VanderCook College of Music
Merle J. Isaac Collection
Merle J. Isaac String Orchestra Scores
Merle Isaac published most of his string orchestra scores during the 1970s and 1980s, however he published his first string orchestra arrangement in 1939 (The Jolly Dutchman – string bass solo w/ string orchestra accompaniment) and concluding in 1991 with Seymour Smith’s Old English Dance. Our collection includes 132 published scores (of which 52 also include the original manuscripts) and another dozen additional unpublished manuscripts.
A “string-orchestra-only” finding aid can be viewed HERE.
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Albeniz, I.: Tango in D / Czech Folk Tunes: Song and Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1989 [box 1/1]
Albeniz, I.: Tango in D / Czech Folk Tunes: Song and Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / 3 pages (Piano Reduction) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 1/1]
Alfven, Hugo: Swedish Rhapsody (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Full Score) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1981 [box 1/3]
Ancliffe, Chas: Happy Waltz/Lively Waltz (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano Conductor – earlier draft) 8.5×12” / 6 pages (Piano Conductor – later draft) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 1/4]
Avison, Charles: Concerto in E Minor, 3rd Movement (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest Etling, 1976 [box 1/7]
Bach, C.P.E.: Solfeggietto (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages plus notes (Piano Conductor) 10.5×13.75” / manuscript, no date [box 1/8]
Bach, J.S.: Bach Suite: Minuet, Musette, Aria, March (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 26 pages (5+5+8+8) (Full Score) 10.5×13.75” / manuscript, no date [box 1/9]
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Etling/Highland, 1984 [box 1/10]
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 10.25×14.25” / manuscript, 1984 [box 1/10]
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 24 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1976 [box 1/11]
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st Movement (abridged, incomplete) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (incomplete sketch) 9.25×12.25” / manuscript, no date [box 1/11]
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1985 [box 1/12]
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, 3rd Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×13” / manuscript, no date [box 1/13]
Bach. J.S.: Cello Suite No. 3: Bourree (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages, incomplete (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 1/19]
Bach, J.S. Concerto in D Major, from Clavier Concerto No. 3, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Conductor) 6 pages (Piano) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1984 [box 1/20]
Bach, J.S. Concerto in D Major, from Clavier Concerto No. 3, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 1/20]
Bach, J.S. Concerto in D Major, from Clavier Concerto No. 3, 3rd Movement (abridged, incomplete) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 1/20]
Bach, J.S. Concerto in D Minor, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1984 [box 1/21]
Bach, J.S. Concerto in D Minor, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 1/21]
Bach, J.S.: Suite No. 3, Air (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 2/7]
Bach, J.S.: Suite No. 3, Bourree and Gigue (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 2/8]
Bagley, E.E.: National Emblem March (string or full orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 7×10.75” / Walter Jacobs, 1947 [box 2/12]
Banchieri, Adriano: Sinfonia (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 2/13]
Beethoven: Sonata in G, Op. 49 No. 2: Minuetto and Country Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1972 [box 2/18]
Bizet: Farandole (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Etling, 1978 [box 3/7.5]
Bohm, Carl: Perpetual Motion, Op. 187, No 4 “The Rain” (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 3/13] – includes 9-18-1944 letter to publisher FitzSimons
Bolzoni: Minuetto (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1974 [box 4/2]
Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 16 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Highland/Etling Publishing, 1986 [box 4/4]
Borowski: Adoration (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac– 12 pages (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1985 [box 4/6]
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 3 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 18 pages (9 each in key of F, key of G) (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 4/7]
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1979 [box 4/8]
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1979 [box 4/9]
Brahms: Waltz in G (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Conductor) 11×14.5” / publisher not indicated, no date [box 4/13]
Camdra, Andre: L’Europe Galante Ballet – Rigaudon (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1978 [box 4/16]
Chaminade, Cecil: Scarf Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 4/17]
Cohan, George M.: You’re a Grand Old Flag (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac– 8 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Leo Feist Inc., 1987 [box 5/5]
Corelli: Concerto Gross, Op. 6, No. 8 “Christmas Concerto” (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac– 30 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1985 [box 5/7]
