombine II, trombone III, violin I (2 parts), violin II. Ink, manuscript. The name Herman Perlet is at the foot of every page.
--Set of 25 orchestra parts: flute I, oboe I/II, clarinet I in Bb, clarinet II in Bb, bassoon I/II, trombone I, trombone II, trombone III, timpani, violin I (4 parts), violin II (3 parts), viola (3 parts), cello (3 parts), bass (3 parts). Published Berlin: Herman Erler, n.d. At the top is indicated: H. Fliege, Op. 155.
UNIDENTIFIED
[Untitled]
--Full score-symphonic work. Incomplete after bar 172. Ink, manuscript. Unbound, but in paper folder. 54 pages in six gatherings. Undated and unsigned.
LIST OF WORKS
Handwritten, pencil, listing of Perlet's orchestral compositions on inside cover of paper folder. Includes:
Regrets-Meditation
Mt. Tamalpais
Maiden's Lament
Tarantella
Serenade
Ungarischer Fantasie (to Mr. Vagas for Memorial Recital)
Suite de Ballet
Polka Caprice for Military Band
Overture to The Dragoon's Daughter
La Soiree des Enfants
Lola (Danse Espagnole)
Tchaikovsky Andante aus dem Streich Quartette Opus 11
Rowena
Adele Gavotte-Pen and Pencil Club March
Polka Fantastique (Dance of Sea Maidens)
Parmelia-Galop Fantastic
Polka Caprice
B. Chamber Music
Little Quartette
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--Full score. Incomplete: one leaf only, and becomes sketch instead of score by end. Ink, manuscript.
Quartette, Opus 20
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--Full score. Ink, manuscript. 20 leaves. Many pasted-over deletions and pencilled-in corrections. Dated at end: San Francisco, Calif., December 24, 1913. Bound with thread. On inside title page: No. 1.
--Set of 4 parts: violin I (14 leaves with 2 unbound inserts), violin II (11 leaves with 1 unbound insert), Viola (13 leaves with 1 unbound insert), cello (12 leaves with 1 unbound insert). Parts all include pencilled changes. Ink, manuscript.
Quintette, Opus 13
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--Full score. Ink, manuscript, but includes many corrections and changes in pencil, blue crayon and in paste-overs. 125 pages, bound with thread with cardboard covers. Dedicated "To my dear friend Julian Edwards, Esq." Dated at end: San Francisco, Calif., April 18, 1911. Inside the front cover is pasted a program, with the inked notation: First Performance. (June 6, 1911, at the First Annual Convention of the Music Teachers' Association of California, San Francisco, Century Club Hall.)
--Set of 2 parts. Incomplete. Ink, maunscript, with some pencilled changes. Bound with thread. Violin I: 16 leaves, and dated at end June 6, 1911 with Perlet's signature. Cello: 16 leaves, with fingerings pencilled in.
Sextette
--Full score. Ink, manuscript. 12 pages in 2 gatherings, unbound. In pencil on cover: Brass parts not finished--also changes to be made in ??? parts."
--Set of 13 parts: flute, oboe, clarinetI/II, bassoon, horns in F, cornets in Bb, trombone, timpani, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Ink, manuscript, but wellmarked in blue and regular pencil.
Trio in F, Ops 16a
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--Full score. Ink, manuscript. 32 pages, bound with thread. Dated at end: San Francisco, Calif., September 20, 1911. Dedicated "To Herbert L. Jones."
--Set of 2 parts: violin (5 leaves, ink, bound with tape) and cello (4 leavs, ink, bound with tape).
Trio
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--Set of 2 parts: violin (25 pages, ink, manuscript), and cello (23 pages, ink, manuscript). Incomplete--no score.
UNIDENTIFIED
[Untitled]
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--Full score. Ink, manuscript. 8 pages in 1 gathering. Incomplete. No title page nor mention of Perlet's name. Some revisions on the inside pages.
C. Works for Piano
Abendlied, Opus 6 No. 2
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Ballade, Opus 15 No. 2
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--Another identical copy.
--Author's and Composer's Proof Copy. Dated 1911. Dedication "To Louis H. Eaton, Esq." No other marks or changes.
--Copyright copy. 1911. No dedication.
Dance Grace (Left hand alone), Opus 15 No. 3
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--Another identical copy.