Corelli: Gigue (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 5/8]
Debussy: Clair de Lune – from Suite Bergamasque (string orchestra and piano) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1974 [box 5/20]
Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 5/16]
Debussy: Golliwogg’s Cakewalk – Children’s Corner Suite (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 5/14]
DiChiara, Vincenzo: La Spagnola (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano Score) 8.5×14” / manuscript, no date [box 5/24]
Dittersdorf: German Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Full Score) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1984 [box 5/26]
Durand, A.: Chaconne (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Conductor Score) 9×12” / Highland/Etling Publishing, 1989 [box 5/30]
Durand, A.: Chaconne (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 5/30]
Dvořák: Humoreske (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [box 6/1]
Dvořák: Three Slavonic Dances (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [box 6/11]
Eccles: Prelude and Courante from Sonata in G Minor (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1972 [box 6/13]
Emmet, Dan: Dixie (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 7/1]
Englemann, H: Melody of Love (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 7/2]
Faure: Sicilienne (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 7/5]
Gabriel-Marie: La Cinquataine (The Golden Wedding) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1985 [box 7/15]
Gillet, E.: Loin Du Bal (Echoes of the Ball) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 7/18]
Gluck: Armide: Musette (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 7/22]
Gluck: Iphigenia: Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 7/23]
Gluck: Iphigenia: Gavotte / Armide: Musette (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Full Score) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 7/24]
Gluck: Orpheus: Song (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [7/27]
Godard: Jocelyn: Berceuse (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 7/29]
Granados: Spanish Dance (strings orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12.5” / photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 8/1]
Grieg: Erotik (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 2 pages (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Belwin Mills, 1955, 1980 [box 8/4]
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: Prelude (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Score) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1979 [box 8/5]
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: Rigaudon (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 8/6]
Grieg: Last Spring, The (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Score) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 8/7]
Handel: Alcina: Menuetto (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 8/12]
Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 1 in G Major (Prelude & Fugue) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 (Prelude) + 11 (Fugue) pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.25×12.25” / manuscript, no date [box 8/17]
Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 5 in DM (Minuet & Fugue) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 (Minuet) + 6 (Fugue) pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 8/18]
Handel: Flute Sonata No. 3: Larghetto (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 8/20]
Handel: Handel Suite (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 9/1]
(Water Music: Hornpipe, Coro in G, Coro in D /, Fireworks: Celebration)
Handel: Harmonious Blacksmith Suite (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Score) / 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1977 [box 9/2]
(I. Harmonious Blacksmith / II. Minuet from “Alcina” / Ill. Bouree from “Water Music” / IV. Hornpipe from “Water Music”)
Handel: Joshua: Processional (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 9/3]
Handel: Messiah: Christmas Pastorale (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×13.5” / manuscript, no date [box 9/4]
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music: Bouree (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 9/8]
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music: Menuetto (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 2 pages (Score) 8.5×11” / photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 9/9]
Handel: Sarabande and Bourree (from Flute Sonata No. 3) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 9/10]
Handel: Sonata No. 3 – 2nd Movement (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1985 [box 9/13]
Handel: Water Music: Coro in G / Hornpipe / Air (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” manuscript, no date [box 9/15]
Hawthorne: Whispering Hope (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 9/18]
Haydn: Quartet in CM, Op. 33 No. 3: Finale (Rondo) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 9/19]
Haydn: St. Anthony Chorale (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 9/20]
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 – Finale (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 10/2]
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D “Clock”: 2nd Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1985 [box 10/4]
Hine: How Great Thou Art (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 10/10]
Hofmann: Over the Waters (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 10/11]
Isaac, Merle: Allegretto (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 10/15]
Isaac, Merle: Apollo Suite (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 22 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1972 [box 10/17]
Isaac, Merle: Belvedere Suite (Prelude, Waltz, Scherzo, Folk Song) (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 20 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [11/2]
Isaac, Merle: Boogie (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [11/3]
Isaac, Merle: Boogie Bass No. 1 (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [11/3.2]
Isaac, Merle: Boogie Bass No. 2 (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [11/3.4]
Isaac, Merle: Buttons – Pizzicato Novelty for String Orchestra (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Score) 9×12” / Carl Fischer, 1950 [11/4]
Isaac, Merle: Cheerful Earful, A (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Full Score) 8.5×11” / TRN Music Publisher, 1988 [11/9]
Isaac, Merle: Dancing Basses (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1980 [box 11/14]
Isaac, Merle: Dorian Ballad (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 11/17]
Isaac, Merle: Half-Step Serenade (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 11/25]
Isaac, Merle: Hiccups (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 11/27]
Isaac, Merle: Intermezzo No. 1 (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12.75” / manuscript, no date AND 2 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 11/30]
Isaac, Merle: Intermezzo No. 2 (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 11/31]
Isaac, Merle: Lazy Blues Suite (string orchestra with piano and percussion) – Merle J. Isaac – 24 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1982 [box 12/3]
Isaac, Merle: Lazy Days (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac / 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” – manuscript, no date [box 12/4]
Isaac, Merle: Lively Waltz, The (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac / 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” – manuscript, no date [box 12/6]
Isaac, Merle: Marionettes – Pizzicato Novelty (string orchestra or string quartet) – Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Score) 9×12” / Carl Fischer, 1938 [box 12/9]
Isaac, Merle: Music For Dancing (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 12/19]
Isaac, Merle: Pizzicato Rhythm (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Score) 9×12” / Carl Fischer, 1961 [box 13/5]
Isaac, Merle: Pleasant Dreams in Key of C / Key of D – (strings – incomplete parts only) 8.5×11” – manuscript, no date [box 13/6]
Isaac, Merle: Poppin’ Corn (pizzicato novelty) (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Score) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1978 [box 13/8]
Isaac, Merle: Quiet Time (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Score) 9×12” / manuscript, no date [box 13/10] (Resting Music/Pleasant Dreams)
Isaac, Merle: Quinto – Quarto Suite (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 21 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1973 [box 13/11]
Isaac, Merle: Rag No. 3 (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 13/12]
Isaac, Merle: Rhythm and Styles (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 88 pages (Full Score + parts) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1973 [box 13/14]
Isaac, Merle: Rondo A-B-A-C-A (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / 15 pages (Piano + 5 parts) 8.5×12.5” / incomplete manuscript, no date [box 13/16]
Isaac, Merle: Scottish Suite, No. 3 (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript [box 14/4.5]
(Glengarry’s March / Ho-Ro, My Nut-Brown Maiden / Lady Madeline Sinclair / Pretty Peg)
Isaac, Merle: Silver Buckles (strings) – Merle J. Isaac – 1 page (parts only) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 14/6]
Isaac, Merle: Springtime Suite (string orchestra and percussion) – Merle J. Isaac – 20 pages (Full Score) 8.5×11” / TRN Music, 1987 [box 14/10]
(1. Springtime / 2. Stop Time / 3. Polka Time)
Isaac, Merle: Summertime Suite (string orchestra with piano and percussion) – Merle J. Isaac – 21 pages (Full Score) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 14/16]
(Summertime / Stop Time / Polka Time)
Isaac, Merle: Tango Avila (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [box 14/18]
Isaac, Merle: Tango Trocadero (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Carl Fischer, 1961 [box 14/19]
Isaac, Merle: Toe Tapper (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 14/22]
Isaac, Merle: Walking Basses (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1973 [box 14/27]
Isaac, Merle: Walking Basses (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages – incomplete (Condensed Score) 9.5×12.5” / Forest R. Etling, 1973 [box 14/27]
Isaac, Merle (as John Merle): Mummers (string orchestra) – Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Carl Fischer, 1938/1943 [box 14/33]
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie: I Love You Truly (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (incomplete draft) (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 15/13]
Jarre, Maurice: Lara’s Theme from Dr. Zhivago (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Robbins Music Corp, 1965-1966 [box 15/14]