--Author's and Composer's Proof Copy. Dated 1911. No marks or changes.
Dorothy
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--Another identical copy, missing the outer leaves. Incomple
--Copyright copy. No marks or changes.
--Copyright copy. No marks or changes.
In Crakow. A Polish Dance
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--Total of 5 additional identical copies. No marks or change
Julia
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--Another identical copy. Incomplete: missing outer leaves.
--Copyright copy. No marks or changes.
Ma Petite. Valse brillante, Opus 6 No. 1
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--Another identical copy.
Mildred
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--Another identical copy of the copyright copy.
Moonlight in Venice
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--Reprinting from same plates in slightly smaller size. 9 pages--complete. 1901.
Rowena. Characteristic Morceau.
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Staccato Etude, Opus 15 No. 4
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--Author's and Composer's Proof. No marks or changes.
--Copyright copy. No marks or changes.
Valse
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Valse Chromatique
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Valse Fantaisie, Opus 6, No. 3
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--Another identical copy, reprinted from the same plates, with a slightly different title page.
Valse-Fantasie, Opus 15, No. 1
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Whisper
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UNIDENTIFIED:
[Untitled]
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LIST OF WORKS:
Herman Perlet: A Descriptive Catalog of His Compositions. New York: M. Witmark and Sons, n.d. 17 pages. Substantial thematic references with brief commentary and analysis of the following works: Mildred, Dorothy, In Crakow, Julia, Ma Petite, Rippling Rivulet, In the Swing, Joyeux, Spinnign Song, Expectations, Moonlight in Venice, Whispers, In Solitude, Valse Fantasie, Abendlied, Ave Maria (vocal), I Ask Not (vocal).
Thematic Quotations from Six Salon Sketches for the Pianoforte by Herman Perlet. New York: M. Witmark and Sons, n.d. 6 pages. Thematic refernces with brief commentary and analysis of these six peices: In the Swing, Joyeux, Spinning Song, Expectations, Whispers, In Solitude.
III. OTHER WORKS
A. Unidentified Sketches and Notes
Large grouping of pencil and ink skecthes all unidentified.
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B. Music in Collection not Written by Perlet
La Fanfella (by J. H. Brenner)
--First mandolin part. Ink, manuscript, 1 sheet.
Serenata (by Moritz Moszkowski)
--Set of 17 orchestra parts: flute/piccolo, oboes, clarinets in A, bassoons, horns I/II in D, horns III/IV in D, trumpets in D, cornets in A, trombone I/II, bass trombone (euphonium), bells, harp, violin I/conductor, violin II, viola, cello, bass. Published London: Hawkes and Son. Parts in paper folder.
Si Tu Savais (If Thou Couldst Know) (by M. W. Balfe)
--Piano-vocal score. Published New York: G. Schirmer, 1869. 6 pages: Incomplete. Part of the series: Romances Francaises. Pencilled sigantuer at the top: Mrs. Herman Perlet.
Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo (by Franz Liszt)
--Set of 43 orchestra parts: flute I, flute II, piccolo, oboe I, oboe II, clarinet I in Bb, clairnet II in Bb, bass clarinet in Bb, bassoon I, bassoon II, horn I in Bb basso, horn II in Bb basso, horn III in C, horn IV in C, tromba I in C, tromba II in C, tromba III in C, tromba IV in C, trombone I, trombone II, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, triangle, miltary drum, bass drum, cymbals, harp, violin I (3 parts), violin II (3 parts), viola (3 parts), cello (3 parts), bass (3 parts). Printed, but publisher not identified. Some bowings in the string parts. No score. Parts collected in paper folder.
[Unidentified]
Song: by W. W. Carnuth?
Piano-vocal score. Ink, manuscript. 4 pages in one gathering. Text in French underlies the vocal line.
IV. ARCHIVAL PAPERS
A. Scrapbooks
Materials relating to The Fall of Ug
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Mark Twain's Scrapbook
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Scrapbook
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Large Scrapbook
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B. Other Materials
Official documents
--Royalty agreement between the William Maxwell Company and Herman Perlet, Septmeber 27, 1913 for The Jester's Song and from The Fall of Ug.
--Election to memebership in "The Lambs" (New York), January 23, 1900.
--Tribute by the Columbia Park Boys' Club, in memoriam of Herman Perlet. San Francisco, California, January 22, 1916, to extend his death and to express their appreciation of his work.