Jensen, Adolf: The Mill (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 15/16]
Johnson, Charles L.: Dill Pickles (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 15/17]
Kreisler, Fritz: Caprice Viennoise: Valse Lento (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 15/21]
Kreisler, Fritz: Chanson Louis XIII (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 15/22]
Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 16/3]
Kreisler, Fritz: Fritz Kreisler Album No. 1: Sicilienne & Rigaudon / Schon Rosmarin (Fair Rosmarin) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 22 pages (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1988 [box 16/4]
Kreisler, Fritz: Schon Rosmarin (Fair Rosmarin) – (“Fritz Kreisler Album No. 1”) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1988 [box 16/4]
Kreisler, Fritz: Schon Rosmarin (Fair Rosmarin) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 16/5]
Kreisler, Fritz: Sicilienne & Rigaudon (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 16/5]
Lambert, Louis: When Johnny Comes Marching Home (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 2 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 16/6]
Lehar, Franz: Merry Widow, The (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 19 pages (Conductor Score) 9×12” / Highland/Etling Publishing, 1984 [box 16/9]
Lehar, Franz: Merry Widow, The (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 16/9]
Lemare: Andantino (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 16/10]
Lully, Jean Baptiste: Gavotte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1984 [box 16/15]
MacDowell: To a Wild Rose (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Carl Fischer, 1943, 1953 [box 16/17]
Marchetti: Fascination (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1971 [box 16/21]
Martini, G. B.: Gavotte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1984 [box 17/1]
Martini, G. B.: Gavotte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 17/1]
Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Sinfonica (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano Accompaniment) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 17/2]
Massenet, Jules: Aragonaise from Le Cid (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Score) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1989 [box 17/3]
Massenet, Jules: Aragonaise from Le Cid (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Full Score) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, “checked 6/11/87” and “9/20/88” [box 17/3]
Mazas, F.: Concert March and Danse Antique (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Bourne, 1986 [box 17/9]
Mazas, F.: Concertino – 1. Allegro (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 17/10]
Meacham, F.W.: American Patrol, The (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1982 [box 17/13.5]
Mills, Kerry: At a Georgia Camp Meeting (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12.5” (page 3 is missing) / manuscript, no date [box 17/18]
Mills, Kerry: Georgia Cakewalk (band) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Full Score) 10.5×13.75” / manuscript, no date [box 17/19]
Mills, Kerry: Georgia Cakewalk (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 17/20]
Mills, Kerry: Red Wing (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 17/22]
Mills, Kerry: Red Wing (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano Score) 9.5×12.5” / copy of manuscript, no date [box 17/22]
Mouret: Suite De Symphonies, No. 1 – Rondeau (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 17/26]
Mozart: Andante and Allegro (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Etling, 1973 [box 18/3]
Mozart: Divertimento No. 11, Rondo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 18/4]
Mozart: Divertimento No. 12, 4th Movement (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 18/5]
Mozart: Divertimento No. 17 – Rondo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1985 [box 18/6]
Mozart: Divertimento No. 17 – Rondo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 18/6]
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachmusik, 1st Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 23 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [box 18/11]
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachmusik (string parts only) – 14 pages 9.75×13” / copy of manuscript, no date / [box 18/11]
Mozart: German Dance: K. 506, No. 6 / Schubert: German Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 23 pages total (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1989 [box 19/1]
Mozart: Magic Flute: Entracte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano Conductor) 8.5×12” / photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 19/3]
Mozart: March and Sonatina (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [box 19/4.5]
(Magic Flute: March of the Priests / Sonatina in C Major – 1st Movement)
Mozart: March in D, K.215 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3+4 pages (Piano Conductor + 4 parts) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 19/4.7]
Mozart: Quartet No. 1 in GM, K. 80: Rondo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 19/6]
Mozart: Quartet No. 1 in GM, K. 80: Rondo – revised (“no repeat”) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 10.5×13.75” / manuscript, no date [box 19/6]
Mozart: Quartet No. 4, K. 157 – Allegro in C Major (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1981 [box 19/7]
Mozart: Sonatina No. 1 in Cm, First Movement (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 19/8]
(adapted from K. 439b, 5 Divertimenti / Serenades)
Mozart: Symphony No. 4, Third Movement (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, “checked 5-10-1989” [box 19/10]
Mozart: Symphony No. 6: Allegro (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.25×12.25” / manuscript, no date (“too many tricky difficulties – not recommended” written on title page) [box 19/11]
Mozart: Symphony No. 7: Finale (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 19/12]
Mozart: Symphony No. 12, First Movement K. 110 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 24 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1984 [box 19/15]
Mozart: Symphony No. 12, First Movement K. 110 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 19/15]
Mozart: Symphony No. 15, Fourth Movement (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1985 [box 19/16]
Mozart: Symphony No. 30, Fourth Movement (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1979 [box 19/17]
Mozart: Symphony No. 30, Fourth Movement (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 19/17]
Mozart: Turkish March from Sonata No. 9 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – (Parts only) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 20/5]
Mozart: Turkish March from Sonata No. 9 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 20/5]
Mozart, Leopold: A Music Sleigh Ride (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 20/7]
Mussorgsky: Hopak from “The Fair at Sorochinsk” (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1975 [box 20/8.3]
Mussorgsky: Hopak from “The Fair at Sorochinsk” (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 1 page (3rd Violin Part only) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 20/8.3]
Nevin, Ethelbert: Venetian Love Song (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 20/10]
North, Alex: Reconciliation from “The Shoes of the Fisherman” (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Metro-Goldwyin-Mayer Inc., 1969 [box 20/12]
Offenbach: Can-Can from Orpheus (string orchestra) Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1982 [box 20/18]
Pachelbel: Canon (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Full Score) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 21/1]
Pachelbel: Gigue (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Full Score) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 21/2]
Paganini: Caprice No. 9 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano Conductor) 10.75×13.25” / manuscript, no date [box 21/4]
Paganini: Caprice No. 14 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano Conductor) 10.75×13.25” / manuscript, no date [box 21/5]
Paradis, Maria Theresia von: Sicilienne (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 21/6]
Pleyel, I.J.: Six Little Duets, Op. 48 No. 1 – Sonatina (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 21/7]
Pleyel, I.J.: Six Little Duets, Op. 48 No. 3 – Rondo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 21/8]
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in Dm, Op. 25: Gavotte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1985 [box 22/2]
Purcell: Abdelazer: Air, Minuet, & Rondo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [box 22/3]
Purcell: Fairy Queen: Rondeau and Chaconne (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 16 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1973 [box 22/5]
Purcell: Trumpet Tune (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / incomplete manuscript, no date [box 22/6]
Rameau: Gavotte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 22/8]
Ravel: Pavane (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Carl Fischer, 1974 [box 22/10]
Ravina, Henri: Bolero (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1990 [box 22/11a]
Ravina, Henri: Bolero (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / incomplete manuscript, no date [box 22/11b]
Ribaupierre, Milon: Swiss Lullaby (string orchestra) – Adapted [sic] by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / incomplete manuscript, no date [box 22/13]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 22/16]
Rosales, Ernesto: Serenata Espanola (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1990 [box 22/20a]
Rosales, Ernesto: Serenata Espanola (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 22/20b]
Rossini: William Tell (Excerpt) – (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1982 [box 23/2]
Rubenstein: Melody in F (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / copy of manuscript, no date [box 23/4]
Saint-Saens: Algerian Suite, Op. 60: French Military March (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1982 [box 23/7]
Sammartini: Canto Amoroso from Symphony in D Major (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.25×12.25” / manuscript, no date [box 23/11]
Schubert: Five German Dances (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9+14 pages (9-pg original + 14-page revised photocopy / Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 23/13]
Schubert: German Dance (with Mozart: German Dance: K. 506, No. 6 /) (string orchestra) – see Mozart: German Dance [box 19/1]
Schubert: Impromptu, Op. 112 No. 2 (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 23/14]
Schubert: Lullaby (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 2 pages (Piano-Conductor) 10.5×13.75” / manuscript, no date [box 23/15]
Schubert: March Militaire (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1989 [box 23/16]