Photographs (Portraits)
--Perlet seated at a table/desk. Undated, mounted on heavy carboard.
--Perlet standing, in profile. Undated, unmounted.
--Perlet standing, full face. San Francisco, California, 1911. Mounted in paper folder inscribed: "For the dearest wife in all the world from her devoted husband." Incipits of his compositons surround the portait. On cover: W.E. Dassonville, San Francisco.
Materials Written by Perlet
--Copy of the periodical The Music Student:A Monthly Periodical for the Amateur as well as the Professional Student of Music. Volume 2, No. 2, February 1916. Includes an article by Perlet: "Melody in Chamber Music," p. 56-58. Editor's note mentions that this was his last article and the loss to the musical world because of his death.
--Chamber Music. Paper delivered before the State Music Teacher's Convention. July 6, 1911, San Francisco, California, by Herman Perlet. Purple ditto, enclosed in paper folder and bound with thread. Cover hadnwritten in ink, and preliminary paragraph on the inside cover handwritten in pencil. 9 pages.
--Handwritten note on the back of Music Teachers' Association of California envelope to "Mrs. Ashley" from "B. Miller." Pencil.
--Bill from Hotel Gordon, Washington D.C. to H. Perlet, December 2, 1906. On verso, a handwritten note in pencil, perhaps regarding the charachters or scenes for an operetta.
--Handwritten sheets (2), probably words to a song for the Baron and D'Algernon.
News Articles
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--"Herman Perlet." Regarding his new residence in San San Francisco.
--"Bohemian Club Music." Review of Mr. Perlet's Mt. Tamalpais in the Pacific Coast Musical Review by Alfred Metzger and Wallace A. Sabin.
--"Musicians hear many sorts of American music. Cadman talks of art of Indian; Perlet presents a new Quintet." The Bulletin: San Francisco, July 11, 1911. Describes California Music Teachers' Convention.
--"Herman Perlet and the Steinway." Picture with the Herman Perlet String Quintette. Pacific Coast Music Review. July 8, 1911?
--Portrait of Mr. Perlet, clipped out. Possibly an advertisement?
Brochures
--Folder, with portrait of Perlet on inside cover. Announcement of his opening of a new vocal studio, San Francisco, California.
--Brochure (pink) from California Conservatory of Music, San Francisco. Announcing his position as head of the Operatic and Orchestral Department. Gives Press Comments and brief biography. No date.
--General advertisement and request for funds: "The People's Philharmonic Orchestra. The People's Choral Union. Herman Perlet, Conductor." No date.
Programs
--Program for the Eleventh Biennial Convention of General Federation of Women's Clubs. San Francisco, California. June 24th to July 5th, inclusive. Concert on June 24th, 1912 was conducted by Perlet and included some of his music.
--Program. In Memoriam Herman Perlet 1862-1916. Grand Orchestral Concert under the auspices of the Musicians Club. Friday, March 17th, 1916, San Francisco, California. (Two copies).
--Nec-Natama (Comreadeship). A Forest Play. (Text by J. Wilson Shiels, Music by Uda Waldrop). The 37th annual Midsummer High Jinks of the Bohemian Club of San 150f. Francisco and the 12th Grove Play. August 8, 1914. Printed booklet of 59 pages.
--Midsummer Music of Bohemia. Annual Concert. (Under the direction of Herman Perlet). San Francisco, August 9, 1910. Included two works by Perlet. (Two copies).
--The Fall of Ug. A Masque of Fear. By Rufus Steele. Music by Herman Perlet. Being the Eleventh Grove Play of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco as Performed by Members of the Club, at Thirty Sixth Mid-Summer High Jinks in the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California, on the Ninth Night of August, 1913.
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(1) "For my daughter Mildred as a keepsake from Papa." Signed by the librettist, painter of the frontisepiece, and many actors and singers from the production.
(2) "To my dear mother with all the affection of her devoted son. Herman." August 9, 1913.
--The Mid-Summer Music of Bohemia. A concert, given by he Bohemian Club in the Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco, on the afternoon of Thursday, August 21st, 1913. Performed by the People's Philharmonic Orchestra and by a chorus of Members of the Club with the following soloists..." Paperbound, 20 pages.
The Bey of Algiers.
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