Schubert: March Militaire (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 2 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 23/16]
Schubert: Moment Musical, Op. 94, No. 3 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 23/17]
Schubert: Rosamune, Entr’acte II (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 23/18]
Schubert: German Dance / [1st dance]: Mozart: German Dance: K. 506, No. 6 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 23 pages total (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1989 [filed under Mozart – see box 19/1]
Schumann: Kinderschenen, Op. 15 No. 7 Traumerei (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – Key of F, Key of G – 3+3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 23/20]
Seneille: Allegro Spiritoso (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / copy of manuscript, no date [box 24/2]
Serrandell: La Golondrina (The Sparrow) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×13” / manuscript, no date [box 24/3]
Severn, Edmund: La Brunette (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1980 [box 24/4]
Shostakovich: Gavotte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 23/8]
Shostakovich: Valse Badinage (The Music Box Waltz) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date AND 5 pages (Piano-Conductor – alternate arrangement) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 24/11]
Silesu, Lao: Melodie d’Amour (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date AND 5 pages (Piano-Conductor – alternate arrangement) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 24/12]
Smith, Seymour: Old English Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Alfred Publishing, 1991 [box 24/13]
Smith, Seymour: Old English Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 24/13]
Squire, W.H.: Tarantella in Dm (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 24/15]
Strauss, Eduard: Bahn Frei Polka (“Clear Track”) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Wynn/Music, 1985 [box 24/16]
Strauss, Johann: Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1982 [box 24/18]
Strauss, Johann: Gypsy Baron Waltzes (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1986 [box 24/19]
Strauss, Johann: Gypsy Baron Waltzes (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / copy of manuscript, no date [box 24/19]
Strauss, Johann: Roses from the South (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1987 [box 24/21]
Strauss, Johann Jr.: Fledermaus Waltzes, Op. 367 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1984 [box 25/1.5]
Sullivan: Mikado: Selections (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1981 [box 25/10]
Suppé: Light Calvary Overture (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1986 [box 25/12]
Tchaikovsky: Andantino (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 4 pages (Full Score) 8.5×12” / incomplete manuscript, no date [box 26/3]
Tchaikovsky: Humoresque (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 26/7]
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Swans (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×13” / manuscript, no date [box 26/11]
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 16 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 27/3b]
Tchaikovsky: Song Without Words (Chanson Sans Paroles) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 27/4]
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11: Andante Cantabile (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 27/6]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4: Scherzo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12.25” / manuscript, no date [box 27/10]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5: 2nd mvt (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 27/11]
Thomas, Ambroise: Mignon: Gavotte (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1983 [box 27/14]
Various: Amazing Grace (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – xx pages (Full Score) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 27/18]
Various: American Folk Song Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1979 [box 27/19]
(Long, Long Ago / Jingle Bells / Skip To My Lou / She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain / Old Macdonald Had a Farm)
Various: American Folk Song Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1979 [box 27/20]
(There’s Music in the Air / America / Go Tell Aunt Rhodie / Home on the Range / Oh! Susannah)
Various: American Folk Song Suite No. 3 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1980 [box 28/1]
(Red River Valley / Grandfather’s Clock / Down in the Valley / I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad)
Various: Baroque Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 24 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1985 [box 28/3]
(Mouret: Rondeau / Senaille: Allegro Spirituoso, abridged / Handel: Menuetto from Alcina / Gretry: Tambourin, abridged)
Various: Baroque Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 22 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1988 [box 28/4]
(Four Seasons: Autumn – Vivaldi / Peasants’ Cantata: The New Overlord, The Gold Coins – J.S. Bach / Royal Fireworks: Menuetto – Handel / Trumpet Tune – Purcell)
Various: Baroque Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 28/5]
(Four Seasons: Autumn – Vivaldi / Peasants’ Cantata: The New Overlord, The Gold Coins – J.S. Bach / Trumpet Tune – Purcell) (NOTE: Royal Fireworks: Menuetto – Handel is missing)
Various: Believe Me (If All Those Endearing Young Charms) (strings and piano) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor plus string quartet parts) 8.5×11” / manuscript, no date [box 28/7]
Various: By The Fireside (aka “On The Hearth” and “Auf’n Pripetschok”) (Yiddish Folk Song) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 versions, 6 pages each (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12”, 9.5×12.25” / manuscripts, no date [box 28/9]
Various: Chiapanecas (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Wynn/Music, 1984 [box 28/10]
Various: Choucoune (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1984 [box 28/11]
Various: Christmas Carols, First Set (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1978 [box 28/12]
(Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Silent Night / The First Noel / Angels from the Realms of Glory)
Various: Christmas Carols, First Set (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Full Score) 8.5×12” / poor quality photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 28/12]
(Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Silent Night / The First Noel / Angels from the Realms of Glory)
Various: Christmas Carols, Second Set (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1979 [box 28/13]
(Here We Come A-Caroling / The Moon Shines Bright / What Child Is This / O Sanctissima / Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella / Go Tell It On The Mountain)
Various: Cielito Lindo (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Full Score) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1984 [box 28/16]
Various: Czech Folk Song Suite (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 21 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1979 [box 28/19]
(Stodola Pumpa / Annie, Dear / Morning Song / Harvest Song)
Various: Down By the Riverside (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1975 [box 28/20]
Various: Early American Suite (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 23 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Forest R. Etling, 1975 [box 28/]21
(Amazing Grace / Hole In Her Stocking / Simple Gifts / Mississippi Sawyer)
Various: Fiddle Tunes No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1983 [box 29/1]
Various: Fiddle Tunes No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1984 [box 29/2]
Various: Fiddle Tunes No. 3 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1984 [box 29/3]
Various: Fisher’s Hornpipe (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 2 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 29/3.5]
Various: Happy Birthday to You/For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow/Hail, Hail the Gang’s All Here/Auld Lang Syne (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 8 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 29/7]
Various: Hungarian Melodies (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 29/8]
Various: Jesse Polka (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1981 [box 29/11]
Various: La Cucaracha (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×14” / manuscript and photocopy of more-complete manuscript, no date [box 29/16]
Various: Lively and Rhythmic Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1981 [box 29/19]
(Polly Wolly Doodle / Camptown Races / Pop! Goes the Weasel / Soldier’s Joy)
Various: Lively and Rhythmic Suite No. 2 ( (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1981 [box 29/20
Arkansas Traveler / Buffalo Gals / The Drunken Sailor / Kingdom Coming / Irish Washerwoman)]
Various: Lively and Rhythmic Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 29/20]
Various: Lively and Rhythmic Suite No. 3 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Kendor Music, 1982 [box 29/21]
(Li’l Liza Jane / Wooden Shoe Dance / John Hielandman / Oats and Beans / McLeod’s Reel)
Various: Mexican Serenade (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1984 [box 29/24]
Various: Morris Dance (incomplete) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 29/26]
Various: Petite Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 16 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1988 [box 29/29a]
(Long, Long Ago – T.H. Bayly / Waltz in G – Brahms / Minuet – J.S. Bach / The Happy Farmer – R. Schumann / Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus – Handel / Hunter’s Chorus – C.M. von Weber)
Various: Petite Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 19 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 29/29b]
(same titles in same order as published version)
Various: Petite Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 23 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn/Music, 1988 [box 29/30]
(Oh, Susanna – S. Foster / Skip To My Lou – folk song / Soldier’s Joy – dance tune / A Bicycle Built for Two – Darry Dacre / The Caisson Song – E.L. Gruber / America – Henry Carey / There’s Music in the Air – G.F. Root / Auld Lang Syne – Scottish Air / The Railroad Song and Dinah – folk songs)
Various: Petite Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 23 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 29/30]
(same titles in same order as published version)
Various: The Polka (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×13” / photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 29/31]
Various: Scottish Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9+3* pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 30/1]
(Barren Rocks of Aden / Loch Lomond / Caledonian Hunt / Soldier’s Joy) (*includes alternate arrangement of Caledonian Hunt)
Various: Scottish Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 30/2]
(Dornoch Links / Ye Banks & Braes / Bonniest Lass in Ayer / Miss MacCloud’s Reel)
Various: Scottish Suite No. 3 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / manuscript, no date [box 30/3]
(Glengarry’s March / Ho-Ro, My Nut-Brown Maiden / Lady Madeline Sinclair / Pretty Peg)
Various: Seeing Nellie Home (college song) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 5 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×13” / manuscript, no date [box 30/4]
Various: Solo Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 16 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / Wynn Music, 1987 [box 30/5]
(Gabriel-Marie: The Golden Wedding / Schubert: Lullaby / Schumann: The Happy Farmer)
Various: Song & Dance – Czech Folk Songs (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3 pages (Piano- Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 30/6]
Various: Spirituals Suite No. 1 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Full Score) 8.5×12” / incomplete manuscript, no date [box 30/7]
(Peter, Go Ring-a Those Bells / Go Down, Moses / Little David, Play on Your Harp / Joshua Fought the Battle of Jerico)
Various: Spirituals Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 15 pages (Conductor Score) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 30/8]
(Peter, Go Ring-a Those Bells / Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Little David, Play on Your Harp / I Want to Be Ready)
Various: Spirituals Suite No. 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Conductor Score) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1990 [box 30/8]
(Peter, Go Ring-a Those Bells / Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Little David, Play on Your Harp / I Want to Be Ready)
Various: Turkey in the Straw – American Folk Song (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×13” / photocopy of manuscript, no date [box 30/11]
Various: Two Guitars – Gypsy Folk Song (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-sConductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 30/12]
Various: Two Pieces for String orchestra, Set 2 (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 2 pages (Piano Conductor) 9×12” / Gamble Hinged Music, 1943 [box 30/13]
(Melody in F – Anton Rubinstein / Old Black Joe – Stephen Foster)
Various: Two South American Songs (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 3+6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / manuscript, no date [box 30/14]
(Aye, Aye, Ay! – Perez Freure / La Cumparsita – Rodriguez)
Various: When The Saints Go Marching In (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 14 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1980 [box 30/17]
Veracini, F.M.: Sonata in Dm: Gigue (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1985 [box 30/19]
Veracini, F.M.: Sonata in Dm: Gigue (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / manuscript, no date [box 30/19]
Veracini, F.M.: Sonata in Em: 2nd mvt. (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 12 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / Highland/Etling, 1986 [box 30/20]
Veracini, F.M.: Sonata in Em: 2nd mvt. (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9.5×12.5” / copy of manuscript, no date [box 30/20]
Von Tilzer, Albert: Waters of Venice (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages, incomplete (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 31/3]
Wagner, J.F.: Double Eagle Polka, The (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 11 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1980 [box 31/4]
Wagner: Tannhauser: Pilgrims’ Chorus (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 31/8]
Waldteufel: Espana Waltz (abridged) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 31/11]
Waldteufel: Estudiantina Waltz (Students’ Waltz) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Full Score) 9×12” / Wynn Music, 1983 [box 31/12]
Ward: America, The Beautiful (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 1 page (Piano-Conductor – incomplete) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 31/2]
Weber, C.M. von: Concertstuck, Op. 79: Concert March (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 7 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11 / Wynn Music, 1986 [box 31/14]
Weber, C.M. von: Country Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 6 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×11” / Wynn Music, 1985 [box 31/15]
Weber, C.M. von: Weber Suite, The (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 16 pages (Piano-Conductor) 9×12” / Forest R. Etling, 1974 [box 31/16]
Weinberger, Jaromir: Polka (from Schwanda, the Bagpiper) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 10 pages (Conductor) 8.5×11” / Alfred Publishing, 1991 [box 31/17]
Weinberger, Jaromir: Polka (from Schwanda, the Bagpiper) (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 13 pages (Conductor) 9×12” / manuscript, no date [box 31/17]
Whitney, Howard: Ghost Dance (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 9 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 31/18]
Wilson H. Lane: Carmena – Valse Espagnol (string orchestra) – Arranged by Merle J. Isaac – 17 pages (Piano-Conductor) 8.5×12” / manuscript, no date [box 32/1b]
Thank you for your interest in Merle Isaac.
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